Confession Without a Shadow

"Shadowless Confession" is a dark fantasy novel that combines criminal investigation suspense and folklore thriller. The story features the calm and rational forensic doctor Chen Rui as the protagonist. He firmly believes that corpses never lie and the truth will eventually be revealed under the scalpel - until he took over the "Smiling Shadowless Case" that shocked the whole city. Within a month, the three deceased died with strange smiles on their faces, no injuries on their bodies, and the cause of death was unknown. What's even more chilling is that their shadows have disappeared from all the photos and surveillance of the scene. Just when Chen Rui's rational world was on the verge of collapse, a mysterious girl Su Ling who claimed to be an intern at the Folk Museum broke into his world. She brought with her a yellowed ancient book "Records of the Underworld", which pointed out that the murderer was not an ordinary person, but a "shadow thief" who stole other people's shadows to extend their lives. The boundaries between science and superstition, reality and legend, light and shadow are gradually blurring. Chen Rui was forced to step into a dark realm that he never believed existed, and teamed up with Su Ling to track down the secrets of evil that had been hidden for decades. And he himself became the next target selected in this war of shadows...