The Seventh Transcript

"The Seventh Transcript" is a long suspenseful legal novel. Three years ago, a fire in the old dock warehouse in Wugang City shocked the whole city. The warehouse owner Lin Shicheng died in the fire, and the suspect Xu Wang was charged with intentional homicide. The evidence chain seemed complete, and the case was finally settled. Qi Zhao, a young prosecutor who participated in the review and prosecution at that time, could never forget the look Xu Wang looked at him at the end of the trial. Three years later, Qi Zhao, who had resigned to become a criminal defense lawyer, received an anonymous interrogation transcript on a rainy night. The transcript shows that there was a late-night interrogation in the Xu Wang case, but this material has never appeared in the official file. What's even more strange is that Qi Zhao's name is written on the receipt column of the transcript. At the same time, Xu Wang died suddenly in prison, the female doctor who had access to a copy of the case disappeared, and the unexpected death of Qi Zhao's teacher, Professor Shen Yiping, was also re-examined. All clues point to the "seventh transcript" that was artificially erased from the file. When the old case is reopened, the truth is not as simple as "who killed the person". Evidence, confessions, procedures and memories are intertwined with each other. Behind every seemingly complete answer, there is a deeper layer of silence hidden. Qi Zhao must pursue those facts within the boundaries allowed by law: What exactly was recorded in a disappeared transcript? Why does a closed case continue to devour insiders? And when the truth is enough to shake everyone's fate, can the law still achieve justice?