Unreliable Witness: The Dead Are All Lying

Pei Zhao was born with something unusual about his left eye. Whenever he encounters someone who has just died, he can see the memory they held closest as they drew their last breath. It should have been an incredible tool for solving crimes, until he discovered that someone had tampered with the memories of every corpse. The killer planted lies in the dead people's pasts, leading Pei Zhao to the wrong conclusions. Worse still, each time he reads a false memory, his own past is quietly overwritten. The more he reads, the less certain he is of who he is. He might even come to believe that he is the real murderer. Fortunately, Su Wan's anchoring questions and Wu Sangeng's truth-telling wine help keep his sense of self intact, for now. But to break the case, he must cross-check the living witnesses' testimony against the dead people's memories and find the contradiction hidden among the lies. Once the Soul-Questioning Eye opens, every memory of the dead is a lie. Before he forgets who he is, Pei Zhao must find the one who altered the memories.