- Overview
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- Book Intro
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Jin-Ku learned ethics and humanity late in life.
The past that shaped him slowly bears its truth.
“I understand what ethics is.
But in the end, no one told me why I had to abide by them.”
Jin-Ku is commissioned by the CEO of a large investment company to perform a secret investigation of his son’s lover. After learning that the woman in question is Yeon-bu, his best friend and rival from childhood, Jin-Ku turns down the commission. Hae-Mi questions Jin-Ku about their relationship, sensing a heavy air between them. Jin-Ku answers only that when they were in middle school, they followed their scholar fathers on a Silk Road expedition, and that they lost touch after an accident. Hae-Mi is apologetic toward Jin-Ku, who is especially sensitive when it comes to talking about his father. She begins reading books written about the mentioned expedition, and slowly walks into Jin-Ku’s past...
- About the Author
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Do Jin-Ki
After completing bachelor’s and master’s courses at the Seoul National University School of Law, Jin-Ki Do served as the presiding judge of Seoul District Court. At present, he divides his time between practicing law and writing mystery fiction. Do's debut was in 2010, when his short story Choices received the New Mystery Writer Award from the Korea Mystery Writers Association. Do’s works include Murder at the Red House, featuring lawyer Ko Jin, The Portrait of La Traviata, Mental Suicide, featuring Jin-Ku as the main character, The Problem of Order, and The Man Who Knows Me. Four of Do’s fiction titles have been exported to China. Do’s detective fiction has garnered a strong fan base of mystery readers for its brilliant tricks and intellectual games. Publication of the educational book Who Killed the Little Match Girl? was part of Do’s effort to present law in simple and interesting terms to the general public.
