- Overview
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This is a mystery novel in which a detective-lawyer struggles to solve a serial killing case associated with pseudo-religion
- Book Intro
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A judge-turned lawyer and writer Do Jinki’s interesting detective novel The Star of Judas is narrated by the protagonist Gojin, revolving around the cult Baekbaekgyo that had existed in South Korea from the 1920s to the 1930s, combined with a fictional serial murder case.
Gojin got the nickname "lawyer of the darkness" since he has solved mysterious cases with no support from any office or staff. One day, an article catches his eye. It says that the cult leader who was notorious during the Japanese colonial era for deceiving the people had been kept as a specimen in the National Forensic Service, which was followed by a lawsuit to stop keeping part of a human for the sake of dignity, and the judge ordered reconciliation. After a few days, his colleague detective Yi Yuhyeon comes and tells him about a strange accident involving five masked thieves who commit crimes across the country while searching for old stringy cords. Then one of them is found dead in a secluded place with a will. The police treat the case as a suicide, but Yi's instinct tells him that it is a murder case. Cruel murders by the masked thieves continue to occur, and it is suspected that the stringy cords they have been looking for might be in Japan. In the end, Gojin finds out that the thief group has a connection with the cult Baekbaekgyo.
- 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.
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