The Glitching Stare

In a sprawling modern Chinese metropolis, a disgraced investigator discovers that the political purges echoing a Tang Dynasty injustice are being orchestrated by a flawless live-streaming idol. As he peels back layers of fabricated evidence and digital illusion, every twist leads him closer to the most unbearable truth: the mastermind is the woman who shares his bed. A slow-burn, psychologically dense crime novel in the vein of Henning Mankell.