The Thin Paper Logic

In the fictional East Asian nation of Haedong, a celebrated criminal profiler is assigned to untangle a labyrinthine embezzlement case at Myeonghwa University Hospital. The defendant, a quiet accounting clerk, appears to have siphoned a fortune through forged reimbursements. But as the profiler digs deeper, she discovers a festering nexus of organ trafficking and institutional corruption behind the theft. Confronted with the defendant's desperate humanity and her own traumatic past, the profiler's impeccable logic begins to fracture. The investigation spirals into a harrowing journey where rationality is the last defense—and against the tide of raw, unhinged emotion, it proves to be as fragile as thin paper. The novel reimagines the notorious embezzlement scandal, docketed as Gwanghwa 6 (Criminal) No. 108, into a chilling exploration of how empathy can dismantle a brilliant mind and forge a shocking new destiny.