Category：Detective novels

Abyss 深渊

By Shen Lan

In the 1990s, a series of rape and murder cases occurred in the oil city, where five women were brutally killed, and one woman narrowly escaped. Xin Jiran, the captain of the criminal police, was appointed to handle the crisis and based on the victim’s testimony, directed suspicion towards his own son. Under the “family law” interrogation, his son’s hidden illness flared up, leading to his untimely death, and Xin Jiran was imprisoned. The heinous case became unsolved mysteries.
Five years later, a chlorine gas leak at a chemical plant resulting in a fatality led to the exposure of a “culprit.” Following the clues to find his accomplices, the police hit a dead end. Meanwhile, a detective novel titled “Abyss” quietly began serializing online, with many plot points eerily similar to the unsolved cases that the police had not disclosed.

Author
Shen Lan is a former frontline police officer who served as a first-level officer at a police station before being transferred to various departments, including public security, criminal investigation, and narcotics control. He was involved in the investigation of several high-profile cases at both provincial and ministerial levels.