Ripples in the Lake

Emotionally forensic crime fiction that unravels a marriage as meticulously as a murder

Detective Ran Dongong is the first at the scene when the body of a dead young woman is found floating near a lakeside luxury hotel. Her investigations soon lead her into a web centred on the scandalous affairs of a powerful businessman, but when she begins to see echoes of the case everywhere, she can’t resist interrogating her own marriage.

Detective Ran Dongdong has two problems. One is the dead young woman with a missing hand, and the other is her husband.

The first to be called to the scene when the body is found floating near a lakeside luxury hotel, she begins an investigation that soon leads her into a web centred on the scandalous affairs of a powerful businessman.

When she begins to see echoes of the case everywhere, including in her personal relations, she can’t resist interrogating her own marriage. But will the resonances set off a chain reaction in her life that she can’t control?