Echoes of Malice

Jiang Xun has a condition in his brain. When his fingertips touch the physical evidence left at a crime scene, the physiological information left behind by the killer in extreme excitement or calm floods back into his nerves like a tide—murderous intent mixed with the scent of turpentine and almonds, or the shudder of a torsion spring snapping open, or the cold satisfaction of a killer's heartbeat after the deed. Ordinary people see it as a miracle; forensic examiner Su Qing calls it "pathological supersensory empathy," but for Jiang Xun, every perception is a psychic contamination that brings him to the brink of personality collapse. Accompanied by migraines that painkillers can barely suppress, he steps deeper into the maze of serial exchange murders. Until, at the end of a case file sealed away before his father's death, he turns up that familiar pointed-roof building and a name circled in red. The abyss has never looked away; the gears that took his father's life fifteen years ago are now, along a perfectly fitted equation, biting toward his throat once more. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Echoes of Malice — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠