
The Silence of Bones not only weaves together a mystery filled with history, mistaken identities, and political drama, it discusses how familial bonds can affect us in a myriad of ways. Seol is determined to find the truth and might be the only one able to. As Seol works with the inspector, they form an unlikely friendship, one that is tested as the evidence begins to point towards the inspector being the killer. A noblewoman has been murdered, her nose cut off and throat slit. Seol is an indentured servant of the police bureau, assisting a highly respected young inspector with a case steeped in political intrigue. As a lover of murder mysteries, The Silence of Bones by June Hur immediately captured my attention simply by existing in a space that hasn’t been utilized before-that space being Korea in the year 1800.
