This is a criminal investigation novel. The story consists of five serial murder cases that took place in Yancheng.

Luo Wenzhou, the criminal investigation captain who shouldered his master's last wish, and "criminal expert" Fei Du, started from a seemingly ordinary case of a migrant boy dumping his body, and gradually unearthed the "Picture Album Project" series that spanned twenty years. The truth behind the cold case.

Not only did the criminal group behind the scenes be brought to justice, but the crimes committed by the "reader" who claimed to be righteous were also exposed. In the process of solving the case, Fei Du's mental trauma that had been buried deep in his heart since childhood was also healed.

Creative background:

The narrative characteristics of "Silent Reading" are mainly reflected in the narrative structure of "Masterpieces + Cases". The author selects 5 literary masterpieces as the titles of each chapter, namely "Red". The protagonists of "And Black", "Lolita", "Macbeth", "The Demons" and "The Count of Monte Cristo" are placed in different stories and carefully portrayed around the same theme, creating vivid and vivid characters. image.

At the same time, sentences in the work are interspersed to produce a mutually echoing expression effect. The important villain in the book, the "Reader" organization, corresponds to the famous German novel "The Reader", and the title of the novel "Silent Reading" hints at the difference between the protagonist and his group and the "Reader" organization - reading loudly will disturb the people around you. Silent reading cannot; therefore, in order to uphold justice, the protagonists will not break the law or harm innocent people.

In addition, there are quotations from other classic literature from time to time in the article, such as "The Old Man and the Sea", "Song Notes of a Journey to Hunan", etc. Generally speaking, it fits the contextual plot more closely and naturally.