The Forest of Stolen Girls

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Korea, 1426. Inspector Hwani's father disappeared into the forest surrounding Jeju Island while investigating the case of thirteen missing girls. Now Hwani herself travels to the island to find him, and discovers that the forest holds secrets the local community would rather keep buried — secrets tangled with shamanic tradition, political corruption, and the question of what happened to those girls. June Hur builds historical mystery with atmospheric precision, using the dense Jeju landscape as both setting and character. The investigation unfolds at the pace of someone walking deeper into fog, where each answer creates two new questions. A historical thriller where the forest isn't just where people disappear — it's where the truth has been hiding.