IN STARLIGHT'S WAKE, taekook

Detective Kim's daughter has been missing for years. Detective Jeon needs a win.

Retired detective Kim Taehyung has nothing. Byeol, his baby daughter that he once believed was in heaven, apparently never died in the first place. His wife, Eunchae, was always convinced their baby had been stolen, that the child they'd lost that day in the hospital wasn't theirs at all. Years of paranoid searching cost Eunchae her life and, with his wife dying in his arms, Taehyung realised there was no God to pray to. Now, he prays to no one.

Meanwhile, Detective Jeon Jeongguk, a man haunted by a failed case and a failed marriage, freshly transferred to a small town, attempts to redeem himself as a detective, as well as a father to his fascinatingly clever preschooler. At his new workplace, his only goal is solving the mysterious case of the late Hwang Eunchae and her missing daughter, but Kim Taehyung, the father who's done everything he could to avoid the bitter truth, turns out to be the biggest mystery of all.

No one is safe. Everyone is a suspect. Dangerous secrets come to light and Detective Jeon becomes entangled with the haunted Kim family in ways he's never anticipated. Together, they navigate fatherhood, love, betrayal, and loss as they uncover a truth that could shatter everything.

❝You're good at your job, Detective. Try not to let it kill you.❞

❝All I ever do is try.❞

a bts fanfiction
switch!taekook
crime, mystery, drama, romance
cover by @alfaesha