![]() Perhaps Detective Min discovered where they went or at least who was responsible perhaps that’s why he too vanished. Thirteen young girls have vanished, their fates unknown. Hwani’s father returned to the island to investigate a series of mysterious disappearances. They are sent as tribute to China’s Ming dynasty, to which Joseon is a tributary. ![]() It’s seen as best fitted to hold exiled political prisoners and as a source of beautiful women. When the Yuan Dynasty fell, the mainland Korean state, Joseon, re-acquired Jeju, but viewed it as foreign and uncouth. First it was conquered by the Mongols, who plundered the island. Jeju has suffered a century of misfortune. ![]() Detecting isn’t proper female behavior, but filial duty trumps convention. Hwani doesn’t want to return, but she has a filial duty to find her father or at least find out what happened to him. Hwani has not seen Jeju in five years, not since Jewoo accepted a promotion to a better position on the mainland and the family moved. ![]() June Hur’s 2021 The Forest of Stolen Girls is a standalone historical mystery.ĭisguised as a man, armed with her father Detective Min Jewoo’s half-burned notebook, Min Hwani returns to the island of Jeju, hoping to learn why her father vanished there. ![]()
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