{"product_id":"the-face-beneath-the-ink-9798296526618","title":"The Face Beneath the Ink","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Dionis Kuliev | Viktoryia Konan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Thrillers - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Face Beneath the Ink\u003c\/b\u003e by Viktoryia Konan is a chilling psychological thriller that blurs the line between observation and creation, guilt and memory, reality and the haunting power of unfinished portraits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElias Vane was once a renowned forensic sketch artist-his talent so precise it could trap a killer in graphite. But eight years ago, one drawing ruined everything. A man was arrested based on Elias's sketch. That man died before trial, and so did Elias's family. He vanished, changed his name, and swore never to draw again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, in the mist-slicked town of Harrow Falls, a teenage boy is accused of a brutal murder. The evidence is damning. The motive, unknown. The only thing unusual? The boy doesn't speak-he draws. And the sketches he's made point not to guilt, but to something far more disturbing: a faceless presence that seems to move through the town's shadows, replacing its victims not with violence, but with images.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Elias is pulled in to consult, he realizes the face at the center of the boy's drawings is eerily familiar. It's a face Elias once created. And it's watching him now-from walls, from mirrors, from inside the minds of missing children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs more drawings surface-unburnt in fires, carved into walls, mailed to his name-Elias is forced to confront the possibility that someone is not just copying his work. Someone is finishing it. Completing a portrait that began the day he stopped drawing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this isn't just a string of murders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the final subject isn't a stranger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's Elias himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLayered with atmosphere, tension, and haunting psychological depth, \u003ci\u003eThe Face Beneath the Ink\u003c\/i\u003e is a slow-burning descent into artistic obsession, hidden trauma, and the terrifying idea that our darkest creations may one day create us in return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eSharp Objects\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTrue Detective\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Patient\u003c\/i\u003e, this is a thriller where the shadows don't just follow you-they draw you in.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46333956391063,"sku":"9798296526618","price":1409.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798296526618.webp?v=1768670973","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-face-beneath-the-ink-9798296526618","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}