{"product_id":"the-hand-that-spoke-melcon-lapina-9798280404250","title":"The Hand That Spoke: A Novel of Silence and Reckoning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if justice had a scalpel?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy day, Professor Dario Navarro is a charismatic criminology lecturer-witty, sharp, and beloved by his students. But when the lights dim and the lectures end, he becomes something else: a phantom of precision, surgically removing the dominant hands of the corrupt-judges, politicians, law enforcers-those who used power to destroy lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis victims live. But they are forever marked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOperating in silence, Navarro leaves no fingerprints, no witnesses, and no clear motive-only laminated cards bearing cryptic messages, chess match records from anonymous public WiFi, and a national audience gripped by fear and fascination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the mutilated hand of a government official surfaces in a provincial lake, the nation awakens to the reality of a killer who does not kill-but corrects. The media dubs him \"The Hand Butcher.\" His students, unknowingly quoting him, call him a hero. And a brilliant NBI cybercrime analyst begins to piece together the clues... starting with an unbeatable blitz chess handle: \u003cb\u003eDrMoriPH\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet across the Philippines-from General Santos and Iloilo to Manila and beyond-\u003ci\u003eThe Hand That Spoke\u003c\/i\u003e is a dark, intricately plotted vigilante thriller that blends forensic detail, psychological depth, and a haunting sense of justice. As the investigation tightens and the legend grows, Navarro's past, purpose, and philosophy are slowly revealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe doesn't want followers.\u003cbr\u003eHe doesn't want blood.\u003cbr\u003eHe only wants the hand to speak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers of\u003c\/b\u003e Gillian Flynn, Stieg Larsson, or Philippine noir fiction, this gripping novel marks the beginning of \u003ci\u003eThe Silence Doctrine\u003c\/i\u003e series-a saga of those who choose to confront evil not with words, but with surgical truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melcon Lapina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798280404250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d","brand":"Melcon Lapina","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851016941823,"sku":"9798280404250","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-hand-that-spoke-melcon-lapina-9798280404250","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}