After finishing the book, the striking sentences and the necessity of meditation stuck in my memory.

I haven't finished reading it yet, but I bought it after seeing it on Lee Chung-ah's YouTube channel!

A victory for domestic book design. Only original conceptualization survived. (Instagram @DearBookBookBook)

They say he commits murder and solves cases by making rational and cold-blooded judgments through meditation. Is this a matter of transcending the concepts of good and evil—is it just a difference between who is more evil and who is less evil? It seems less like good and evil exist and more like a difference between a less wicked person and a more wicked one. These days, I really don't know what is true and what is false. Before reading it, I thought it was a story about a lawyer who commits

There is likely no office worker who hasn't experienced the frustration of suffering from interpersonal and work stress to the point of wishing the very person responsible for it would disappear. The protagonist of this book, Björn Diemmel, spends a typical weekend and is on a trip with his daughter when new tasks arise, leaving him with the usual mess to clean up. Although the idea of emptying his mind and relieving tension through meditation didn't quite resonate with him, he attempts to use

Murder for One's Own Well-being: "Meditation Murder." When I first read the title of this book, it felt very novel. "Meditation Murder" was a combination of words that evoked a very static quality, a sense of cruelty bordering on drama, and even a dark red color. As a genre fiction enthusiast who has read extensively by various domestic and international authors, it was a very fitting first impression for me, as I was seeking something new and stimulating. It was also accompanied by the

Meditation and murder? Since the novel is composed of two completely different words, I was intrigued even before reading it. I was even more immersed because the story was entirely different from the "meditation murder" narratives I had imagined beforehand. Watching the protagonist glorify murder through meditation and solve everything through it made me curious about meditation myself. To be honest, there were parts that felt a bit boring as the story dragged on after the protagonist's first

This novel is indeed the story of a murderer. However, there is a sense of humor that bursts forth involuntarily from the relatable reality. It portrays the conflict of a lawyer who, due to his unavoidable position in reality, must take the lead in defending criminals rather than upholding justice in order to earn more money. The novel also presents a black comedy that elicits laughter at the unfunny by exposing the dark side of corporations that claim to uphold plausible values but only pursue

A book that was a Spiegel Bestseller for 106 consecutive weeks and sold over a million copies. It is *Meditation Murder*, written by Carsten Duse, a German lawyer and broadcast writer. It is said that six notes scribbled at his regular bar brought this book into the world. The combination of meditation and murder was intriguing. The protagonist, Björn Diemmel, confesses to committing his first murder at the age of 42. As a criminal defense lawyer, he earns money by defending criminals. In his