XinhuaNet
Date: 2018-07-21
By: Xinhua

TAIPEI, July 21 (Xinhua) — A human skeleton hangs on the wall above a creepy plastic baby head. A smiling female doll stares down at the customers from a high shelf. A gramophone blasts out eerie music amid the silence.

In Tommy Tan’s “Murder Ink” bookstore, everything exudes a dark, mysterious vibe. The bookstore is located in a quiet alley in downtown Taipei and is one of the few bookstores in Taiwan focusing mainly on detective novels.

“I launched the bookstore because I wanted to help the detective genre take root in Taiwan,” said Tan, 47. “I have always loved detective books, and it makes my life more meaningful if people can share the joy of literature with me.”

Tan said he hoped that establishing a bookstore could help enrich people’s lives.
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