The Face Beneath the Ink 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. Elias 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. Now, 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. When 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. As 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. But this isn't just a string of murders. It's a composition. And the final subject isn't a stranger. It's Elias himself. Layered with atmosphere, tension, and haunting psychological depth, The Face Beneath the Ink 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. For fans of Sharp Objects, True Detective, and The Silent Patient, this is a thriller where the shadows don't just follow you-they draw you in.