Need a new Netflix mystery? Korean thriller Mousetrap will ensnare you.

Need a new mystery series? South Korean thriller Mousetrap has landed on Netflix, an unsettling, high-octane careen into the world of "identity laundering." Based on the 2017 Kakao Webtoon Field Mouse by Ludovico, the series sees incognito novelist Je Moon-jae ( Reply 1988 's Ryu Jun-yeol) finding his identity completely stolen .

The understandably panicked writer must figure out why a mysterious figure known as "The Rat" has done such a thing, and how he can possibly get his life back.

But that's just the tip of the iceberg for this mind-bending thriller, directed by Kim Hong-sun ( Project Wolf Hunting ) and written by Lee Jae-gon ( A Model Family ), which twists and turns through the streets of Seoul and into the past.

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Imagine waking up one day and someone has stolen your identity.

You can't open your phone or bank account with your own fingerprint.

People are in your apartment, having bought it from someone posing as you.

You have no medical records, no ID, nothing left to prove you're you — because they're all assigned to someone else.

That's the plight of Moon-jae, a popular, enigmatic author who keeps his identity secret, which backfires on him in the most life-altering way possible.

Following his parents' tragic death, Moon-jae has become a recluse, with his literary success seeing him holed up in his high-tech, luxurious apartment for years.

Every day, he follows the same routine, suppresses the same panic attack, experiences the same nightmare.

Through his floor-to-ceiling glass walls, he watches people go through their daily motions on the street — the postal deliveries, the food vendors — with his only real connection to the outside world his friend, accountant Son Su-hyeon ( The Tyrant 's Moo Jin-sung).

In one day, it's all taken from him, as his identity is hijacked.

His high school friends don't recognise him, and he's got no ID in the world.