The Law of Murder
Heiyanquan
Rating 4.0- Word count
- 2.4M words
- Series
- The Murder Trilogy
Tags
Featured Fiction Mystery and Suspense Criminal InvestigationCase FilesSerial MurderHorror AtmosphereLocked RoomSuspense and HorrorRational DeductionWeb NovelUrban LegendSummary
The Law of Murder is a long crime-investigation mystery novel by the online suspense writer Heiyanquan (real name Zheng Shouwei, a graduate of Southwest University of Political Science and Law's School of Criminal Investigation and School of Civil and Commercial Law), serialized on Heiyan Reading Network from April 7, 2015, and completed that December. About 2.4 million characters long, it is the first book in the author's "Murder Trilogy." Told from the perspective of Li Ke, a young associate professor at the police academy, the work follows the bizarre murder cases he narrates and becomes involved in, known as "supernatural cases": from the "Case 330," in which his girlfriend Xu Yi and friend Du Lei both disappear, to the locked-room "Red-Clothed Woman Serial Killer Case" with ears cut off, to unit cases such as the "Phone Murder Case" and the "Organ-Gouging Maniac," with the main mystery and standalone cases interweaving. Built on the core premise that "there are no ghosts in this world, only ghosts in people's hearts," the novel combines investigative details such as locked-room methods, forensic evidence, and crime-scene examination with urban-legend-style horror, using rational deduction to peel back rumors of "vengeful spirits demanding lives." Drawing on his own background in investigation and law, the author writes the conflict of emotion, reason, and law into the cases, giving the work both a sense of the bizarre and a sense of professionalism. During its serialization on Tianya Community it topped the monthly rankings, became an extremely high-click crime-fiction work on Heiyan Reading Network, and entered film and television adaptation preparation, with Jiang Yang, a screenwriter of The Serious Crime Unit 3, involved in adapting the script.Editor's review
在一众靠气氛唬人的灵异网文里，《谋杀法则》难得的底子是“硬”的。作者黑眼圈在西南政法大学受过系统的刑事侦查与法学训练，写起现场勘验、尸检结论、密室构成时并不含糊，读者不必忍受拍脑袋的推理；同时他又懂得讲故事的节奏，先用“红衣女”“哭声”“无头尸”这类都市传说把恐怖感拉满，再让主角李可一句“这个世界上没有鬼”把读者拽回理性轨道。全书两百多万字的体量，主线失踪案与单元案件穿插铺开，伏笔埋得深而密，很多细节要到后段才回甘，这也是书迷叫他“坑神”的由来。人物上，冷静自持、不甚讨喜的李可，神秘的女刑警沈诺，以及背后若隐若现的杜磊，构成了足够撑起长篇的张力。适合喜欢刑侦探案、享受烧脑解谜、又不排斥一点阴森氛围的读者。短处也明显：篇幅长、部分单元案件节奏偏慢，追求短平快阅读体验的人可能需要耐心。Who it's for
A good fit for
- 喜欢《法医秦明》《余罪》一类刑侦推理作品的读者
- 对密室手法、现场勘验、法医物证细节感兴趣的推理爱好者
- 能接受百万字以上长篇连载、愿意跟着伏笔慢慢追读的老书虫
- 喜欢将都市灵异传说用科学推理“破除”的悬疑读者
Not a good fit for
- 对凶案、尸体、血腥现场描写比较敏感、反感恐怖氛围的读者
- 希望一晚读完、偏爱短篇快节奏故事的读者
- 只想看纯灵异鬼怪、不在意逻辑推理过程的读者
Reading tips
- 先把“330案”这条主线和单元案件分开看，主线负责悬念，单元案件负责解谜，分开记账更不容易被伏笔绕晕。
- 遇到密室或所谓“灵异”现场，不妨先自己推测凶手时的手法和工具，再对照李可的分析，阅读乐趣会翻倍。
- 篇幅很长，建议按案件分段阅读并做简单笔记，记录人物关系与时间线，中后段的回收会更清晰。
- 如果在意恐怖浓度，可白天阅读或选择有声版，利用旁白节奏缓冲阴森氛围。
FAQ
《谋杀法则》有正式出版的纸质书吗？
目前公开资料显示，该书首发并完结于黑岩阅读网，属于网络连载作品，未见明确的正式纸质出版记录，因此本条目中出版社、ISBN 等信息留空。市面上的电子版与有声版本多由阅读平台或版权方发行。作者“黑眼圈”是谁？
黑眼圈是网络作家郑守伟的曾用笔名。他毕业于西南政法大学刑事侦查学院与民商法学院，现为中国作家协会会员，另著有《谋杀禁忌》《死亡回忆》《犯罪痕迹师》《罪恶无声》《尸冷街》等悬疑刑侦作品。本书和“谋杀三部曲”是什么关系？
《谋杀法则》是黑眼圈“谋杀三部曲”的第一部，2015年4月开始连载，同年12月完结，后续同系列作品还包括《谋杀禁忌》等，风格上延续刑侦推理路线。书里的案件是根据真实案件写的吗？
作者曾表示，整体框架参考过一些国内外发生过的刑事重案，但出于对案件相关人的尊重，每个案子参考真实事件的部分并不多，更多是艺术创作，不宜当作真实案件记录来读。This site is an index: you start “Search all sources” in your browser, and the entries it lists all point to third-party sites; please judge their availability yourself.
About the author
Heiyanquan AuthorHeiyanquan is an author active on Chinese online literature platforms. Publicly available information is limited: neither nationality nor dates of birth and death have been clearly recorded, and thirteen works are currently known. Judging from the existing titles, the writing spans two major genres, suspense and mystery on one hand and fantasy on the other. Works such as Mousha Faze, Mousha Jinji (also known online as Fanzui Henjishi) and Siwang Huiyi delve into suspense and the supernatural, emphasizing case deduction and an atmosphere of crime, while Quan Honghuang Dou Zhidao Mozu Zai Nao Lihun and [Greek Mythology] Father of the Earth draw on Honghuang and mythological settings with a playful, imaginative touch. The works are often grouped under premium fiction, quality web fiction and male-oriented fiction, reflecting an approach that serves both genre readers and serialized online reading.