The Right Hand of Death

王稼骏天津博集新媒科技有限公司Apr 2026

3.9

Word count: 128K words
Chapters: 23

Summary

A murderous fiend, a private detective; a university mystery society, a seemingly united but deeply divided investigation team; a police officer with hidden motives, a surgeon bent on revenge; a set of cryptic coded poems, N female corpses with severed palms... The solver navigates deadly traps at every turn, advancing step by step; the orchestrator calculates every move, setting a lethal trap at every tenth step...

Editor's review

Death's Right Hand packs multiple groups of characters into a single serial case: a murderer, a private detective, a university mystery society, a seemingly united but deeply divided investigation team, a police officer with hidden motives, a revenge-driven surgeon, plus coded poems and female corpses with severed palms—the information density is high. Its appeal lies not in a single detective's solo performance, but in the mutual probing between the "solver" and the "orchestrator": one side clears traps step by step while the other sets a lethal trap at every tenth step, and readers must constantly revise their judgments as they follow the clues. Suited to readers who enjoy authentic puzzle-mystery atmosphere and are willing to read with notes; those who only want light case-solving or single-perspective manhunts may find the multi-thread switching slows the pace. While reading, it helps to jot down character relationships and poem clues separately to better appreciate the sense of an intricately calculated scheme.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Mystery readers who enjoy multi-thread narratives and serial-case layouts
Hardcore puzzle lovers willing to follow coded poems and deduce clues
Readers of suspense stories who prefer power struggles among detectives, police, and societies
Readers who can accept a dark criminal atmosphere and chilling elements such as severed palms

Not a good fit for

Readers who only want light case-solving from a single detective's perspective
Readers sensitive to bloody crime details such as severed palms
Readers unaccustomed to multiple character switches and complex clue layering

Reading tips

Prepare a character relationship chart and note each new character's identity and stance as they appear, reducing confusion from multi-thread switching.
Copy the coded poems separately and refer back to them every few chapters, watching for correspondences between the verses and the corpse clues.
When the investigation team splits internally, don't rush to take sides; note each person's suspicious points first and review them together in the later chapters.

About the publisher

天津博集新媒科技有限公司

Tianjin Boji Xinmei Technology Co., Ltd. is a publisher focused mainly on literature and general reading. Public information about the company is limited, but its catalog of nearly one thousand titles indicates publishing directions that include mystery and detective fiction, foreign literature, classic works, health, and Eastern philosophy. Representative publications include The Complete Dark Stories of Edgar Allan Poe, the works of Jo Nesbø, Nobel laureates John Steinbeck and Yasunari Kawabata, the collected works of Shi Tiesheng, and the healing books of neurologist Oliver Sacks. Its author resources combine foreign classics such as Poe, Steinbeck, and Kawabata with contemporary mystery writers like Nesbø, supported by translators including Cao Minglun and Lin Liren, reflecting a publishing profile that balances retranslated classics with genre reading.

版权信息
第一章丈夫的复仇
第二章猜忌
第三章水果刀
第四章劫案
第五章两个男人
第六章珍惜
第七章残缺的家
第八章本能
第九章误入洋房
第十章照片上的警察
第十一章深夜跟踪
第十二章计划
第十三章劫案的疑点
第十四章八部电影
第十五章神速破案
第十六章凶手是谁
第十七章意料之外的推理
第十八章消失的巨款
第十九章劫案真相
第二十章同伙
第二十一章惊人的真相
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FAQ

Is this book a single case or multiple cases linked together?

From the available information, the story revolves around a murderer, a private detective, and an investigation team, featuring multiple female corpses with severed palms and coded poems. It is a multi-clue serial-case structure, not a simple manhunt for a single case.

Is the mystery very difficult? Do I need to take notes?

The information volume is fairly large, with many characters, scattered clues, and coded poems to cross-reference. Simple notes can help clarify character stances and clue correspondences, but the book is readable without them—you're just more likely to miss foreshadowing.

Are there horror or gory descriptions?

The information mentions female corpses with severed palms and a serial murderer, and the criminal atmosphere is rather dark, possibly including chilling descriptions of corpses. Readers sensitive to gory details should choose carefully; the exact degree is subject to the main text.

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About the author

王稼骏 Author

Wang Jiajun is a Chinese author of suspense and mystery fiction. Only limited public information is available, and seven of his works are currently included in the collection. Representative titles include The Grim Reaper's Right Hand, My Name Is Black, The Creed of a Mystery Writer, Alpha's Labyrinth, Goddess, The Four Abusers in the Dark, and the five-volume Chinese Sherlock Holmes: Who Is the Real Culprit. These books are generally shelved under suspense and mystery and classic works, and their subjects revolve around crime puzzles, detective manhunts, and psychological suspense, with titles that often carry striking imagery and a strong sense of enigma. The Sherlock Holmes series in particular borrows the classic Holmesian detective framework, showing the author's interest in traditional mystery models. With fuller public information lacking, readers may regard his writing as popular genre fiction built around eerie plots and deductive clues.