Day and Night

Name: Day and Night
ISBN: 9787549253043

指纹 / 谢十三Changjiang Publishing House (Wuhan) Co., Ltd.2017

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Chapters: 22
ISBN: 9787549253043

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Summary

A brutal family massacre turns the formerly carefree Guan Hongyu into a wanted fugitive. His twin brother Guan Hongfeng, captain of the criminal investigation unit, vows to uncover the truth, but the kinship-recusal rule bars him from joining the investigation, so he resigns in fury. Zhou Xun, appointed acting captain, under pressure to close cases and to track down Guan Hongyu, arranges for the departed Guan Hongfeng to return to the front line as an "outside consultant" and keep working major cases. Yet the whole unit is kept in the dark about one thing: Guan Hongfeng suffers from nyctophobia and cannot go out after dark. So the "consultant Guan Hongfeng" who appears at the station by day is replaced at night by his fugitive twin brother Guan Hongyu. The brothers are opposites—the elder steady and meticulous, the younger worldly and quick-witted—and while they crack case after case (dismemberment, kidnapping, serial crimes) with their two sets of skills, investigation and counter-surveillance, they carefully patch the cracks in their shared identity under the eyes of colleagues, superiors and the suspicious, always one slip away from exposure. Beyond these episodic cases, a longer hidden thread runs through the book: who really committed the massacre, why evidence pointing to Guan Hongyu was left at the scene, and whether the brothers can access the sealed case file. As the story advances in the alternating rhythm of day and night, the conflict between family loyalty, justice and guilt is driven deeper and deeper.

Editor's review

这本书的特殊之处在于“先有剧本，后有小说”。作者指纹是执业多年的律师，剧本打磨多年，案件设计带着明显的行业质感：碎尸案里从脚印间距推定身高、从车辙深浅判断搬运工具，从伤口发力方向判断左右手，这类推演不靠灵光一闪，而靠可复述的证据链，读起来很有“跟着刑警做作业”的实感。小说由推理作者谢十三在原创剧本基础上改写，文字干净利落，节奏快、不拖沓，单元案件与灭门案主线双线咬合，几乎每一章结尾都留着一个要往下翻的钩子。最具张力的设定是“白夜换人”：一个患黑暗恐惧症的刑警队长，和一个背着灭门嫌疑的在逃弟弟，共用同一个身份活在警队眼皮底下，悬疑感之外还多了一层兄弟情与道义的撕扯。 2017年同名剧集播出后成为国产悬疑剧的现象级作品，潘粤明一人分饰两角。想先看书再刷剧，或者想知道剧里那些一闪而过的细节从何而来，这版小说都是很好的入口。

Who it's for

A good fit for

喜欢刑侦、罪案题材，偏爱硬核推理和证据推演的读者
看过同名剧集，想补读文字版与案件细节的观众
对双胞胎互换身份这类高张力设定感兴趣的悬疑读者
希望找节奏快、可一口气读完的国产类型小说的读者

Not a good fit for

对碎尸、凶案现场等描写比较敏感、容易不适的读者
期待本格密室、纯逻辑解谜的古典推理爱好者
希望读到完整独立结局、不愿追系列的读者

Reading tips

先按章节顺序读，单元案件与灭门案主线是交替推进的，跳读容易丢失线索。
读的时候可以随手记下兄弟俩在警队留下的破绽，后文多有呼应，很有乐趣。
不必先追剧，小说本身自成叙事；读完再看剧，能对照出改编取舍之处。
如果节奏太紧，可以按“一个案子一停”的方式分段读，更适合睡前阅读。

About the publisher

Changjiang Publishing House (Wuhan) Co., Ltd. China · Founded in 2004

Named after the Yangtze River, Changjiang Publishing House (Wuhan) Co., Ltd. publishes books on science and technology—water conservancy, hydropower, shipping and environmental protection—as well as works on the economy, society, history, culture and education. In literary publishing, it has released Cece Qinghan's Sinan series (including The Divine Mechanism, The Reverse Scale, The Mandate of Heaven and the four-volume set), Tang Que's Nine Provinces: Players in the Play, Bai Fanrushuang's The New Hunter (five volumes), Qingshan Huangzhong's Sealing the Blade (three volumes) and Shi Wucha's Saha. The titles in the library are commonly classified as time-travel and alternate-world fiction, otherworld-continent fiction and wuxia novels. These books show the press's sustained interest in fantasy, wuxia and alternate-world storytelling, bringing together authors such as Cece Qinghan, Tang Que, Bai Fanrushuang, Qingshan Huangzhong, Shi Wucha and Fan Ka. Based on the available library data, its literary publishing leans toward genre novels and serialized series, while further public information is needed to clarify its specific editorial direction and publishing features.

Prologue
Chapter 1 Wanted
Chapter 2 The Novice
Chapter 3 The Worm
Chapter 4 Old Acquaintance
Chapter 5 The Gamble
Chapter 6 A Father's Love
Chapter 7 Rainy Night
Chapter 8 Repeat Offense
Chapter 9 Conviction
Chapter 10 The File
Chapter 11 Kidnapping
Chapter 12 The Hostage
Chapter 13 Death
Chapter 14 Cat and Mouse
Chapter 15 Two Faces
Chapter 16 Undercover
Chapter 17 Defection
Chapter 18 The Deal
Chapter 19 Intelligence
Chapter 20 Day and Night
Epilogue

FAQ

这本小说和2017年的同名网剧是什么关系？

剧集是先有的：指纹创作了原创剧本，剧集2017年8月30日播出；小说由谢十三在剧本基础上改编成文学作品，同年7月由长江出版社出版。情节主干一致，小说在细节铺陈上更完整。

这本书是完整故事还是系列第一部？

2017年长江出版社这一版对应剧集第一季的故事，主线案件在书中有阶段性的交代，但人物与灭门案的走向留有后续空间。系列续作《白夜破晓》于2024年12月由新星出版社出版。

市面上还有别的版本吗？怎么区分？

常见的有2017年长江出版社单册版（ISBN 9787549253043，约362页、55万字）和2024年12月新星出版社上下两册版（ISBN 9787513357678，868页，增收番外《钻石》）。买之前看清出版社和ISBN即可。

作者指纹是什么背景？

指纹是执业多年的律师，2004年创建犯罪剖绘爱好者团体“指纹·犯罪研究工作室”，小说作品有《刀锋上的救赎》，编剧作品包括《白夜追凶》《重生》《庭外》《白夜破晓》等。

没看过剧、也不常读悬疑，能读进去吗？

可以。小说语言通俗，案件按单元推进，每章信息量集中，读起来接近追剧体验；只要不排斥凶案描写，入门门槛不高。

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指纹 Author

Fingerprint is a suspense and mystery author for whom little public information is available. Their work has drawn attention for its strongly cinematic storytelling and its socially minded approach to detective fiction. Three titles are available: Day and Night, The Salvation on the Blade (Expanded Edition), and Day and Night 2: Dawn Breaks. Day and Night became known to a wider readership through the television adaptation of the same name starring Pan Yueming and Wang Longzheng, with the novel and the series reflecting each other and creating a cross-media reach. Fingerprint's writing often begins with a case and, in the process of uncovering the truth, portrays the characters' circumstances and the gray areas of human nature, combining the tension of mystery fiction with the realistic concerns of social fiction. The works are categorized as suspense and mystery and as social fiction; their style tends to be cool and restrained, with tight pacing and attention to plot momentum and the gradual revelation of characters' inner lives. Because the author's biography has not been made public, this introduction is based only on the works and confirmed publication facts available, without speculation about their life.

谢十三 Author

Xie Shisan is a Chinese writer of suspense and mystery fiction, though publicly available information about the author is limited. Only two works can currently be confirmed, both belonging to the "Day and Night" series. The representative work, Day and Night, shares its title with the television drama starring Pan Yueming and Wang Longzheng; the novel reached a wider readership through the popularity of the screen adaptation. Its sequel, Day and Night 2: Daybreak, continues the same storyline. Based on the available information, Xie Shisan's writing concentrates on the suspense and mystery genre, advancing plots through criminal clues and tense relationships between characters, with a compact and direct narrative style suited to the pacing and atmosphere of screen adaptation. Because the author's biography, nationality, and writing career have not been made public, the personal profile remains unclear; nevertheless, judging from the subject matter and market presence of the two works, Xie Shisan has gained some attention through the interplay between fiction and television adaptation and has become a recognizable name in this intersection of Chinese suspense writing and screen adaptation.