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警察迷途中：誰是兇手

警察迷途中：誰是兇手

jǐng chá mí tú zhōng： shuí shì xiōng shǒu
Author 顏瑜 · Yen Yu
Language Traditional Chinese · Taiwan
Format Novel
Published 2023
Pages 212
Read 2026-08-31 → 2026-09-02
Finished ★★★★★

Review

★★★★★

I found this novel very different from the other ones, much more on a personal level than institutional and structural like the others were. The scale of the plot is also much smaller, and heavily focused on Hsu Chia-wei, who is one of the most interesting characters I’ve followed in a while. I didn’t really care for the case, but Hsu Chia-wei being one of characters of 警察執勤中：正義的代價 immediately pulled me in, and I also liked the way the two novels are linked.

But 警察執勤中：正義的代價 is key I think and really should be read before. 警察迷途中：誰是兇手 shows not just the obvious public, politic and structural repercussions the case had, but how it also completely influenced the life of Hsu Chia-wei, all aspects of it.

Updates

100%

I somehow finished it? It’s really very short…
I found the end really depressing, maybe I’ll choose something lighter for my next reads.

第七章
59%

Chapter 7 was quite the reveal! Though I guess a lot of things I found weird make sense now.

49%

Reading about bullying always makes me feel bad… but the story took quite a turn.
I knew the novel was short, but I still can’t believe I’m halfway through. I’ll probably finish it this week then.

29%

Had time for one more chapter today!

20%

I read the first two chapters, we get to see yet another aspect of police procedures and administrative tasks, it’s so interesting. Especially because you get to see different aspects of the same procedures across different books. The first chapter alone made me see some scenes from previous books with a new eye!
The character called 許家偉 though… is he really the same as in 警察執勤中：正義的代價? I feel like I’m watching a series, but I missed a whole season…

Maybe I was supposed to read 警察執勤中：宣戰角頭 first, that is, just after 警察執勤中：正義的代價? Which would make sense given that they share the same title… Oh well, given that I’m already 20% I’ll just continue now.

Characters

第五章
  • 江禹斌 jiāng yǔ bīn Chiang Yu-pin
    隊長duì zhǎngTeam leader
    Captain of the investigation team (偵查隊隊長), late 30s, rose from the grassroots detective ranks, and often targets and humiliates Hsu Chia-wei.
  • 胖明哥 pàng míng gē Ming
    Chia-wei’s colleague from the same squad (4th), who takes his side and is nice to him.
  • 阿祥 ā xiáng A-hsiang
    Member of the 7th squad in the Investigation Squad of Luzhou Precinct.
  • 陳美華 chén měi huá Chen Mei-hua
    Dead woman.
  • 許家偉 xǔ jiā wěi Hsu Chia-wei
    Young detective in his twenties, in the 4th squad of Luzhou Precinct's Investigation Squad, mainly doing administrative work and bullied by his colleagues and superiors.
  • 林文德 lín wén dé Lin Wen-te
    Police officer stationed at a 派出所/
  • 不倒翁 Bùdǎowēng Budaoweng (Tumbler / Roly-poly)
    Powerful and influential man in his forties in a SM relationship with Chia-wei