Eight million actually refers to the eight million New York City residents an elegant pimps chance, men have six girls and their style each different, some can write poetry, some familiar reportage beautiful and naive king Dakota tender is but one of them she thought from the career of the call girl, find Matthew for protection, let him with chance said Matthew received gold saving money but he didn’t keep gold life without being tortured beyond recognition, died in the apartment, some friends of gold also die one by one, one girl wrote in a note: No one wants to spend money on me no one wants to marry me no one wants to save my life I’m tired of smiling I’m tired of living the good times have become the past eight million ways to die meaning everyone has a way to die no one can escape, especially in this weird and evil city of New York.
《八百万种死法》里的八百万其实是指纽约市里八百万市民。一个优雅的皮条客昌斯，手下有六个姑娘，她们风采各异，有的能写诗，有的熟知报告文学。美丽而天真的金·达科嫩不过是其中之一。她想脱离应召女郎的生涯，找到马修寻求保护，让他跟昌斯说。马修收了金攒的私房钱但没有保住金的命。金被人折磨得面目全非，死在公寓中。金的一些朋友也一个接一个死掉。其中一个姑娘在遗书中写道：“无人愿意为我一掷千金。无人愿意与我共结连理。无人愿意救我一命。我已倦于微笑。我已疲于奔命。美好时光已成过去。”“八百万种死法”的意思是每一个人都有他们死的方法———没有人可以逃避，尤其是在纽约这个光怪陆离的罪恶城市。
梁朝伟推荐理由：他曾经酗酒，但加入了戒酒协会；虽然生活在纽约，却不用手机；每次破案坚持用最原始的纸和笔，拒绝高科技。他念旧复古，坚持自我，坚持直觉。