A Mystery and Crime-Solving Novel That Made Me Cry 一本悬疑破案小说，收割了我的眼泪
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Newtown Homicide 新城追凶
In a lively new coastal city, all kinds of bizarre crimes occur amid seemingly ordinary lives. The officers of the Special Investigations Unit rely on their solid professional skills and their determination to solve every major case, sifting through clues until they identify the real culprit. Adapted from a popular, large-scale crime investigation radio drama of the same name, this novel features gripping plots and vivid prose, offering readers an immersive experience that makes them feel as if
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The Strange Case of South City 南城诡事
A bizarre, inexplicable murder takes place in Nancheng. The case bears a striking resemblance to one Tang Qianyu described on Weibo just two days earlier, drawing her into the investigation. To uncover the truth, she joins forces with Gu Zhiheng, her upperclassman from the same school and captain of Nancheng's criminal investigation team, to hunt down the killer. But she never imagined this was only the beginning...
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Is It Quieter After the Rain? 下雨后是否更寂静
After the rain came endless helplessness. Late at night, notes of silence tapped against the tightly closed blinds as Wu Qian sank into quiet contemplation. “My friend's death has come back to haunt me like a ringing bell.” “Is this Wu Qian? It's Xiao Ling. We haven't been in touch for ages. I've been so busy with work lately. Are you free this weekend? Let's meet. There's something I need to tell you. Let's meet outside the Chongguang Huan Center!” Xiao Ling's soft, halting voice pierced Wu Qia
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Roses and Guns [Criminal Investigation] 玫瑰与烈枪【刑侦】
[Their flesh and blood will forge my glory, becoming the honor I pursue for the rest of my life.] One June, two major events took place at the Qin City Public Security Bureau. First, a female captain named Gu Ji joined the anti-narcotics squad, and her darts flew in dazzling patterns. Second, a police badge number that had been dormant for ten years was reactivated, and this female captain was its successor. That same June, two major things happened to Song Yanci, leader of the major crimes
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The Road to Justice [Criminal Investigation] 罪案征途【刑侦】
When Song Yun joins the criminal investigation team, Chi Yan finds fault with everything she does. When his teammates ask about it, he assures them: “Trust me, she’ll quit on her own within two days.” But then... Day One: She finds a crucial clue. Day Three: She identifies the prime suspect. Day Five: The suspect confesses. Her outstanding abilities leave the team hesitant. “Captain, do we still want her to leave?” Captain Chi stubbornly replies, “We risk our lives every day. Letting her
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The Special Case Files [Crime Investigation] 特案谜踪[刑侦]
In this world, some yearn for the light, while others sink into darkness. No matter how long darkness lasts, the light will eventually shine upon the world. A bizarre arson case from thirty years ago leads to several murders. One strange and eerie case after another, each story gripping and moving. Policewoman Xiao Nan is here to solve the cases, uncover the truth about her own origins, and deliver justice that is thirty years overdue!
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A Little Land of Mountains and Rivers 小山河
When Chi Xia first joins the special investigations team, Luo Xun strongly recommends transferring her elsewhere. The intern is so thin-limbed and wooden, like she can barely keep her eyes open. What makes her suitable for this team? She’d be much better off in Publicity! The thin-limbed intern says nothing, responding to everything with, “Captain Luo, solving the case comes first.” Luo Xun is so frustrated he can barely contain himself. The team is doomed, he thinks. Before long, Captain Luo ge
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Gallery Number Thirteen 十三号画廊
Xiang Niannian is an expert in restoring ancient paintings and calligraphy, and runs a small gallery to make ends meet. Unlike other experts, the figures in the paintings she touches come to life. Each one stays in the human world for seven days, then returns to the page after fulfilling a wish. Only that Jin Yi Guard refuses to leave, shamelessly lingering around her. “Visitor’s Guide to Gallery No. 13” 1. That live-action Calabash Brothers lookalike is not Wang Zulan. Don’t ask him for an aut
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Crimson Moon Killing Game 绯月杀戮游戏
[If I don’t finish this, I’m a dog!] [Crime Solving + Games + Transmigrate + Anime] [Famous Detectives VS Serial Killers] Players, choose your card: famous detective or murderous clown? Supporting characters: the Phantom Thief Alliance led by Kaito Kid. Ten famous detectives, including The Kindaichi Case Files’ Hajime, Conan, Sherlock Holmes, and Kogoro Akechi, face off against ten serial killers in another world in a deadly game that draws everyone into the action. A battle between justice and
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The Funeral Detective 白事大侦探
My childhood friend got caught soliciting sex. There’s no problem with me bailing him out, right? But what’s the deal with making a funeral director like me the head of a special investigation team? All I want is to focus on making money, but the appearance of a confession letter completely changed my life, and nearly got me killed (Chapter 164). For personal and professional reasons alike, Chou Wan, I’m going to catch you... This is a traditional detective novel, not a power fantasy. The pacing
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The Detective Returns from Prison 刑警出狱
Who is the killer? (No spoilers, please) A year after his father went missing, Shang Jie is released from prison and forms the Third Criminal Investigation Brigade. While investigating a serial murder and sexual assault case, Shang Jie unexpectedly finds his father's watch. The case also brings to light the 312 shooting from years ago. Cases spanning different eras are the hardest to solve. With his ability to read minute clues in water, Shang Jie leads the Third Brigade step by step toward the
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The Silent Witness 无言的证人
Lin Xu, a second-year high school humanities student, seems like an unremarkable teenager with average grades. In reality, he is a hardcore fan who has read over a thousand detective novels, practically a living crime database. By chance, he gets caught up in a bizarre case involving a student falling to their death on campus. He uses obscure deduction techniques to help the police solve it, and is immediately hired by the criminal investigation captain as a civilian consultant. When a serial ki
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Star in the Stone 石中星
After finding a Sacred Spirit Stone and awakening his potential, he cracks the first campus cold case and takes his first step from “invisible nobody” to “anonymous detective.” A young detective’s one-of-a-kind experience.
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Emperor Zhengde 正德大帝
In the fifteenth year of Zhengde, the Ming dragon flag was still hemmed in by the Great Wall and the coastline. But Zhu Houzhao, returned from the dead after falling into the water, is going to plant that dragon flag across the globe! In the north, Mongol cavalry raid the passes year after year? I’ll train a modern army and sweep the steppes with firearms and artillery, turning the Mongol grasslands into Ming grazing grounds! In the southeast, Japanese pirates and sea raiders harass the coast?
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The Emperors of the Liu Family 老刘家的那些皇帝
When we talk about the Han dynasty, we are talking about more than the rise and fall of a dynasty. We are talking about a family legacy and its perseverance across centuries. The Emperors of the Old Liu Family traces the Liu emperors to take a fresh look at the history of the Western and Eastern Han dynasties. It steps away from the grand narrative of traditional histories and focuses instead on the individual people seated on the imperial throne. We see Liu Bang's common touch coexisting with h
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Reborn: I’ll Reach the Summit 重生之我要会当凌绝顶
Liu Chen, a 46-year-old founder of a top private equity firm, spent half his life fighting in the business world, only to be betrayed by his partners, lose everything in a hundred-billion-yuan wipeout, and die suddenly of a heart attack. As he lay dying, news that his first love, Su Wanqing, had been abused by her husband and fallen to her death became a lifelong regret carved into his very bones. He opens his eyes to find himself back in 1997, in a senior high school classroom with 98 days left
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My Forensic Partner Is a Stunning Female Ghost 我的法医搭档是绝美女鬼
[A science-minded, straight-talking forensic doctor × a stunning thousand-year-old female ghost] [Science vs. the supernatural] [Hilarious bickering] [Feelings growing in secret] [Feng shui] [Magic arrays] Other people solve cases with deduction. We solve them with a little help from “ghosts.” Lu Mingzhe is Jiangcheng’s chief forensic doctor. Highly rational, he believes in science. That is, until he sees a breathtakingly beautiful thousand-year-old female ghost in a red dress on his autopsy tab
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The Major Crimes Unit's Female Constable 重案女捕快
A series of ancient crime-solving mysteries with no System, no romance, and pure deduction. A trio of investigators, a constable, a young physician, and a prince demoted to commoner, work together to solve a string of major cases, including the disappearance of silver notes, a missing horse from the Crown Prince’s residence, and a case of ghostly footprints.
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The Bureau's Twin Years: A Record of Strange Herb Mysteries in the Martial World 局编双年：奇草谜案江湖录
(Not a power fantasy + no System + plot-driven + crime-solving and deduction + mind-bending twists) (The author spent a full year crafting all the murder cases. They’re sure to be gripping and mind-bending, so enjoy!) One year ago, on a dark night, I was a lowly cleaner working in the City Lord’s Hall when I was dragged into a murder targeting the three great families. Everyone said I was the killer! One year later, by day, I’d turned my fortunes around and become deputy director of the Security
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Wind in the Dead of Night: Suspects Know They’re in for Trouble When They Meet Me 暗夜有风：嫌疑人遇到我自认倒霉
The world has both light and darkness, and the line between good and evil can be crossed in an instant. What is the line you won't cross? Where does the abyss begin? And who is the prey? Let rookie cop Chu Feng tell you the truth...
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The Mysterious Pry Marks 神秘的撬痕
[Mystery] [Deduction] [Criminal Investigation] [Crime Solving] [No System] One pry mark connects three lives... A butcher disguises himself as a woman for love... An abandoned child is kidnapped and becomes Cat Master... Blackmail, murder, rape, framing, sleight of hand, voice changers... See how Chu Feng, a university student on the verge of graduating, follows the clues through the whirlpool, pierces the fog, uncovers the seemingly impossible truth, and gradually becomes a master detective.
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The Innocent's Word 无罪说
It began at the Sunshine Hotel. After seven peaceful years, Lin Xi's life was once again disrupted by the arrival of the new generation. After the Zhe incident, what role does the newly arrived warder play? What other stories lie hidden in Qinglin County, drawn there by Zhe? With these questions in mind, Lin Xi once again sets out to uncover the truth.
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Detective Di Renjie, Book Five 神探狄仁杰第五部
In the final years of Emperor Wu of the Tang dynasty, the capital Luoyang had finally begun to settle down. After the brilliant detective Di Renjie exposed the Burning Heaven Fire at the Shanjin Bureau, the rebellion in Youzhou, and the Blood Eagle's chain of murders, he retired from public life and settled in the Southern Market, hoping to enjoy his twilight years in peace. But when all is quiet, trouble is never far away. After a banquet in the Eastern Palace, Crown Prince Li Xian suddenly fa
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The Eye of Deduction and Ten Curious Cases 破解之眼与十个奇妙案件
Truth-Piercing Eye, activate! Lies trigger a red alert, while secrets lie hidden beneath transparency... My name is Zhou Shijiu. With these Truth-Piercing Eyes that see through to the truth, I’ve solved countless strange cases in a marvelous world! And these eyes are just one of countless marvelous protagonists. This isn’t a one-person show! This is an anthology celebration, with a wild new premise in every installment! There’s no fixed protagonist, only a cast of characters shining together: It
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Detective Di Renjie: The Magistrate of Pengze County 神探狄仁杰之彭泽县令
In the first year of Changshou, Di Renjie is framed by treacherous schemers and demoted to the remote wilderness of Pengze, where he stumbles upon a city full of bizarre cases! A derelict rouge house, abandoned for ten years; a locked-room murder on a rainy night; three ruffians found dead inside, their lips curled in smiles, with no trace of how they died. The county authorities rule it a ghostly vengeance, and panic grips the people. Summoned to solve the case in a time of crisis, Di Gong sets
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The Truth Photo Studio 真相照相馆
[A fresh new mystery concept] [Mystery] [One female lead] [Detective work] [Crime] Chen Chong returns from retirement and reopens a case to clear his best friend's name. He never expects one case to conceal another. With his exceptional intelligence and meticulous thinking, he uncovers the truth behind one case after another, while finding himself caught in all kinds of danger and traps...
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The Solitary Sword That Locks the Sea 定海锁孤剑行
Seventeen members of the Liu household were wiped out overnight. There were no wounds or blood, and they looked as if they were asleep. The authorities blamed a vengeful ghost. Su Wan didn't believe them. The Sea-Calming Lock around her neck had grown hot in front of the Liu residence. This wasn't a ghost. It was a person. A single dusky-blue poison needle led her to the massacre at Luoxing Village ten years ago. She used the lock to identify the culprit and her sword to investigate the case. Th
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