Crime Solving, Suspense, Mystery 破案 悬疑 推理

1. 451 银 The Mystery of the Silver Token 银令牌谜案 Retired from the Name-Giving Game退堂鼓起名废10k WordsCompleted The Mystery of the Silver Token —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Is a short story okay?

2. 452 你 You’re the Expert Team, So Why Are You Learning Criminal Investigation from Me, a Fugitive? 你专家组，怎么跟我一逃犯学刑侦 Ling Jiu San Yao零九三妖Mystery3.3M WordsOngoing Su Chen, who specialized in unsolved cold cases, transmigrated to a parallel world and was selected for a reality show about escape. He would be the show’s sole fugitive, hunted by a team of top experts selected from within the public security system! The show’s purpose was to showcase the power of the police and show the public just how easy it was to catch someone in modern society. But no one expected Su Chen to infiltrate the public security system from the start. Using his own methods of si 14.7kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves

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   A thrilling suspenseful crime-solving novel! It features a system! No female lead! ① The protagonist escapes a game using numerous methods to solve mysteries! ② The male lead is bound to a leisure system, but he can't be a lazy bum; he solves cases every day! ③④ The male lead possesses numerous skills, and he's adept at using any of the bad guys' abilities!

3. 453 零 Zero-Degree Showdown: Operation Blue Arrow 零度交锋：蓝捷行动 Windless Rainy Night雨夜无风Mystery2.3M WordsOngoing [Mystery and Suspense] [Espionage] [Crime Investigation] [Modern Urban] [Genius] [Strong Female Lead] [National Security] Twenty-three years ago, a separation tore the lives of twin sisters apart. The younger sister was trained by an overseas spy organization to become an elite agent. Sent back to China, she is ordered to assassinate her own sister, take her place, infiltrate Lanjie Communications, and steal the core secret, “Lanjie 9.” Caught between her mission and her organization's orders on 11.3kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves

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   The foreshadowing is intricate, and the ending is breathtaking! The entire book revolves around a major transnational espionage case, with technically sophisticated and hardcore battles of wits, creating a tense and thrilling intellectual confrontation. Layer upon layer of plot twists unveil a deep conspiracy, offering a grand scope and a lingering aftertaste.

4. 454 鉴 Reading Bones to Solve Cases 鉴骨断案 Flowers and Trees Today今朝花树Mystery308k WordsCompleted No golden finger, no System, no romance. A traditional criminal investigation novel, focused entirely on solving cases. He examines bones to solve crimes, uncovering long-buried truths from scattered fragments. Those broken, scattered bones tell tales of life’s joys and sorrows. 597Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   Pure crime-solving, no romance, no cheat codes, focuses on ensemble cast, traditional crime investigation novel.

5. 455 派 Police Station Cases: Public Order and Criminal Investigations 派出所警事【治安和刑事侦查】 By Chunshen Lake春申湖畔Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted Wang Zhiyong graduated from the Criminal Police Academy in 2005 and was assigned to work at a local police station. His duties mainly involved handling public security and criminal cases. Through his work, he encountered a great many calls for police assistance and gained a deeper understanding of the joys and sorrows of human life. He solved numerous criminal and public security cases. As he continued handling cases, Wang Yong gradually grew into an outstanding police officer. 468Reads—Score108Shelves
6. 456 暗 The Hidden Line: Anti-Drug Operations 暗线【禁毒】 By Chunshen Lake春申湖畔Mystery231k WordsCompleted After graduating from a police academy, Li Xiaofeng began investigating cases at a local police station. Diligent and responsible in his work, he followed every lead and solved one major case after another. Thanks to his outstanding work in the fight against drugs, he gradually rose to a leadership position. 41Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 457 六 The Case of the Six-Petaled Snowflake 六角雪花迷案 Lin Cangzi林苍子Mystery141k WordsCompleted A fire breaks out at a villa, and a dismembered corpse is discovered inside. Yet the scene where the body was cut apart is a hundred li away. How did the killer travel between the two places using an invisible thread? And why are the survivors of the fire dying one after another… As the investigation gradually deepens, more and more clues emerge, yet the case continues to move toward an impossible dead end… 119Reads—Score102Shelves

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   This is a mystery novel I wrote myself. It's in a classic mystery style, featuring impossible locked-room mysteries, specifically a series of nested locked-room puzzles.

8. 458 洛 Three Days in Luoyang 洛阳三日簿 Great Sage Duo Duo大圣铎铎Historical511k WordsCompleted If you open the account book titled The Luoyang Three-Day Ledger, every line of numbers represents a life. Three days before the Lantern Festival in the first year of the Zhengsheng era, Li Suan, a low-ranking clerk in the Ministry of Revenue, discovers a ledger that could turn the entire court of the Wu Zhou dynasty into a river of blood. The charcoal and ice gratuities are bribes; the sunken grain ships are murder. And the bloody fingerprints of twenty-seven ministers on the final page point t 630Reads—Score143Shelves

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   [Must-Read for Bookworms] I stayed up all night to finish this! This "Ancient Auditor" uses an abacus to overturn Wu Zetian's court in 72 hours! It's so addictive!!! "The Three-Day Book of Luoyang"—a masterpiece where a lowly ninth-rank official's abacus clicks and the Wu Zhou Dynasty hangs by a thread! 📖 The story begins with a dusty abacus: Li Suan, a lowly clerk in the Ministry of Revenue, an ordinary person who only knows how to use an abacus, accidentally discovers a "King of Hell's Account." On the surface, it's a list of gifts for charcoal and ice, but underneath lies a murder of a sunken canal ship, the bloody fingerprints of twenty-seven ministers, and a coup ignited at the Lantern Festival. Wu Zetian awaits the truth, Princess Taiping is setting up her chessboard, and Lai Junchen's pursuit is already at the door. And he only has 72 hours. With an abacus, he uses the gaps in the numbers to uncover the hand that overthrew the dynasty. 🔥 Why did this book keep me up all night? ❶ A groundbreaking new genre: "solving cases with an abacus"! Not time travel, no cheat codes—the protagonist breaks through the impasse with his professional auditing skills! Hidden within the clatter of abacus beads lies a deadly intent more lethal than swords. Smelling blood from the dry numbers—this intellectual battle is incredibly satisfying! ❷ A 72-hour countdown, the pace is breathtaking! The closer the Lantern Festival gets, the deeper the conspiracy. Wu Zetian, Princess Taiping, and Lai Junchen's forces are locked in a three-way struggle; every step is a gamble of life and death. Memorable scenes abound, the visuals are stunning—each chapter feels like a suspenseful short drama! ❸ The relatability of ordinary people is overwhelming! Li Suan is powerless and without influence, possessing only the instinct for survival and professional dedication. His fear, struggle, and desperate counterattack are relatable to every ordinary person facing pressure in reality. This narrative of "ordinary people influencing grand history" is truly moving! 📚 If you're tired of mindless time travel and formulaic palace intrigue and cultivation novels, come and read *The Three-Day Record of Luoyang*! The historical research is solid (the first year of the Zheng Sheng era and the records of Tan Jing and Bing Jing are all sourced), the suspense is mind-bending, and the pacing is incredibly fast! 👉 I've already added it to my bookshelf, no more talk, let's go!?

9. 459 咸 The Laid-Back Detective: From the Start, I Show Up with a Robbery Suspect in Tow 咸鱼警探之开局拎着抢劫犯报到 The Cat That Took Flight飞起来的猫Mystery682k WordsCompleted Bu Tongfeng had hoped to lie flat, but somehow ran into an unreliable System. Before long, he found himself caught up in one bizarre case after another. Fine. If you won't let me take it easy, then none of you are getting away unscathed. I'll use the iron fist of justice to teach you that being a couch potato is an attitude, not a lack of ability. 3.5kReads9.2Score331Shelves
10. 460 预 Prophecy Is No Crime 预言无罪 Autumn Mountain at Sunset夕落秋山Mystery413k WordsCompleted [Criminal investigations] + [No System, no brainless characters] Ten years ago, a psychopathic killer called Blackface escaped capture. Ten years later, Blackface is back. If I tell you who the killer is, can you figure out how the crimes were committed? Who deserves to die, and who doesn’t? The White Witch’s daughter awakens from the darkness. Faced with the trials of human nature and the law, what will she choose? A series of major cases, each intricately connected. Just how powerful can Black 3kReads8.8Score339Shelves

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    Enough said, this book is really good. If you like this genre, go for it! [Smirk]

11. 461 身 As a Police Officer, Isn't It Only Reasonable to Have a Few More Skills? 身为警察，多会点技能很合理吧 Ju Jiuzhi桔九织Mystery638k WordsCompleted A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 7kReads9.1Score617Shelves
12. 462 离 Unbelievable! The Brash Blonde Is Actually a Criminal Investigation Captain 离谱！黄毛丫头竟是刑侦队长 Crazy Little Bird疯小鸟Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Criminal Investigation + Suspense + Case-by-Case Mystery Solving + Brain-Teasing Cases + Female Lead Investigator] A madman attacked everyone in a film studio, while a girl was brutally slashed across the throat on her way home. The clues that surfaced were merely a ploy to mislead the police. When obsession becomes the root of evil, and victims become perpetrators, just how evil can human nature be? The truth is buried beneath layer upon layer. Ever since joining the Special Cases Unit, Su Xia 32.4kReads9.1Score4.3kShelves

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    Don't be fooled by the cover and title; the content is absolutely explosive. With its contrasting male and female leads, this book is a high-octane, dark suspense novel centered on the extreme contrast and mutual reflection between police captain Ling Zhi and "master-level assassin" Jiang Li. Ling Zhi believes in procedural justice, embodying order and rules; Jiang Li, born for revenge, is arrogant and intelligent, navigating the gray abyss—far from a traditional villain, but a tragic avenger driven to desperation by unforeseen circumstances. Their pursuit transcends the police-criminal framework, evolving into a "madman's duel" that tears apart the lines between right and wrong—a top-tier battle of wits and psychology, and a brutal clash between idealism (what ought to be) and the harsh realities of life (what is). Through highly tense dialogue (such as "Don't die, who will accompany me to the end of the road if you die?"), Layered plot twists, and a narrative imbued with a strong sense of destiny, the book constantly questions the core theme: when the system fails and justice remains confined to procedures, is the individual left with only the desperate path of blood for blood? Jiang Li represents the "blood-stained road to hell," luring Ling Zhi to the brink of his faith collapse and ultimately forcing him to confront his own redefinition of justice. The work goes beyond mere suspense and thrills; it delves into the complexities of human nature, the possibility of redemption, and the inevitability of destruction within a dark tone, constructing a breathtaking yet irresistible tragic suspense world.

13. 463 神 Detective: The System Taught Me Skills, Then Left 神探：系统教会我技能后，就走了 Big Brother Qiao乔家大哥Mystery347k WordsCompleted Qin Yu was an ordinary person who, by a twist of fate, landed in another parallel world. The Detective System that suddenly appeared in his mind made him realize at once how different he was from before. Following the System's instructions, he completed one mission after another. He enrolled in police academy, then joined the criminal investigation squad. Once his skills reached max level, the System had fulfilled its purpose and withdrew. System: “Host, please enjoy your life at the police stat 745Reads8.4Score101Shelves
14. 464 侦 Detective: The Perfect Partners 侦探：最佳拍档 ZhazhaLo渣渣LoMystery470k WordsOngoing She had dreamed of becoming a police officer since childhood. After earning her master’s degree, she joined the criminal investigation squad as she had always hoped. From the Qing-dressed beauty case to a serial murder case and, later, countless other mysteries, Chen Bailu quickly grew into her role, working side by side with Captain Zhang Tao and getting along well with her colleagues. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The relationship developed through solving cases is primarily about creating trouble, with romance being secondary.

15. 465 复 Revenge Rises Again 复仇卷土重来 Rousseau's Forest Cabin卢梭的森林小屋Mystery213k WordsCompleted [Plot-driven + no System + brain-teasing + suspense + two equally formidable leads + immersive atmosphere + ruthless and decisive] Lawyer Caitlin discovers that she has become a pawn in someone else’s game and is now being hunted. Thinking that all she needs to do to escape is uncover the truth, she soon realizes she has stepped into an even deeper trap. A sharp blade points at her throat: Who are you? Who am I? And who is he? Just when she thinks true love has finally arrived, everything begins 1Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    It's incredibly complex and mind-bending; even the supporting characters are brilliant, and the plot is intricate.

16. 466 性 The Evil of Sex 性之恶 DimiMystery207k WordsOngoing When a vicious, perverse murder case involving a bloody painting of a beautiful woman bathing comes to light, Professor Bian Weiguo, an internationally renowned criminal investigation expert who had been preparing to return home and retire, quickly assembles an extraordinary special investigations team with the help of Deputy Minister Ning Zhiyuan. The team includes: Shu Xin, a stylish young woman and one of the world’s top hackers. Sheng Long, a three-time consecutive Golden Belt champion with —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Suspenseful crime-solving, extremely mind-bending, with a stunning plot twist at the end.

17. 467 罪 Criminal Psychology: The Mind-Reading Detective 罪案心理：读心神探 Just an Ordinary Person一俗人Mystery535k WordsCompleted Also known as The Mind-Reading Detective. Chen Luo is an expert in criminal psychology and body language. After graduating from the academy, he became a consultant for the criminal investigation department. To ordinary people, the motives behind serial murders seem bizarre, twisted, and impossible to fathom. To Chen Luo, they’re clear as day, and the hidden killer is exposed in an instant. The lies and secrets people try so hard to conceal cannot escape Chen Luo’s notice. He sees straight throug 2.4kReads8.7Score224Shelves

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    "The Criminal Investigator's Search for the Killer"—Nine dark cases that delve into the abyss of human nature. From puppets to corpses hidden in haunted buildings to a man obsessed with ice... A showdown between high-IQ criminals and moral guardians reveals the deepest sins and punishments of humanity. A criminal profiler makes an appearance, delivering chilling and unsettling case reports! #CriminalSuspense #CriminalPsychology #DarkCase #HighIQDuel #AbyssOfHumanNature

18. 468 大 Judge Dee: Cracking the Case 大唐狄公案·破局 Mo Yu莫逾Mystery196k WordsCompleted What makes this book a great read: the victims’ bizarre deaths, painstaking deduction, and a style that shifts from witty and humorous to serious and meticulous. It’s a boy’s version of The Cases of Judge Dee and a Tang Dynasty version of The Washing Away of Wrongs! Rather than sketching out the plot in broad strokes, the story offers detailed, vivid depictions of the crime scenes. This makes the cases feel authentic while keeping the focus on the investigations! The Golden Mystery, The Secret T 1.6kReads9.3Score101Shelves

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    Solving a case used to be so difficult!!! [Thinking][Thinking][Thinking]

19. 469 无 Nameless Detective Agency 无名侦探事务所 Jingye Jue京野谲Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + true couple + both pure + no angst + secret crush + lots of romance from the middle onward!!] [Mystery and deduction. Police officer He Wei x Bai Jian'an, a morally ambiguous, two-faced “detective.” Working together to solve cases, no System, high intelligence, and all kinds of unhinged characters gathered in one place] Two years ago, an “ordinary” murder took place in Yue'an City. The killer’s method was nothing unusual, but the strange thing was that no clues were found at th 2.8kReads8.8Score487Shelves

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    Suspenseful mystery, detective x police, collaborative crime solving, episodic cases, no system, realistic, complete chain of evidence, no unresolved plot holes.

20. 470 疯 Driving a City Mad 疯掉一座城 Extra Chapter News番番外闻Modern Romance100k WordsCompleted Life poses many questions, and we keep thinking and searching, hoping to find true security and happiness. But where are they? Are they in romantic love, in family ties... or somewhere we don’t know about? 9Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    I really enjoyed this book. The suspense and mystery are excellent, with each plot twist linked to the next. It's a classic, and also very funny. The book features many well-developed characters, all with great personalities and charisma.

21. 471 消 The Missing Evidence: Master Detective, Solve the Case 消失的罪证：大神，请破案 Su Xiaobei苏小北Mystery194k WordsCompleted On his third day on the police force, Bai Ziluo faces the biggest challenge of his life: getting his former captain to come out of retirement?! Cases that seem unrelated are linked by a mysterious cross, leading to a missing-person murder case from nineteen years ago. Follow a rookie intern as he becomes a top detective’s little sidekick, searching for the truth and watching an aspiring sleuth grow step by step. Bai Ziluo: An aspiring sleuth? No, I was born to be a detective. Xiao Su: Hmm? Bai Z 167Reads9.0Score—Shelves
22. 472 狄 Judge Dee Case Files: The Red Pavilion 狄公案：红阁子 Gao Luopei高罗佩66k WordsCompleted Three curses in a secret chamber, a beauty’s debt from hell On Paradise Island, the nights are a whirl of luxury and revelry. Di Renjie, magistrate of Puyang County, is just passing through when he is forced to stop and take on what seems like an open-and-shut suicide case: Li Hanlin, a newly appointed top scholar, is heartbroken and has slit his throat in the Red Pavilion at the Yongle Inn. Thirty years earlier, the wealthy merchant Tao Kuang also cut his own throat in this room. Three days lat 28Reads8.9Score—Shelves
23. 473 猎 Case Files of Crime: The Punisher 猎罪档案：惩罚主 Jingye Jue京野谲Mystery421k WordsCompleted [Detective and police procedural + pure deduction + no romance! + no female lead + standalone cases + criminal investigation + realistic crime-solving] “Zhou Qi, an obscure detective who quit his job to start a business, teams up with his police friend Li Wushang to crack one bizarre case after another.” P.S. This book has no romance. If you like stories about two male leads with a romantic subplot, try another book: Hunting Crime Files: Bloodied Angel (also known as Nameless Detective Agency) " 293Reads8.8Score—Shelves
24. 474 重 Back at the Crime Scene 重回凶案现场 Bai Qi白七Mystery2.9M WordsCompleted Uncover the truth behind murder cases and hear the voices of the dead! Zhou Yi was an ordinary criminal investigator with the Public Security Bureau. While investigating a case involving a supposedly haunted skyscraper, he unexpectedly discovered that, under certain circumstances, he could see the final moments of a victim's life. 43Reads—Score103Shelves
25. 475 狄 Judge Dee Case Files: The Bronze Bell Case 狄公案：铜钟案 Gao Luopei高罗佩78k WordsCompleted [Historical mystery + locked-room murders + Detective Di Renjie + interwoven serial cases] A new official takes office, and the county yamen stays lit late into the night. On his first day in Puyang, Di Gong encounters a strange case: on Half-Moon Street, a butcher’s daughter is brutally murdered in her bedroom. A love poem and a gold hairpin point to a scholar. But hidden clues and the night watchman’s clappers reveal the real killer: a wandering fraud posing as a Daoist, using holy robes to di 19Reads8.8Score—Shelves
26. 476 狄 The Judge Dee Cases 狄公案 Wu Jianren吴趼人Mystery200k WordsCompleted [Four Great Mysteries of Empress Wu Zetian + Di Renjie + detective mystery + stunning reversals + Chinese-style horror] When Di Renjie takes up his first post as magistrate of Changping County, he never expects one murder after another to rock the small town! News arrives that a Huzhou merchant has been murdered at the Li Lidun inn. The innkeeper, Kong Wande, protests his innocence, but the local headman, Hu De, refuses to let him off the hook. When Di Renjie investigates, the evidence points st 275Reads9.5Score—Shelves
27. 477 刘 The Liu Gong Case Files 刘公案 Anonymous Author不题撰人Mystery308k WordsCompleted [Mind-Bending Mystery + Qing Dynasty Cold Cases + Shocking Twists + Chinese-Style Horror + Liu Luoguo] The Great Qing is at peace, but beneath the surface, unrest stirs in Jiangning Prefecture, Jinling. Liu Yong has barely arrived and settled in when he stumbles upon a shocking case: a married couple spends the night at an inn, but the husband dies under mysterious circumstances and the wife vanishes. The county magistrate beats a confession out of the innkeeper, who is then declared the murdere 191Reads9.6Score—Shelves
28. 478 倾 The Alluring Female Coroner 倾城女仵作 Yue Mo月莫Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted (Comic adaptation of The Beautiful Coroner now available) (Print edition of The Beautiful Coroner now on sale) After the mysterious death of her father, a coroner, Ye Caitang was saddled with a huge debt of fifty taels of silver. She had no choice but to sell herself to the Six Doors and work like a beast of burden for her creditor, Xia Yue, a renowned detective. Fortunately, Ye Caitang possessed the soul of an experienced modern forensic pathologist. Using modern forensic science, she deciphere 21.6kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves

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    A time-travel novel with fast-paced, hilarious, and rational storytelling. I've read it several times and highly recommend it.

29. 479 最 The Strongest Man 最强人 Wang Yiwang王已忘Urban6.1M WordsCompleted The strongest person isn’t the one who defeats others, but the one who refuses to be defeated by anyone or anything. Zhuang Xiaoqiang grew up in a poor family. His father’s downward spiral left the family on the verge of falling apart when Xiaoqiang was just eight. From then on, he shouldered the burden of supporting his family. He learned early how important money was to a household, and knew there was no one he could rely on. Everything he wanted had to be earned with his own hands, whether a 42.5kReads9.2Score4.9kShelves
30. 480 第 The Twelfth Second 第十二秒 SunnessMystery274k WordsCompleted Nine years ago, she vanished without a trace while pregnant, leaving him only one clue: an eleven-second phone call to his police station, and a longing she never got to express. Nine years later, a strange warning call and two photographs of her set ablaze the longing he had buried for so long. As the police investigate and he makes inquiries of his own, a flood of astonishing secrets and buried memories comes to light. Through layer upon layer of mist, her face gradually emerges... Once, t 4.8kReads9.5Score1.1kShelves

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    The first book has a very tight structure, the author's writing is excellent, and it's already been adapted into a TV series. If you're interested, you can check it out. I haven't finished the second book yet, but everyone says it's pretty good.

31. 481 绑 Bound to a System, the Ghost World's Beloved Heiress Just Wants to Get Rich 绑定系统，鬼界团宠千金只想暴富 A Lonely Boat Hard to Find孤舟难寻Modern Romance266k WordsCompleted Jiang Nan goes from rags to riches overnight, rising from a pitiful nobody to the daughter of a billionaire, and even gets bound to a strange System. With two golden fingers, Jiang Nan is over the moon, but her joy soon turns to misery. Jiang Nan: ???! 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Each unit tells a story. The first story is about a road boy being possessed by a ghost; the second story is about another person in the family; the third story is about a college student named ZS who leaves the sea; the fourth story is about a male protagonist possessed by a demon; and the fifth story is about the whereabouts of the other half of a twin love story. All the victims appear as ghosts.

32. 482 刑 The Crime Squad Captain’s Mastermind Turns Out to Be a Little Girl 刑警队长的幕后大佬竟是萝莉 Yi He易河Mystery239k WordsCompleted The Nanjing Normal University dismemberment case, the twin corpses linked by a foul odor, the Headless Horseman case, and the mysterious death of Liu Ke'er. More than a hundred brutal, baffling cases, with a new case every few chapters. Many are based on real events. The investigative duo of Wang Wangwang (Woof Woof Woof), a righteous criminal investigation captain, and Miao Miaomiao (Meow Meow Meow), a highly intelligent little girl, seeks justice for the dead and offers prayers for the living. 203Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    A very traditional detective novel, with a case every few chapters, the pace is incredibly fast, and many cases are adapted from real events, the process of unraveling the mystery is very realistic! The protagonist is intelligent but not twisted, which is very much in line with the process of solving real cases!

33. 483 小 Young Marquis, Behave! I Just Want to Solve Cases 小侯爷别闹，我只想破案 Li Li Li Buyan李李李不言Mystery406k WordsCompleted [A genius girl detective disguised as a boy × an arrogant, self-obsessed young marquis hopelessly in love; mysteries and deductions, with everyone keeping their wits about them. Enjoy a sweet, drama-free romance amid the mysteries of an alternate dynasty!] After her family suffers a sudden upheaval, Li Xianyu has no choice but to hide her identity and go to Shengjing to study. There, amid the lively life of the academy, she meets many young nobles. By a twist of fate, she also gets caught up in 34Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male and female leads are both highly intelligent throughout the story, without any cheat codes or systems, relying on evidence and reasoning to solve cases. Amidst the lively daily life of the academy, they crack interconnected cases, searching for the one and only truth! Sweet and fluffy, no angst!

34. 484 观 The King of Face Reading 观相之王 Jiu Tianming九天明Mystery345k WordsCompleted This novel is complex and brainy, not a lightweight read. If that’s not your thing, don’t read it. Ensemble cast + mind games + the supernatural + climbing the ranks and getting rich + foretelling good and bad fortune + solving mysteries through face reading and divination. “I’d like to ask about my health using the character ‘six.’” “Certainly. The character ‘six’ looks like a person dismembered into several pieces, with the head separated from the body.” Why are some people blessed with endle 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This film blends divination and fortune-telling with a terrifying crime-solving plot.

35. 485 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 748.4kReads9.4Score43kShelves
36. 486 坐 The Lu Family’s Eldest Daughter Is Back After Ten Years in Prison 坐了10年牢的陆家大姑娘回来了 Heartfelt at Midnight深夜走心Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Lu Xiaoxia, who is serving a prison sentence, is reborn at the age of 19, on the very day her stepmother gives her to a scumbag as a present. Having killed, done time, and fought for her life against prison bullies, Lu Xiaoxia starts dishing out payback from the start. The scumbag is right outside the door? She cripples him right from the start. Her stepmother schemes to squeeze every last bit of value out of her? She makes her pay back every cent, with interest. The house is crawling with monst 36.8kReads9.1Score4.9kShelves
37. 487 凶 Case Files: Irregular Tales from Criminal Investigations 凶案密档：刑侦不规则怪谈 Rousseau's Forest Cabin卢梭的森林小屋Mystery272k WordsCompleted [Mystery + criminal investigation + horror + human nature + crime + serial murders + fast-paced] A horrifying event unfolds inside an old tailor shop: welcome to the world of the Doll Tailor! This collection of bizarre murder mysteries features more than a thousand baffling cases full of twists, including The Doll Tailor, Ghost in the Mirror, The Midnight Bus Mystery, The Soul Possession Case, The Killers' Circle of Friends, and The Wicked Child. Urban mysteries return as criminal investigation 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Bizarre cases,

38. 488 明 Detective Lu Yong 明侦探陆用 A Tiger Snatched Along the Way顺手牵虎Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Lu Yong, 25 years old. Occupation: military police. Position: criminal investigator in the Military Commission's Security Department. On March 1, 2023, he entered the Kunlun Mountains while pursuing a major military spy accused of stealing secrets and murder, and vanished without a trace. The Great Ming Dynasty, 1699, the sixth year of the Mingwu reign. Lu Yong appeared in the Daqing Mountains of Taiping Prefecture, in what is now Dangtu County, Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province. At the time, all L 6.7kReads9.0Score954Shelves
39. 489 烟 Ashtray 烟灰缸 Little Sister-in-Law Huahua花花小嫂子Mystery323k WordsCompleted [Mild horror + affair + twists] A stunning woman from the south, a knock at midnight, a silent delivery guy, someone crouching beneath the bed... Qin Song’s life is plunged into a living hell by an affair. 104.1kReads9.5Score19.1kShelves

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    This is an incredibly awesome suspense novel. I got goosebumps after reading it, and I was completely immersed in the characters – it was so thrilling!

40. 490 毛 The Mao Family Cases 毛公案 Chu Renxun储仁逊Historical22k WordsCompleted The Mao Gong Cases is a classic of Ming and Qing courtroom fiction. Centered on the legendary cases solved by Mao Dengke, an imperial censor sent to inspect Zhili during the Jiajing era, it presents the moral codes and judicial ideals of Ming society through shocking cases such as “A Wicked Brother Harms His Younger Brother” and “A Rebellious Son Kills His Mother.” The book consists of six chapters and follows the loyal official Lord Mao as he goes undercover to investigate and cleverly solve st 108Reads9.6Score—Shelves
41. 491 大 The Official Has Been Demoted Again 大人又被贬官了 Li Hua璃华Ancient Romance926k WordsCompleted Originally titled The Official Has Been Demoted Again On the day the Left Chancellor's daughter was to be married, she was dismembered inside her bridal sedan in full view of the crowd. Everyone said the crime had to be beyond human capability. So the most famous Master He in Chang'an was thrown into jail. He Jingxin: ...But I'm not really a master of the occult! I'm just a con artist! He Jingxin couldn't tell fortunes. She'd never read the Book of Changes and didn't know how to read faces. Song 25.9kReads9.5Score4.5kShelves
42. 492 相 Rejected on a Dating Show, So I Arrested the Female Guest 相亲节目表白被拒，逮捕女嘉宾 Writer Melancholy Flying Fish作家忧伤的飞鱼Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted Handsome and charming Han Cheng was forced by his mother to appear on a dating show. Hoping to activate the System, the socially anxious young man nervously confessed his feelings to the girl he liked in front of a million viewers, only to be mocked! “The male contestant’s financial situation is terrible! A salary of three thousand yuan won’t even cover one bottle of makeup!” “I’d rather cry in a BMW than laugh on a bicycle!” … His confession was rejected! Han Cheng immediately arrested the gir 6.8kReads8.1Score583Shelves

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    This book is good; judging by the hundreds of thousands of readers, it's clear that many people like it!

43. 493 白 The Mao Gong Cases in Plain Language: A Deadly Dispute Over an Inheritance 白话毛公案：兄弟争产酿血案 Xuan Lin煊霖Mystery36k WordsCompleted Modern Vernacular Translation of the Mao Gong Casebook retells the ancient casebook novel The Mao Gong Casebook in contemporary vernacular. It mainly tells the story of a tragic and inhuman murder during the Jiajing reign of the Ming dynasty, when the Yao brothers of Liangxiang, Zhuozhou, fought over their father’s inheritance. The elder brother, Yao Geng, and his sister-in-law, Liu, were consumed by greed and plotted to seize the family estate. They went so far as to murder Yao Yi, the younger 126Reads9.3Score102Shelves
44. 494 大 The Case-Solving Adventures of a Dali Temple Officer and His Unlucky Brother 大理寺丞和冤种兄弟的破案日常 Between the Sun and Moon日月之中Mystery583k WordsCompleted [Mystery + crime-solving + mind-bending + handsome men] Male lead: Xu Yougong, a nobody who has just joined the Dali Temple. Boss: A man with close ties to all the madams in the city’s brothels. Every time he goes to a brothel to investigate a case, he runs into Wang Shaoqing. Brother No. 1: An outstanding fighter, beautiful as a flower, born into a prominent family, and the man every woman in the capital wants to marry. Brother No. 2: A favorite of Heaven who can tell the future with unerri 551Reads8.8Score109Shelves

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    This new book is great! [Thumbs up] I seriously suspect the author is the screenwriter of "Tang Dynasty Ghost Stories" [Facepalm][Facepalm] A must-read, highly recommended! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

45. 495 暗 Chronicles of the Dark Night 暗夜编年史 Mushroom Head Who Doesn't Like Fish不爱吃鱼的蘑菇头Mystery455k WordsCompleted When bestselling mystery writer Han Rui discovers that the cases in his novels bear a startling resemblance to real-life murders, his quiet life is suddenly swept into a carefully orchestrated conspiracy. Each clue seems deliberately planted to lure him into a dangerous web. Fighting alongside his calm and astute assistant, Xia Tong, he searches for the truth through layers of deception, only to discover that the case is about more than life and death. It is tied to a long-hidden secret about Ha —Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    A super classic! Mind-bending, suspenseful, and crime-solving! Guaranteed to satisfy! When Han Rui's detective stories bear a striking resemblance to real-world crimes, he unexpectedly becomes embroiled in a meticulously planned murder. This case not only challenges his intellect but also unravels a complex conspiracy involving power struggles, betrayal, and secrets of identity. In his pursuit of the truth, Han Rui and his assistant Xia Tong constantly encounter perilous situations, with each clue seemingly pointing to a deeper mystery.

46. 496 逐 Code of the Killer 逐凶密码 Little Master小师傅Mystery263k WordsCompleted 136Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    Every detail was captured with precision, every deduction was chilling, and the moment the ending turned out the unexpected, my worldview was completely reshaped. [Smile]

47. 497 心 Crime Psychology: Ten Unsolved Cases 心理罪：十宗悬案 Three Lives, No Hope三生绝Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A woman drowns in her own toilet... A black cat embarks on a quest to claim lives... A hidden evil lurks in a fog-shrouded town... A madman dreams of becoming an immortal... A beloved pet dog kills out of jealousy... 4.9kReads8.9Score785Shelves

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    A must-read, it's really good! [Currently rushing to finish writing][Currently rushing to finish writing][Currently rushing to finish writing]

48. 498 大 Su Yi'an, Junior Minister of the Court of Judicial Review 大理寺少卿苏以安 Tang Yiyi唐一依Mystery250k WordsCompleted Su Yi'an, the son of a Tang dynasty official, was raised in the countryside, where he and his grandmother depended on each other. By a twist of fate, Empress Wu Zetian appointed him Deputy Minister of Justice. From then on, he and two friends solved one baffling case after another. As they investigated, the truth behind his father's disappearance slowly came to light. 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In ancient times, this was a case study.

49. 499 她 She Came from the Darkness 她从黑暗来 Xi Mujiu希沐玖Modern Romance436k WordsCompleted After a torrential rain, a headless body was found lying on a road halfway up the mountain. As the investigation unfolded, a hidden case within the case gradually came to light... Because I feel your pain, I’m willing to charge into battle to save all the children like me, trapped in the darkness. An innocent, sweet lamb versus a ruthless queen of the night, joining forces with a nitpicky, sharp-tongued, righteous captain. Watch as they tear through layer after layer of fog and become warriors w 540Reads9.1Score109Shelves

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    Suspenseful mystery novels [kiss][kiss] First book: Both the male and female leads are police officers. The female lead is Chi Xia, and the male lead is Luo Xun. The female lead studies psychology, has amnesia, and can cut hair (she cuts the male lead's hair). Both leads are highly skilled in combat and can perform criminal profiling and sketching. Highly recommended! [Admiration][admiration][admiration] Second book: By the same author as the previous one, the female lead is Lin Cuo, and the male lead is Jiang Yi. The cases are logically clear, and both leads are very strong in combat. They've known each other for a while and were together before. Super good! Highly recommended! [Smirk][smirk] Third book: The female lead is a forensic doctor, and the male lead is a police officer. It's said that the female lead is only one male lead away from committing a crime. Highly recommended! [Kiss][kiss] Fourth book: An arrogant forensic expert and a cold police officer.

50. 500 猎 Hunting the Killer 猎凶 Code J代号JMystery34k WordsOngoing Why do people commit crimes? Greed, desire, hatred… We untangle every thread and peel away layer after layer of fog, all to uncover the truth behind what people seek! It turns out that nothing is more frightening than the human heart, not even ghosts or gods! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No female lead, traditional crime investigation, quite immersive, you should check it out!

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