Female-Oriented Mystery (Horror) Novels, No Supernatural Stuff!! 女频悬疑（恐怖）小说 不要灵异！！

1. 1 三 Three Faces Like Her 三面如她 Wan Douzi婉豆子Mystery247k WordsOngoing Was she really just a police officer? There were at least five other faces... Someone died, right when she had been undercover for eleven months... She looked at the camera. The woman in the footage was smiling... [Feel-good power fantasy × secret identity × suspense × plot twists] [Impossible to stop reading] 6Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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   Those who prefer urban villages, old streets and other life-style investigation scenes can read this book. Old alley surveillance and residential shops are all hidden surveillance points.

2. 2 被 Three Years After Being Cast Out of the Marquis's Household, the Entire Capital Awaits My Autopsy 被逐侯府三年后，全京城等我验尸 Nobody Knows You谁也不知道你Mystery518k WordsCompleted Pei Zhaotang was once the brightest jewel in the Marquis’s household. Skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, she was said to be blessed with good fortune. Then the Marquis’s true-blood daughter was found, and overnight Pei Zhaotang went from treasured child to a sinner accused of stealing another’s place. Her father said nothing, her mother looked on coldly, and her brothers despised her. Even the heir she had been promised to turned around and protected the true heiress. Pei Zhaot 470Reads6.6Score102Shelves

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   It looks good, I can recommend it!

3. 3 残 Broken Bones, Unasked Pain 残骨问痛 Little Star Official n Years小星官n年Mystery240k WordsOngoing Everyone says the dead cannot lie, but no one knows that the dead are the best at crying out in pain. Whatever her fingertips touch, the dead person's pain becomes her own. Qing Luan measures the human heart by pain and uses broken bodies as blades to cut open the empire's secrets. Those hands have touched countless cold bones and tasted every hardship in the world, until she met Xiao Qi. He is always smiling as he fingers a flower, a blade hidden in his sleeve. His face is kind to everyone, but 428Reads—Score166Shelves

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   Everyone knows that Qingluan is a weirdo who lives with corpses. No one knows that she has been suffering the pain of death for the souls of the dead. She is not afraid of the oppression of power and insists on digging into the royal secrets behind the case. The appearance of Xiao Qi disrupts all her plans.

4. 4 元 The Yuan Family Pawnshop 元家当铺 Galloping Meatball飞奔的肉丸子Mystery497k WordsCompleted Supernatural folklore + food + episodic cases + palace intrigue + ancient secrets + emotional growth In an alley deep in the heart of the capital lies a pawnshop. It takes more than gold and silver: it accepts your memories, love and hate, luck, and years of life. The owner appears to be a gentle cook, but she is actually the pawnshop’s guardian, versed in the forces of yin and yang. With a pot and spatula, she can make spiritual dishes that soothe restless souls, or simmer the deepest desires o 103Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Friends, come and read this novel together! Fantasy background, wonderful story, and various unexpected plots, it's really great to watch!

5. 5 标 The Price Tag 标价 Laifu Is a Kitty来福是只喵Mystery54k WordsCompleted She was locked up for 406 days. After escaping, she helped the police take down the entire scam compound. Forty-nine people were arrested, and the evidence formed a complete chain. Everyone said it was over. She thought so too. Until the day before the case files were archived, when she happened to glance at an attachment to an interrogation transcript. Her name was on it, but not under “victim.” It was listed under “item number.” Above that was another line: Source of information: provided inte 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It is a good-looking novel, with plots that follow each other and perfect characters.

6. 6 哑 Northeast of the Silent Woods: The World Beyond Return 哑林东偏北：无回界 Moon Crossing the Clouds and Waters月渡云水Mystery83k WordsCompleted [Adventure + Suspense + Light Horror + Two Powerful Leads] There's a saying in Shilin Town: “Enter the No-Return Realm, and even the gods are done for.” Song Zongli is the best “living map” in this forest. She never promises her clients will make it out alive. She only agrees to take them into the central area. After all, none of the teams she's led have ever come back alive. She takes the money and sends people to their deaths. She's done this for seven years, until Liu Song, a forest ranger, c 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A gloomy and depressing adventure suspense story about a person who never returns to the world and never survives. Song Zongli led the way for seven years, and met Liu Song, who was dedicated to managing the forest. The compass direction revealed her fateful return. You can enter the book wilderness.

7. 7 请 Please Kill Me Before I Wither 请在我凋零前杀了我 Ji Nongdong季浓冬Mystery455k WordsCompleted A series of bloody cases unfolds around the struggles of three women from the lowest rungs of society. Poverty-stricken families are like a curse, twisting into a cold, terrifying chain that follows them like a shadow and weighs heavily on the whole family. Will fate offer them a key to break the code? Can Shu Yunyan, Chen Xuanlan, and Chen Jingyun break the chain that passes misfortune down through generations, find redemption, and escape the tragic paths laid out for them? “Officer Peng, this 56Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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   Warning! People with strong empathy skills should proceed with caution. This book has a high depressive index, so have tissues ready.

8. 8 红 The Red Glue Case! An Introverted Girl Stumbles into a City of Crime 红胶迷案！自闭少女误闯罪恶都市 Zhizhi the Great Pirate知知大海盗Mystery227k WordsOngoing [Supernatural crime investigation + high-stakes revenge through turning the tables on the underworld + doted-on heroine + sweet and satisfying + episodic cases] [Genius autistic, antisocial girl vs. unruly police captain with unmatched fighting skills vs. scheming, arrogant Italian Mafia boss] [Meticulous crime-solving + melodramatic romance] Born with the ability to “rewind crimes,” she has written down the names of the people who killed her sister ten years ago. To get revenge, she sneaks into 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The tragic death of a girl ten years ago had made him think about it for a whole ten years. Ten years later, an ordinary case broke the peace. After following some clues, he discovered that the truth had nothing to do with her sister!

9. 9 墓 Reborn in the Graveyard, I Go on a Rampage with the “Am I Dead?” System 墓地重生，我靠死了吗系统杀疯了 Wan Hua琬华Mystery855k WordsOngoing [Reborn in a graveyard + Death System + mystery and crime-solving + powerful heroine seeking revenge] [Nonstop thrills + a badass heroine + lots of twists + crushing scumbags every step of the way] ⊗ Orphan Qin Mo is kidnapped and thrown into a mass grave. After crawling out of a coffin, she unexpectedly binds herself to the [Are You Dead Yet] System. ⊗ Fail six missions in a row, and the System will erase you! ⊗ Watch Qin Mo plan each move carefully, turn the tables against all odds, and make h 728Reads9.2Score100Shelves

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   This is a game and hunt from which there is no turning back, the loser will be shattered to pieces, and the winner will take it all! After Qin Mo climbed out of the coffin, he worked step by step, turned against the wind, walked towards the center of power and games, and killed everyone! [Shy]

10. 10 平 After the Parallel Shift 平行之后 En Ege恩额戈Mystery257k WordsOngoing This is no simple manhunt. It is a final letter addressed to the truth. Three years ago, the best friend of a close friend fell to her death from a cliff on Cuiwei Mountain. Everyone believed it was an accident. Only Shi Yi and Ai Min refused to accept that. They returned to the scene and used one tiny technical detail after another to overturn what had seemed like a flawless conclusion. But they never expected that this would drag Shi Yi into an international web of mysteries known as “Twin Lo 35Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    I don't know how to write a high-quality book review, but I feel it is good and must be five stars.

11. 11 天 The Net of Justice: Part One, The Killer Cannot Escape 天网第一部真凶难逃 Author Shi Yu作家石玉Mystery503k WordsCompleted “The net of justice may be wide, but nothing escapes it.” Do you think you can get past her keen eye? The Web’s Number One Female Criminal Investigator: The Killer Can’t Escape Ye Bailing is the leader of a criminal investigation squad. Since joining the force, she has never stopped moving forward, come rain or shine. No matter how difficult a case is, she is determined to uncover the truth. This time, however, she faces a murder case beyond anything she could have expected... 416Reads—Score—Shelves

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    When only vague clues were left at the scene of the shooting and everyone was confused, the heroine Ye Bailing showed amazing insight. She looks for light in the darkness, sorts out the chaos, and approaches the truth step by step. Who is the real murderer? Uncover the mystery in the book with Ye Bailing

12. 12 半 Screams from the Harem After Midnight 半夜后宫的惨叫声 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Mystery165k WordsOngoing On the first Ghost Festival after the new emperor ascended the throne, a woman’s bloodcurdling screams rang out one after another from the direction of the Cold Palace. The palace maid assigned to investigate discovered a lipstick-scorched butterfly mark on the neck of every corpse. It matched the curse of Consort Chen, who had been sentenced to death twenty years ago, exactly. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Screams are heard in the harem in the middle of the night, and the butterfly mark hides grievances. Let's see how "Screams in the Harem in the Middle of the Night" reveals a twenty-year-old palace mystery.

13. 13 谁 Who Wrote His Crime? 谁书其罪 Tang Poetry and Romance唐诗风流Mystery124k WordsOngoing A single imperial decree can decide who lives and dies. A page from an old archive can rewrite the fate of the court. Sixteen years after the new dynasty was founded, the common people praised the fairness of the civil service exams. Yet every high-ranking official in the court owed their position to a rigged cheating scandal. Shen Qingwu is merely the lowliest document-restoration clerk in the Qingjian Bureau, but from the grain of paper, old ink, and forged seals, she can make witnesses “kille —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Not much to say, it is just an ordinary book that makes people stay up late and not sleep to read it. A rare book in the past two years.

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