Crime Stories, but No High-IQ Criminals 犯罪文不要高智商犯罪

1. 1 猎 Sin Hunter Detective 猎罪神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted What's the most terrifying case you've ever heard of? The Corpse Immortal Madam, the Medical University's Sex Fiend, the Human-Head Planters, the Zombie Baby in Building Seven... There are no ghosts in this world, only wrongs waiting to be righted by a master hand. The legendary coroner Song Yang returns to the scene with his disciples, piercing through layer upon layer of mystery to hunt down the killers lurking in this world. Come face-to-face with the bloodiest, most baffling, and most hair-r 5.9kReads9.4Score81914d adds

   Reader note

   Too much fuss, just pick one.

2. 2 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 2.4kReads8.7Score22114d adds
3. 3 离 Unbelievable! From the Start, I Was at a Crime Scene 离谱！开局就是案发现场 Cloud Bao Tangtang云宝糖糖Mystery413k WordsCompleted [The rating has just been posted; it will rise later] When Xia Zhu woke up, she had become the prime suspect in a dismemberment case, and the victim's head was in her refrigerator. She was the unluckiest person alive! While others panicked and rushed to prove their innocence, she stayed at the crime scene to examine the details. Drawing on her forensic expertise, she pieced together the clues, investigated the inconsistencies, cleared her name, and helped the police identify the real culprit. Sh 6.7kReads6.9Score80614d adds

   Reader note

   This book is quite good, you guys should check it out. It's the kind of story where a female forensic doctor and a police captain develop feelings for each other over time. The female forensic doctor is different from normal people; she's obsessive, but she and he can solve cases together. They go from disliking each other to eventually becoming partners.

4. 4 猎 Hunting Season 猎杀时刻 Madman of the Mohist School墨家狂人Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted A brand-new game, Hunt: The Reckoning, has taken the world by storm since its release. In this virtual world, you can play a prisoner, thug, thief, or murderer and experience a thrilling life of your own, or become a hunter, uphold justice, and bring these shady characters to book. As justice and evil clash, a refined and well-mannered man makes a dazzling appearance before the world. His arrival gradually convinces people that perhaps a light can truly exist in the darkness. (This novel is simi 5.1kReads8.8Score40714d adds

   Reader note

   Before recommending books, please note that this list is only for newbies to online novels and does not include overly old classics or overly repetitive plots. Also, I have high standards for logic but low standards for writing style.

5. 5 梦 Nightmare Game: This Hunter Is Way Too Terrifying 梦魇游戏：这个狩猎者也太吓人了 Armed Swimming Across the River of Forgetfulness忘川河里武装泅渡Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing [1v4 Mode + Horror Worlds + Fusion with Dangerous Personalities + No Female Lead (Though if there has to be one, it's the Evil God Cthulhu)] The mysterious online game Midnight Nightmare was released. Players could enter horror worlds and tackle dungeons, or choose between the Hunter and Runner factions for an asymmetric 1v4 showdown. Ling Yichuan awakened the Character Template Fusion System. From then on, he fused with one terrifying boss after another, becoming the nightmare of every player! 1.6kReads9.4Score18914d adds
6. 6 致 Deadly Pursuit: This Defector Is Bizarre 致命追击：这个叛逃者很诡异 Madman of the Mohist School墨家狂人Urban383k WordsCompleted [No Saintly Do-Gooders], [Rivalry and Conflict], [Mind Games and Intrigue] A virtual game called Fatal Pursuit appears out of nowhere, and from that moment on, the balance of power in the world is turned upside down. In the game, you can choose to become a righteous hunter or a despicable fugitive. There are no rules here, as long as you can complete your mission. Everything you do in the game has nothing to do with reality. A well-mannered gentleman might be a hot-tempered bandit in the game, w 12Reads8.5Score—14d adds
7. 7 我 I Thought We Were Brothers, but You Tricked Me into Robbing a Bank? 我把你当兄弟，你骗我抢银行？ Dragons Fighting龙打架Urban523k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lu Ming’s friend Zhou Hang took part in a military exercise, playing the role of a bank robber. Zhou Hang decided to recruit Lu Ming to play a robber too. For security reasons, he couldn’t tell him the truth about the exercise, so he used an invitation to dinner as an excuse to get Lu Ming out of the house. “Isn’t this just dinner? Do you really have to withdraw cash at the bank?” Watching his good friend Zhou Hang, who’d invited him to dinner, Lu Ming s 16.6kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds

   Reader note

   Character traits: I could do that too, it's just Zhou Hang, right?

8. 8 高 True Cases of High-IQ Crime 高智商犯罪实录 Rogue Wei氓流魏Mystery299k WordsCompleted As technology advances, criminals use increasingly sophisticated methods to kill, and the number of high-IQ offenders is steadily growing. This poses a major challenge for the entire police force. That is why we have begun documenting real cases involving crimes committed by highly intelligent offenders. 264Reads—Score—14d adds

   Reader note

   This book is worth reading; ignore the title, it's very realistic.

9. 9 恐 Horror! Terror! Zombies! Monsters and Maniacs! 恐怖！惊悚！丧尸！怪物和变态！ Jason Who Loves Beef Tripe Soup爱吃牛肚汤的杰森Mystery441k WordsCompleted You think ghosts are frightening, but what you picture is a person turning into a ghost! What about animals? You think biochemistry is just something you think about! But what if it happened by accident? What do you think is the strangest thing of all? Seeing a ghost? No, seeing someone exactly like yourself! Is forbidden love something to pity? Same-sex forbidden love can make you cry just the same! 553Reads—Score—14d adds

   Reader note

   The individual stories, "Hermaphrodite," tell the tale of two female college students who, while traveling, encounter a perverted doctor conducting human reconstruction experiments! "Villa No. 3" tells the story of a couple moving into a new home and encountering "me"! "Rodents" follows a couple as they bravely venture into an underground rat burrow and defeat a mutated rat king! "The Lament of the Ox Grave" recounts the curse of the dead oxen of Oxheart Mountain, ultimately resolved through love! Each story is guaranteed to be captivating! More stories will be added in the future.

10. 10 港 Hong Kong Crossover: I Haven’t Been the Boss in Years 港综：我不做大哥好多年 Mao Lin, Who Likes Egg-Laying Ducks喜欢产蛋鸭的毛林Male-Channel Fanfiction500k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 5.1kReads9.0Score16814d adds

    Reader note

    This book is worth reading.

11. 11 暗 Hero of the Dark Night 暗夜行侠 Silver Crow Night Tower银鸦夜楼Mystery525k WordsCompleted [Disaster + political thriller + vigilante justice + spies + national destiny] When those in power can’t change the status quo, can fighting violence with violence break the deadlock? Local councilor Zhou Qingshan knows his district like the back of his hand, but accidentally discovers that the city has another government operating in the shadows! Zhou Qingshan’s heiress girlfriend is murdered by a mysterious intelligence agency, but the police close the case almost immediately. Zhou begins to s 50Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 12 低 Low-IQ Crime: The Sanjiangkou Mystery Returns 低智商犯罪：三江口迷局再起 The Witty Lever杠杆笑匠Mystery265k WordsCompleted Six months after the turmoil at Sanjiangkou subsided, bumbling thieves Fang Chao and Liu Zhi are up to no good again, blundering into one major case after another. The laid-back detective Zhang Yi'ang returns in a time of crisis and joins forces with the police team, navigating a world of wily businessmen and corrupt officials. Four factions maneuver in the shadows as one absurd crime after another erupts, exposing layer upon layer of organized crime and corruption through the comical bustle of 81Reads—Score—14d adds

    Reader note

    Who understands this, folks?! A crime thriller that's both hilarious and addictive! A bumbling thief duo and a laid-back detective, a series of farcical cases unfold, on one side you'll be laughing your head off in a street-smart comedy, on the other, a dark undercurrent of corruption and crime. I thought it was just a silly crime chronicle, but it gets more and more addictive the more you read, with so many plot twists you'll never guess the ending!

13. 13 一 I Woke Up with 40 Murder Cases on My Hands 一觉醒来：我背上了40起命案 No Joy无喜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Xiao wakes up to find everything around him strangely unfamiliar. The only thing beside him is a diary. He thinks it might explain his current predicament, but as he reads, he begins to doubt whether its contents are real. It is clearly a record of crimes committed by “himself.” Just as Chen Xiao is about to read on, the piercing wail of police sirens downstairs jolts him awake, and he can't help imagining the worst... 29.5kReads9.3Score3.1k14d adds

    Reader note

    Story summary: You can check it out.

14. 14 追EN Genius Detective 追凶神探 Xin Bai辛白Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Legendary police officer Song Lang is reborn and goes incognito as a driver named Chen Shi. He had hoped to live quietly, but fate had other plans: Chen Shi gets caught up in another murder case... A company that preaches a ruthless corporate culture and slaughters its employees while everyone stays silent; A wayward young man who skins his childhood sweetheart alive, with tears in his eyes, to get “justice”; A middle-aged couple bound together by a dark secret, each raising a blade against the 6kReads9.1Score74314d adds
15. 15 我 I Took Over My Own Body 我夺舍了自己 Fang Yebai方夜白Urban1.2M WordsCompleted An accident turned Chen Luo into a vessel for his parallel-world selves, who had died and come back to life. He was possessed by his counterparts from parallel worlds. Every time Chen Luo fulfilled an unfinished wish of one of his parallel selves, he gained a skill they had learned, such as combat, languages, computers, firearms, and more. Assassin Chen Luo: “Let's go paint the town red!” Playboy Chen Luo: “My blade is practically begging for a taste!” Master Thief Chen Luo: “Next, we're going t 14.6kReads9.0Score1.5k14d adds
16. 16 我 I Act Like a Big Shot After Watching Crime Movies, and the Tycoon Begs Me to Save His Life 我看警匪片装大佬，首富求我救命 Big Shot Yu大佬俞Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Clever mind games + No simping + Pure satisfaction] [Takes off after ten chapters] One day, the bookshelf of ordinary office worker Lu Ping suddenly refreshed with its first intelligence report. He carefully opened it and read every word. Excitement and nerves hit him as he discovered that it contained all the secrets of a cold, high-and-mighty female CEO... So Lu Ping watched police dramas and copied the words and mannerisms of the big shots. He practiced a detached, bloodthirsty gaze in the m 8.9kReads9.1Score72814d adds
17. 17 阴 The Underworld Detective 阴间神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 73.8kReads9.4Score8.8k14d adds

    Reader note

    They're all pretty.

18. 18 无 The Headless Bone Sculptor 无头雕骨师 Yu Chen宇尘Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted He is a bone carver who inherited secret arts passed down for a thousand years. He is the headless ghost said to haunt a legendary haunted house. Walking the line between light and darkness, he hunts down the culprits behind bizarre murder cases: the taxidermist who makes specimens from human skin, the murderous doll that whispers, the mushroom man lurking in the ruins, the ghostly face on an exam paper, the ice-sculpture lovers who will stop at nothing, the faceless demon who steals organs... J 909Reads7.3Score12314d adds
19. 19 外 Is It Really So Strange for a Delivery Driver to Show Up at a Crime Scene? 外卖员出现在案发现场很合理吧？ Clear Summer Night夏夜晴朗Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [System + crime-solving mystery + one heroine] Food delivery driver Su He accidentally gets caught up in a murder case and binds to a God-Tier Choice System! Every choice he makes earns him a reward! With the System's help, his life starts taking some unexpected turns. “Hello, I need to report a murder. Mingjia Community, Building 1, Unit 2, Apartment 603. Someone's been killed... Yes, I'm safe right now... Two people are dead... The killer? Well, I locked him outside... I had nothing to do with 15.5kReads9.2Score1.7k14d adds

    Reader note

    They're really quite good; I think all three of them are pretty good.

20. 20 我 I Don’t Have a System, but I Do Have a Hammer 我没有系统，但我有榔头 Geng Xiaoyue耿小越Urban4.7M WordsOngoing Fifteen years ago, the “God of Gambling System” abandoned me. Along with it went my luck, gambling skills, wealth, women... and every memory my family and friends had of me! As if the whole world had cast me aside, I angrily grabbed everything I owned, rushed into a hardware store, and spent 38 yuan on a hammer. From that day on, I decided I would kill every System with nothing but my mortal body! (Author’s note: No transmigration, no System, no cheats, no female lead, no brothers, no faction, n 391Reads9.0Score—14d adds
21. 21 浮 A Life Adrift in the Clouds! 浮生萦云！ A Brief Taste, Then Gone浅尝辄逝Ancient Romance131k WordsOngoing Ancient-style xianxia x past lives and present life x scheming, obsessive love interest x tragic romance Floating Life Entwined with Clouds (also known as Floating Life Entwined with Clouds!) <Happiness waits quietly, while turmoil lies in wait. When a fragile mortal must enter a world of gods and demons, the dangers she faces are far more daunting than saving a lovesick devil. He and she sway between illusion and obsession, traversing cycle after cycle of memories. It is all like a mellow, into 223Reads—Score—14d adds

    Reader note

    Floating Life Amidst Clouds, Low-IQ Crimes: Similar Novel Recommendations!

22. 22 爱 Love Is No Myth 爱情没有神话 A Brief Taste, Then Gone浅尝辄逝Modern Romance121k WordsCompleted Contemporary Romance, Powerful Families, Domineering CEO, Reunited After Years Apart, Obsessive and Cunning, Urban Romance The novel Layer Upon Layer of Forest, All Dyed in Ink is also known as Love Is No Myth. At 28, Qiao Zilin is a single woman making her way through the surging currents of city life. Perceptive and self-possessed, she is used to keeping her feelings hidden behind a composed exterior. Childhood sweethearts for more than twenty years, she and Ji Zai'an went from youthful ties 164Reads—Score12014d adds
23. 23 木 Silent Trojan Horse 木马无声 Pale Yisu苍白一夙Mystery138k WordsCompleted Laughter froze, and the carousel spun on On a sunny day at Dream Island amusement park, Chen Gang held up his phone to record his son Yangyang's innocent smile on the merry-go-round. Just one turn later, with the music still playing and the carousel still spinning, the parents watched helplessly from beyond the railing as their son's seat stood empty! He had vanished into thin air without a trace. This was no accident. It was meticulously planned The police investigation disappeared into a fog o 5Reads—Score—14d adds

    Reader note

    Surrealist novel!

24. 24 长 The Long Night’s Journey 长夜行 Ge Zhao格照Mystery299k WordsCompleted The eyes are the angle observers most often scrutinize, so you must learn to disguise your own., Li Mu. From making up his mind to carrying out his plan, he spent a full three years. His first murder, his second, his third... Even when he was teetering on the brink of death, he would take a gamble if it meant he might escape. To everyone else, he was merely a weakling, not even as capable as an ordinary person... 254Reads9.4Score—14d adds

    Reader note

    The author's "crime notes" are said to have involved someone who has been to jail; don't skip chapters, or you'll run out of brain cells!

25. 25 死 Death Note: The Demon Star Throws the World into Chaos 死亡笔记：魔星乱世 Ximen Nanqing西门难庆Urban107k WordsOngoing Will he become the god of a new world, or a demon who slaughters thousands? A mysterious notebook falls from the sky, a god of death who toys with the world, and the power to kill without a trace simply by writing down a name. A boy who has never known the light, a tormented and shadowed heart, and an ambition to turn the world upside down. When the two meet, the demonic star will plunge the world into chaos. —Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 26 我 I Have the Potential to Become a Great Emperor, So What's Wrong With Taking It Easy? 我有大帝之资，开摆又怎么了？ Million Single-Player Games百万单机Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Ling Yan offers up his life force to save a stunningly beautiful Empress and awakens a System. But he soon realizes the System's rules are all wrong! [Host has obtained the Heaven-Defying System. All stats are reversed] [Host trains hard: Cultivation -20] [Host pushes himself to the limit in body refinement: Vitality -10] Ling Yan: ...Damn you! I'm done cultivating! [Host gives up on himself: Obtains a Sacred-Grade Wood Spirit Root] [Host slacks off: Cultivation +100] [Beca 187Reads8.5Score11514d adds

    Reader note

    This book is very nice

Other lists with Sin Hunter Detective