Looking for Horror and Detective Novels 求恐怖小说，探案、破案小说
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Ghost Tamer: I Contracted a Hundred Million S-Rank Ghosts! 御鬼师：我契约了亿只S级鬼物！
[Looting bamboo shoots + ghostly resurgence + ghost taming + one female lead + comedy = 100,000 new words every week?] The comic of the same name, Global Ghost Tamer: I Have Hundreds of Millions of Ghosts Inside Me, is now available on Fanqie. Lin Mo was playing games in class when he transmigrated to a parallel world overrun by ghosts. With the worst talent of all, he unexpectedly gained the Defense-Breaking System. As long as he could make a ghost lose its composure, he could force it into a c
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Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber: I’m the Demonic Cult Leader, I Fear Nothing! 倚天：我，魔教教主，百无禁忌！
Reborn in the world of Heaven Sword and Dragon Slaying Saber, Zhang Wuji declares that he will forge a different path. Indecisive? No. Of three thousand waters, I’ll drink from just one gourd! Learn the Nine Yang Divine Skill? How could that be enough? I’ll cultivate the Li Huo Xuan Yin Heart Sutra and reach the pinnacle of martial arts! Becoming the Ming Cult’s leader is a must! Watch me lead the Ming Cult’s million followers to defeat Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang, and restore the Han re
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One Sentence from Me, and a Death Row Inmate Walks Free 我一句话，死刑犯在法庭无罪释放
[System + lawyer + livestreaming + Madman Zhang San + no heroine + no romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + face-slapping + no logic. Short dramas have been released in multiple versions in China and overseas.] Xue Shen, an intern lawyer earning 2,000 yuan a month, unlocks the Ultimate Lawyer System from the start and takes the legal world by storm, shocking the globe! With his cheat ability Suspect A: “I killed someone.” Xue Shen: “You’re innocent.” Later, the truth comes out: the suspect rea
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Tomb Raiding: From the Start, I Got a Sign-In for Fenghou Qimen 盗墓：开局签到风后奇门
Su Jing transmigrates into a world that combines all kinds of tomb-raiding stories. From the start, he inherits Wang Ye of Wudang! Wang Ye of Wudang, heir to the Wind-After-Wonder Gate, one of the Eight Extraordinary Skills! Taijiquan: soft force in the yin hand, hard force in the yang hand! Hard and soft in harmony, unbeatable boxing! Wind-After-Wonder Gate: I am the direction, I am good and ill fortune! I hold heaven and earth in my grasp and make myself king! He signs in at ancient tombs, gho
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Special Forces: Fine, I’ll Come Clean, My Codename Is Ghost! 特种兵：摊牌了，我代号幽灵！
He transmigrates into the world of special forces, becoming an ordinary border guard and setting out to reach the pinnacle of military service. From the start, he encounters mercenaries crossing the border and awakens the heaven-defying Lottery System. He obtains Eagle Eye, letting him hit every shot no matter where the enemy is. He obtains enhanced genes, making his body as hard as steel. To him, superheroes are nothing but trash. He gains the ability to communicate with all things, allowing hi
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Kiddo, I Told You to Burn Money, Not Set Off a Nuke! 乖孙，我让你烧钱你给我烧核弹？
[Campus Life, Everyday Moments, Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy, Supernatural, Shameless Antics, Unhinged Behavior] “Good grandson, Grandpa's out of money for the war. Hurry up and burn me some cash!” Zhang Di got nightmares like this at least once a day, but never thought much of them. Until one day, he dreamed his grandpa was fuming: “You little brat, why is it so hard to burn me some money? Fine, I'll send someone up there to teach you how to burn joss paper, step by step!” Grandpa's attacking a city?
27kReads9.4Score3.2kShelves
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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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This Cop Is Absurdly Strong, Yet Keeps an Extremely Low Profile 这个警察强到离谱却过分低调
Chu Nan has just started working at Badaoguai Police Station, and he’s completely baffled. Wudang Cloud-Step Technique? Shaolin Iron Shirt??? Ancient martial arts’ Eight Extremes Fist???? Nine-Section Whip of Lightning????? Did the System make a mistake? Isn’t this the kind of story where someone unifies the martial world and becomes the supreme ruler? I mean, I’m just a cop. What am I supposed to do with these rewards? What, am I going to become an unparalleled martial arts master and start wea
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Three Years as an Auxiliary Police Officer: I Earn a Full-Time Position by Arresting My Fiancée 辅警三年：转正从缉捕未婚妻开始
[Urban + Urban Fantasy + System] Yuan Yi, an utterly ordinary auxiliary police officer, accidentally obtains the strongest detective System in history. At the scene of a jewelry theft, everyone is at a loss. Yuan Yi is also fretting over not having the 300,000 yuan bride price. Just then… Beep beep beep! A suspect has been spotted five meters ahead! What?! Five meters? Isn’t that my fiancée?! Whether to arrest her isn’t even a question! And so begins the overpowered rise of auxiliary police offi
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We Asked You to Hike Around the World, Not Catch People and Shake Them Down 让你徒步环球，没让你抓人薅羊毛
The comic adaptation under the same title is now online: They Said We’d Hike Around the World, So Why Am I Going Hungry Nine Times in Three Days? [Wilderness survival + crime-catching + comedy + sly tricks + action-packed + no female lead?] From the start, after transmigrating, Su Mo discovers he is taking part in a show called Hike Around the World. The rules: All expenses along the way must be earned legally by the contestant himself. He thought it would be a miserable competition of sleeping
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I'm Just a Rookie Cop. Why Am I the One Solving Every Major Case? 我只是新警，怎么大案都让我破？
Su Mu graduates and is assigned to work as a police officer in the police station’s political affairs office. On his first day, he’s sent to convey the leadership’s regards to a special investigation team, but on the way there, he cracks a case the team had been helpless to solve. He catches a rabid dog, then solves a string of thefts. During a coordinated operation, they find a suspect’s trunk full of junk. Su Mu manages to assemble the junk into a firearm, uncovering and dismantling a gun-runn
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From the Start, I Have Three Months to Live, So I Bet Everything on Solving Cases 开局三个月寿命，我全梭哈破案了
[No female lead + crime-solving + suspense + minimal romance] [New book: "Reborn in 1992: Starting with a Cold Case"] I transmigrated into a police officer! I was happy for less than a second before the System informed me I had only three months left to live. Huh? How is that supposed to work? Solve cases to earn more life? I'm going all in! And so the criminals across the whole city went crazy. [Officer, I was just delivering food. The lady of the house had too many mosquitoes, so I helped her
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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？
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
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New Cop on the Job: Two Wanted Criminals as My Welcome Gift 新警入职：抓两个通缉犯当见面礼
Zhao Yichuan accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a rookie police officer, then successfully awakens the Heaven's Eye System! Every criminal he catches raises his Heaven's Eye permissions, and he can grow stronger without limit! On his first day at work, he runs into a child kidnapper? What? The kidnapper is holding a child hostage? No problem. I'll fight fire with fire: I'll disguise myself as a kidnapper and “kidnap” the hostage back! A quick sweep of the streets is enoug
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A New Police Officer's First Day: You Caught a Wanted Criminal Right from the Start 新警入职：开局你就抓了个通缉犯
A new story is here! You can head over to Tomato Novel to read my work. I hope you'll enjoy it! Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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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
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.
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Terror in the Haunted Dorm 诡寝惊魂
I got a job as a dorm supervisor in a university women’s residence, but the girls there were a little too friendly… Crying in the middle of the night, dorm rooms catching fire, rooms that don’t exist. Hidden in the deepest corners of memory is a bizarre and fantastical world… The night is deep, the dream unfinished. A mountain spirit blows out the lamp. Where can a lonely soul return?
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The Underworld Calls Me Little Master 地府叫我小先生
In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse!
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Nine Dragons Carry the Coffin 九龙抬棺
The night of my grandfather's funeral, I carried a stone tablet at the front of the procession to lead the way. I didn't dare look back, because the eight evil spirits carrying the coffin were behind me...
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I Won’t Survive the Night 活不过今夜
At some point, a strange old beggar showed up in our neighborhood. The strange thing was, he never spent the money people gave him. He’d burn it or destroy it instead. Then one day, the woman downstairs was burned to death, and the butcher was brutally murdered. That was when I finally realized the truth. He wasn’t begging for money. He was begging for lives!
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The Last Bus on Route 13 13路末班车
I'm the driver of the last bus on Route 13. Every night at eleven, I have to make a run to the suburbs. This book is addictive, so don't blame me if you can't put it down! In this novel, even the sharp-tongued readers who always guess the plot right will find themselves repeatedly proven wrong. You might find yourself asking, “What's going on? What's going on?” Don't doubt your sanity. Just keep reading. A story that keeps you on edge, here to save readers suffering from a reading drought!
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Campus Urban Legends: Vengeful Ghosts 校园怪谈之凶鬼
Four beautiful high school girls tell ghost stories in the middle of the night! After that, ghostly incidents plague their dorm, and Qing Shan High becomes a terrifying haunted school! A chilling woman’s voice in the bathroom, a blood-red lump of flesh beside the water tank, and the hair-raising sound of a cat meowing in the library at midnight... Eek! Don’t talk about people by day, and don’t talk about ghosts at night! If they dare to talk about them, they shouldn’t blame the ghosts for being
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Vicious Spirits 阴魂凶猛
Don’t go to unfamiliar places on a whim. Don’t casually make friends with people you don’t know. When walking at night, don’t look back.
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The Fragrance of Corpses for Ten Miles 十里尸香
Most people receive gifts that are heartwarming or romantic. Even if they aren't a surprise, they're at least well-intentioned. But the gift I received when I turned twenty was a very real shock, and a curse.
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The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语
You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts…
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Coffin Shop No. 44 44号棺材铺
Everyone knows what a coffin shop is, but would you dare enter one where someone has died? Ever since I took over a coffin shop, strange things have been happening all around me. Only then did I realize that the people who come to buy coffins aren't necessarily alive…
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The Underworld Bureau of the Yellow Springs 黄泉阴司
When I was a kid, I went to the back hill of the village to play and pick up human bones. There I stumbled upon a ghost opera and nearly lost my life. Luckily, a green snake saved me, but the snake also began a strange, shadowy romance. Ghost operas, spirit summoning, yellow-skin spirits' yin graves, peachwood seals against evil: the bizarre folk customs of southern Guizhou and chilling, uncanny tales of the worlds of yin and yang are coming your way. Warning: Not for the faint of heart!!!
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Republican-Era Detective Tales 民国侦探诡事录
[Standalone cases + Republican-era investigations + criminal investigation and deduction + paranormal mysteries + powerful partners] In the chaotic Republican era, the land is shattered and strange events abound. One bizarre case follows another, but the truth remains as elusive as a mist... In a village at midnight, residents die one after another. Rumors say the “Stinking-Mouth Ghost” has returned to exact revenge, leaving everyone terrified. A haunted house by the lake conceals an old massacr
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Nightmare Game: This Hunter Is Way Too Terrifying 梦魇游戏：这个狩猎者也太吓人了
[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!
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A Complete History of World War II 二战全史
From September 1, 1939, to September 2, 1945, the Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan, along with Finland, Hungary, Romania, and other nations, fought a global war against the Allies, who represented the world’s anti-fascist forces. World War II ended with the anti-fascist nations, including the United States, the Soviet Union, China, and Britain, and people around the world defeating the fascist invaders and securing peace and progress. A Complete History of World War II, compiled by Si Bu
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Ghost Stories from the Republic-Era Case Files 民国诡案录鬼故事
In the early years of the Republic of China, the times are turbulent and various forces hold sway. Lin Feng is a clever, resolute young man living in an era filled with mystery and danger. Night falls over the town, and the quiet streets are broken by the rapid clatter of hoofbeats. Startled awake, Lin Feng gets up and looks out the window. A carriage races past, with what seems to be a dark shadow in pursuit. Curiosity gets the better of Lin Feng, and he decides to go out and investigate. Follo
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A Horror Story You’ve Never Heard Before 你从未听过的的恐怖故事
Horror Stories You've Never Heard Before
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Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Peril of the Mysterious Ancient Tomb 鬼吹灯之神秘古墓之危局
Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Perilous Mystery of an Ancient Tomb
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The Feathered Deep 羽化深渊
The story takes place in the modern East Asian coastal city of Linyuan. Linyuan is a port city plagued by year-round rain, industrial decline, and a mix of religions. It is home to: * Abandoned Taoist temples * An underground black market * A seaside altar * A sealed-off mountainous region * Folk villages * An old, quarantined psychiatric hospital * A secret religious sect left over from the Republican era Ordinary people believe the world is normal. But in truth, the world has been infiltrated
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Code of the Killer 逐凶密码
Private detective Luo Jincheng takes on a lucrative job to find a missing girl. While investigating, Luo Jincheng finds himself caught in a kidnapping crisis! His pursuit of the case leads to a vast black-market empire! They monopolize capital and engage in vicious competition. To win favor with powerful officials, they even traffic underage girls in sex-for-power deals! Before one case is solved, another emerges. Coincidence, or carefully orchestrated? Beneath the city’s dark clouds, a massive
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The Living Must Keep Away 活人回避
Originally titled Living People, Keep Away. An antique set me on a desperate path. From then on, just to stay alive, I became a yin walker who dealt with the dead and the walking corpses. Three years searching for dragon veins, ten years locating acupoints, roaming between yin and yang, dealing in ghosts and spirits. I kept walking, struggling my way to where I am today.
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Zero-Degree Showdown: Operation Blue Arrow 零度交锋：蓝捷行动
[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
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Detective: Congratulations, You're Under Arrest! 神探：恭喜你被逮捕了！
My name is Lin Fan. I’m a genius detective with expertise in psychology, anatomy, criminology, and criminal investigation! The youngest police captain in history. There’s no case in the world I can’t solve!
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Murder on Chang'an Street 长安街探案
This is a lighthearted mystery-detective novel about an obscure neighborhood beat cop who transmigrates to the prosperous Tang dynasty and somehow becomes the nation's greatest detective.
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From the Start, I Crack a Serial Murder Case and Shock the Chief Detective 开局破获连环杀人案震惊刑警队长
My new book is out! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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Geng Hui's Case Files 耿辉探案集
A suspicious murder takes place at a university. A young woman falls to her death, and at the scene, another woman is crying. When the police arrive, she turns herself in: “I’m the one who caused her death.” A student suddenly and inexplicably dies in a bustling art studio, leading back to what happened by the pond. Strange incidents emerge from the worlds of paper-cutting, calligraphy, and other art forms... The Geng Hui classic mystery series is now available. Come join the discussion!
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After the Parallel Shift 平行之后
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
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My Death-Defying Livestream Shocks the Internet, and Even the Government Can’t Sit Still 直播作死轰动全网，国家坐不住了
After accidentally transmigrating to a parallel world, he starts an around-the-world livestream adventure. I've wrestled sharks apart with my bare hands in the desert, seen a true dragon in the depths of the sea, and drunk lava atop a volcano! From death zones with a 100% fatality rate to an underwater world ten thousand meters below the surface, from an uninhabited island made of gold to a mysterious city in the sky… Ye Xing keeps unlocking new locations on the world map. This is a true g
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Global Exploration: Decoding Chernobyl 全球探秘：从解密切尔诺贝利开始
Wu Tian, the top boss of Songjiang City, inherited his father's fortune at a young age. But he suddenly came down with cancer and had little time left to live! Determined to travel the world with the time he had left, he unexpectedly awakened the Global Exploration System! And so, a whole new world opened up before him! He ventured into the ghost city of Chernobyl, broke open the sarcophagus, withstood hundreds of thousands of times the normal dose of radiation, uncovered the truth behind the my
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Wilderness Livestream: I'm the Man at the Top of the Food Chain 荒野直播：我，食物链顶端的男人
He joins the country’s first major wilderness survival show. Lu Qi unexpectedly acquires a Wilderness Livestream System. Expert fishing skills: “What, none of you can catch any fish? I’m almost out of room to store all my dried fish!” Expert building skills: “You’re wondering how the streamer can build such a sturdy house? Ever heard of mortise-and-tenon joinery?” Roast an entire wolf, or stew wild boar in an iron pot. “What? You’re asking if I wear mink? Sorry, I’m wearing a bear-skin coat.” Ex
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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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Zero Point Detective Agency 冰点侦探事务所
[Standalone Cases + Republican-Era Crime Investigation + Crime + Hard-Boiled Deduction + Stunning Twists] One head, two heads, three... Look at those heads, swaying precariously in the depths of a cold well, their dark blue hair spreading out. Deep in the memory, crimson blood blooms like flowers. ...There’s a famous detective agency in Shanghai. They say its owner is a young lady, yet everyone insists on calling her Second Young Master! There’s no case in this city she can’t solve! Six people h
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Forgive the Moon 赦免月亮
[Classic Whodunit + Case-of-the-Week + Locked-Room Murders + Multiple Twists + Power Couple + Mutual Pining] To get revenge, Du Qingci kills two people, but runs into her old classmate Chu Dongping and has no choice but to become his partner. Together, they solve five cases in seven days. As they grow closer, their feelings heat up, and the killing intent draws nearer. Du Qingci: “Why does he keep looking at me? Did he spot my weakness? Is he going to silence me?” Chu Dongping: “Why does she kee
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The Crime-Chasing Detective 追凶神探
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
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From Police Officer to Chief of Criminal Investigations 从警员到刑侦总队长
Over the course of 21 years, a police officer rises from rank-and-file constable to head of a provincial criminal investigation division. In the 45 years of his life, he takes on one major case after another, advancing from a constable to a member of the criminal investigation team.
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