Mystery and Deduction, Solving Cases Plus Romance, All Through Reasoning, No Special Powers 悬疑推理，破案+恋爱，全靠推理，不要有特殊能力

1. 451 凶 The Killer Breathes in the Dark 凶手在暗处呼吸 Wang Muziqin王木子勤Mystery370k WordsOngoing "Ahem, ahem, ahem!" Lin Yu waved his hand and said, "Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Lin Yu, the owner of a detective agency. My main line of work is taking on clients and helping them solve cases! The cases are all kinds of strange. I've heard of things you haven't, and seen things you haven't. You might think a case is far away, but sometimes the culprit is right beside you. And is it science or the supernatural? That's something I can't decide either! But I've always wanted to find the answ —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   As you can tell from the title of the book, if the murderer is next to you and watching you in the dark, he will ask you if you are afraid...

2. 452 请 Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 126.6kReads9.5Score12.9kShelves
3. 453 见 Signs of Murder [Crime Investigation] 见凶[刑侦] The One in the Game局中人Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [An Amnesiac Childhood Friend, a Forensic Doctor Who Can Share the Senses of the Dead, and the Childhood Sweetheart Who’s Protected Her Since They Were Kids, Now a Criminal Investigation Captain] When they first met, Xing Yu voiced the words she hadn’t said aloud. Gu Yiqiu found his behavior strangely familiar. In that familiar setting, fragments of sealed memories flashed through her mind. As the strange cases in Beijun City began happening again... Could the two of them really stop the coming 58Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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   They are all very good. The fourth one has not been updated yet, but it is still very good.

4. 454 严 Captain Yan, Miss Ji Is Talking to the Dead Again 严队，季小姐又和死人说话了 Huo Lan火蓝Modern Romance441k WordsOngoing [A cunning, mysterious, sly psychological expert VS a calm, upright, tough-as-nails criminal investigator] Ji Wanyan was born with eyes of different colors and the ability to foresee disasters. At seven, her family cast her out because they believed she had caused her parents' deaths. Seventeen years later, her ability to read crucial information about a crime from a victim's retinas made her the darling of the criminal investigation team. The most doting of all was Captain Yan, the son of Haich 20Reads6.9Score—Shelves
5. 455 预 I Foresee Your Death 预见你的死亡 Xi Mujiu希沐玖Modern Romance567k WordsCompleted Do you know how many people go missing in a year? How many die unjustly, their bodies lost without a trace? Do you know the despair and terror they feel before they die? You don’t know, but that doesn’t mean it never happened. So it wasn’t my arrival that brought death to these places. I simply told you what you didn’t know! Because I’m a madman who loves a good mystery but figured out the answer long ago. 2.3kReads8.4Score—Shelves
6. 456 剖 The More Ruthlessly She Dissects, the More Beautiful She Becomes: The Capital's Female Coroner Goes on a Killing Spree 剖骨越狠她越美：京城女仵作杀疯 Meow Meow Is Slacking Off Today喵喵今日摆烂Mystery233k WordsOngoing [Ancient mystery + strong heroine + political intrigue + historical romance] Su Yanxue, daughter of a disgraced official, keeps herself hidden in a brothel. A murder involving hibiscus-scented balm brings her poison skills to light, and the “Living Yama,” Lu Huaizhang, the head of the Court of Judicial Review, compels her to serve as a forensic consultant. The seven-day lethal poison patterns found on a corpse lead to the bloody case of the Crown Prince deposed ten years ago, and to the old inju 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I didn't have any expectations at first, but the more I looked at it, the more I became obsessed with it! The protagonist stays in a brothel, gets involved in the balm murder case, and is recruited by a senior official to be an autopsy assistant. During the autopsy, an old case was unearthed, and he himself was deeply involved in the turmoil. The game and pull were well written, and it was not a mindless novel.

7. 457 讨 After My Spirit-Sealing Ritual Went Wrong, the Yellow Weasel Insists on Being My Boyfriend 讨封翻车后，黄仙非要当我男朋友 Thunderbolt Gengshen霹雳庚申Mystery315k WordsOngoing Also known as: All Things Bring Joy Urban Fantasy | Episodic Story | Strong 1v1 Couple, Mutual Redemption A timid, softhearted heroine who still dares to stand up for others × a scheming, drama-loving, fun-seeking Huang Immortal hero who always protects his wife Office worker Tu Yile goes on a team-building trip in the mountains, where she runs into a weasel seeking a divine title. One glitched reply from her ruins a century of the weasel's cultivation. She thinks it was just a bizarre hallucina 11Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 458 神 Detective Di Renjie: The Golden Flower Pursues the Dragon 神探狄仁杰之金花逐龙 Situ Feiyu司徒飞宇Historical749k WordsOngoing Di Renjie, Li Yuanfang, and his disciple Su Wuming pit their wits against the Lord of the Golden Flower Token. Every time, they come this close to success, only for Empress Wu Zetian to intervene... Before he dies, Di Renjie entrusts all the evidence to Su Wuming. In the end... The twists never stop, and you can never guess who is good and who is a mole... 1.6kReads7.2Score111Shelves

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   Suspense mystery novel [Like][Like]

9. 459 诡 Monstrous National Fate: I Shock the World with Daoist Arts 诡异国运：我以道法震慑全球 Nameless Tea无名茶Mystery466k WordsOngoing New book! The rating just came in, and it'll slowly climb from here. [National Destiny Game] [Global Livestream] [Eastern Mysticism] [No Romance] A bizarre national-destiny game has descended upon Blue Star, throwing contestants from every country into terrifying dungeons. She wields orthodox Taoist magic. When other people enter a supernatural dungeon, they hide from ghosts, run for their lives, and sob as they search for a way out. When Shen Qinghe enters one, she brings talismans and Taoist a 6.5kReads6.9Score692Shelves

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   I can't say this. I'm getting older and can't read ordinary novels. But this book made me read it all at once. I give it a good review.

10. 460 末 Apocalypse Cockroach 末日蟑螂 Mighty Cockroach伟岸蟑螂Sci-Fi & Apocalypse6.3M WordsCompleted Zhang Xiaoqiang is an insignificant nobody, a lazy loser who had been content to lounge around and wait to die. Staying at home lets him avoid the first outbreak of the zombie virus. When he sees his neighbors in the same apartment complex turn into zombies, he is overcome with boundless terror. He struggles to survive alone in an Apocalypse where people prey on each other. At last, worn down by loneliness, he picks up his gear and heads out into a world shrouded in smoke and fire. He takes the 21.8kReads8.9Score2.6kShelves

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    Read this suspenseful apocalyptic novel! Rebirth and Revenge relies entirely on high IQ to break the situation, with foreshadowings buried deep and reversals one after another. The protagonist is calm and decisive, and the description of human nature is real and profound, which becomes more and more exciting as you go to the end.

11. 461 地 A Hellish Start: Higher-Dimensional Bigwigs Watch Me Wipe Out the Competition 地狱开局高维大佬围观我反杀全场 So Very Lucky特别幸运呀Mystery190k WordsCompleted Wealthy families, revenge on villains, transmigrate into a book, power couples From the start, Jiang Mian appears in handcuffs on a livestream after transmigrating into the body of a castoff from a wealthy family. She lowers her eyes and smiles coldly, using forensic logic to tear everything apart. A crystal chandelier murder, antique poison bait, a tea party trap: all become evidence she can use to turn the tables. Pei Yuyan, a higher-dimensional observer, shuts off billions of screens for her —Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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    Investors' talk? It's an illegal fund-raising scam. The partner's heart-to-heart advice? A premeditated plan to run away wrapped in money. Jiang Mian used criminal investigation logic to fight back, and all the tricks were exposed!

12. 462 我 I Keep Myself Alive by Being Reborn, While She Can't Stop Killing Me 我靠重生续命，她靠杀我成瘾 Eight Grams of Corn八克玉米Mystery191k WordsOngoing After Lin Fan was hit by a car and killed, he thought his life was over. But when he opened his eyes again, he had become someone else: Fu Yunzhou, a tech tycoon. Before he could process the memories, an unfamiliar woman nestled into his arms with intimate ease. Like a couple madly in love, they got up, washed, and headed to the parking lot together. The woman leaned over tenderly to fasten his seat belt. In the next second, the smile vanished from her face. Before he could react, a deafenin —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is really good, highly recommended

13. 463 捉 Lan the Demon Hunter 捉妖人蓝 White-Haired, Light-Step, Carefree Immortal白发身轻散淡仙Mystery705k WordsOngoing This world is home to demons, ghosts, and true cultivators. A top cultivator died at the hands of a tree demon that should never have been able to kill him. The bodies of seven drowned students all pointed with their right hands toward the same spot beneath the water. In a desolate mountain, the powers of the Earth God, Mountain God, River Goddess, and City God all answered to the same woman. Lan Yifang had seen plenty of things like these. Before dealing with anything strange, he always made 10Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    I have only read more than a dozen chapters, but I was impressed by the way it was controlled. The other supporting characters were also good, and I was amazed.

14. 464 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: The Ghost Domain of Ailao Mountain 盗墓笔记续之哀牢鬼域 Patrick Starz派大星星zMystery387k WordsCompleted A Ning, who died in Tamutuo, Pan Zi from the Zhang family’s ancient tower, and even Fatty and Wu Xie, all appear in the Ailao Mountains looking young... The missing expedition team... and the distress signal sent by Feng. The Iron Triangle sets out from Yucun, heading straight for the Ailao Mountains... A sky full of miasma, giant fish, ants the size of fists... How will the Iron Triangle survive? “Wu Xie, follow Dumb Zhang's markings and hurry!” Wait! That's Black Glasses' voice! How could 9.4kReads8.9Score777Shelves

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    All of these are fine

15. 465 致 Deadly Haunted Grounds: The Death Countdown Begins! 致命诡地：现在开始死亡倒计时！ Dong Yu东鱼Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [My new book, "Horror Loop: The Ghost Gate Survival Game", is out now. If you're interested, please show it your support. Thank you!] [Infinite-flow + horror instances + survival + mild scares + no romance] The curse of the Bronze Ghost Mask descends. Those chosen must embark on one deadly journey after another. Time is running out, and death is drawing near. Who will make it out alive this time? [The B&B Butcher] In a creepy old house, ghostly figures appear whenever night falls. Anyone who enc 32.6kReads8.5Score3.6kShelves
16. 466 三 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 Luo Xiaoyang洛小阳Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing 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… 83.5kReads9.3Score15.3kShelves
17. 467 韦 The Wei Cipher 韦氏密码 Nangong Baiyi南宫白衣Mystery245k WordsOngoing [Mind-Bending Suspense + Adventure + Puzzles + Not a Power Fantasy] After ten years spent seeking the truth behind his parents’ disappearance, Wei Qiushan is drawn into the mystery by a photograph. Following the hidden clues in a ledger and a cryptic note that says “Don’t be afraid,” he begins his investigation. A transport team vanishes without a trace. A witness suddenly drops dead. Deep in a mine, he discovers a strange bedroom dozens of meters underground. During an ancestral rite in the Nor 1Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 468 刑 Criminal Investigation: I Can See the Notes on Everything 刑侦：我能看见万物备注 The Angry Sledgehammer愤怒的大锤Mystery664k WordsOngoing (I'll accept all the negative reviews of the second case, and I want to apologize to everyone first. I wasn't trying to use the parents as bait. I mainly wanted to show how an ordinary police officer, newly involved in a case, might overthink things after certain experiences and make the wrong call. I wanted to write about the protagonist's growth, but I didn't handle it well, and it's too late to fix it now. If the second case bothers you, feel free to skip it. I'm truly sorry for the discomfor 71Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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    Detective: I can see everything. Jiang Yegang became a policeman, awakened to all things, and started on the road to solving crimes.

19. 469 在 Slacking Off in Horror Dungeons Got Me Punished by the Rat Race System 在恐怖副本里摸鱼被内卷系统制裁 Shen Zichen沈子谌Mystery268k WordsCompleted [When an Office Worker Keeps Lying Flat in a Horror Game, the System Goes Mad] Jiang Xiaoyu, a former operations specialist who worked herself to death. After dying, she became bound to the [Anti-Grind Horror System]. Rule One: In a horror instance, you must slack off appropriately or lose points. Rule Two: Ghosts and monsters are all "coworkers." So while everyone else flees for their lives during a zombie siege, Jiang Xiaoyu looks for Wi-Fi to charge her phone. While others solve gruesome puz 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is pretty good

20. 470 阴 The Code of the Shadow Soldiers 阴兵密码 Snow Flying Over Guanshan关山雪飞扬Mystery39k WordsOngoing A blood-soaked dossier deliberately erased from history. A deadly hunt for the truth spanning forty years. Li Wu, a veteran, returns to his hometown carrying the mystery of his father's strange death and a rusted five-pointed star cap badge from the People's Liberation Army. The village lies forgotten in the folds of the mountains. What awaits him is no warm homecoming, but a world-shaking secret soaked in blood: a ghost woman in a red gown weeps blood night after night; Nanyang sorcery is used —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A very interesting suspense and horror novel. Please read it if you have time.

21. 471 无 The Silent Flaw 无声的破绽 Tell the Wind Goodnight給风說晚安14k WordsCompleted A Silent Flaw —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    High IQ male protagonist & villain

22. 472 我 I Am Not the God of Drama 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score188.4kShelves

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    A suspenseful apocalyptic story, rebirth and revenge all rely on high IQ games. The foreshadowing is buried deep, and the human nature is written very thoroughly, which becomes more and more exciting as you go to the back.

23. 473 沈 The Shen Family Daughter Clause 沈氏女儿条款 The Big Fool of the Black Box Truth Club黑箱真相系大傻Mystery103k WordsCompleted In the depths of winter by the sea, due diligence tears open a breach in the Shen Group. An intern named Li Li joins the risk-control team, but her goal has nothing to do with her resume: she wants to find her adoptive father, Li Shouyi, who has been missing for three years. All she has is an iron box, a string of numbers, a key, and an old index deliberately "sealed away." The deeper she digs, the more she realizes she hasn't stumbled upon a family matter, but an old ledger written into proced 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The author is really good at writing. There is no brainless love, only interlocking puzzles. The workplace game hides murderous intent. When the truth is revealed, goosebumps fall all over the place.

24. 474 穿 After I Transmigrate Into a Book, My Master Wants to Kill Me 穿书后师父要杀我 Autumn Winds Sweep In寒枫袭来Two Male Leads200k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads]+ [Book Transmigration]+ [System Divine Beast]+ [Mystery]+ [Wulin Conspiracy]+ [Villain] This book is the sequel to "The Trouble-Making Disciple". It continues the previous book's storyline, following Fan Li's journey as his master's careful tutelage turns him into a great warlord. This forms the outline of the story. Suppose a mysterious power lies dormant within Fan Li: an ancient divine beast System. And suppose that, upon returning this time, Fan Li unlocks even more skills 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Suspense and horror novel

25. 475 希 Hitchcock's Suspense Stories: Rear Window (Collector's Hardcover Edition) 希区柯克悬念故事集：后窗（精装典藏版） Wang Qiang王强340k WordsCompleted A landmark work by masters of suspense and horror around the world. The most classic, authoritative, comprehensive, and collectible collection of Alfred Hitchcock stories. A byword for suspense and terror in the human psyche, bringing together masterpieces by the greatest film director of all time. An introductory textbook to horror and suspense films, offering deep insight into life’s absurdity and human frailty. This collection comprises eight hardcover volumes, printed in gold and made for co 4Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    The plot is rich in settings, the logic is rigorous, and darkness and warmth coexist [Like]

26. 476 龙 The Dragon Map’s Divine Detective Cases 龙图神断公案 An Yushi安遇时173k WordsCompleted A high-energy cut of Bao Zheng solving cases. The mastermind behind the civet-cat-for-the-crown-prince plot, a terrifying scene as a black basin cries out for justice, impostors trading identities as the top scholar… A Northern Song version of Medical Examiner Qin Ming meets Today's Legal Report. When the executioner's blade falls, demons flee! The Kaifeng F4 squad is ready for action! 7Reads8.0Score—Shelves
27. 477 黑 Tracking the Black Zone 黑域追踪 Eternal Restlessness无恒安息Mystery424k WordsCompleted A cold case pursued for ten years finally tore open Linjiang's gray sky screen. The black-gold empire crumbled, the protectors fell from power, and police detective Zheng Xiaotian won the battle, yet chose to leave the front line. His departure told everyone: you only win when you hold fast to the bottom line of justice. The dawn in Linjiang has never meant that the sky has grown bright, but that people's hearts have. All the stories in this book are artistic adaptations of real cases and events 36Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A realistic crime investigation novel that I stayed up late to read! Highly recommended!

28. 478 我 My Most Outgoing Friend Died by Suicide 我最活泼的朋友自杀了 A Passing Guest in the Flow of Time往事流年稍作客Mystery98k WordsOngoing My most vivacious friend killed herself. The news headline was restrained, just one line: “Teenage girl falls to her death, suspected academic pressure.” But I knew that wasn’t true. Lin Miaomiao was the kind of person who would hum and spin around twice just to go downstairs and pick up a delivery. How could she have quietly jumped from the eighteenth floor? Stranger still, on the day she fell, she was wearing a white dress, fully made up, with even a smile on her lips. The coroner said it —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 479 阴 Part-Time Underworld Constable: A Taoist Priest Investigates Murders in the City 阴差兼职：贫道在都市查凶 Du Chuan Yu渡川雨Mystery553k WordsOngoing A lazy, penny-pinching, down-and-out Taoist is forced to work off his debts as a part-time underworld officer! A reclusive old man dies mysteriously, ghostly passengers haunt the midnight subway, and vengeful spirits from cold cases return. The entire city turns out to be a giant formation for a fiend to refine evil spirits! Police captain: There are no ghosts or gods in this world! → I take it all back! Master Chen, save me! Black Impermanence: Slacking off costs you underworld merit; shirking —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Pure investigation, very good-looking

30. 480 7 749 Bureau: The Forbidden Return 749局之禁忌归来 The Dao Opens the Primordial Realm道起鸿蒙Mystery286k WordsOngoing (Traditional supernatural horror, traditional fantasy, and modern civilization) From the day he was born, his destiny was set to be astonishing and extraordinary. To protect the Chinese dragon veins for generations to come, he leads members of Bureau 749 across the world, eliminating evil forces from beyond the borders and vowing to keep the land secure forever. He is both an honored guest in the ghostly realm of Fengdu and the enigmatic "Mr. Nine" within Bureau 749. Yet the deep-rooted awe thes 379Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The gods and demons took advantage of my reincarnation to disrupt the order of heaven and earth, causing a melee between gods and demons, causing the ancient Chinese continent to collapse and scatter. The human race was reduced to incense sacrifices to the gods in heaven, and suffered all kinds of slavery and disasters. And I, starting from Game 749 in this life, embark on the road of reincarnation again. When I return, I will use the power of taboo to let you taste the eternal nightmare dominated by fear.

31. 481 长 Dawn After the Long Night: The Return of a Cop's Spirit 长夜破晓：警魂归来 pual Pengpual嘭Mystery307k WordsCompleted [Case solving + deduction + suspense + one heroine + inheritance] A major crimes detective pushed from the thirteenth floor by a murderer is reborn in the summer of 1998. That year, pagers still beeped, case files were handwritten, and detectives chased killers aboard old green trains. He returns with twenty-six years of memories and only one goal: solve, one by one, all the cases he failed to crack in his previous life. But when he opens the file on his first cold case, he spots a glass bottle 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's worth reading, a book that I'll stay up late to catch up on.

32. 482 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Mystery863k 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 846Reads9.2Score105Shelves

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    Stop looking for routine rebirth stories! This book relies on "death" to advance the plot. The escape from the mourning hall and the killing of wealthy families are unfolding layer by layer. The sense of suspense is so high that you can't stop chasing it!!!!

33. 483 致 Deadly Scorpion 1: A Male Criminal's Case Files 致命毒蝎1：男子犯罪档案 Yingzhong and Wu应钟和伍Mystery170k WordsCompleted Deadly Scorpion 1: A Casebook of Male Crime is a penetrating look at male criminal behavior in modern society, covering social issues such as domestic violence, infidelity, pornography, desire, gambling, and illicit affairs. The book documents real criminal cases and explores the complex human and social factors behind these crimes through detailed analysis. What hatred could drive a man to kill his wife with his own hands, then eat her organs raw? What hidden circumstances led him to murder his 3.7kReads9.2Score368Shelves
34. 484 杀 The Murderer 杀人鬼 Hamao Shiro浜尾四郎Mystery190k WordsCompleted The Qiuchuan family is a wealthy and prestigious household. Lately, threatening letters marked with triangles have been appearing around the family, warning that disaster is about to strike. Detectives, police, and prosecutors gather to uncover the secret behind the letters, but the murderous game has already begun! 900Reads9.4Score—Shelves

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    Super classic reasoning! I didn't know who the real murderer was until the last moment [I understand][I understand][I understand]

35. 485 班 The Benson Murders 班森杀人事件 Van Dine范达因Mystery96k WordsCompleted Late one night, a wealthy businessman is shot dead while reading at home! Vance, who has never investigated a case before, is persuaded by the prosecutor to take on the task of solving the murder! All six suspects have alibis! So who is lying?! Just as the police are at a loss, the inexperienced detective finds an entirely different way forward. But can the killer really be found by deducing their personality and behavioral traits? 30Reads9.0Score—Shelves
36. 486 排 The People in Line 排队的人 Josephine Tey约瑟芬·铁伊104k WordsCompleted A long line stretched outside London’s Wolfington Theatre. A man waiting to buy a ticket for a musical was found dead in the queue, with a wicked-looking, gleaming silver dagger sticking out of his back! Strangely, none of the people ahead of him knew when he had been killed. Nor was there anything on the victim that could identify him. The “gentleman detective” Grant personally took on the case, making swift progress and quickly apprehending the suspect. Just as the case seemed solved, the insp 10Reads9.2Score—Shelves
37. 487 漫 The Long Goodbye 漫长的告别 Raymond Chandler雷蒙德·钱德勒144k WordsCompleted A chance encounter between a drunk and a detective, A farewell that leads to a murder, A string of killings and the friendship between men, Every time you say goodbye, a little part of you dies. A murder in New York's high society that everyone wants covered up. Only Marlowe insists on pursuing the case to the bitter end and unmasking the real killer! The underworld, the authorities, politicians, and the police all play out tangled, filthy, and corrupt dramas. As the truth draws near, Marlowe re 4Reads9.2Score—Shelves
38. 488 陆 The Luqiao Murders 陆桥谋杀案 Ronald A. Knox罗纳德·A.诺克斯90k WordsCompleted A classic of the inverted detective story. Four devotees of Sherlock Holmes consider Holmes a fool! In their eyes, if a corpse appeared before them, any one of them could do a better job than Holmes. One day, a body tumbles from a railway bridge beside a golf course, and the four “Sherlocks” rush to the scene... Anonymous letters containing nothing but numbers, a possible locked-room mystery, timetable deduction, alibis created deliberately or otherwise, coded messages... The “Four Great Detecti 28Reads9.1Score—Shelves
39. 489 主 The Bishop Murders 主教杀人事件 Van Dine范达因Mystery130k WordsCompleted A string of chilling, bizarre murders takes place in New York, and every crime matches a Mother Goose nursery rhyme perfectly! In an instant, the shadow of death falls over all of New York! The “Bishop” behind the strange murders has an intellect far beyond ordinary people and an uncanny talent for meticulous planning. Why does this ghostly figure commit murders while leaving clues, appearing and disappearing like a phantom? What earth-shattering conspiracy lies behind it all? 61Reads8.9Score—Shelves
40. 490 金 The Canary Murders 金丝雀杀人事件 Van Dine范达因Male-Channel Fanfiction140k WordsCompleted Broadway's hottest star, Margaret Odell, known as “the Canary,” has been brutally murdered in her apartment at 184 West Seventy-first Street. The scene is a completely sealed room. As the police search tirelessly for clues, they only sink deeper into a fog of conflicting testimony. Everyone seems like the murderer, yet each has a clear alibi. So who is the real killer? Who slipped like a ghost into the star's sealed apartment and carried out the brutal murder? 77Reads8.9Score—Shelves
41. 491 水 The Water Monster Murders 水怪杀人事件 Van Dine范达因Mystery97k WordsCompleted At a weekend party hosted by a renowned marine biologist, a guest dives into the swimming pool in full view of everyone, then vanishes without a trace! There’s no sign that he ever climbed out, and he’s nowhere in the pool, yet strange, enormous claw marks lie on the bottom! Rumors that a vicious dragon killed him begin to spread through the group! When the missing guest’s body is finally found, something even more shocking comes to light: his corpse bears marks just like those left by dragon cl 40Reads8.4Score—Shelves
42. 492 不 The Nonconsecutive Murders 不连续杀人事件 Sakaguchi Ango坂口安吾Mystery95k WordsCompleted In the summer of 1947, scholars, poets, authors, painters, doctors, actors, and others gather to escape the heat at the mountain villa of the great poet Utagawa Kazuma. A shadow of death falls over the place, and people begin dying one after another. Were they all killed by the same murderer, or did different people commit the crimes? Was this a serial murder case, or a series of unrelated killings that only seem connected because they happened one after another? There is only one truth. Who is 139Reads8.2Score—Shelves
43. 493 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 19Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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44. 494 狄 Judge Dee Case Files: Chaoyun Temple 狄公案：朝云观 Gao Luopei高罗佩56k WordsCompleted While returning home with his family, the famed detective Di Gong is caught in a violent storm. Their carriage is wrecked, forcing them to seek shelter at the mist-shrouded Chaoyun Temple. The temple is celebrating its founding anniversary. Pilgrims fill the grounds, and a theater troupe takes the stage. It all seems lively and festive, yet something sinister lurks beneath the surface. Late that night, Di Gong looks out his window and catches sight of a burly man in an iron helmet in the opposit 7Reads8.6Score—Shelves
45. 495 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 33Reads8.8Score—Shelves
46. 496 狄 Judge Dee Case Files: The Lakeside Case 狄公案·湖滨案 Gao Luopei高罗佩83k WordsCompleted [High suspense, nonstop twists, and ancient-style detective stories] Di Renjie, county magistrate of Hanyuan, attends a banquet aboard a pleasure boat. What should have been an elegant evening becomes the scene of a locked-room murder. Beneath the moonlit sky, at the heart of the lake, the music suddenly stops, and a woman’s corpse surfaces. Then an unsolved chess game from seventy years ago reappears, a bride mysteriously “comes back to life” on her wedding night, a carpenter is found dead in a 5Reads8.7Score—Shelves
47. 497 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 95Reads9.2Score—Shelves
48. 498 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 1.7kReads9.3Score101Shelves
49. 499 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 587Reads9.5Score—Shelves
50. 500 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 174Reads9.5Score—Shelves

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