There Are No Highly Rated Mystery Novels on Tomato, Prove Me Wrong 番茄上没有高分推理小说,能找出来算你厉害
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At the End of the Long Night 长夜尽头
[Crime Investigation + Based on Real Cases + Two Male Leads] After moving to Yucheng, Bai Li runs into Ji Yunshu, his childhood friend who is now a police captain, during a robbery investigation. A murder takes place at Bai Li's pet hospital. The crime scene has been meticulously staged, with no clues to be found, and Bai Li himself becomes a suspect! But when investigators follow the trail from the crime scene, they discover that the killer is a psychiatric patient?! And the seemingly insignifi
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Strange Tales from Liaozhai 聊斋奇谭
Pu Liuxian's greatest wish was once to explore the world's most wondrous and mysterious places and phenomena. Then one day, he found himself in a world overrun by ghosts and monsters. Here there were immortals, demons, ghosts, and monsters. At first, he traveled everywhere in search of the world's ghost stories, hoping to make a fortune from them. Later, he met more people and more ghosts, and glimpsed hidden truths about the world through his own stories. It turned out that the ghost realm was
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Tales of Strange Things in the City of Demons 巷说魔都奇谭
[Mystery + criminal investigation + dark themes + human nature + crime + serial murders + episodic cases] Six people have died in Shanghai in the past three months. Since the beginning of the year, bodies have kept turning up by rivers, at the foot of mountains, and at the entrances to deserted villages. Cases include a woman whose liver was cut out, a child who mysteriously vanished, fingers found among minced meat at a market, and a series of beheadings... Join police inspector Ruan Xing, bril
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Strange Tales of the Great Song: The Headless Corpse 大宋诡事:断头记
[Song Dynasty mysteries + suspense + detective work + headless corpses + shocking twists] On a dark, windy night, it’s the perfect time for murder and arson! The newly appointed magistrate of Changqing County dies suddenly in a woman’s chambers in the middle of the night. The next day, his headless body turns up in the countryside! Qiaoniang, the famous courtesan who spent that night with the magistrate, flees in a panic and becomes the prime suspect! Ye Jun is ordered to investigate, only to di
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Great! It's a System, Now I'm Definitely Dead 太棒了!是系统,这下我死定了
[Infinite Flow] [No heroine] [No CP] [Original instances] [The System is useless] [Rules] [Deduction] [Wits and strategy] [Survival missions] Borrowing a setting from a great author: ghosts cannot be killed... You must discern their patterns... The Haunted Spirit Tower has descended. Please make sure to complete your survival mission! Little-girl System and all that: “Host, clear each instance in one life, one every seven days! Bring the Haunted Tower era to an end!” Chen Zichu: “Damn it... Othe
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Ascension Plan 登神计划
“Complete a series of games, and you can become a god.” Four young men are lured here by different lies, but will things really be as simple as they expect? Ensemble cast, no main character. Borrowed plot elements will be noted.
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The Detective's Mission 刑警使命
Ye Jiu, an orthodox inheritor of the Su Family's Taiji tradition and a former unarmed-combat instructor with a special operations unit, transfers to a local post as a criminal investigator. While staking out a suspect, he is struck by lightning and unexpectedly gains twenty years of memories from a parallel world. From then on, he embarks on an extraordinary career as a detective, cracking major cases, capturing key criminals, and crushing all manner of criminal gangs with iron fists. No one can
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Adenovirus Swimming Pool: I Fell Asleep and Was Pulled into a Livestream, Then My Child Disappeared 腺病毒游泳馆:睡一觉被拉进直播后,我的孩子不见了
The Adenovirus Swimming Pool: I Was Pulled Into a Livestream While I Slept, and My Child Disappeared
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An Unknown God Is Livestreaming Me 我被未知神明直播
When humanity was thrown by unknown gods into bizarre livestream spaces to be toyed with by the audience... When life, emotions, dignity, and everything else became entertainment for the viewers... I struggled to survive through one life-or-death livestream and absurd incident after another... Until one day, an unknown god spoke to me... “Dear, you are nothing but merchandise...” That was what it told me... I held my head high and laughed, exhilarated and delighted, staring straight at the
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The Sasaki Yano Case 佐佐木野夫案件
The Sasaki Yeo Case
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The Corpse Whisperer: I Can See the Answers in Death 尸语者:我能看见死亡答案
[System] [Forensics] [Mystery] After thirty-six hours on duty, intern forensic doctor Lu Ming unexpectedly awakens an astonishing ability: he can see the true cause of death floating above every corpse. Drowned? No, strangled to death. Sudden cardiac arrest? No, poisoned with an organophosphate. Suicide by falling? No, pushed from the twenty-third floor. Everyone says he’s an inexperienced rookie, but his eyes never lie. When the truth is buried by those in power, killers walk freely in the sunl
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The Tang Dynasty’s Female County Magistrate 大唐女县尉
Tang Dynasty, women-focused suspense, mystery, crime-solving She is a rare female official under the laws of the Tang Dynasty. On her very first night in office, a strange case lands at her door: deep in a rainy alley, night watchman Chen San lies dead, wearing one brand-new red bridal embroidered shoe, while the other has vanished. Rumors that a “fox spirit has taken a husband” sweep through the city in an instant.
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I Clearly Killed My Ex-Girlfriend, but the Body Changed 杀的明明是前女友,尸体却变了
He clearly killed his ex-girlfriend, but the body had changed.
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Phantom Capsule: The Prison Hut That Appeared Out of Nowhere on a Barren Mountain 诡影胶囊:凭空现世的荒山囚屋
The Phantom Capsule: A Prison House Appears Out of Nowhere in the Barren Mountains
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Traces of the Night Shadow Star 夜影星踪
Volume One: A corpse falls from the sky on a snowy night in a mountain village, and the whole village whispers that a vengeful ghost is out for blood. A mysterious detective follows the clues, while a boy who witnessed the incident sees through the disguise with a single remark, exposing a shocking murder plot disguised as a supernatural haunting. Volume Two: A string of murders unfolds in a sealed-off, abandoned house, and former classmates die one after another. The truth behind the revenge i
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The Perfect Prey: Lin Zhiqiu and Chen Mo 完美猎物~林知秋、陈默
The Perfect Prey ~ Lin Zhiqiu, Chen Mo
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The Divine Emperor’s Daughter Doesn’t Want to Go to Work Today Either 神皇的女儿今天也不想上班
[Synopsis] I was just a “cloud hammer player” from 2025. I made fun of a little girl who had turned into the Emperor, then liked a “gender-swapped Emperor” cosplayer’s post. Then my phone flashed, and I transmigrated? What did I transmigrate into? The Emperor’s near-perfect copy. And I got shoved into the body of a dying mortal girl, the kind that overheats and breaks down at the drop of a hat. From then on, the little girl became the Empire’s “Golden Miracle.” And I became the high-dimensiona
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The Bureau's Twin Years: A Record of Strange Herb Mysteries in the Martial World 局编双年:奇草谜案江湖录
(Not a power fantasy + no System + plot-driven + crime-solving and deduction + mind-bending twists) (The author spent a full year crafting all the murder cases. They’re sure to be gripping and mind-bending, so enjoy!) One year ago, on a dark night, I was a lowly cleaner working in the City Lord’s Hall when I was dragged into a murder targeting the three great families. Everyone said I was the killer! One year later, by day, I’d turned my fortunes around and become deputy director of the Security
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Eyes of the Abyss: Season 2, Part 2: Cold Blood Boils 凝渊之眸.第二季2:冷血沸腾
I'm a special crimes detective. And I'm the most ordinary one among the countless detectives out there. This is both a collection of criminal cases and a record of memories. We've seen a frustrated middle-aged man commit rape and murder, parents hunt down women for their son to satisfy his twisted desires, an entire family of devils deliberately murder, rob, and slaughter a household, and an seemingly honest woman kill in a fit of rage because she envied her neighbor's child for being more accom
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A Deception: The Missing Neighbor 瞒天过海:消失的邻居
Deceiving Heaven and Crossing the Sea: The Neighbor Who Disappeared
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Ragnarok: I Ascend to Godhood Through Cunning 诸神黄昏:我以诡计登神
[No System, a little deduction, all about the tricks.] Announcer’s voice: In the post-civilization era, the sun (...static...) The picture suddenly cuts out. (A bespectacled boy appears on screen.) “Sorry to interrupt this story introduction. We have an important announcement first.” “My name is… never mind. You’ll find out soon, so it doesn’t matter…” “What matters is…” The boy grins brightly. “At the beginning of this story, I will become the murderer.” “I’ll record everything I do. Let’s see
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Case Files of the Special Operations Task Force 特别行动组破案实录
The municipal public security bureau's criminal investigation unit establishes a psychological special cases team to tackle difficult cases by analyzing behavioral patterns. Led by Lu Anning, the team has five formidable specialists, each with a role to play: sharp-tongued forensic pathologist Shen Yan, female sharpshooter Cheng Sa, hacker Chen Mo, modification expert Zhao Yan, and skilled negotiator Zhou Xubai. Their cases are solved through psychology and rigorous investigative techniques. The
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Professor Cobra's Formula for Solving Crimes 眼镜蛇教授之破案公式
He solves a four-stage Rubik's Cube by hand, and everything can be quantified. The truth behind a crime = ∑(clues × logic) + the human factor Over two days and one night, he works remotely, using a Rubik's Cube to unravel the mystery and formulas to deduce what people are thinking. While everyone else hunts for the killer, he calmly calculates the one “ε” that cannot be eliminated. “Give me five minutes.” He says it into the phone, then scrambles the Rubik's Cube in his hand. Hardcore crime-solv
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Notes from Blackwind Pass 黑风口札记
An aged, yellowed scroll of sheepskin and half of a broken meteorite jade entwine the fates of Lin Yan, a university history student, and Su Qing, a restorer of ancient jade. The mystery of their ancestors dying together at Heifeng Pass sends the pair into the deserts of the Western Regions, unaware that they are caught in a cycle of fate spanning three generations. Does the bronze compass point to the treacherous mechanisms of a prehistoric ruin, or to a secret their ancestors gave their lives
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Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The Tale of Li Chongan, Jade Keeper 丝路玉鉴:守玉丞李崇安传
Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The Story of Li Chong'an, Keeper of the Jade
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Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The Lin Clan's Joinery Art and the Soul-Hanging Staircase 丝路玉鉴:林氏榫卯诀之悬魂梯
Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The Lin Clan's Mortise-and-Tenon Technique and the Soul-Hanging Ladder
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My Best Friend's Curse 闺蜜的咒
My Best Friend's Curse
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My Travel Companion Disappeared, and I Went Mad. 消失的旅伴,疯了的我。
My Missing Travel Companion, My Madness.
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No Flowers in the Mirror, but Fire in My Heart 镜中无花,心上有火
No Flowers in the Mirror, Fire in My Heart
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Paranormal Tales from the Northeast Countryside 东北农村灵异小故事
Spooky Little Stories from the Northeastern Countryside
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Officer Lu's Journal 小陆警官的手记
Lu Chengwen: I'm a detective. I only believe in evidence. Lin Xiao: I can feel corpses talking. Lu Chengwen: Say that again? Lin Xiao: The corpse says it wants to go home. Lu Chengwen: ...Fine. Lead the way. Author: If you two keep chatting, the readers will all go next door to read romance ◉‿◉
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Hymn of Evolution 进化赞歌
They embarked on the path to godhood, unaware that someone had already walked it before them. Su Yi led a team into the legendary Land of Enlightenment. They said that anyone who could comprehend the universe's [Rules] there would earn the right to challenge the Creator and become a god in the new world. The team members had no memories of their past. They knew only that this was the one and only path. They supported one another, comprehending the Rules at death's door time and again and pushi
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Fragrant Dust on Purple Paths 紫陌香尘
Drawing on more than a decade of experience as a police officer and my broader understanding of society, I wrote this original social realist mystery novel. This is not a wish-fulfillment story. It spans 20 years from beginning to end, with dozens of clues and echoes woven throughout. I hope to share it with readers who are patient and enjoy thinking things through. There are two cases, but what truth will you see in them? The Fragrance of Purple Dust is divided into four volumes, each named wit
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Judge Dee: Cracking the Case 大唐狄公案·破局
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
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Judge Dee Case Files: The Red Pavilion 狄公案:红阁子
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
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Judge Dee Case Files: The Bronze Bell Case 狄公案:铜钟案
[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
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The Judge Dee Cases 狄公案
[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
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The Liu Gong Case Files 刘公案
[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
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The Mao Family Cases 毛公案
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
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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
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
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My Husband Cheated, So I Personally Turned Him In to the Police 老公出轨,我亲手把他送进警局
In the middle of the night, I got a call from the city public security bureau. They said my husband had been arrested for soliciting a prostitute and told me to come bail him out. I hurriedly denied knowing him and said they had the wrong number. How ridiculous. I was the one who put him away. Why would I go bail him out? My husband cheated, and my mother-in-law treated me like a doormat. Since I’ve already sent one of them inside, I might as well send the other one too.
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I Woke Up After Being Knocked Unconscious and Became a Murder Suspect 被打晕醒来后,我成了杀人凶手
Yang Meng is a wildly popular outdoor paranormal exploration blogger, and my boss. The two of us went to the famous haunted “check-in spot” of Fengmen Village to shoot a video. There were four of us in all. Once we arrived, someone suddenly knocked me unconscious. When I woke up, I was covered in blood, and Yang Meng was already dead. The bloodstained knife was mine, and all the evidence pointed to me. But I know the killer is one of the other two who are still alive. He is still watching me lik
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My Dad Demanded Three Million from Me, Claiming I Was a Murderer 我爸勒索我三百万,说我是杀人凶手
My dad suddenly came to me demanding three million yuan. If I didn’t pay, he’d expose me as a murderer. How could he possibly know the truth about what happened back then? Someone must be behind this. So I took him to an abandoned villa in the suburbs. Let’s put an end to those two murders tonight.
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The Iris Strikes Back 鸢尾花的反杀
As night fell, I rode my bike through the streets and alleys, when someone suddenly stepped into my path. “Who are you?” The alley was dimly lit, so I couldn’t make out the stranger’s face, but I could clearly see his outline. The man looked utterly disheveled. Gasping for breath, he said, “Help me!” I caught sight of someone chasing him relentlessly and swiftly pulled him onto my electric scooter. “Come with me!” The cold night wind stung my cheeks, but inside, my emotions were churning. “Got y
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My Daughter Was Kidnapped, and the Kidnapper Turned Out to Be My Husband 女儿被绑架,绑匪竟是我老公
My daughter had just turned one hundred days old when she was kidnapped. I paid the ransom, bankrupting myself in the process. Then the kidnappers killed her anyway. I was devastated. But then I suddenly realized my husband was deeply involved in the kidnapping.
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Pathological Growth: A Life Destroyed by My Family of Origin 病态生长:被原生家庭毁掉的一生
[Dysfunctional Family Background + Women's Growth + Causes of Crime + Family's Influence] Just how deep, far-reaching, and devastating can the effects of a person's family background be? Some people spend their whole lives healing from childhood. Others lose themselves for life in its shadows. A woman born of love and destroyed by hate, trapped in a twisted relationship that went from dependence to ruin, ended everything with 32 knife blows: her love, her hatred, and a life trampled underfoot. T
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Murderous Testimony 证言杀机
When I was seventeen, driven by jealousy, I reported someone to the police for stealing. But I never imagined that years later, he would nearly destroy my happiness…
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During Renovations on My New Home, We Found Thirty Million Hidden in the Walls! 新房装修,墙体里竟藏着三千万!
I returned to my hometown and bought the house next door. But during renovations, I found thirty million yuan in cash hidden inside the wall!
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The Truth Behind the Perjury 伪证下的真相
I’m a doctor at a clinic. One day, a patient vanished mysteriously after leaving. Two months later, the body turned up in the countryside. Then the police showed up at my door, investigating the patient’s death. The security footage had conveniently been damaged, and the medication records altered. The police kept pressing me with questions, and my younger brother could barely hide his suspicions. But I’d already prepared the perfect story.
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The Perfect Murder Plan 完美犯罪计划
My older brother died in an accident. While sorting through his belongings, I discovered it hadn’t been an accident at all. He had been murdered by his business partner. So I devised the perfect murder plan. The only catch was that I wouldn’t be the one to carry it out. The killer who murdered my brother would.
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