Looking for High-Quality Crime Investigation Stories. Recommendations and Things to Avoid, Please! 高质量刑侦，求推荐，求避雷！！

1. 301 谋 The Murder Effect: The Innocent Sinner 谋杀效应：无罪的罪人 The Mysterious Elephant God大象神秘莫测Two Male Leads272k WordsOngoing [Two male leads+Crime investigation+Case-of-the-week format+Parallel storylines+Mystery+Deduction+Slow burn] Isaiah Byrne is a detective in the gang investigations unit. His best friend in the city, who is also something of an informant, has made a new friend. Meanwhile, someone has made himself the judge of sinners, using blood as ink. Isaiah finally realizes that the killer who claims to deliver justice in Heaven's name has been close to him all along. Multiple POVs and characters, with a c 56Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book has a bit of a reading threshold

2. 302 记 The Strange Case Files 记异档案 Wen Fei文飞Mystery106k WordsCompleted An ordinary folder turns out to contain records of one bizarre and inexplicable event after another: murder mysteries, natural and man-made disasters, and even the invading Japanese army’s brutal experiments. Every case is gripping. Could these events be real? Did they really happen? Strange Case Files: A Collection of Bizarre Events is a hugely popular horror-mystery novel by Wen Fei, telling a vivid and compelling story. 38Reads8.1Score—Shelves
3. 303 断 The Mystery of the Severed Finger: It All Began with a Note 断指之谜：从一张纸条开始 Corrupted Tianyuan Bao黑化的天元宝Mystery291k WordsOngoing Programmer Lin Mo wakes up to find that the little finger of his left hand has vanished without a trace. The doors and windows are locked, with no sign of an intruder, and the severed finger is nowhere to be found. The police are helpless, and the case goes cold. Under his bed, he finds a yellowed note bearing a string of mysterious numbers. The numbers lead him to a “human potential development” gathering he attended six months ago. The organizer, Mr. Chen, had sharp eyes and spoke in riddles. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 304 女 The Female Police Chief's Major Cases Series: Undercurrents 女公安局长大案系列之暗流 Xiaoxiao Gou'er Lingdang晓晓狗儿铃当Mystery259k WordsOngoing On a stormy night, two murder cases erupt at once in Handong Province. Criminal investigation captains Lu Chen and Chen Feng follow separate leads: one investigates a red ribbon on a wedding bed, the other a carcinogen in a teacup. The two trails converge on the same name. Gu Qingling. Thirty-one years old, a first-class merit recipient, and former commander of a special operations unit. Meanwhile, the real killer watches it all from the shadows. As the undercurrents of power swallow up every pi 3.1kReads—Score190Shelves
5. 305 佛 Buddha's Son of Heaven 佛子天 The Gods Want to Go Wild神想出去浪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [No System, no golden finger, an underdog's comeback, a grim early story and a thrilling later one! Anti-drug operations + counterespionage + a brutal start + underworld conflicts + love of country and family] With a mysterious background, a strange family, and a vast shadow lurking behind him, a student with a tragic past is driven to become a madman feared by both the underworld and the legitimate world! A madman who wants to turn the entire world upside down! He crushes the demons and monster 14.4kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
6. 306 无 Endless Pursuit of the Killer 无限追凶 Xin Bai辛白Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted The ruthless “Lancer” and the devious “criminal mastermind” lead to a mysterious “human observer” lurking behind them. Four young people defend Long'an and take on supercriminals lurking in the dark web! (The bonus chapters for The Homicide Detective have been posted on the official WeChat account.) 173Reads8.9Score—Shelves
7. 307 谍 The Little Spy's Rise to Power 谍战小特务的逆袭 Winter Isn't Hot冬天不热Urban2.8M WordsCompleted He is the lowest-ranking undercover agent in the Military Statistics Bureau, yet he can spot Japanese spies in a vast crowd. He is also an expert operative, infiltrating enemy-occupied territory to assassinate traitors who sell out their country and vanish without a trace. Because: “Scanning Eye” in operation... 187.4kReads9.5Score20.5kShelves
8. 308 生 The Deadly Pursuit 生死追缉 Zhang Jialiang张佳亮Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted One is the head of a criminal investigation squad, the other a renowned attorney, and the two are bitter enemies. Yet fate seems to have brought them together: a series of tangled murder cases binds their lives to one another. In this world, you must never judge whether someone is good or bad based on appearances alone. 880Reads8.6Score108Shelves
9. 309 一 Confessions of a Mentally Ill Person 一个精神病人的自述 Multiply by Two乘二Mystery169k WordsCompleted Sometimes I wonder what I am, what the world is, and what my existence means to it. Am I an NPC? Or just a virus that doesn't matter? A virus, yes. I feel like I've caught some kind of virus, or maybe I've always been one. My name is Zhang Shun. I'm an ordinary person, and on an ordinary day, I suddenly saw things no one else could see... 1.5kReads9.3Score376Shelves

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   The first and fourth books both feature police officers with systems (the first book isn't as well-written as the fourth), but the fourth book was abandoned due to the author's eye condition; the second book is about a criminal who believes he's a time traveler, and the third book is a multi-perspective account of a mental patient.

10. 310 破 Crime Solving: My Sweet, Innocent Boss Wants to Arrest Me Every Day 破案：清纯女上司每天都想逮捕我 Spicy Rabbit Head with a Little Sugar麻辣兔头加点糖Mystery754k WordsCompleted [A Not-So-Serious Traditional System Story (The System Barely Appears and Might Be Fake...) + Mystery and Crime Solving (Sort Of) + One Heroine + Mutual Devotion + Nontraditional Fluff + Slow-Building Plot + Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, Sweet] [This is a romance story! This is a romance story! This is a romance story! Important things must be said three times!] [As usual, the cases start in Chapter Four. I’m no good at writing blurbs (the opening is pretty bad too, haha), so please read 50 chapters. If 6.9kReads9.3Score674Shelves

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    Don't be scared off by the name; once you read it, you won't be able to put it down.

11. 311 女 The Female Bureau Chief: Storms in the Crackdown on Organized Crime 女局长：扫黑风云 Cyanide Murmurs氰呓语Urban609k WordsCompleted A gritty novel based on real events: criminal investigations, officialdom, deals, and power plays. Justice comes at the cost of blood, and the true enemy is always hidden in the deepest fog. 196Reads7.0Score138Shelves
12. 312 凶 That Criminal Acts Too Well: The Special Police Asked How Many Years I’d Been Inside 凶犯演太好，特警问我蹲过几年 Meow Meow Neil喵喵尼尔Urban360k WordsCompleted (Criminal mastermind + showbiz + a little bit of people imagining things) Li Si obtains the [Crime System], and from then on, the entertainment industry gains an oddball. When other people's new movies come out, their fans cheer with excitement. When his new movie comes out, his fans only ask one thing: “Boss, the special police still haven't hauled you off to jail?” Film Emperor: “The first time I acted opposite him, I thought the crew had hired someone straight out of prison. But it turned 4kReads9.2Score570Shelves
13. 313 大 The Great Song Coroner, Part Three 大宋提刑官第三部 Northwest Brother Mao西北毛哥Historical539k WordsCompleted At the end of the Southern Song, Song Ci, the founding father of Chinese forensic science, resigns from office and retreats into seclusion after losing all faith in the court. He devotes himself to completing the work of a lifetime, The Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified. But the tides of the age will not let him stand apart. Mongol cavalry rides south, and the realm is shattered. In his twilight years, Song Ci is forced to return to public life. From a corruption-murder case at the Jianyang 795Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    Deduction, crime-solving, suspense, and mystery

14. 314 女 Madam Director, a Major Anti-Crime Case! 女局长，扫黑连环大案！ Zhang Dali, Bursting with Bullish Energy牛气冲天的张大力Urban683k WordsCompleted Female Lead | Anti-Organized Crime | Anti-Drug Operations | Political Arena | Satisfying Revenge There’s no need to fear being pushed around, as long as you can turn things around! Anfu City, the most remote county in Yuzhou, faces the neighboring country’s Wu City across the Qing River. On her first day in office, Meng Yun doesn’t go to her office. She heads straight to the scene of a gunfight. Before the blood has even dried, she begins hunting down the perpetrators. 127Reads7.4Score137Shelves
15. 315 离 Unbelievable! The Brash Blonde Is Actually a Criminal Investigation Captain 离谱！黄毛丫头竟是刑侦队长 Crazy Little Bird疯小鸟Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Criminal Investigation + Suspense + Case-by-Case Mystery Solving + Brain-Teasing Cases + Female Lead Investigator] A madman attacked everyone in a film studio, while a girl was brutally slashed across the throat on her way home. The clues that surfaced were merely a ploy to mislead the police. When obsession becomes the root of evil, and victims become perpetrators, just how evil can human nature be? The truth is buried beneath layer upon layer. Ever since joining the Special Cases Unit, Su Xia 31.9kReads9.1Score4.3kShelves

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    These are a series by the same author. The female protagonist is intelligent and imaginative. Although she has a system, she mainly relies on her intellect to solve cases. The cases are exciting and mind-bending, full of twists and turns. The focus is on crime-solving, with minimal romance. Both books are completed and safe to read.

16. 316 完 Perfect Punishment 完美罪罚 Northwest Brother Mao西北毛哥Mystery504k WordsCompleted When the bones begin to speak, the truth sinks into even deeper darkness. Forensic pathologist Xu Yanwu believes firmly that “bones never lie; only the truth is beyond deception.” In 1996, in Canghai City, a skeleton sealed away for fifteen years leads to a secret mark bearing the code name “451.” From a bizarre sudden death at a state-owned factory to a “ghost” terrorizing the entire city, a mysterious organization known as the “Judge” quietly emerges behind a series of seemingly unrelated mur 57Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 317 档 The Blank in the Files 档案留白 Jing Xuanlue静譞lueMystery135k WordsOngoing How could an organization with no identity, no life records, no DNA data, and no biological records, and a man returned from the dead, pull off the perfect crime? Grand ambitions were halted by the red line imposed by reality. Leng Lingfeng admitted that tampering with germline genetic editing meant standing against all of humanity. That path was destined to be a dead end. He redefined the meaning of a "perfect crime." It did not need to leave rivers of blood or shock the world. The perfect cri 3Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 318 兵 Warrior King Xie Baoqing 兵王谢宝庆 Northwest Brother Mao西北毛哥Historical593k WordsCompleted Li Yunlong: Xie Baoqing! Get your sorry ass out here! Hiding in your hole like a turtle, are you? Xie Baoqing: C-Commander Li! Let’s talk this out! Our Black Cloud Stronghold has already agreed to join the Eighth Route Army under Commander Kong. We’ve even got our unit designation: the Independent Detachment of the New Second Regiment! Li Yunlong: The Eighth Route Army? You think you’re fit to say those words? Your men chopped off my guard’s head. You didn’t know about that? Xie Baoqing: Comm 374Reads8.4Score—Shelves
19. 319 考 The Civil Service Exam? He's Right There, and He's Fallen for Her First 考公？右上方，他先动了心 Xiaoxiao Gou'er Lingdang晓晓狗儿铃当Modern Romance117k WordsCompleted A chaste, wounded male lead + a heroine who fights by his side + the most restrained prose for the most overwhelming emotions. He could have any woman he wanted. Yet he fell for a subcontractor’s engineer who already had a boyfriend. That beauty mark: the moment he saw it, he knew he could never forget it. Dai Lian has seen the deepest nights Jiangcheng has to offer. Shen Yonghui is the true power behind the scenes, radiating a cold, abstinent aura. Everyone says the powerful man is ruthless and 84Reads—Score191Shelves
20. 320 一 A Man-Eating Monster Asked Me to Marry It. Should I Say Yes? 一个吃人的妖怪，它竟然向我求婚了，要不要答应它 The World's Mightiest Little Fox宇宙无敌小狐狸9k WordsCompleted A man-eating monster proposed to me. Should I say yes? 79Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is so beautiful.

21. 321 与 Followed by Ghosts 与鬼随行 Green Wine and Red Lips绿酒朱唇Mystery441k WordsOngoing Immersive, terrifying, and packed with suspenseful mystery and deduction. I have a strange world, and I want to take you there! After the college entrance exams, I took a fatal blow meant for my friend and lost my sight. By chance, I ended up at a bizarre vocational college. My classmates are dying one after another under strange circumstances, and there seems to be a much bigger secret behind it all. This world seems so strange... so strange... I have to solve the mind-bending challenges one by 2.6kReads—Score245Shelves

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    I highly recommend a mind-bending horror novel called *Walking with Ghosts*! The protagonist arrives at a haunted school where classmates begin to die mysteriously one after another. The story is full of terrifying suspense and mystery, definitely worth reading—it's guaranteed to scare you! [Fear][Fear][Fear]

22. 322 神 Detective Di Renjie, Book Five 神探狄仁杰第五部 Northwest Brother Mao西北毛哥Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing In the final years of Emperor Wu of the Tang dynasty, the capital Luoyang had finally begun to settle down. After the brilliant detective Di Renjie exposed the Burning Heaven Fire at the Shanjin Bureau, the rebellion in Youzhou, and the Blood Eagle's chain of murders, he retired from public life and settled in the Southern Market, hoping to enjoy his twilight years in peace. But when all is quiet, trouble is never far away. After a banquet in the Eastern Palace, Crown Prince Li Xian suddenly fa 657Reads8.8Score122Shelves

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    Crime solving suspense mystery

23. 323 罪 City of Sin: The Missing Bride 罪恶城市—消失的新娘 Wuyou無尤Marriage & Romance14k WordsCompleted City of Sin: The Missing Bride 7Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 324 指 Beyond the Fingerprints 指纹之外 Kite Guest on the Hillside半山鸢客Mystery168k WordsOngoing Forensic trace expert Lin Du can read any trace, except the ones that lead to himself. At a corpse-burial site in the mountains, the DNA under the victim’s fingernails is a perfect match for Lin Du’s. His partner, Shen Quan, points a gun at him and asks, “Are you here to solve the case, or destroy the evidence?” Lin Du has no answer. He has forgotten more than just his memories: something has also been implanted in his genes. He has no idea that Shen Quan is quietly clenching his right hand into 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The popular IP novel "Ten Days to the End" is already quite popular, so I won't elaborate. Besides "Fingerprint," this is a super niche novel. First, a quick rant: the title is really off-putting, sounding like some dry science book… But! Last night, I was desperate for something to read, so I reluctantly clicked on it and ended up staying up until 4 AM!! It has a pure TVB crime drama feel, with crime scene investigation, physical evidence reasoning, and fingerprint comparison—the details are ridiculously solid. There's no superstitious profiling; it relies entirely on the chain of evidence. A must-read for fans of classic Hong Kong dramas! I'll emphasize this three times: This is not a supernatural novel! It's not a supernatural novel! It's not a supernatural novel! I suspect the platform mislabeled it; many people see "suspense" and think there are ghosts, so they're afraid to read it. Actually, it's purely scientific crime-solving, so even a coward like me can read it without worry. So far, the pacing is fast and there's no filler (the romance is practically nonexistent), and each case is intricately linked. The downside: it's not finished yet, but it's already quite long and worth reading.

25. 325 高 A High-IQ Crime? My Mental Hospital Is Full Of... 高智商犯罪？我的精神病院全是 Feng Er Xi风二兮Mystery122k WordsOngoing [Linked Cases + Brain-Teasing Deduction + No Female Lead + High-IQ Crime + Mentally Unstable] "Director Shen, have they put a chip in you?" "They scanned me yesterday. They didn't find one." "Don't trust their scans. The real chips are nanoscale, and you breathe them in. One breath, and you're infected." This is my everyday work. My name is Shen Yan, the youngest director at Ankang Hospital of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. Sixty-three psychiatric patients are held here, and one-third of 8Reads—Score163Shelves

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    Both books are good, especially the second one, which already has 1.3 Million words.

26. 326 罪 Crime: Ten Bizarre Cases 罪恶：十大奇案 Mai Dongzi麦冬子Mystery206k WordsCompleted Criminal investigation + episodic cases + no romance. A regular case-solving team, with no need to keep track of too many characters. When a case comes in, there’s no time for talk: they get straight to work! A pure battle of logic, a high-stakes storm of intellect. Step into every baffling crime scene, follow the investigation as it unfolds, and face the depths of human nature until the truth finally comes to light. 1.7kReads6.5Score109Shelves

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    Highly recommend!!! Especially the first two books.

27. 327 小 Officer Lu's Journal 小陆警官的手记 Piao Sisi朴四四Two Male Leads388k WordsOngoing 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 ◉‿◉ 317Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Criminal investigation case handling, unit file.

28. 328 我 I Solve Cases to Put Food on the Table 我靠破案养家糊口 Empty Words in a Dream梦中的虚语Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1958, I moved into Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. Did I transmigrate into a TV drama or transmigrate into a book? Good thing I have so many buffs stacked that I don't have to spend all day playing family power games in one little courtyard! 6.6kReads9.3Score635Shelves

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    Absolutely high quality, works perfectly.

29. 329 让 I Asked a Retired Old Man to Buy Cigarettes, and the Whole Army Hunted Me Down 让退休老头买烟，全军疯狂追杀我 Sour and Spicy Hammer酸辣榔头Urban656k WordsCompleted [Original + Humorous + Explosive Action + Subverts Expectations + No Heroine] Meng Yan transmigrates into a military world and gets bound to a completely bizarre System. What should he do? No problem. Luckily, he’s even more bizarre than the System. [God’s Eye] [Pose as a college student, earn two hundred yuan every time you go out] [My Bullets Always Veer Left] [Small and Medium Home Appliance Modifications: Way Ahead of the Competition] [Wilderness Survival Guide] Meng Yan rubs his fore 11.9kReads9.1Score889Shelves
30. 330 逐 Pursuing the Killer: Rivers Flow into the Sea 逐凶：江河入海流 Jiang Yan江宴Mystery194k WordsCompleted The mysterious butterfly murder, the mystery of a livestreaming host who vanished on camera, a family wiped out on New Year's Eve... A battle of black and white, life and death, against the killer. A lighthearted romance between a cool, aloof criminal investigation captain and a proud trace-evidence expert. She once thought she was destined to live and die alone. Little did she know that having him by her side was the sweetest confession of all. “Mrs. Shen, you can't stand me up this time!” He 480Reads8.7Score102Shelves

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    These are all pretty good!

31. 331 中 Chinese Criminal Investigations: True Major Cases 中国刑侦：那些真实大案 Eastern Dragon Sword东方龙剑Mystery128k WordsCompleted Since the founding of the country, ruthless criminals have crisscrossed the provinces from south to north, committing crimes with savage methods and vanishing without a trace. Some spent years on the run, hiding in obscurity. Some worked alone for years without being detected. Others disappeared without a trace after committing shocking massacres. This book covers more than ten long-unsolved cases, each of which once shook the entire country. Some cold cases were finally solved after years of si 249Reads—Score110Shelves

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    A very good crime investigation book.

32. 332 我 I'm a Death-Row Inmate, Not a Detective 我是死刑犯，不是神探 Laugh7笑7Mystery672k WordsCompleted [Full-cast audio drama now available] [Crime Solving + Deduction] [Cases move at a brisk pace] Xu Tian, a top university student, is wrongly imprisoned. Just before his scheduled execution, his sentence is commuted to death with a two-year reprieve. As long as he’s alive, there’s hope. Xu Tian studies criminal investigation techniques, waiting for the day he can leave prison and clear his name. Then, one day, the criminal police team comes to him for help... After solving one strange case after 3.7kReads8.1Score345Shelves

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    A book without a system, purely focused on crime-solving and reasoning, with audiobooks by real people available to listen to; it's well worth reading and doesn't drag on.

33. 333 解 Dissociator: Financial Bullets 解离者：金融子弹 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery167k WordsCompleted Rick takes on a covert chain of missions spanning three continents: assassinate the key figures in charge of five ports. At the same time, he uses the hedge fund behind his client to make a killing, sending his personal wealth skyrocketing. Danger follows close behind. Britain’s MI5 and Interpol trace the clues back to Rick, reopening last year’s unsolved assassination cases and quietly closing their international dragnet around him. The unlikely alliance between assassination and capital stirs 271Reads—Score—Shelves

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    American-style crime fiction series. No system, not a wish-fulfillment story, no female lead. Espionage, criminal investigation, crime, assassination.

34. 334 祁 Captain Qi, I Heard You Like Me 祁队，听说你喜欢我 Tao Tao-ing陶桃-ingModern Romance287k WordsCompleted (Please read the whole blurb.) A lighthearted, sweet romance 1 A sweet, strong female forensic examiner × a warmhearted, fatherly criminal investigation team captain [romance-focused, cases take a back seat] Qi Chenyi is the captain of the criminal investigation team. After his childhood sweetheart Lin Yeqing breaks up with him, he stays in Rongfeng City, where he unexpectedly runs into Song Jinhe, who once pursued him. The two team up to solve cases and gradually fall for each other. Afterward, 1.8kReads9.2Score224Shelves
35. 335 推 Case Files 推案实录 Observing Appearances观相Mystery220k WordsCompleted Si Li never dreamed that a trip back to her old family home would end with her grandfather foisting her and all her luggage onto Yan Huai, captain of the city bureau’s criminal investigation squad, to serve as her “human bodyguard.” Fine. If it would help the old man sleep peacefully, she could stay there. She’d just shut herself in and paint. They could mind their own business. For the first month, they got along without incident. She worked on game illustrations while he went out to crime s 1.6kReads7.3Score180Shelves
36. 336 解 Dissociators: The Chronicles of Saint Judas Island 解离者：圣犹大岛纪事 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery203k WordsCompleted On the picturesque island of St. Judas, a series of locked-room mysteries and cunning murders unfold. The person who comes to solve them is a professional assassin. He understands killing and strategy, using a killer's instincts to unravel one impossible crime after another. Beneath the sunlit island, lies, old grudges, and conspiracies steadily rise to the surface. With classic locked-room mysteries at its heart, an immersive deserted-island atmosphere, and four linked cases, the story asks at 89Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 337 觅 Following the Clues [Criminal Investigation] 觅迹【刑侦】 Chocolate Fried Rice巧克力拌饭Mystery308k WordsCompleted Criminal Investigation Deputy Captain Nan Feng vs. Officer He Yi [Some plot details are fictionalized. Please don’t compare them to real life!] [A secret-crush story from the heroine’s perspective, with a little angst.] [If you don’t like criminal investigation stories with a heroine and a romance plot, this may not be for you.] [If you’re okay with the premise, follow the story where it leads.] [Features a fantasy crossover with other protagonists on the author’s bookshelf] Seek an unknown tru 897Reads8.9Score110Shelves
38. 338 解 The Dissociator: The Canary Heist 解离者：金丝雀大劫案 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery119k WordsCompleted This series focuses on a heist of the century. What seemed like an ordinary day at Collingwood Global Investment Bank is shattered when a gang of armed robbers breaks in. They force the bank employees to follow their orders. In the aftermath, a chief inspector caught in a dilemma races against time, vowing to discover who stole the £3.9 billion and why. 73Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 339 注 After Injecting the Serum, I Started Out as a Rookie Cop in New York 注射血清，我从纽约实习巡警做起 Bay Leaf666月桂叶666Mystery263k WordsOngoing [American Cop + Career Advancement + Female-Led + Slight Golden Finger + Harem Appeal + Slight Love Triangle Drama] An unknown serum led to the deaths of Seraph's parents in an attack, and changed her from an ordinary person forever. Two years later, desperate to uncover the truth behind her parents' deaths, she joins the most dangerous precinct in the New York Police Department. She wants to climb the ranks as quickly as possible, navigating the gap between a corrupt system and the gangs. At n 724Reads—Score168Shelves

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    In American police stories [making a face]

40. 340 校 The Shocking Secret Behind the School Beauty's Death 校花之死背后的惊天秘密 Doudoudou豆豆豆Mystery117k WordsOngoing [Crime Investigation] [Crime Solving] [Multiple Cases] [Deduction] [No System] On his first day with the criminal investigation squad, Du Kai gets caught up in the case of his former campus beauty classmate's death. He never expected such a huge secret to be hidden behind her case... 4Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 341 暗 Peering at the Light in the Dark [Crime Investigation] 暗里窥光[刑侦] liy Liliy离Mystery213k WordsCompleted A brilliant, big-picture-thinking male lead × an all-around female lead with off-the-charts combat skills Cool and aloof on the outside, jealous to the core underneath × a sweet-looking girl on the outside, an older-sister type underneath Qi Sheng, captain of the Special Case Investigation Team, is renowned for his arrogance and coldness. The team he leads has an exceptionally high case clearance rate, ranking among the very best in the entire criminal police force. Qi Sheng hates nepotism, yet 1.3kReads8.7Score211Shelves
42. 342 我 Can I Autopsy You? 我能解剖你吗？ 20/100 Vision视力零点二一Mystery424k WordsCompleted “If you’re going to leave me...” “Leave your body behind...” “Don’t sneak off like last time, when I cut you into eight pieces...” “If you really have to go, give me your heart and liver. They’re no use to you anymore...” A sinister song rang out through the dark theater. At center stage, a silver wheel spun, and a shadow whirled and leaped along with it... Like a giant human music box. When the performance was over, the shadow bowed lightly and gracefully to the empty audience. “Thank you...” “ 5.5kReads9.3Score968Shelves

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    Amazing! I highly recommend this author. He's a 0.21 Author, and he writes mostly crime fiction, all of exceptionally high quality. "The Female Doctor's Murder Diary" and "The Devil Reversed" are both revenge stories, incredibly good. "Can I Dissect You?" Is still ongoing, but it's definitely worth getting into; it's another one of his exceptionally good works. I've already read quite a few of his novels, and these are some of my favorites. A few of them are about consecutive major cases, and I personally think they're all incredibly good. Of course, I also want to recommend "Breaking the Clouds" (not available on Tomato), it's incredibly, incredibly, incredibly good, and it was my gateway novel—absolutely perfect!

43. 343 解 The Dissociator: The Extravagant Prisoner and the Underground Howl 解离者：奢囚与地下啸 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery160k WordsCompleted New York is split between day and night, two worlds at odds. Hired by a wealthy family to rescue their kidnapped heir, hitman Rick uncovers a sprawling conspiracy. Meanwhile, Roy, a subway veteran worn down by corporate exploitation, launches a fierce rebellion in the underground tunnels. There are no crime investigations or justice here, only struggles for profit and settling scores under a code of gray rules. The victors are free to rewrite the truth. Desire and the cruelty of class are laid b 98Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 344 我 I, the Ghost Constable, Solve Cases: From the Start, I Seek Justice for the Dead! 我，鬼差破案，开局替鬼伸冤！ Qing Hong Makes Trouble Again青红又造孽Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing (The rating is low because it just came out, but it will rise later.) [Standalone mystery cases] [Fast-paced] [No CP] [No female lead] [Everyone is smart] [A little livestreaming] Shen Yue went to visit a grave in the middle of the night and unexpectedly became a part-time agent of reincarnation. Shen Yue: “So I’m a ghost hunter? Where are my soul-catching rope and mourning staff?” Underworld AI: “You’re part-time. You don’t qualify!” Shen Yue: “I... don’t qualify? What?!” “Then are all the soul 22kReads8.6Score2.8kShelves

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    All three books are by the same author and are super good, but the second one is still being updated, so you can save them for later.

45. 345 刑 The Detective's Mission 刑警使命 I Don't Believe Pies Fall from the Sky不信天上掉馅饼Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted 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 11.6kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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    An absolutely thrilling crime thriller, realistic and unpretentious.

46. 346 破 Daybreak [Crime Investigation] 破晓【刑侦】 Crimson Stone Born at Night绛石夜生Mystery237k WordsCompleted (Crime investigation + suspense + happy ending + daily updates) Lin Yuanzhi, a newly hired criminal psychology consultant, joins the Criminal Investigation Division of the Quyang City Public Security Bureau. Wu Zhen, Liu Chuanxing, and the others face an astonishing number of trafficking cases, a serial killer known as the “Perfume Killer,” and an art exhibition called “Chasing the Wind,” along with one bizarre case after another. Working side by side, the division solves each case, arrests the 477Reads8.1Score100Shelves
47. 347 解 The Disintegrator: A World of Black and Gray 解离者：黑灰世界 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Urban138k WordsCompleted Rick accidentally plunges into the dark abyss of an international drug cartel's deals, confronting the tangled connections between drug crimes and gang forces and witnessing countless bloody battles. Through one man's eyes, the story depicts a gripping, dark struggle for power, steeped in money and murder. 60Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 348 心 Psychological Crime Files 心理诡案 Long Night长宵Mystery517k WordsCompleted [The psychological mystery series, Shadow Pursuit, is currently being serialized!] A black notebook left behind by her mentor, and one strange psychological mystery after another. Su Yun says, “Captain Song, the human heart is a place of demons and monsters.” A cool, beautiful police detective × an arrogant, unconventional genius profiler. A formidable team joins forces to solve one baffling case after another… 1.4kReads9.2Score179Shelves
49. 349 解 Dissolver: Assassination 解离者：刺杀 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Urban159k WordsCompleted With the election approaching, the political landscape is shrouded in uncertainty. Acting on a secret assignment, Rick navigates official cover-ups, power struggles, and layers of deception. Following the faintest clues, he carefully pieces together the truth and hunts down the mysterious mastermind lurking behind it all. He quietly snuffs out a deadly crisis capable of changing the balance of power before it can take root. 121Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 350 肥 The Chubby Police Doctor 肥警神医 A Bucket of Paste一桶浆糊Urban2.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Sun Ping'an becomes a police officer under threat from the System. He wants to get fired so he can happily become a miracle doctor. Instead, Sun Ping'an embarks on an extraordinary career in law enforcement. 2.2kReads9.4Score430Shelves

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    Books one, three, and four form a series, a slow-burn type, but the quality is guaranteed. The ratings reflect this. The protagonist's personality is a bit eccentric, which might cause discomfort. In the third book, the protagonist has several female confidantes, which might be a bit off-putting, but otherwise, there's not much to say. Book two is highly recommended. The protagonist enters the police force by chance and solves numerous major cases through his exceptional observation skills, meticulousness, and occasional luck. Most of the cases are adapted from real-life situations, showcasing the author's strong writing skills; the author seems to share the same profession as the protagonist [laughing][laughing].

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