Looking for Mystery and Detective Novels That Aren’t Too Scary, Like Sherlock Holmes 悬疑破案 不要太恐怖 类似于福尔摩斯那种 求
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A Hard Nut to Crack 硬骨头
The new major-crimes squad captain, Lin Cuo, is gorgeous, cool, confident, and bold enough to take on Jiang Yi, the icy demon king of the criminal investigation corps. Everyone waits for her to make a fool of herself, but... Captain Lin keeps sending in good news: the shattered-skull case, the Lolita case, the death of a female livestreamer... Captain Lin is incredible! Jiang Yi is a top criminal investigator, a walking iceberg who solves cases with ruthless speed and dominates the police force.
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Roses and Guns [Criminal Investigation] 玫瑰与烈枪【刑侦】
[Their flesh and blood will forge my glory, becoming the honor I pursue for the rest of my life.] One June, two major events took place at the Qin City Public Security Bureau. First, a female captain named Gu Ji joined the anti-narcotics squad, and her darts flew in dazzling patterns. Second, a police badge number that had been dormant for ten years was reactivated, and this female captain was its successor. That same June, two major things happened to Song Yanci, leader of the major crimes
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A Little Land of Mountains and Rivers 小山河
When Chi Xia first joins the special investigations team, Luo Xun strongly recommends transferring her elsewhere. The intern is so thin-limbed and wooden, like she can barely keep her eyes open. What makes her suitable for this team? She’d be much better off in Publicity! The thin-limbed intern says nothing, responding to everything with, “Captain Luo, solving the case comes first.” Luo Xun is so frustrated he can barely contain himself. The team is doomed, he thinks. Before long, Captain Luo ge
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Rose Blade 玫瑰利刃
Stern, upright criminal investigation captain VS sweet, capable rookie policewoman Jiang Buhan was a new intern with the criminal investigation squad. Xing Niansheng had assumed that beautiful women were usually lacking in ability. “My squad doesn’t need a pretty face,” Xing Niansheng said sternly. “You have three months. If you can’t cut it, you’re out.” Who could have guessed that this so-called pretty face would be tall, long-legged, and extraordinarily strong, able to knock a burly man down
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Crime Psychology: Ten Unsolved Cases 心理罪：十宗悬案
A woman drowns in her own toilet... A black cat embarks on a quest to claim lives... A hidden evil lurks in a fog-shrouded town... A madman dreams of becoming an immortal... A beloved pet dog kills out of jealousy...
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Criminal Psychology: The Mind-Reading Detective 罪案心理：读心神探
Also known as The Mind-Reading Detective. Chen Luo is an expert in criminal psychology and body language. After graduating from the academy, he became a consultant for the criminal investigation department. To ordinary people, the motives behind serial murders seem bizarre, twisted, and impossible to fathom. To Chen Luo, they’re clear as day, and the hidden killer is exposed in an instant. The lies and secrets people try so hard to conceal cannot escape Chen Luo’s notice. He sees straight throug
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Sin Hunter Detective 猎罪神探
What's the most terrifying case you've ever heard of? The Corpse Immortal Madam, the Medical University's Sex Fiend, the Human-Head Planters, the Zombie Baby in Building Seven... There are no ghosts in this world, only wrongs waiting to be righted by a master hand. The legendary coroner Song Yang returns to the scene with his disciples, piercing through layer upon layer of mystery to hunt down the killers lurking in this world. Come face-to-face with the bloodiest, most baffling, and most hair-r
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You Have a New Murder Case Order 您有新的命案订单
[Mystery + deduction] Ten years ago, Su Yu was kidnapped and vanished. The music world lost a young concert pianist. Ten years later, while on a mission, Su Yu unexpectedly spotted a handsome man as cold as ice. She thought, “Meeting him must be my good fortune.” But the handsome man was rather cold-tempered and sharp-tongued. Her attempt to strike up a conversation failed, and even after they joined forces to rescue hostages, he “complimented” her by calling her an idiot. She thought, “I could
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Notes on a Manhunt [Criminal Investigation] 追凶笔记[刑侦]
An elderly passenger dies mysteriously on a bus. A male student vanishes without a trace from his university dorm. A small-shop owner is brutally murdered... The cases are intertwined and baffling. As the criminal investigation team follows the trail to the truth, they uncover even more untold stories of hardship and dark dealings... Open this notebook of murder investigations and join the search for truth and light. May you and I raise the banner of justice, advance side by side, and leave nowh
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Torchlight [Criminal Investigation] 炬火【刑侦】
Dozens of high-stakes, mind-bending cases. A detective and a psychologist join forces to solve crimes, uncover the truth, and probe human nature. (Mystery + deduction + psychologist + episodic cases + serial murders + high-IQ crimes + strange tales + revenge plots + perfect partners + light horror + suitable for the easily frightened.) This novel is the second installment in Confession, also known as The Truth About Murder. Once again, it follows detective captain Ti An and psychologist Zhao Yao
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Surrender 自首
(Now streaming on iQIYI. Starring Xu Weizhou, Guo Junchen, and Xiao Yan. A criminal police captain, played by Xu Weizhou, teams up with a psychologist, played by Guo Junchen, to solve cases and capture the monsters of the human heart. Mystery + deduction + psychologist + episodic cases + serial murders + high-IQ crimes + revenge plots + strange tales and records + best partners + light horror + suitable for the faint-hearted) “I killed someone.” A girl turns herself in, claiming that she killed
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The Underworld Detective 阴间神探
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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Unbelievable! From the Start, I Was at a Crime Scene 离谱！开局就是案发现场
[The rating has just been posted; it will rise later] When Xia Zhu woke up, she had become the prime suspect in a dismemberment case, and the victim's head was in her refrigerator. She was the unluckiest person alive! While others panicked and rushed to prove their innocence, she stayed at the crime scene to examine the details. Drawing on her forensic expertise, she pieced together the clues, investigated the inconsistencies, cleared her name, and helped the police identify the real culprit. Sh
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The Last Suspect X 最后一个嫌疑人X
You can never imagine how filthy the darkness buried beneath the sunlight can be. This world is not all paradise. Beneath the surface of human hearts lurk twisted things that disregard family bonds, love, morality, and human decency. The most extreme, utterly depraved acts do not happen only in novels. Greed is a bottomless pit in human nature. Are you ready? Ready to face one bizarre, shocking case after another?
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Deduction 101 推理101
[Mystery + deduction + episodic cases + strong heroine] Yue Canxia, a socially anxious deduction genius * Guan Jiu, a deduction master with an overwhelming possessive streak In 3053 AD, the Global Deduction Tournament is in full swing. Out of 101 contestants, the competition will select 11 outstanding participants. Yue Canxia enters the competition to pay off her debts and unexpectedly runs into Guan Jiu, the person she has a crush on. The two team up and make their way through a bizarre orphana
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In Search of the Light [Crime Investigation] 寻光【刑侦】
Also known as The Gentle Captain Yan’s Cool, Aloof Fiancée Is So Hard to Woo and The Fiancée Who Solves Cases Her Own Way [Mystery + sweet romance + both leads are inexperienced + one-on-one romance + happy ending + crime-solving + suspense] The plot takes center stage, with romance as a secondary thread. . On the first day Yan Mo reunites with his long-lost fiancée, he handcuffs her and brings her back to the police station as a suspect. Facing Chu Xi, who is cool and aloof while pretending to
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Accomplices 同谋
Dear Task Force, I am the mastermind behind the crimes. You uphold the law, while I protect morality. This meticulous division of labor has made our cooperation on this case go very smoothly, and I would be delighted to discuss things with you in greater depth. I’ve already sent the details of the next case to your phones. I look forward to us making progress together. P.S. Dear Captain Xia, I’m Jiang Cheng. I’m waiting for you at the crime scene. Dare to come?
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The Golden Branch Casebook 金枝洗冤录
[One-on-one romance + sweet affection + two strong leads + solving cases + both leads’ first relationship] Ten cases, each one gripping! The main romance is all sweet, no angst! Eight years ago, the beloved Princess Changle, Chu Qianyue, nearly died in the great fire at the late empress’s palace. She was saved at the last moment by a handsome young man... Eight years later, everyone says the fire was an accident, but she refuses to believe it! While investigating the late empress’s death, Chu Qi
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On the Brink of Death 死亡濒临
On the very first day of the newly formed Nanjing City investigation team, a murder case breaks out. Gu Xiyi, a key figure in the case, is an expert at slacking off and sneaking in flirtatious jabs at the team captain. At first, Xian Wei tries every trick in the book to lock Gu Xiyi up, convinced that his very existence is a menace to society. Later, he never imagines that Gu Xiyi will end up being a menace to him alone... If you don't know death, how can you understand life? If the dead cannot
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Case Files of Crime: The Punisher 猎罪档案：惩罚主
[Detective and police procedural + pure deduction + no romance! + no female lead + standalone cases + criminal investigation + realistic crime-solving] “Zhou Qi, an obscure detective who quit his job to start a business, teams up with his police friend Li Wushang to crack one bizarre case after another.” P.S. This book has no romance. If you like stories about two male leads with a romantic subplot, try another book: Hunting Crime Files: Bloodied Angel (also known as Nameless Detective Agency) "
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The Binjiang Normal University Student Murder Case: An Investigation Diary 滨江师大女生碎尸悬案调查手记
I, Xun Lu, am an ordinary mystery writer. A friend recommended me for a screenwriting job. The upcoming New Year's Day in 2018 would mark twenty years since the unsolved dismemberment of a female student at Binjiang Normal University. I planned to use the case as the basis for a story about a psychic girl solving a murder and dismemberment case. I would call it The Psychic Cold Case. To find inspiration, screenwriter Xun Lu, investor Xiao Hao, consultant Lao Ma, cameraman Jin Ming, leading man N
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Dark Web 暗网
How terrifying is the dark web? You may have brushed against its edges without even realizing it... Have you heard of the dark web? Hackers call it the other side of the internet. Every day, things that seem impossible to ordinary people happen there. A young woman goes missing for seven days. By the time we rescue her, she can hardly be called human. Then she tells me something so outrageous it makes my blood boil. She stumbled onto the dark web and was sold by human traffickers. She saw what s
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The Crime-Chasing Detective 追凶神探
Legendary police officer Song Lang is reborn and goes incognito as a driver named Chen Shi. He had hoped to live quietly, but fate had other plans: Chen Shi gets caught up in another murder case... A company that preaches a ruthless corporate culture and slaughters its employees while everyone stays silent; A wayward young man who skins his childhood sweetheart alive, with tears in his eyes, to get “justice”; A middle-aged couple bound together by a dark secret, each raising a blade against the
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Defying the Classics: A Strategy for the Realm 逆经：山河策
[This work has been selected by Hongguo for adaptation into an animated drama] Life is unpredictable; the adaptable follow Heaven's path. Those skilled in force become generals, those skilled in strategy become kings. Born to the lowest rung of society, he refuses to accept a life as a nobody. He waves the yin-yang banner and unlocks the secrets of the six-line hexagrams. Watch him play the mystic, watch him swindle and deceive, Watch him make ruthless decisions, watch a hidden dragon soar into
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Code of the Killer 逐凶密码
Private detective Luo Jincheng takes on a lucrative job to find a missing girl. While investigating, Luo Jincheng finds himself caught in a kidnapping crisis! His pursuit of the case leads to a vast black-market empire! They monopolize capital and engage in vicious competition. To win favor with powerful officials, they even traffic underage girls in sex-for-power deals! Before one case is solved, another emerges. Coincidence, or carefully orchestrated? Beneath the city’s dark clouds, a massive
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I Can Tell You’re Lying 看得出来，你在说谎
[Female-oriented] [Mystery + Crime Investigation + Microexpressions + Subtle Gestures] The truth lies in microexpressions; secrets are revealed by the smallest gestures. When facing Feng Xi, not a single subtle expression can escape her sharp, almond-shaped eyes. When facing Liang Yize, not a single suspicious gesture can escape his alluring, peach-blossom eyes. When the windows to the soul belong to these two, they become walking lie detectors. No matter what kind of suspects they face, their e
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There’s a Detective Oppa Next Door 隔壁有个神探欧巴
[A cute rookie policewoman's firsthand crime-solving adventures, adorable and thrilling!] A billionaire found mysteriously dead inside a locked house? A serial killer who steals bones instead of money or women? Female college students vanishing one after another, leaving everyone terrified? Whatever bizarre cases you have, bring them on! No matter how difficult or uncanny, a genius criminal profiler and adorable rookie policewoman can crack them in no time! What did you say, Master Detective? A
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Mr. Shao, Your Forensic Doctor Has Examined Another Corpse 邵先生，你家法医又验尸了
The day Ning Xiangqi defies her family and swears to become a forensic examiner, her household is wiped out in a massacre. The killer even leaves behind a letter warning of future murders... waiting for her to arrive. Following the letter, she keeps investigating, only to become a suspect herself... When she first meets Shao Qinghui, the captain of the criminal investigation team, she is a suspect in a case involving a beautiful but empty-headed woman. A missing wife. A missing eye. A missing li
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Captain Chu, Could You Please Stay Away from Me? 楚队长，能不能离我远点
After spending 21 years as an orphan, Lu Zhiyi came to Jing'an City alone to pursue her doctorate. She never expected to be caught up in a violent incident at the high-speed rail station, where two criminals armed with knives and guns caused utter chaos. As it happened, Lu Zhiyi had trained in martial arts since childhood and won countless awards. She helped the police capture the criminals, and in the process met Chu Xizhou, captain of the Mountain Wolf Assault Team. They had known each other f
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Solving Cases Is a Skill 查案是门技术活儿
C City Police Bureau, Special Cases Group C. Ji Huan watched Shi Yan, head bent over his phone, and tapped the whiteboard behind him. “What do you make of this case?” Shi Yan didn't even look up. “Investigating cases is a technical job. I wouldn't know where to start!” Ji Huan cleared his throat. “Ahem! ... It's not easy to learn, so come on, I'll teach you...”
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Master, Shall We Solve a Case and Fall in Love? 大神，一起谈恋案吧
As a criminal psychologist, Xiang Han can make her want to die with his razor-sharp tongue. Ye Wen may not be assertive, but she definitely isn't one to take things lying down. Crime scenes, livestreamed murders, unidentified corpses... Am I supposed to be scared? What the hell? The aloof man says, “If you're ugly, you should read more. Though you're ugly and stupid, I'll make an exception and take you in, so you don't become a menace to society.” The woman replies, “What? I'm ugly and stupid? I
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Me and the Roses Are Always at Your Princess's Service! 我与玫瑰，随时为公主待命！
[The print edition is now available. Search for Sweet Mist on your favorite platform to buy it.] [One-on-one sweet romance, heart-fluttering and indulgent, with no limits to his devotion.] Zhou Jin, captain of the criminal investigation squad, was unruly, untamed, and hated being pestered. He had no patience for coaxing anyone, either. But after one assignment, he made an exception and took a young woman into his home. The next day, everyone on the team was gossiping: Would the young woman get y
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On the Edge of Crime 罪案边缘
The first time Chen Xi saw Qin Yu, she knew he would belong to her. She was a romantic, so she wanted to preserve him in formaldehyde. That way, Qin Yu could belong to her alone. Someone once described Chen Xi this way: all that stood between her and becoming a criminal was Qin Yu. “I walk toward the sun, unafraid of the long, dark night.” [Obsessive forensic doctor Chen vs. upright police officer Qin]
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This Captain's Kind of a Flirt 这个队长有点撩
This is the story of a sweet, slightly clueless rookie detective, a little white rabbit who gets swept into the arms of a cunning, dark-hearted captain, a big gray wolf. It is also a story about an ongoing search for the truth behind an incident from twenty years ago. The first time he saw her was at the police academy graduation ceremony. As the outstanding student representative, she went up to give a speech. Her lovely, delicate appearance and clear eyes made him question the graduation ranki
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Signs of Murder [Crime Investigation] 见凶[刑侦]
[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
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Captain Qi, I Heard You Like Me 祁队，听说你喜欢我
(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,
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The Strange Case of South City 南城诡事
A bizarre, inexplicable murder takes place in Nancheng. The case bears a striking resemblance to one Tang Qianyu described on Weibo just two days earlier, drawing her into the investigation. To uncover the truth, she joins forces with Gu Zhiheng, her upperclassman from the same school and captain of Nancheng's criminal investigation team, to hunt down the killer. But she never imagined this was only the beginning...
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The Sin Punisher: A Bizarre Case of Murder 惩罪者：诡案迷凶
A caged flower of evil, the beginning of the Fuming City case, a Dizang King pendant, and a North Star symbol: each is like a shackle from the abyss, tormenting He Sheng’s soul. The killer is grotesquely twisted and brazen, even mailing death gifts to the police. The terrifying signs left at the scene are like nightmares under a curse. Are these all the work of fate, or deliberate acts of revenge? With no other way forward, He Sheng’s identity as a frontline criminal investigator conceals the fa
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Zero-Degree Showdown: Operation Blue Arrow 零度交锋：蓝捷行动
[Mystery and Suspense] [Espionage] [Crime Investigation] [Modern Urban] [Genius] [Strong Female Lead] [National Security] Twenty-three years ago, a separation tore the lives of twin sisters apart. The younger sister was trained by an overseas spy organization to become an elite agent. Sent back to China, she is ordered to assassinate her own sister, take her place, infiltrate Lanjie Communications, and steal the core secret, “Lanjie 9.” Caught between her mission and her organization's orders on
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No scheming green tea. No misunderstandings. No melodrama, no characters getting stupid for the sake of the plot. The heroine wants to find the person who killed her parents. Only later does she realize this isn’t just about getting revenge, and it isn’t just her problem: it concerns the safety of the public.
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The Correct Answer: Defining a Whole New Kind of Replacement Romance 正答：完美定义全新的替身文学
Imaginative premise | Urban | Not a power fantasy | No System | No female lead Original title: What Does It Matter If the Substitute's Start Is a Total Disaster? [The content doesn't match the title! The setting is fictional! Not realistic!] [The plot moves slowly and is mildly oppressive. If you can't handle that, please close this now. Nitpickers and detail obsessives, stay away. Unreasonable comments that force your personal views on the story are not welcome. Please, let's have some normal p
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Living by Deception in a Horror World After Becoming a Girl 变成女孩子在惊悚世界靠欺诈度日
[Gender-bending transformation] [Horror-world comedy] [Healing everyday life] [Good for treating insomnia before bed] [Healing, healing, healing, not a dark story] At the end of his life, cancer-stricken teenager Li Anxin feels an overwhelming desire to live. He is loaded into a horror game and awakens the talent Deceiver: once activated successfully, it makes others believe anything he says, without question. Everything comes at a price, and the Horror World's Main God has a demand of its own..
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Rule Horror: I’m Crazy, So How Can You Say I’m Cheating? 规则怪谈：我一疯子你说我开挂？
[Rule-Based Horror + Deduction + Lunatic + Male-Male Romance + Wild Ride] A friendly warning: to repeat, the love between two men is just seasoning. The main focus is still clearing the rule-based horror scenarios! The rule-based horror game begins, and uncanny livestreams descend! Each country randomly picks one player to enter the game, and an uncanny livestream begins! If a player fails, the rule-based horror descends upon their country! What kind of shock will Meng Fei, a genuine lunatic, b
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The Revenge Concerto 复仇协奏曲
No formulaic power fantasies! A worldbuilding-driven, realistic mystery where evidence is just the final nail in the procedural coffin. The first book in the Dissociator series. This is a story about a killer! A killer and a detective, willing to do the dirty work. Dissociation is a symptom of detachment following trauma. It is commonly associated with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) or dissociative disorders. The mind dissociates from pain; the body breaks free from the dust. The Ame
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The Dissociator: A Black Comedy of Errors 解离者：黑色幽默大事件
No formulaic power fantasies! Worldbuilding-driven, realist mystery, where evidence is just the final nail needed to make things official. The second installment in the Dissociator series. This is a story about a killer! A killer and a detective, willing to get their hands dirty. Dissociation is a symptom of detachment following trauma. It is commonly associated with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) or dissociative disorders. The mind breaks free from pain, the body escapes the dust of
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Records of the Luoyang Pagoda 洛阳浮屠录
(Main story complete) The young master, Sixteenth Lang, of the Duke of Chu's household has been kept at home all day and raised like a sheltered young lady. At last, he works up the courage to run away, only to end up aboard an enemy ship loaded with poison, ready to take on the Tang navy's hundred thousand men. Faced with a victim stabbed until he is covered in bloody holes, it isn't Sixteenth Lang who screams. It's Ashimi, a beautiful Qin-Tang mixed-blood who can't stop clinging to him like a
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The Nineteenth Level of Hell 地狱十九重
Eighteen years ago, four serial murders were committed using methods modeled on the punishments of the Eighteen Levels of Hell. Eighteen years later, a new series of murders imitating those same punishments appears. Nested mysteries, serial cases, murder swaps, and more keep emerging as the team investigates the killings. The case is finally solved, but not before drawing several of the protagonists into a tangled web of love and hatred.
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Dark Tales 2: The Fame and Fortune Circuit 恶谭2：名利场
[Mind-bending mystery + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic stories + the depths of human nature + stunning twists + hard-core sleuthing] “Where fame and fortune reign, disputes are sure to arise.” A woman's corpse hidden inside a Buddha statue in an ancient temple, a mysterious online celebrity, and a group of suspects with tangled connections: Tan Zheng takes on a baffling murder case. As the investigation deepens, he discovers that the case is far more complicated than it first appe
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Dark Tales 3: The Abyss of Desire 恶谭3：欲望渊
[Mystery + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic cases + the depths of human nature + no romance + solving cases] [Desire is a wildfire, hard to contain once it spreads. It burns away reason, leaving only ashes behind.] Young Jiang Tingxu was presumed to have died by suicide, but years later he suddenly reappears and mercilessly kills the family members he once knew. A bizarre family history begins to come to light... The shocking discovery of several skeletons brings Longxue Village, a
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Dark Tales 4: Tides of the Sea of Hate 恶谭4：恨海潮
[Mystery + Criminal investigation + Deduction + Case-by-case mysteries + The depths of human nature + No romance + Focused on solving cases] [Love and hate are poison. In excess, they consume flesh and blood and devour the soul.] A student at a foreign studies university carries explosives into a classroom, causing a tragedy that shocks the entire city! A wealthy boy vanishes on a rainy night, and his body surfaces in the river the next day. But the circumstances of his drowning are riddled with
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