A Male Lead Who Solves Cases, No Romance, and Everyone Likes Him 男主破案，无CP，所有人都喜欢他那种
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- 151 Damn! Is This a Short Drama or Footage of a Murder? 刑啊！你这是短剧，还是凶案录像 [One heroine] Officer, let me explain! This really is a short video, not a crime scene recording! Lu Ming transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a college student with a fragile constitution. [Ding! Host has obtained the script “Owl-Headed, Human-Bodied Creature.” To help Host film the short video successfully, you have received the temporary skill “Prop Making LV1.”] [The video reaches over 100,000 views. “Prop Making LV1” becomes a permanent skill.] However, Lu Ming never expected that 2.7kReads8.5Score248Shelves
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The Eye of Deduction and Ten Curious Cases 破解之眼与十个奇妙案件
Truth-Piercing Eye, activate! Lies trigger a red alert, while secrets lie hidden beneath transparency... My name is Zhou Shijiu. With these Truth-Piercing Eyes that see through to the truth, I’ve solved countless strange cases in a marvelous world! And these eyes are just one of countless marvelous protagonists. This isn’t a one-person show! This is an anthology celebration, with a wild new premise in every installment! There’s no fixed protagonist, only a cast of characters shining together: It
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Ten Days to the End 十日终焉
2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat
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The Twin Stars Investigate: Pursuit in the Dark 双星探案：暗夜追凶
Twin-Star Case Files: Chasing Killers in the Dark | Solve cases with brains, stay alive with clay pot stew and candy! Gu Chen: sharp instincts, plagued by stomach problems, king of the crime scene. Shen Yi: meticulous logic, prone to low blood sugar, expert in psychological profiling. Both 29, an A-team duo with off-the-charts chemistry! They handle every kind of trouble in Binhai City (meaning criminals). The cases are mind-bending, thrilling, and guaranteed to send your adrenaline soaring! (Ca
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Don't Let Me Touch You, or I’ll Uncover Every Secret 别让我摸到你，啥秘密都藏不住
Watch out! Whatever Ding Xia touches, you’d better not let him get his hands on it. He has an incredibly strange ability. Touch an object, and he can replay its entire past. Once he gets his hands on anything, he can make a perfect copy. Ding Xia is a man who cares deeply about his country. He got his start repairing household appliances and made a fortune through sheer skill. As his business grew, the people coming to his door weren’t just customers, but law enforcement officers, too. An ordina
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I Was a Detective in the Republic of China 我在民国当侦探
[Republican-era investigations + Anthology stories + Male leads + Strong leads + Folk customs] Gao Ren has been having an awful run of luck lately. He accidentally offended a rich young master and nearly got thrown in jail! Luckily, while making his escape, he ran into a gullible little Taoist priest. The little priest wasn’t just good-looking, he was also willing to be Gao Ren’s money tree! He could perform rituals and solve baffling cold cases, too! Gao Ren stuck close to the little priest, se
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Cold Case Executioner 旧案行刑官
Police Captain Ji Xiao launches a livestreamed investigation to restore public trust, but the scene of a series of murders bears a secret code shared only by him and his older brother, Ji Lin, in childhood. As the whole internet calls for the “Shadowblade Killer” to be executed, forensic pathologist Chen Yan’s abnormal autopsy report, policewoman Zhou Yutang’s encrypted notes, and editor-in-chief Lin Zhao’s manipulation of public opinion gradually peel back the truth buried for ten years. The ki
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- 158 Lifespan Countdown: I Solve Cases by Giving Up Years of My Life 寿命倒计时：我靠减寿破案 Programmer Lin Mo wakes up one day to discover he can see a countdown of every person’s remaining lifespan. The CEO has only three days left. Lin Mo warns him, but he refuses to believe it. Three days later, the CEO is dead, and Lin Mo becomes a suspect. Policewoman Lu Wei sets her sights on him. To prove his innocence, Lin Mo reveals the last two words in the CEO’s consciousness before he died: “Liu Hui!” He sees something strange about the countdown above the secretary’s head: it is red, and f 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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Reborn in 1980: No Cold Case Left Unsolved 重生1980：悬案一个不留
[Crime Investigation + Rebirth + Deduction + Case Solving + 1980s + No Female Lead] In his past life, he spent decades as a criminal investigator, chasing criminals until the day he died with regrets. Given a new life, he returns to 1980, to a local police station in Dongguan. No surveillance cameras. No high-tech tools. Few clues. Relying on a lifetime of investigative experience, he digs deep into local communities and examines every subtle trace. Bodies in abandoned rivers, staged murders, co
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Deadly Scorpion 1: A Male Criminal's Case Files 致命毒蝎1：男子犯罪档案
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Watson Paranormal Detective Agency 华生灵异侦探社
Beyond Jiangcheng lies a lone village called Bachelor Village. Strange happenings lurk in the mortal world, and they all fall under Hua Sheng’s purview. With a legacy spanning a century and 108 generations, the Hua Sheng Paranormal Detective Agency has, under its current director Liu Huasheng, remained the Jiangcheng Police Bureau’s most trusted “outside help” for unusual cases. The agency’s secret archive, The Paranormal Case Files, records the countless bizarre cases solved by its predecessors
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- 162 Police Station Cases: Public Order and Criminal Investigations 派出所警事【治安和刑事侦查】 Wang Zhiyong graduated from the Criminal Police Academy in 2005 and was assigned to work at a local police station. His duties mainly involved handling public security and criminal cases. Through his work, he encountered a great many calls for police assistance and gained a deeper understanding of the joys and sorrows of human life. He solved numerous criminal and public security cases. As he continued handling cases, Wang Yong gradually grew into an outstanding police officer. 468Reads—Score108Shelves
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The Hilarious Detective: I Solve Cold Cases by Roasting Everyone 爆笑神探：我靠吐槽破悬案
With his keen eye, razor-sharp logic, and a gift for cutting sarcasm, protagonist Chen Fan specializes in solving all kinds of bizarre mysteries: things that inexplicably disappear, strange occurrences night after night, scams dressed up as supernatural events, and misunderstandings that turn everything upside down... From thefts, disappearances, accidents, and frame-ups to neighborhood disputes, outrageous scams, and long-cold cases, every seemingly eerie mystery usually hides a truth that is a
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The Murder Effect: The Innocent Sinner 谋杀效应：无罪的罪人
[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
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- 165 I Can Understand Animals: Now I'm a Regular at the Police Station 听懂动物语言：我成了警局常客 No romance pairing + cute animals + a deathly aura + fiercely protective Sui Nuan, a wealthy, beautiful young lady who transmigrated into a book as a cannon-fodder lovesick fool, dumps her boyfriend, who’d been living off her while taking advantage of her, then turns around and buys the top-of-the-line fishing gear she’d dreamed of owning in her previous life. Excitedly, she devotes herself to her lifelong passion: fishing. What’s a man, anyway? Nothing beats the thrill of catching a huge fish y 49.1kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves
- 166 Police: Wow, I’ve Seen This Big Case Before 警察：芜湖，这个大案我看过 Li Boyang’s Douyin recommendations were either people being steamed alive, a boss dismembering a waitress and turning her into beef noodles, or entire families being wiped out. His account had become a steady stream of ruthless criminals in the morning, major cases at noon, and dismemberments at night. As a result, he had watched a mountain of major criminal cases from the 1990s. Strangely enough, Li Boyang transmigrated to a parallel world in the 1990s and became a police officer at the Wudu Ci 390Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 167 I’m Terminally Ill, Yet I Still Have to Save the World 我都是绝症了，还要操心救世 (No CP + insectoid invasion + book two) At thirty-four, Yu Xiao quit his steady job and rented a small farmhouse on the outskirts of a third-tier city. For the first thirty-some years of his life, Yu Xiao had lived an utterly ordinary existence. The only extraordinary thing was that he was diagnosed with a terminal illness at thirty-four. At the time, Yu Xiao thought this would probably be the high point of his life. Half a year later, however, a doomsday-saving System calling itself 888 cam 7Reads—Score—Shelves
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Against the Meridians: Liar, Stop! 逆经：骗子住手
[Original novel for the animated series This Taoist Is Not Quite Right] Life is unpredictable. The fit thrive under Heaven's law, Those skilled in force become generals, those skilled in strategy become kings. Born into the lowest of professions, he refuses to live like a nobody, He waves the yin-yang banner and sees through the Six Lines of Divination. Watch him play at being a spirit medium, watch him swindle and deceive, Watch him make ruthless decisions, watch him rise like a hidden dragon f
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The Case Files of Shen Rufeng 沈如风探案录
There's only one truth. Follow Shen Rufeng and his colleagues as they piece together the clues and solve each case. The stories are mainly standalone cases. This is a new book by a new author, so please show your support.
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I Wrote a Murder Mystery Game, and Now the Whole Internet's Going Detective Crazy? 写个剧本杀，全网刑侦全毛了？
In Jiangcheng, a city blanketed by surveillance cameras, a high-IQ locked-room dismemberment case with no fingerprints and no camera footage drives the elite official investigators into a dead end. The head of the major crimes unit, Fu Hanjiang, grits his teeth and is forced to knock on the door of a script-murder game venue on the verge of bankruptcy. There he is greeted by Qi Lian, a down-and-out owner who cares about nothing but money. When the top-secret case files are laid out on the table,
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- 171 The Senses Detective: Strange Cases of the Republic Era 民国奇案之触感神探 A Republican-era crime and mystery novel about criminal investigations and solving cases. Each story arc is devoted entirely to cracking a case, and there are plenty of cases to enjoy. Five Elements killings, punishments from the Eighteen Levels of Hell, a deadly blank death letter, a serial assault and murder case involving young women, a ghostly killing spree at an academy, a blood-red altar... It’s all in The Touch Detective: Republican-Era Strange Cases. Join Chief Chen Fengyun as he uses hi 31Reads—Score—Shelves
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Those Days I Worked as a Forensic Pathologist 我当法医的那些事
Behind the glittering yet shadowy city, the struggle between justice and evil never ceases. This is a detective novel about courage, intelligence, and sacrifice, telling the story of two outstanding officers in H City, Lin Yi and Su Qing, who work side by side to uncover the truth behind one complicated case after another. Lin Yi is a calm, perceptive, and highly skilled forensic medical examiner. With his keen eye and uncompromising attention to detail, he searches corpses for the final clues
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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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The Forensic Detective Who Can See the Dead's Lingering Souls 刑侦神探之我能看到死者残魂
Crime investigation, deduction, suspense, case-solving, and supernatural fiction. This is a collection of standalone cases, focused entirely on solving crimes, with plenty of cases! Bloody slaughter at a wedding, a Five Elements and yin-yang massacre, ghostly murders at an academy, a terrifying nursery rhyme, a death letter written in blood, a prison in the Eighteenth Layer of Hell, a sacrificial altar... Join Lu Junchen, captain of the criminal investigation squad, and his team as they solve on
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- 175 Judge Dee Case Files: Chaoyun Temple 狄公案：朝云观 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 5Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 176 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 19Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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I Can See Criminal Suspects 我能看到犯罪嫌疑人
Zhang Chi, an outstanding detective in 2025, is reborn in 2000, just as he graduates from the police academy. He had expected to join the city bureau’s criminal investigation team, but instead he was assigned to a suburban police station. After activating the System, he rises from disappointment and uses the System and his knowledge of the future to become a legendary detective!
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- 178 Judge Dee Case Files: The Lakeside Case 狄公案·湖滨案 [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 17Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 179 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 108Reads9.6Score—Shelves
- 180 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 1.6kReads9.3Score101Shelves
- 181 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 275Reads9.5Score—Shelves
- 182 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 182Reads9.5Score—Shelves
- 183 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 134Reads9.3Score102Shelves
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The Criminal Investigation System Awakens, and I Become the Bane of Evil 刑侦系统觉醒，我成了罪恶克星
The futuristic metropolis of Jingchuan City looks prosperous on the surface, but beneath it lurks a world of crime. Detective Lu Zhao is a formidable fighter and a meticulous investigator, but his sharp tongue always gets him into trouble. While examining a crime scene one day, he unexpectedly acquires a mysterious System, setting him on the path to solving cases and growing stronger. Cases keep piling up, and a string of murders modeled after the “Red-Clad Killer” resurfaces on the streets. Sy
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The Unlucky Police Chief: Every Shift Brings a Murder 倒霉警长：一值班就来命案
Every case pushes the limits of human nature. Every chapter turns conventional wisdom on its head. Not for the faint of heart! My name is Lu Xun, and everyone at the Lijiao Bridge Police Station knows me as the “unlucky police captain.” I seem to have a natural magnet for murder cases. Whenever I'm on duty, there's a body in the Yu River, a corpse in a freezer, a dismembered body in an apartment, a body soaked in poison... One bizarre case after another always finds its way to me. The darker a
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