Crime Investigation and Case-Solving Novels: I’ve Read All the Popular Ones. Looking for Hidden Gems 刑侦破案文，火的都看完了，求精品
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- 401 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. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Sins That Linger in the Long Night 长夜余罪
Crimes run rampant through the city late at night. Behind seemingly unrelated deaths lie layers of conspiracy and grudges decades old. Task force captain Huo Xun is called in during a crisis and leads his elite team into action. Forensic analysis, online tracking, psychological profiling, field operations and manhunts... Every case is a battle of wits against the devil. The end of the night does not necessarily bring the dawn. But as long as the truth remains hidden, they will never stand down.
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- 403 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. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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I Solve Cases to Score Free Food at the Court of Judicial Review 我靠破案在大理寺蹭吃蹭喝
Mystery/Detective Frost veils his silver mask, dust stains his white hair, and Pei Shaoqing's fate was written in the Book of Life and Death long ago. Yet he insists on using the last of his strength to defy fate and unravel the mystery that even the gods have fallen silent before, all for her. Born with white hair, he was destined to grow old by her side; and the name Jiang Tang is the only sweetness in his life.
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- 405 Consumed by Love, He Became an Executioner 为情沉沦，他终成刽子手 Who was really in the wrong? A mother and son were brutally murdered. She was a married woman of irresistible charm. He was a hardworking, diligent carpentry contractor. On a quiet night, he climbed into her home and slit the throats of the woman and her son as they slept. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 406 Livestreaming Fortune-Telling: All My Top Supporters Are in Jail 直播测字：我的榜一全在局子里 A ghost-seeing girl and a genius young detective make the perfect supernatural duo! Jiang Chen: Can you check whether there are any nasty things around us? Su Su: Do you think I'm a ghost-hunting police dog or something?! Ghost: You're the nasty thing! Your whole family is nasty! The supernatural duo always cracks the case! 18.6kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
- 407 Blind Passion 盲眼迷情 One was gentle with me, the other cold. “Brother, please. Can’t you let me have her?” “Bullshit. You killed her sister. It’s too late to grow a conscience now!” “She has to die tonight!” Hmph. We’ll see who kills whom. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 408 The Shepherd 领羊 Leading the Sheep 212Reads—Score—Shelves
- 409 He Killed His Wife, Then Took His Own Life 杀死妻子后，他自杀了 His wife was dead. He had killed her with his own hands. He held her as her body grew cold, weeping uncontrollably. The moment the police rushed upstairs, he plunged a knife into his own abdomen… —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 410 The Female Detective of the Great Song Dynasty 大宋女刑司 [High IQ + mystery-solving + suspense] She transmigrates straight into a murder scene. Framed for the crime and squeezed dry by her gambling-addict parents, she disguises herself as a man to escape trouble, only to be exposed without mercy by a general. Watch as this lowly servant latches on to the general, examines corpses, and deduces the truth behind each case. She punishes princes above and corrupt officials below, all with a loyal friend by her side. From hunting killers in Jiangnan to trek 7.2kReads9.2Score818Shelves
- 411 The Court Summons Was the Best Gift I Ever Received: A Betrayed Housewife's Complete Account of Taking Down Her Scumbag Husband 法院的传票是我最好的礼物：被出轨主妇手撕渣男全记录 After three years of marriage, I thought I’d married for love. I never expected I’d actually married into a carefully orchestrated scam. My husband, Zhou Ming, not only cheated on me, but also worked with his mistress to transfer our assets and leave me with nothing. And the most ridiculous part? The court ruled against me in the first trial! The reason was that I couldn’t provide concrete evidence that Zhou Ming had cheated or transferred our assets. What a joke. In this day and age, are honest —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 412 The Great Coroner: Xilai, Another One’s Dead 大仵作：喜来，又死一个 She was a posthumous child pulled from a pile of corpses. She spent her days among the dead, playing with skulls and amusing herself by catching maggots. To uncover the truth behind her adoptive father's death, she even took it upon herself to dissect a corpse. Others mocked her as a freak and kept their distance, but the ruthless commander of the realm's forces doted on her beyond measure. Dismemberment and cremation, for love or for money. In this bizarre world, joy comes from seeing clearly f 5.8kReads8.9Score916Shelves
- 413 My Late Husband's Secret 亡夫的秘密 I tried one of those viral TikTok tests and texted my husband: “Let’s get a divorce!” He replied instantly: “Fine. You can have the house, I’ll take the money.” My mind went completely blank! Was the marriage I’d always been so proud of really that fragile? I never expected a joke to reveal what he truly thought. Not long after we divorced, I unexpectedly received a massive inheritance. Just as I was convinced Ji Siming had already died, I received a text from an unknown number: “Wife, don’t tru —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Transmigrate to the 1990s and Become a Criminal Investigator 穿越九零当刑警
Gu Zheng graduated from the police academy and served as a criminal investigator for eight years. After someone falsely accused him, he was forced to resign and switch careers to become a criminal defense lawyer. Three years into his new career, he offended someone he shouldn't have, and was hit and killed by a truck. After Gu Zheng died, his soul lingered. In 1990, in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, a young man named Gu Zheng had just graduated from a vocational school. He then joined the securi
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- 415 The Body Double's Deadly Game: An Amnesiac Wife's Revenge 替身杀局：失忆妻子的复仇 On our wedding night, my wife accidentally discovered my secret. She walked up to me holding that yellowed diary. “Chen Sheng! What’s this? Why is it in the safe?” After learning how important the diary was, she kept pestering me to tell her where it came from. Maybe I made it sound too real, because when I finished, she trembled all over and bolted out of the house like a madwoman. The next day, the police arrested me. But no one knew that I still had a get-out-of-jail-free card. —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Forensic Pathologist Zhang Na 法医张娜
What sparks will fly between Zhang Na, a genius young forensic scientist, and the witty captain of the criminal investigation team? In a case disguised as a suicide, Zhang Na discovers that her own origins are not what she thought. As the clues lead onward, a shocking conspiracy comes to light...
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Murder Investigation Squad 凶案调查组
[Detective Captain vs. Genius Forensic Pathologist] [Standalone Horror Cases] There are two kinds of people Lu Chen hates most: self-important know-it-alls, and forensic pathologists. Lin Che happens to be both. One is a detective captain who solves cases with his fists and instincts: rough, hot-tempered, and never without a cigarette, he believes human nature is wicked. The other is a genius forensic pathologist who speaks through scalpels and microscopes: fastidious, aloof, and distant, he b
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The Lame Cop 瘸警
The police station chief takes one bite and identifies a steamed bun containing human remains, and a major case suddenly erupts. Veteran detective Yi Dongfang was left disabled by an old case, and now he solves crimes with one leg. Rookie Yuan Xiaomin has just joined the police force. He becomes Yi Dongfang's apprentice, and the two investigate crimes together, facing the darkest sides of humanity. The story opens with a shocking case involving human remains found in a steamed bun shop, followed
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Suspenseful Investigation 悬侦
The city is a vast chessboard, and all living beings are its pieces. He heard the sound of a chess piece falling: a taunt from hell, and a death knell leading to the truth. Every cold case has an ending. He used the dead as a mirror to reconstruct the sins of the living, and the chess game as a ruse to conceal a heart that devoured people.
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The Perjurer 伪证者
Jiang Fanyu never imagined that the junior high school classmate he had once been closest to would one day become a trial he could never overcome. A phone call asking for help stirs the long-buried feelings of their youth, bringing them briefly back to life. Before his good deed can be settled, a cold threat wraps around him like a poisonous vine, dragging him step by step into a dark whirlpool. To eliminate the danger to his son, Jiang Nan schemes and calculates every angle. In the end, however
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The Bad Woman from Prison 来自监狱的坏女人
Original title: The Chaste Police Commissioner: I've Locked Away Your Heart Workplace romance + suspenseful romance + soul swapping + unhinged villainess forces her love + forbidden cop-and-criminal romance + the queen returns I'm Su Yu. The “Goddess of Finance” admired by everyone in the business world. A meticulously planned car accident sent me tumbling from the clouds into the mud. I became the “suspect” everyone cursed and was personally delivered to a detention center. My best friend betra
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Major Crimes: Hunting Down the Killer 重案追凶【刑侦】
[Realistic Crime Investigation]+ [No Romance]+ [Case-of-the-Week Mysteries]+ [Ensemble Cast] No paranormal activity, no supernatural phenomena, just solving cases through physical evidence. There's a saying in forensic medicine: You don't have to know every bone, but you do have to know Lu Yangu. Forensic pathologist Lu Yan, nicknamed Lu Yangu, doesn't just perform autopsies. He solves crimes, too. [The Mystery of the Coffin] An accidental plunge into a river leads to the recovery of a pitch-bla
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Chen Zhu at Daybreak 陈竹破晓
A perfect locked-room mystery on a magic-show stage, the remains of an innocent infant in an abandoned brick kiln, a revenge curse from a wedding-dress doll, a string of murders at a resort, a death notice on a takeout box, a sacrificial mystery at a Taoist temple, a bloody livestream… With murders occurring one after another in Nancheng, Lu Xun and Su Wanqing join forces to unravel one mystery after another. They seek the truth amid the depths of human nature and the schemes of criminals, using
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I Transmigrated and Became the Villainous Young Lady's Sidekick 穿越之我做反派大小姐的小跟班
Chen Boguang, a hopeless nerd, transmigrates into a short drama as the lackey of a villainous heiress, helping her slap down all the chosen protagonists in a thrilling story… This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental! Please show your support.
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- 425 The Cold Case Reopens 迷案重启 [Criminal Investigation and Deduction] [Unraveling the Clues to Dispel Layer Upon Layer of Mystery] The Rainy-Night Predator Case The Flower Shop Owner’s Lover The Death of a Streamer A Captive in the Cellar… Murder after murder… Deputy Captain Lin Yi leads his team in solving one bizarre case after another. Who could have guessed that in the end, he would uncover the mystery of his own origins! 104Reads7.3Score108Shelves
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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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A Survival Pact from Scratch 从零开始的生存约法
(Strong female lead | Mystery | Puzzle-solving | Political intrigue | Ensemble cast) [Multiple couples + Chilling on closer inspection + Mass transmigration + Everyday life in ancient times + Resistance against tyranny] [The one and only female lead: cool and badass] (∗ᵒ̶̶̷̀ω˂̶́∗)੭₎₎̊₊♡ Hi there~ [May this book offer a light to those who feel lost.] ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ✩ A top medical graduate student gets hit to death with a brick by an unemployed drifter after arranging her grandmother’s funeral?! P.S.
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Tracking the Black Zone 黑域追踪
A sweeping crime thriller about combating organized crime. All stories in this book are fictionalized adaptations of real cases and events. Names and places have been changed; any similarities are purely coincidental. A cold case has been pursued for ten years, and at last the gray sky screen over Linjiang is torn open. The corrupt empire collapses, and the protectors behind it fall from power. Detective Zheng Xiaotian wins the battle, yet chooses to leave the front line. His departure tells eve
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The Real Young Master Only Wants to Be a Detective 真少爷只想当刑警
Orphan + The Real Young Master + Provincial Top Scorer (No CP, No System) After returning to his family as the real young master who had been switched at birth, Yan Ci still carried the distinction of being the provincial top scorer and firmly chose to apply to the People’s Public Security University. His change in status never knocked him off course. At school, he was a legendary top student who cracked one baffling case after another in his second year. After joining the force, he took on the
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Night Watch Detective 守夜刑警
Everyone on the Criminal Investigation Team says I'm cursed. Someone died in a case my father investigated, my mother died in front of a mirror, and even my partner nearly lost their life. Then I took on the dismemberment case. The victim had been cut into seven pieces, each incision dusted with sandalwood powder. The forensic pathologist said it was the work of a deranged killer. I said it wasn't. Because in the second-floor window at the crime scene, I saw a woman in a red dress. Rain passed s
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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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- 432 Starting Out as a Full-Time Undercover Agent in Northern Myanmar 从缅北开始做全职卧底 “Perhaps the beings created in darkness can also defeat the darkness.” After being kidnapped, Mu Guang, born with a personality disorder, is trafficked to northern Myanmar. Faced with death and threats, he stays calm, decisive, and ruthless, earning the admiration of a drug lord. But no one knows that this antisocial man has long been an undercover police officer... Five years later, a new police officer named Mu Guang reports for duty at the Shun'an Municipal Public Security Bureau, only to be 10.4kReads9.5Score1.2kShelves
- 433 Tides of Officialdom: Straight Up to the Azure Clouds 宦海浮沉之直上青云 Wang Jianfei’s story of rising through the ranks! A genuine work about the world of officialdom, written in a documentary style by a seasoned author of political fiction with tens of millions of words to his name. A quality read guaranteed! 8.2kReads8.8Score864Shelves
- 434 Shenzhen, Beguiling After Dark 深圳，夜色迷人 A tale of business rivalries and political intrigue set against the backdrop of Shenzhen, following Chen Binnan’s remarkable journey south in pursuit of success. This story is dedicated to all the brothers who have headed south, north, or east to make their way in the world! 51.3kReads9.6Score6.1kShelves
- 435 1993: Back on the Police Beat 1993重走警途 [Mind-Bending Mystery + Episodic Stories + Crime + Criminal Investigation + Twists + No Golden Finger] The rating has just come in, and it will rise later “I wanted to be a good person too, but the nights in that era were so dark that I had no choice but to be more ruthless than the criminals.” In 1993, Binjiang County had no surveillance cameras, no DNA technology, and no big data. It was a golden age for crime to flourish unchecked, and the darkest of times for criminal investigators, who co 3kReads7.5Score237Shelves
- 436 Back to 2002: I Rose to the Top of the Police Force with Criminal Investigation Skills 重回02：我凭刑侦技术问鼎警界 (The rating just came out and will rise later.) Jiang Yuan, the provincial department’s top trace-evidence expert, is reborn in 2002, when forensic technology is still underdeveloped. That year, surveillance networks have yet to become widespread, DNA testing is still a rarity, and fingerprints are matched by hand. Looking at the rudimentary crime-scene kit in his hands, Jiang Yuan, a trainee police officer, smiles. What is this, a technological wasteland? It’s clearly the golden age for a maste 589Reads7.5Score107Shelves
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After Joining the Army in the 1970s, the Psychological Expert Shakes Up the Family Compound 七零随军后，心理大佬轰动家属院
[Joining the army in the 1970s + solving cases with psychology + cozy everyday life + sweet romance + no awful relatives + no space or System] [Gentle psychology expert vs. a ruthless jade-faced soldier with foxlike eyes] In her previous life, Shen Mingyu was a PhD in psychology. An expert in microexpressions, criminal psychology, and more, she solved countless major cases and was known as a human lie detector. After transmigrating, she found that her father was a factory director, her mother a
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- 438 Captain, Stop Flirting: The Forensic Doctor Is Losing His Mind 警花队长别撩了，法医先生要疯了 Ye Xi, a former narcotics officer, was suddenly appointed captain of a criminal investigation team. In a short time, she solved one difficult case after another, earning the respectful nickname Captain Ye from everyone around her. Ye Xi had always kept her personal and professional lives strictly separate, until Si Ye unexpectedly entered her life. Their first meeting was a comedy of errors. Si Ye came across her at her lowest and, with one offhand warning, set their fates on a tangled course. I 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 439 Military Marriage in the 1970s: After Joining the Army, She Became the Talk of the Family Compound 七零军婚：随军后她风靡家属院 [Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo 86.5kReads9.5Score10kShelves
- 440 The Forensic Expert Transmigrates to the 1970s: Wooing Her Husband and Solving Cases with Ease 法医大佬穿七零，撩夫破案样样行 [Alternate era setting + military marriage + sweet romance + forensic pathologist + crime-solving + space + cozy everyday life] Shen Zhuqing, a top forensic pathologist, dies and wakes up as the male lead’s cannon-fodder ex-girlfriend in an era-set novel. The moment she opens her eyes, a shameless couple is jumping around right in front of her. How could she put up with that? She kicks the scumbag between the legs and scalds the shameless woman’s face with boiling water. She’s here for a good ti 4.3kReads9.0Score784Shelves
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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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- 442 Taking the Taobao System with Me to the 1970s 带着淘宝系统穿七零 Technically minded military officer VS powerful, down-to-earth woman; the heroine builds her career. The System plays a small role early on, then gets to take it easy. Period setting + comedy + both leads devoted only to each other “When a lie-flat System meets a crazy Host” Other people transmigrate to the 1970s: fight nasty relatives, make money, and marry a soldier. Xiang Nuan transmigrates to the 1970s: ✓ Fails to be reborn six times, then angrily kicks the coffin lid off ✓ Hacks her relativ 23.2kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
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Chongqing Is a Giant Black Tortoise 重庆是头玄龟
[Rule-based horror + suspense + occult mysteries + mind-bending + surreal fantasy + character growth] Miner Tang Shouzhuo, heir to the Wuxian bloodline, bearer of the Salt-Bone Key. The Gray-Cloth Heirs, the Cleaners, and the Far-Side Contractees take turns trying to kill him, but he turns the tables and awakens the Bronze Mountains-and-Rivers Map, making it recognize him as its master. The moment violet qi rises from the Spirit-Gathering Banner, his supposedly invincible opponent flees in panic
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The Sniper God Returns: The Police Force’s Most Formidable Wildcard 狙神出山：警界最强泥石流
[A CS sniping god becomes a police officer and unexpectedly gains the Grind King and Chaos System. Expect fiery clashes, comedic subversions, and laid-back daily life] Junior police officer Xu Yang has been on the job for a year, quietly making no impression at all. But no one knows he’s also a legendary max-level sniping god in the world of Counter-Strike, with tactical instincts like a cheat. An accident awakens the [Chaos Order System] in him. With every level-up, all his attributes and talen
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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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That Nutcase 内个神经病
Almost everyone leads an ordinary, unremarkable life, unless a dazzling lunatic shows up in the middle of it. “Behind every murder lies the dark side of human nature.” A story of wits and courage between a lunatic detective and Miss Pepper.
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Chronicles of Qiwucheng 栖梧城传记
A classic martial-arts detective tale, historical mystery, youthful passion, with no System or cheats. During the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty, the realm had only just been pacified, and every trade was waiting to be rebuilt. The balance of power in the martial world shifted dramatically. The influence of the four great martial families, who controlled the Seven Gangs (power), Eight Associations (wealth), Nine Mountains (letters), and Ten Strongholds (arms), waned noticeably. The world's Fiv
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- 448 A Talk with Your World 和你的世界谈谈 Zhu Jinnian, a young and beautiful psychologist at the Desert Spring counseling studio, receives a call from the criminal investigation unit asking her to help investigate a missing-person case. When she arrives at the police station, she discovers that the aloof, handsome man she just met in the car is not only the head of the research institute's psychology team, but also one of the shareholders in her studio. He's also the person whose exam she complained about on the way over, the one who ma 3.2kReads9.4Score405Shelves
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Deep-Laid Plans: The Reckoning 深度布局之清算
The discovery of an unidentified body on a bus tears open a bloody wound. Following the trail of an ancient painting, Detective Lin Qiang uncovers elder abuse at the Sunset Years Retirement Center. Behind the farce of a fight over an inheritance lies an unsolved case from fifteen years ago, in which an entire family was murdered. The truth is buried beneath layers of fog.
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Judge Bao Wisely Solves the Xiangguo Temple Fake-Death Mystery 包拯智断相国寺假死谜局
Late at night at Xiangguo Temple, I crunched across the frost covering the ground and stopped before a scholar’s corpse. His lips were purplish-black, and his palm clutched an embroidered shoe and a perfumed handkerchief. A sacred Buddhist sanctuary had become a slaughterhouse. A young qin player wept as he identified a monk. Three close friends pointed fingers at one another in court, while the daughter of a rouge-shop owner wept as she recounted her love affair. It looked like a crime of passi
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