Any Recommendations With Mystery, Crime-Solving, Genius Protagonists, and a Strong Female Lead? 有木有：推理➕破案➕天才➕女强，求推荐

1. 1 自 Surrender 自首 Glazed Luanhua琉璃栾华Mystery660k WordsCompleted (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 16.3kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves

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   They're all pretty good, and several of them are by the same author.

2. 2 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 1.1kReads8.9Score111Shelves
3. 3 猎 Hunting Down the Guilty and Pursuing the Wicked [Criminal Investigation] 猎罪逐凶【刑侦】 Delicate Bluebell玲珑风铃草Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted A stunning, icy female detective, a rough-around-the-edges but perceptive male team captain, and a plump forensic examiner who can never sit still. They seem like bickering oddballs, but in truth they make a perfectly in-sync team. Faced with one baffling case after another, this ironclad trio joins forces to pierce the layers of mystery. They support one another. They are comrades, and they are family. They trust and redeem one another. Who says truth is as dirty as lies? Beyond the fog, there 5.2kReads8.9Score615Shelves
4. 4 硬 A Hard Nut to Crack 硬骨头 Beidou Erniang北斗二娘Mystery640k WordsCompleted 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. 3.2kReads9.3Score619Shelves
5. 5 小 A Little Land of Mountains and Rivers 小山河 Beidou Erniang北斗二娘Mystery937k WordsCompleted 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 42.4kReads9.5Score7.5kShelves
6. 6 日 Sunset Without End [Crime Investigation] 日落无涯【刑侦】 Chocolate Fried Rice巧克力拌饭Mystery303k WordsCompleted Original title: Sunset Without End [Criminal Investigation] Alternate title: Tracing the Clues Criminal investigation deputy captain Leng Yan vs. Shao Yu, a beautiful forensic doctor who always carries cilantro with her. [The characters, organizations, positions, and events in this story are fictional creations serving the plot. Please do not compare them with real life!] [Before reading, please be aware: this story is overflowing with sweetness and romance amid criminal investigations. If you’ 8.4kReads9.0Score781Shelves
7. 7 玫 Rose Blade 玫瑰利刃 Yue Mo月莫Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted 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 25.6kReads9.4Score4.1kShelves
8. 8 破 Solving Cases Takes Someone Like Me [Criminal Investigation] 破案需要我这样的人才【刑侦】 Never Imagined未曾设想Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted When it comes to Ling Wuyou, even an ant passing by would turn to its companion and say, “Don't mess with that lunatic!” Say a couple of words to her and she'll blow up like a firecracker. She doesn't care one bit about acting like a respectable adult. While she was studying at the police academy, she taught quite a few classmates a lesson more than once. It's because she's not very strong, but her dirty tricks are endless. Later, the lunatic became a proud police officer. She'd say, “Who wants 93.2kReads9.4Score14.8kShelves
9. 9 3 Special Case Task Force 318 318特案行动 Nan Zhi南至Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted In this world, some yearn for the light, while others sink into darkness. No matter how long darkness lasts, the light will eventually shine upon the world. A bizarre arson case from thirty years ago leads to several murders. One strange and eerie case after another, each story gripping and moving. Policewoman Xiao Nan is here to solve the cases, uncover the truth about her own origins, and deliver justice that is thirty years overdue! 8.2kReads9.1Score705Shelves
10. 10 刑 Criminal Investigation: Daybreak 刑侦：破晓 Delicate Bluebell玲珑风铃草Mystery764k WordsOngoing [Standalone cases + no CP + no System + no golden finger + an unspoken partnership between a forensic pathologist and a serious-crimes squad leader + based on real cases] “We seem to fear the darkness more than we fear the night.” “Beneath this city, ugly human nature, greedy desires, and wicked thoughts play out in secret almost every day. But the night will eventually pass. Before dawn, at the break of day, facing the darkness without fear and overcoming it will be our lifelong mission...” —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 11 心 The Psychological Anatomist 心理解剖者 Bug Baby虫宝宝Mystery548k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] Genius Forensic Doctor VS Tough-as-Nails Police Captain [Mystery + deduction + sweet romance + high-IQ crimes + serial murders + criminal profiling + suitable for the timid] Original title: The Psychological Anatomist Schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, high-IQ crimes... This is a world overrun by psychopaths. The Cat-Fetus Man case, the Couple Butchers, the Angel of Death... Twisted fantasies of evil always burst into reality alongside violence. A corpse is 78kReads9.5Score12.4kShelves

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    ✌The first book🍀Genius female forensic doctor VS tough guy detective captain🔥[Suspense + Reasoning + Sweet Pet + High IQ Crime + Serial Murder Case] ​​The female protagonist is autistic. She cannot fully understand human emotions at the beginning. She gradually gains this ability through daily interactions with the male protagonist.

12. 12 我 Could I Really Get Canceled in a Rules-Based Horror Game? 我还能在规则怪谈里塌房不成？ Xi Yao喜杳Mystery2.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite-Flow + Rules-Based Horror + Horror Game + Strong Female Team + A Group of People With Questionable Sanity] Just before their debut, the group Shili belonged to was betrayed by a bandmate, who framed them for bullying. Their debut fell through, while the bandmate won netizens’ sympathy and relaunched her career to great success. To this day, Shili’s social media accounts are still flooded with abuse from the other girl’s rabid fans. As luck would have it, in the third year after the com 70.4kReads9.6Score8.6kShelves
13. 13 被 Left to Be Bled Dry? The Legitimate Daughter Reads Bones and Takes the Nation by Storm 被吃绝户？嫡女摸尸画骨火爆全国 Jiang Ajiangjiang姜啊姜姜Mystery637k WordsCompleted Transmigration + Forensic Sketch Artist + Solving Cases + Sweet Romance + Love Growing Over Time, Mutual Devotion + Comedy A corpse in an ancient town, a bizarre suicide, bones in a barren mountain… With a single brush, she can paint skin and bones, immortals and ghosts, revealing the true culprits behind one strange case after another and restoring the faces of countless tragic victims. A brilliant forensic sketch artist dies young, only to transmigrate into the body of an orphaned Su family d 1.7kReads9.0Score266Shelves

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    In this novel, there are some that are warm, touching, sad, and suspenseful. Each positive character is well portrayed. Although there may be some minor flaws, the whole story is very comfortable and warm to watch. There is also a good-looking crime-solving mystery, and a deep emotional (not love between the male and female protagonist) story. The relationship between the male and female protagonists develops slowly and without much detail, and the male protagonist is relatively sidelined and does not overwhelm the protagonist. It's really good!

14. 14 警 Captain, Stop Flirting: The Forensic Doctor Is Losing His Mind 警花队长别撩了，法医先生要疯了 Cloud Bao Tangtang云宝糖糖Mystery79k WordsOngoing 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 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The heroine in the first book is super handsome, and the investigation is neat and tidy. I just thought it was quite interesting. The second book is about forensics. There are not many love scenes..

15. 15 离 Unbelievable! From the Start, I Was at a Crime Scene 离谱！开局就是案发现场 Cloud Bao Tangtang云宝糖糖Mystery413k WordsCompleted [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 4.9kReads7.0Score590Shelves
16. 16 警 Officer, Stop Guessing. I’m Really Innocent 警官别猜了，我真是无辜的啊 Cloud Bao Tangtang云宝糖糖Mystery98k WordsOngoing [Don’t read this. Check out the new book with the same title instead.] Everyone thought the young heiress of the Si family was a timid pushover, known in their circle for liking nothing but corpses and barely speaking. But no one expected that after disappearing and returning, the once timid, soft-spoken girl would change her name, become decisive and ruthless, and join the criminal investigation squad. When faced with a case, she calmly analyzes the situation and offers to act as bait to help t 14Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 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… 1.6kReads9.2Score195Shelves

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    The 9.2 Of this book is a bit low. I almost missed the heroine, the criminal police captain, and the high-IQ psychologist. The combination is very good!! I have become obsessed with this type of crime novels recently. I read two of them without emotional lines and they were about police captains and psychologists. However, this setting with a memory palace is very novel!! Never seen it before. If you don't like emotional dramas, you can still watch it. It won't be too boring. It basically talks about cases, one after another. I highly recommend it!!!

18. 18 伏 Pleading Guilty 伏罪 Du Shi Ya渡十鸦Mystery300k WordsCompleted [Now available in print] [Wild, calculating, wolfish captain vs. quirky, inscrutable genius girl, with deduction and crime-solving at the heart] Three years ago, Jiang An, the renowned genius girl of the police force, vanished without a trace after a meticulously planned bombing rocked the city. Three years later, Jiang An, now a famous mystery novelist, was arrested as a suspect and drawn into a bizarre murder case. Fu Jinhan, captain of the criminal investigation team, personally made the arre 12.6kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
19. 19 星 White Egrets Rise over the Galaxy [Historical Mystery] 星河白鹭起【古代探案】 Hong Yao红摇Mystery642k WordsCompleted [Film and television rights sold] [Historical romance + Mystery and investigation + One-on-one romance + Sweet romance + Ensemble cast] [Quick-witted, resourceful ancient-era deliverywoman with post-traumatic stress disorder x aloof Assistant Minister of the Court of Judicial Review] Fang Xiaoqi, the ancient delivery service’s ace courier known as Flying Swallow, is delivering a meal when an arrow from an Assistant Minister of the Court of Judicial Review knocks her off a rooftop. By a twist of 6.4kReads9.3Score940Shelves

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    ✌The first book🍀 [Ancient Proverbs+Suspense Detective+1V1+Sweet Pet]🔥[Stress Disorder, Clever and Cunning Ancient Female Delivery Waiter x Flower of the High Mountain, Dali Temple Shaoqing] Delivery worker Fang Xiaoqi accidentally became an official of Dali Temple, cooperated with Dali Temple Shaoqing, and was involved in a series of strange investigations. The case is complicated and involves a family injustice many years ago. The two join forces and their wisdom collides to gradually uncover the truth and justice is finally achieved.

20. 20 无 Infinite: People Can Die, but You Must Never Lose the Game 无限：人可以死游戏绝不能输 Ran Tu染途Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted (Completed) [Infinite Flow + Logical Deduction + Death Games + Brain-Burning + Slightly Unhinged Female Lead + Strong Leads] (Content warnings at the end of Chapter 1) After her parents died, Xin Zhixia witnessed the ugly faces of her relatives during a dispute over the inheritance and grew disgusted with the world. She devoted herself to the games she loved and drifted through life in a daze. Finding life pointless, she decided to jump off a building and kill herself. A man appeared beside her. 13.5kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
21. 21 拾 Traces of Sin 拾罪之痕 Ye Shang Xiaoxiao叶上潇潇Mystery178k WordsCompleted After three years away from home pursuing further training, An Ge finally earned recognition in her field. She decided to return to her hometown to become a criminal investigator and continue looking into her father's disappearance. By chance, she met the genius hacker Xi Xinglan. The two teamed up to solve cases and face the darker side of human nature, until the day An Ge discovered the truth behind her father's disappearance. Caught between her feelings and the law, An Ge must make a choice. 30Reads8.9Score—Shelves
22. 22 通 The Spirit-Seeking Detective and the Offline Swordsman 通灵神捕与断网大侠 Mili Isn't Behaving米粒不乖Mystery551k WordsCompleted Mu Liuyan's spirit-communing arts keep losing their connection whenever she encounters a mysterious man named Zhuang Moxi. To block Zhuang Moxi's interference, Mu Liuyan designs a talisman to ward off his disruptions. Gradually, the mystery of Zhuang Moxi's origins finally comes to light, and Mu Liuyan discovers that the man she has fallen in love with is neither human nor ghost... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Suspenseful and supernatural, does it count?

23. 23 警 Officer, Stop Guessing! I’m Really Innocent! 警官别猜了，我真的是无辜的啊 Cloud Bao Tangtang云宝糖糖Mystery164k WordsOngoing Everyone thought Jiang Yi was quiet and ill-tempered, but no one expected her to be decisive and cool-headed. When a case came up, she calmly analyzed the situation and offered to act as bait to help the police catch the killer. When they asked what she used to do, Jiang Yi said, "Maybe I was an assassin." Police officer: "?" The word "maybe" really carries a lot of weight. Later, after the police became her colleagues, her talent for solving cases was impossible to miss. Her coworkers nearly we 1.7kReads—Score259Shelves

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    The heroine in the first book is super handsome, and the investigation is neat and tidy. I just thought it was quite interesting. The second book is about forensics. Not many love scenes. Ns

24. 24 宿 The Fated Blade 宿刃 Su Can愫参Mystery224k WordsCompleted [Modern setting, espionage, drug enforcement] A case within a case, a plot within a plot, with a fresh and compelling story. A meticulously planned revenge case unexpectedly leads to the kidnapping of a chip expert... “Go back to Tanzhou and secretly assist the Tanzhou State Security Bureau and Public Security Bureau...” Chu Ning asks, “Have you ever seen this girl? She went missing fifteen years ago.” As the investigation delves deeper, the mastermind who has remained hidden for years finally e 181Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    Suspense solving, human trafficking, spies, online IQ----

25. 25 零 Zero-Degree Showdown: Operation Blue Arrow 零度交锋：蓝捷行动 Windless Rainy Night雨夜无风Mystery2.2M WordsOngoing [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 8.7kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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    The characterization is extremely brilliant! Each guardian has a vivid image, and he is calm and courageous in the face of a transnational secret theft crisis. The plot is full of ups and downs, and the passion of the silent battlefield directly touches the heart.

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