Looking for Mystery and Crime-Solving Novels 想要悬疑破案之类的小说
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The Devil Reversed 恶魔逆位
“If I wanted to kill him, I wouldn’t use a method this laughably clumsy.” After the black-haired girl in black finished speaking in the interrogation room, she didn’t say another word. The way she calmly studied the photograph made it seem more like she was admiring the victim’s gruesome death. In the photo was a cold, white bathtub filled with shocking amounts of blood. A man lay slumped inside, his deathly pale body visible only from the shoulders up. The deceased was Zhou Haixiong. He had
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Bro, You're a Cop, Not a Terrorist! 哥，你是警察，不是恐怖分子啊
[Crime investigation and deduction, witty commentary, explosions wherever he goes, never backs down from a fight] Transmigrated? Heaven hit Xiao Yang with a sudden, outrageous stroke of luck, nearly throwing his back out. Just transmigrated, better lie low, then show off later? No. Keeping a low profile is impossible. Absolutely impossible. Besides, the moment he transmigrated, Xiao Yang gained an absurdly overpowered ability. Touch anyone and they get pregnant… No, wait. Touch any living creatu
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100 Homicide Cases 命案100宗
No more talk, let’s get straight to the cases... The most horrifying family massacre; A couple dismembered; A string of murders involving silver; Brutal bandits, demons, kings of murder... Over 100 true crime stories... (Some people in this book are referred to by aliases.)
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Blood Spider 血蜘蛛
What's the most terrifying thing you've ever experienced? Was it wandering alone in the pitch-black depths of the ocean? Or spending the night with a notorious, depraved madman? Or perhaps waking up one morning to find that you've become someone else's puppet, forced to kill? Don't panic. Don't be afraid. Maybe at this very moment, when you turn around, a pair of eyes in the corner behind you is staring straight at you... Blood Spider! Ten bizarre cases, ten ruthless killers. Amid the crowds, wh
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Midnight Terror: Human Nature Stories That Will Haunt You 午夜惊魂：让人细思极恐的人性故事
At midnight, let's listen together to the little stories that circulate all around us. Maybe they're true. Maybe you've heard them too, or even experienced them yourself. Those moments that grow more terrifying the more you think about them go perfectly with the pitch-black night beyond the window. Red brick walls are common in many places. But we've never stopped to wonder: why are those bricks so red, so vivid? Rideshares at night aren't necessarily safe. Passengers have their concerns, and dr
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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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The Perfect Crime 完美犯罪
I have a criminal gene. I was born a criminal. Fate led me to meet Lü Jie, and I followed her into the field of forensic medicine. Just before graduation, a horrific bloodbath took place on campus. Lü Jie vanished, her fate unknown. I fell from heaven into darkness, and a demon stirred in the depths of my soul. After graduating, I became a forensic doctor. On my first day at work, I was confronted with a shocking case: the Red-Clothed Killer, who had disappeared for years, was back. As I went a
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Crime Scene 犯罪现场
My name is Shen Yuan. I'm twenty-three, and although I only recently graduated, I've already spent three years with the criminal investigation squad. In those three years, I've seen countless vicious murderers. I've also seen hypocrites slaughter people in the name of justice. Human nature is fundamentally good. But when a kind person raises a butcher's knife, you won't even get the chance to kneel.
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The Six-Fingered Forensic Doctor 六指法医
Heaven’s justice shines bright; the wronged shall be cleared of their names. Lin Ran, heir to a family of coroners and a top student at a forensic medicine college. Guided by his family’s eight-character ancestral motto and armed with a remarkable ability, Lin Ran joins the police force to clear the names of countless dead. Along the way, he embarks on one terrifying investigation after another. “The dead can’t speak, but their bodies can tell me who the killer is!” The world has lost a doctor,
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Hong Kong’s Ten Great Mysteries 香港十大奇案
This book focuses on ten notorious violent crimes that took place in Hong Kong during the last century. Together, they are known as the “Ten Great Hong Kong Cases.” The book explores the cases’ impact on society and the lives of the main figures, including why the perpetrators committed their crimes. By objectively analyzing public opinion and presenting my own views, it seeks to faithfully reconstruct the circumstances and nature of all ten cases. Drawing on the facts and looking at them from b
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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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Marks of Guilt 罪痕
Is there always evil behind every crime? Real cases reveal the truth about human nature. [Crime Investigation] [Not a Web Novel] [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] Strange and major cases, from human flesh takeout and a cat corpse found in a belly to a body hanging in Xian Lake, are uncovered one by one across the country.
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The Haunted House: The Midnight Wind Chime Murders 凶宅之午夜风铃杀人事件
The Haunted House: The Midnight Wind Chime Murders
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The Night I Was Suspended, I Activated a Supernatural System 停职当晚，我激活了灵异系统
Wrongfully dismissed, detective Lin Chen is on the brink of death on a rainy night when he awakens a Supernatural Case-Breaking System. Red-clad spirits claim lives, water ghosts prey on people, murderous secrets lurk in mirrors, and corpses wander at midnight. These sinister cases are invisible to ordinary people and beyond the police’s ability to solve. Only Lin Chen can cross between the worlds of yin and yang and unravel these deadly mysteries. One bizarre case after another comes to light
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Officer, Stop Guessing! I’m Really Innocent! 警官别猜了，我真的是无辜的啊
Ye Lan returns from studying abroad, ready to report for duty with the police, only to become a murder suspect. To clear her name, she calmly lays out the facts and suggests that she might be the killer's target, making her a suitable decoy. After helping the police catch the murderer, an officer asks what she used to do. Ye Lan replies, “Maybe I was a killer in my previous life.” The officer: “...” That “maybe” is doing a lot of work. Later, the officer becomes her colleague and sees her full t
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I Accidentally Committed a Crime 一不小心犯了罪
In the February chill of Wushi Village, five-year-old Ding Ding lay collapsed in a vegetable patch, her tiny, cold body wrapped in a bright yellow cloak. A rusty nail embedded in her foot, a fatal bruise from a skull fracture at her temple: Detective Jiang Yuan knew at a glance this was no accident, nor a simple act of murder! As the investigation deepened, the case grew shrouded in mystery. Beneath the village entrance’s parasol tree, three black stones had been arranged in a sinister “Three Yi
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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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The Yuan'an Chronicles 元安录
[Tang-era mystery cases + episodic stories + formidable hero and heroine + one-on-one romance + ensemble cast] [The Night Owl Cries] In the twenty-third year of Yongwei, a woman’s corpse is discovered in a house beneath a locust tree on Sanshui Alley in Chang’an. Rumors spread that a ghostly song is killing people... [The Thousand-Faced Buddha] Nine lifelike clay statues made from living people are discovered at Huazhen Temple. What do they have to do with the children who vanished three years a
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Criminal Investigation: Major Crimes Unit 刑侦之重案组
Standalone cases + criminal investigation + two male leads + mind-bending mystery The Linghai Public Security Bureau established a major crimes unit. Just as everyone was wondering which criminal investigation captain would be given the job, they were told that the provincial bureau had parachuted someone in directly. Everyone was curious about the new head of the major crimes unit. Cases piled up, from opening coffins for autopsies and childbirth after death to missing wives. See how a forensic
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Who Says I’m on the Police’s Side? I’m on the Side of Profit 谁说我向着警察，我向着利益
(No System, no female lead, not invincible, mostly everyday life, Conan-like bad luck, cases both big and small.) (Warning: The protagonist does everything for himself and is no conventional good guy. Don’t read if that bothers you. Also, no female lead doesn’t mean no female characters; it just means there are no romantic scenes. Don’t read if you don’t want women to appear.) Other people transmigrate and find opportunities and connections waiting for them. When Lu Ci transmigrates, the only th
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Your Criminal Talent Is Off the Charts, Yet You Join the Homicide Squad 犯罪天赋拉满，你转头加入刑侦队
[Crime Investigation + Crime + Invincible + All-Rounder + Hardcore Detective] A killer capable of committing the perfect crime must also be a master detective. Su Ming should have become the perfect criminal, but instead he aced the entrance exam for the criminal investigation team and chose to stand on the front line of the fight against crime. He has pored over tens of thousands of case files and scrutinized hundreds of millions of cases. In his eyes, every crime is riddled with laughably obvi
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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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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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Criminal Investigation: The Forensic Pathologist’s Guide 刑侦之法医图鉴
Criminal investigation + no System + episodic cases + fast-paced A butcher’s killing spree on a rainy night brings Lin Mu, a former member of the Special Cases Investigation Team, back into action alongside top forensic pathologist Bai Miao. As they follow the clues, they discover the truth is far more complicated than it first appears. A mysterious hallucinogenic drug has surfaced again. Can they follow the trail this time and uncover who is pulling the strings...?
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A Crime Reporter’s Notes: The Ledger of Life and Death in Real Cases 刑侦记者手记：真实罪案的生死簿
Where there are people, there's not only the “jianghu,” but also life and death. How long life lasts, we cannot know. But death comes at its own pace for everyone. One case after another unfolds, and killers spring up like bamboo shoots, piercing the calm surface of the world. As layer upon layer of real evidence is stripped away, their ugly faces are exposed. What happened to the missing young couple during their final eight hours? A pair of lecherous eyes follows a young woman's skirt, trailin
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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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Dawn of Murder 1: Undercurrent 破晓杀机1：暗潮
[Criminal Investigation and Deduction + Criminal Psychology + Stunning Twists + Horror + Wild Imagination] On the square of the Police University, a horrifying corpse lies curled inside a shattered sculpture, its face contorted as if frozen in a silent scream. Even more unsettling, a note found in the victim's stomach eerily foretells the crime scene. Chen Ye has only just become a police officer when he is handed such a difficult case, and this is only the beginning. A string of deaths shatters
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The Ten Great Mysteries of the Song Dynasty 大宋十大奇案
No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincible protagonist, no System, no golden finger, and no transmigration. This is not a power fantasy, so read at your own discretion! A pure historical mystery set in the jianghu, offering an immersive experience of everyday life in an ancient town and the suspenseful twists and turns as officials use their wits to solve cases…
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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!
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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
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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
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Forensic Files of the Supernatural 法医灵异档案
Horror comes from reality. Behind the outlandish rumors lies an even more unfathomable truth! I'm a forensic pathologist, and I'll tell you about horrifying murder cases from recent years that have never been made public. Every case is bizarre and strange, and every one will make your blood run cold. Once the truth behind each case comes to light, you'll realize that compared with the brutality of the crimes themselves, the most terrifying thing is the human heart! When the heart is dark, there
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Cowards, Keep Out: A Courier Battles Sadako 胆小鬼勿进：快递员大战女鬼贞子
Cowards Keep Out: The Courier vs. Sadako, the Ghost
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Me? I Have Six Girlfriends?! 我？有六个女朋友？！
Me? I Have Six Girlfriends?!
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Knocking at Midnight: Who's Spying?! 夜半敲门声：谁在偷窥？！
Knocks at Midnight: Who’s Watching?!
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The Golden Cage: Never Fall in Love with a Stranger 金囚笼：不要和陌生人谈恋爱
The Golden Cage: Don't Fall in Love with Strangers
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The Fog City Mystery: The Embroidered Shoes That Vanished into Thin Air 雾都谜案：空移的绣花鞋
Mystery in the Fog City: The Embroidered Shoes That Vanished into Thin Air
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Shadow War: Codename “Shadow” 暗战：代号“影子”
Covert War: Code Name “Shadow”
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Codename: Project Tianpeng 代号：天蓬计划
Codename: Heavenly Canopy Project
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Tracking the Black Zone 黑域追踪
A cold case pursued for ten years finally tore open Linjiang's gray sky screen. The black-gold empire crumbled, the protectors fell from power, and police detective Zheng Xiaotian won the battle, yet chose to leave the front line. His departure told everyone: you only win when you hold fast to the bottom line of justice. The dawn in Linjiang has never meant that the sky has grown bright, but that people's hearts have. All the stories in this book are artistic adaptations of real cases and events
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Tales of Strange Things in the City of Demons 巷说魔都奇谭
[Mystery + criminal investigation + dark themes + human nature + crime + serial murders + episodic cases] Six people have died in Shanghai in the past three months. Since the beginning of the year, bodies have kept turning up by rivers, at the foot of mountains, and at the entrances to deserted villages. Cases include a woman whose liver was cut out, a child who mysteriously vanished, fingers found among minced meat at a market, and a series of beheadings... Join police inspector Ruan Xing, bril
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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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Detective Di Renjie: The Magistrate of Pengze County 神探狄仁杰之彭泽县令
In the first year of Changshou, Di Renjie is framed by treacherous schemers and demoted to the remote wilderness of Pengze, where he stumbles upon a city full of bizarre cases! A derelict rouge house, abandoned for ten years; a locked-room murder on a rainy night; three ruffians found dead inside, their lips curled in smiles, with no trace of how they died. The county authorities rule it a ghostly vengeance, and panic grips the people. Summoned to solve the case in a time of crisis, Di Gong sets
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Love Against Three Lifetimes: The Third Prince Slays His Beloved 情逆三世之三公斩红颜
Yao Yifeng and Shen Lixue fell deeply in love at school, but rumors and misunderstandings tore them apart. She died by suicide, consumed by resentment; he threw himself from a building to follow her. Neither expected death to cast them into three lifetimes of reincarnation, bound by the cruelest fate imaginable. Their souls transmigrated through three lifetimes. In each, he became a renowned official and reunited with her, who bore the same name and face. Filled with guilt, he struggled to make
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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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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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Dark Tales 5: The Power Game 恶谭5：权势局
[Mystery + Criminal investigation + Deduction + Case-by-case mysteries + The depths of human nature + No romance + Focused on solving cases] [Beneath the power, there is nothing but desire] A dismembered body is found in an alley, its bones and flesh mixed with pork. The brutal method of killing is appalling, and the victim’s wife has vanished without a trace! A popular young star dies mysteriously in a luxury hotel. The crime scene is covered in blood, but a malfunctioning surveillance system l
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Crime Scene: A Homicide Captain’s Casebook 犯罪现场：刑警队长的死亡手札
Tension! Suspense! Thrills! Disappearances! Kidnappings! Murders! A sealed room used to kill, cursed villagers, a sinister mirror... Who is the real culprit lurking in the darkness?
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