Suspense Novels 悬疑类小说

1. 101 血 Don't Open Your Eyes Under the Blood Moon 血月下，别睁眼 Ruiling瑞陵Mystery237k WordsOngoing [Slow-paced] + [Urban fantasy] On the night of the Ghost Festival, a red moon hung in the sky. The news said it was a once-in-a-century astronomical spectacle. I believed them. Then I noticed that in the photo of the moon on my phone, a dense crowd of “people” stood behind me. But there had clearly been no one else on the rooftop. Even stranger, people began vanishing mysteriously across the city the next day, yet none of the media mentioned it. The TV kept playing experts’ explanations on a lo —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The opening scene of "Red Moon Over the Sky" immediately grabs your attention. The slow-paced narrative is so captivating, and the first-person perspective is incredibly immersive. The eerie atmosphere hidden in the city at night is vividly portrayed, making it exactly the kind of urban supernatural story I've been searching for!

2. 102 神 Detective Di Renjie, Book Five 神探狄仁杰第五部 Northwest Brother Mao西北毛哥Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing In the final years of Emperor Wu of the Tang dynasty, the capital Luoyang had finally begun to settle down. After the brilliant detective Di Renjie exposed the Burning Heaven Fire at the Shanjin Bureau, the rebellion in Youzhou, and the Blood Eagle's chain of murders, he retired from public life and settled in the Southern Market, hoping to enjoy his twilight years in peace. But when all is quiet, trouble is never far away. After a banquet in the Eastern Palace, Crown Prince Li Xian suddenly fa 629Reads8.8Score122Shelves

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   Di Renjie Wu Part 5

3. 103 诡 Tales of the Uncanny 诡话传说 Dugu Zhanmeng独孤战梦Mystery440k WordsCompleted “Hey, everyone, I’m here.” I pointed my phone camera at the abandoned village gate in front of me. The characters on the archway had long since blurred beyond recognition. All that remained was a sinister, rust-red color, splashed irregularly across the stone pillars like blood that had dried long ago. “See that color? Is it a good enough opening for the ‘Blood Axe’?” The comments immediately began to fly. [Sister Xue is charging into a new map!] [Just looking at this place gives me the creeps.] —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's great. The language is fluent, the writing is good, and it's a very enjoyable read.

4. 104 无 Infinite: Cast into the Realm of Death, but My Teammates Are Monsters 无限：堕入死界但我的队友是鬼怪 Knight Chess骑士棋Mystery746k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow + Original Instances + Expansive Worldbuilding + Mild Horror + Ensemble Cast + Strong Female and Male Leads] On the first day Shou Qing fell into the realm of death, a man-eating Wendigo set its sights on her. Shou Qing thought she was done for. Who could have guessed that the very next moment, she would team up with the monster and cross eleven trials of life and death! Even more absurdly, no one had told her that every member of her team was nonhuman! A skin-peeler who loves to 1.3kReads9.3Score708Shelves

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   It's great. The language is fluent, the writing style is light, and it's a very good reading experience.

5. 105 我 There’s Someone on My Back 我的背上有个人 Number One Roadblock绊脚石一号Mystery629k WordsCompleted I always thought I'd slept wrong. I tried medicated plasters and got X-rays, until I met an old man who said, "Young lady, someone has been riding on your back for nearly half a year. You need to send her on her way, right now..." —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Preferring slow-paced, immersive stories, it avoids fast-paced scare tactics to grab readers' attention, relying instead on a consistently chilly atmosphere to keep readers engaged, making it suitable for slow reading before bed.

6. 106 惊 A Horror Game Has Arrived? But I'm the Celestial Master! 惊悚游戏降临？可我是老天师啊！ The Fitness-Loving Cicada爱健身的知了Mystery366k WordsOngoing [Overpowered protagonist] [Infinite Flow] Zhang Qinglan, the Daoist Sect’s eldest disciple, has just completed his preliminary Celestial Master examination. While paying respects to the founding master on the mountain, he transmigrates to a world where a horror game has descended. Fortunately, he hasn’t lost any of his supernatural abilities. Wait. A horror game? What could be better? [Dungeon: The Plague-Wracked Ghost School. Four students sneak over the wall to use the internet, but on their w 22Reads7.6Score—Shelves

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   The main character is invincible, there's no romantic pairing, and it's a good read.

7. 107 我 I Used a Criminal Investigation System to Clear My Mother's Name 我用刑侦系统为母翻案 Don't Feed Me Candy If You Don't Like It不爱吃糖别喂我Mystery281k WordsOngoing Twelve years after my mother was wrongly killed, I received the pocket watch she had mailed me. It lets me see every lie, and has made me the number-one target of an entire criminal organization. —Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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   Tomato's original suspense thriller! A mother's wrongful death twelve years ago is revealed by a pocket watch that unlocks a new chapter in the truth; the entire chase is fast-paced and engaging.

8. 108 开 From the Start, I Was Crippled, but I Survived by Devouring Spirit Runes 开局被废，吞噬灵纹活下去 Brush Embroiders Mountain Shadows笔绣山影Eastern Fantasy471k WordsOngoing He transmigrated into the body of a sixteen-year-old servant, only to be hunted down from the start. Lu Chen discovered that a fragment hidden inside him could devour spirit marks. It was something his mother had left in his body, and something everyone was searching for. But every time it devoured a mark, there was a price to pay. His lifespan was counting down, his enemies were on his heels, and the steward was investigating the origin of the mark on his body. And the secret hidden deep within —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Five handymen were arrested, and four died. The foreman said that anyone who disobeyed should be punished. But Lu Chen flipped through the roster—the dates of death of the five men corresponded exactly to the days when the foreman delivered things to the back mountain.

9. 109 菜 The Rookie Captain Is Surrounded by Criminal Investigation Experts 菜鸟队长身边全是刑侦高手 Ants Are Dancing蚂蚁在跳舞Mystery553k WordsCompleted Good news: I transmigrated. Bad news: This is a world with an extremely high crime rate. San Kou County: the story of Captain Chen Fan and his ace teammates!!!!!! 575Reads8.5Score126Shelves

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   🔥I highly recommend this ensemble mystery novel!! The first case is just a setup; the rest are all high-IQ crimes, so many plot holes kept me guessing.

10. 110 玄 The Mystic Ruins: Secret Records of a Great Jing Taoist Priestess 玄墟：大靖女道秘录 Yao Shi San尧时弎Mystery354k WordsCompleted You've seen plenty of formidable male Taoist priests, but have you ever seen a formidable female Taoist priest? Seventeen-year-old Shen Qingyan is a prodigy in the arts of sorcery in her master's eyes. She should have been a free and carefree cultivator, but her master's recent disappearance and a series of strange cases she encounters after descending the mountain draw her into a web of mysteries... Everything points to the Xuanhu Cult... What does “A disturbance in Kunlun, the Great Jing on th —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I've unearthed a treasure trove of metaphysical texts! 🤤 Shen Qingyan, a 17-year-old female Taoist priest, was peacefully cultivating her Taoist practice in the mountains when her master disappeared. After descending the mountain, she stumbled upon a series of strange events. Her Taoist divination and feng shui skills are amazing—I can't put it down! [Learned it]

11. 111 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles Collection 盗墓笔记合集 Little Feng Who Loves Tomb Raiding爱盗墓的小冯Mystery465k WordsCompleted My new work is out! This isn’t a request for votes. You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel, and I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 747Reads6.8Score107Shelves

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    🔥 ** [The Ultimate Mystery of Tomb Raiders: The Ten-Year Pact Remains Unresolved, and the Nine Gates Mystery Resurfaces!]** 📖 **"What's more terrifying than ghosts and gods is the human heart."** —— A Tomb Raiders Chronicle, half a history of blood and tears in the martial arts world! From the underwater tomb in Xisha to the Bronze Gate of Changbai Mountain, from the Snake Swamp Ghost City to Thunder City, how many shocking secrets are hidden in the underground world depicted by Nanpai Sanshu? --- ### **🌌 Those Famous Scenes from Tomb Raiders We Followed Over the Years** 1️⃣ ** [The Ultimate Mystery Behind the Bronze Gate]** Zhang Qiling guarded the gate for Wu Xie for ten years, and his line, "You're old, I'll take you home," broke the hearts of countless fans! But what exactly is inside the Bronze Gate? Is it the secret to immortality, or another dimension? 2️⃣ ** [The Queen Mother of the West in the Snake Swamp Ghost City]** The "living dead" in the meteorite jade, Chen Wenjin's disappearance, Wu Xie's "other self"... Is the Queen Mother of the West's experiment on immortality the prototype of the Zhang Family Ancient Building? 3️⃣ ** [The Ghost Soldiers' Passage Through the Heavenly Palace on the Clouds]** The moment Wan Nu Wang crawled out of the bronze coffin, his scalp tingled! Nine dragons carrying the coffin, centipede-like people, ghost soldiers passing through... Is this Heavenly Palace a human realm or hell? --- ### **💀 The Secrets of the Nine Gates: Who is controlling this thousand-year-old game?** ▪️ **The "It" of the Old Nine Gates**: Zhang Da Foye, Er Yuehong, Xie Jiuye... Behind the initial glory of the Nine Gates, were they all pawns of "It"? ▪️ **Wang Zanghai's Thousand-Year Conspiracy**: From the underwater tomb to the Heavenly Palace on the Clouds, this feng shui master's layout has influenced the fate of several generations! ▪️ **Wu Xie's "Game Within a Game":** From innocent and naive to the Evil Emperor of the Sand Sea, how did he gradually become the game-changer? --- ### **🚨 Latest Suspense: Listening to Thunder in Thunder City, Reopening the Mystery!** ▪️ Why was Wu Xie's lung disease alleviated in Thunder City? Does the thunder conceal memories or the truth of a "divine gift"? ▪️ Is Hei Xiazi and Xiao Hua's trip to Southeast Asia related to the Zhang family's overseas branch? ▪️ A new plot hole planted by the author in *Reboot*: Are the strange goods in **"Warehouse Eleven"** the same as the Bronze Gate? --- ### **💥 Interactive Storm: Rice Grabs Gather!** **👉 **"If you could go into a tomb, what three pieces of equipment would you bring?"** (Black Gold Ancient Sword? Tomb Raider Talisman? Or... Fatty?) 👉 **"Who is the most unforgettable character among the Nine Gates?"** (Pan Zi? A Ning? Or Xie Yuchen?) 👉 **"Do you believe that behind the Bronze Gate lies immortality, or another world?"** ⚠️ **Warning**: After-effects of reading *The Grave Robbers' Chronicles*: ▪️ A conditioned reflex to run away at the sound of "clucking"! ▪️ Always feeling like there are traps in ancient buildings! ▪️ PTSD about the time unit "ten years"! --- **#TheGraveRobbersChronicles #ZhangQiling #WuXie #NanpaiSanshu**

12. 112 神 Detective Di Renjie: The Magistrate of Pengze County 神探狄仁杰之彭泽县令 Situ Feiyu司徒飞宇Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted 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 114Reads—Score102Shelves

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    This one is good, I'm watching it.

13. 113 从 A Survival Pact from Scratch 从零开始的生存约法 A Smile, a Fleeting Life一笑纤生Mystery352k WordsOngoing (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. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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14. 114 诡 The Demon Gate Puppet 诡门人偶 Yunzhi Qi云枝栖Mystery150k WordsOngoing [Infinite-dungeon horror + dark humor + outrageous antics + daily life + absurdity = the author's a total menace] Xu Zhifan and Chen Yu are just two ordinary office workers. Nine to nine, six days a week; meager pay, endless overtime. Until one day, the two of them are apparently “kidnapped” and taken to an unfamiliar villa. In the villa's courtyard stands a door, silent and still. Beyond it lies a resort where a considerate butler “sees the guests out”; an unsolved case in which they have —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Two office workers, tired of their overtime jobs, are inexplicably transported to a strange villa. Pushing open the eerie door leads to different scenarios, where murder mystery and campus ghost stories unfold one after another, and strange phenomena appear on the old dolls.

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