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I Returned from Hell to Plan the Perfect String of Revenge 我从地狱归来，策划连环完美复仇
[No Female Lead] [Mad Protagonist] [Elegant] [High-IQ Crimes] [No System] Ten years ago, the Shen family was wiped out by a mysterious organization known as the Alliance. Shen Feng was beaten to death and left in the wilderness. Now, Shen Feng’s soul has returned from hell. That day, the criminal investigation squad received a call from a mysterious person claiming he would kill the famous CEO Liu Ruxu at a shareholders’ meeting. The nightmare began at that very moment. Shen Feng planned one per
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City of Beasts 异兽迷城
Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life
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- 3 EN 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 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
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I’m a Blood Hunter, and Starting Today, the Whole World Is My Enemy 我，血猎者，今天起与全世界为敌
In a bustling city, vampires disguised as humans are quietly expanding their influence. Wang Hao, a top-tier vampire hunter, is caught in an accident during a mysterious operation. His body mutates, and the delicious food he remembers becomes impossible to swallow. At first, he doesn't feel hungry. But before long, he discovers that the only thing that can whet his appetite is human blood! The once-mighty top-tier vampire hunter has become the very thing he hates most: a vampire! From that momen
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- 5 No More Wage Slavery After Graduation: I'm Becoming a Bounty Hunter 毕业后不做牛马，去当赏金猎人 [Comedy + Alternate setting + A touch of mystery + Adventure + Urban + No female lead] Investigating a murder from more than a decade ago, he pits his wits against a deranged serial killer. He transmigrates into a primeval jungle no one dares enter, searching for the bodies of people lost in a sinkhole. He enters a mysterious village deep in the Hundred Thousand Mountains to find a little girl... What drove a recent college graduate to embark on this one-way journey? It all began with a haunted 76.8kReads9.3Score7.8kShelves
- 6 A Maniacal Smile Beneath the Mask: I’m Crazy, Don’t Run 面具下癫狂一笑，我是疯子你别跑 [No heroine, revenge, magic, madness, mental illness, ruthless action] He is a high-IQ, unhinged magician who kills for revenge. He is both a madman and a savior. His goal is to take perfect revenge on everyone! … Three years ago, Chen Sheng was secretly admitted for treatment after being diagnosed with several mental illnesses. He was classified as an S-rank dangerous patient. Three years later, Chen Sheng is discharged after recovering, only to discover that the Chen family has suffered a deva 9.7kReads8.6Score994Shelves
- 7 Crime Hunter: Case File Zero 猎罪：零号档案 Pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust: the seven deadly sins have existed for all of humanity since time immemorial. Chen Ming, an expert in criminal psychology, has always believed that every evil in the world can be traced to these seven sins. That is, until he encounters a string of crimes committed by people who have cast aside all emotion. Their reasoning is absolute, their precision flawless, and none of the techniques of criminal psychology work on them at all. It is as if 264Reads—Score245Shelves
- 8 The Culprit Is Hard to Find? Whatever, I'll Handle It 真凶难寻？无所谓，我会出手 A plaster mask with a smiling human face from twelve years ago reignites Jiang Xiaofeng’s desire to solve cases. In a series of investigations, each spanning at least five years, he and his team must rely on their mind palaces and reenactment techniques to reconstruct the crimes and uncover every clue in their pursuit of the true culprit. Certain details in these cases will touch on the deepest taboos in Jiang Xiaofeng’s heart. Those taboos will reveal what he has experienced in the past and wha 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Killing Game: Betting My Way to a Fated Destiny 杀戮游戏：以赌徒成就天命 Why do people go to hell? Because of the sins they committed in the mortal world? Then why do good people go to hell? Because heaven is full? So tell me, am I a good person or a bad one? He Bei died on an utterly ordinary day, after deciding to play a regular murder-mystery game with his roommate. His unremarkable life came to an end. In the eternal realm of slaughter, his identity was Gambler. The Gambler: an evil-aligned class, the most useless profession in the deadly game, on 1.5kReads8.2Score190Shelves
- 10 Just Straight-Up Deduction? That's My Specialty! 单纯推理是吧？这个我擅长啊！ [A Conan-style episodic story. No romance or ambiguous relationships, grounded, no invincibility, no System, no brainless plot, with deduction and crime-solving] “Like Detective Conan? Then don’t miss this book!” There’s no such thing as a perfect crime. And if there is, then I must have committed it. While pursuing one of the world’s greatest criminal masterminds, Xian Yifan, hailed as the youngest great detective in history, died alongside his quarry. After accidentally transmigrating, he 185Reads6.4Score—Shelves
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I Have a Joker Card 我有一张小丑牌
They say that on the day some people turn eighteen, the gods grant them a playing card with a supernatural ability. There are 52 playing cards and 52 different abilities. Those who receive a supernatural playing card are allowed to attend the best ability-user school. The campus belle: “I have the Queen of Spades. I can conjure all kinds of weapons!” The rich kid: “My dad has the Jack of Diamonds. He can get unlimited money!” Meanwhile, somewhere, a boy took his own playing card and used all 52
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Clouds Part, Moonlight Shines [Crime Investigation] 拨云见月【刑侦】
[Cool, Beautiful, Fierce Forensic Doctor VS Dominant, Wolfish Police Captain] Behind a succession of brutal cases, it seems a hidden hand is pulling at people's heartstrings. Zhou Yan and Jiang Tan meet by chance during a murder investigation. The former lovers, who once loved each other but parted on bitter terms, come face to face again. Holding up his police ID, Zhou Yan formally asks, "Miss Jiang, I hear you went on a blind date today?" Jiang Tan: "That's my private business. We've broken up
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I Told You to Cultivate Immortality, Not Wreak Havoc in the Cultivation World! 让你修仙，没让你祸害修仙界啊！
[Comedy][Sneaky Schemer][Lighthearted][Absurd][Gets Better the Further You Read] [This book focuses on comedy and fun. The pace is somewhat slow, so please do not read it if that bothers you.] Year 17,863 of the Cultivation Calendar When Emperor Qin Yu became an immortal and ascended, powerful figures from every realm came to see him off. Firecrackers exploded, and everyone had tears in their eyes as they murmured their farewells. Sect Elder: “He's leaving. This scourge is finally leaving. We ca
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Nineties Hong Kong: I Woke Up as a Kidnapped Heiress's Sister-in-Law 九零香江：睁眼穿成被绑豪门大嫂
Chen Rou first met Nie Zhao during a counterterrorism case involving a wealthy Hong Kong family. He had been Hong Kong’s undisputed richest man for years and was a powerful figure renowned across the region. Even with both legs crippled and confined to a wheelchair, even in his fifties with deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, he still radiated sharpness and intelligence. Three generations of Chen Rou’s family had served in the police. Her father died in the war on drugs, and she had once b
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The Imperial Exams: From a Duke’s Bastard Son to a Powerful Official 科举！从公府庶子到权臣的青云路
[Not a BL novel! Not a male-male romance! One male lead, little to no romance, and a plot-focused story.] [Transmigration + Illegitimate Son of a Duke’s Estate + No System + Imperial Exams + Political Intrigue] He transmigrates, and the good news is that he’s now an illegitimate son of the Duke of Wei’s household, with food and clothes taken care of and no need to worry about making a living. The bad news is that he’s not only unloved, but also mocked and looked down upon. Heh. Never look down o
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Above the Abyss [Crime] 深渊之上【犯罪】
[Just started getting rated, score will rise!] [Dark + pretend siblings + physical and emotional torment + yandere + redemption] [Original title: Above the Abyss] “Brother, let's play hide-and-seek.” “Okay.” “Brother, you can't open your eyes until you've counted to a hundred!” “Okay.” An accident forced the siblings apart for sixteen years. When Shen Nanfeng infiltrated a criminal organization undercover, he discovered that the younger sister he had longed for all those years, Chi Yu, played a
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I Asked You to Simulate Crimes, and You Became a Master Criminal? 让你模拟犯罪，你成犯罪大师了？
Li Xiwen transmigrates to another world, unexpectedly joins a simulated crime show, and gets bound to a Master Criminal System! Starting out as an ordinary contestant nobody believes in, he becomes the world’s undisputed master criminal. The show aims to warn people not to commit crimes: no matter the method, the criminals will be caught. But Li Xiwen changes everything. “Oh my god, escaping from prison, counterfeiting money, committing the perfect crime... Is there anything Li Xiwen can’t do?”
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- 18 I Asked You to Simulate Crimes, but You Created the Perfect Crime Scene 让你模拟犯罪，你却制造完美现场 [Mystery + deduction + detective work + occasional comedy + no romance] Zhou You transmigrates and joins a show called Simulated Crime. After being selected for the criminal team, he discovers that his teammate is a beautiful campus belle. Together, they become unstoppable. “The detective world needs Zhou You as much as the West needs Jerusalem!” “When Teacher Zhou wanted to quit the detective scene, I slammed my hand on the table.” “Confirmed: he’s a man who knows how to kill!” “Zhou You, pleas 64.2kReads9.1Score7.1kShelves
- 19 I’m the Grim Reaper, and I’m About to Start Committing Crimes! 我是死神，我要开始犯罪了！ [High-IQ Crime] [No Female Lead] [A Rational Madman] [No System] Twenty years ago, Yi Bo's entire family was slaughtered. Twenty years later, he walks out of a psychiatric hospital. From that moment on, the fates of certain people are sealed! Yi Bo swears to uncover the truth behind his family's murder and kill the people responsible! But as his investigation goes deeper, he discovers that things are far from simple. An unseen hand is guiding Yi Bo as he painstakingly unravels the mystery. “The 2.6kReads6.9Score169Shelves
- 20 I Simulated Crimes a Hundred Thousand Times and Somehow Became a Top Detective 模拟犯罪十万次，我竟成王牌神探 [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 81.9kReads9.1Score7.7kShelves
- 21 Criminal Investigation: I Can See Crime Records 刑侦：我能看见犯罪记录 Cen Lian was a junior-college general education teacher who did just enough to get by, and always thought he would keep coasting through life. Then a cheat ability fell into his lap: every criminal revealed their crimes in front of him. Driven by a simple sense of justice, Cen Lian began matching wits with criminals, both smart and stupid. He became a specially appointed consultant and, alongside a group of like-minded partners, embarked on a career solving criminal cases. 27.3kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
- 22 Surrender 自首 (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 21.5kReads9.4Score3kShelves
- 23 You Were Supposed to Be the Perfect Criminal, So Why Did You Become a Cop? 说好的完美罪犯，你怎么转头当警察了？ Ten years ago, Chen Yu transmigrated to a parallel world and inherited the skills of the perfect criminal. He planned ahead and got into the police academy! From then on, he soared along the path of a criminal investigator, becoming the ultimate nightmare of every criminal! 475Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Everyone Is Committing Crimes According to My Schemes 所有人都在我的计谋中实施犯罪 (Genius-level perfect crimes + revenge + a cast of villains + twists + no survivors) (Extremely mind-bending, so proceed with caution if you lack patience.) The chairman of a business empire is ready to step down, but the seat of inheritance doesn't go to his eldest son. His wife gives birth to a son, yet her husband isn't happy in the slightest. His trusted aide is brutally murdered in a park, and, strangely enough, the killer turns himself in and confesses. Just as everyone eagerly awaits the 22Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Measure of Atonement 赎罪刻度
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- 26 The Frozen Mirror 停摆的镜面 The Still Mirror —Reads—Score—Shelves
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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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Evil Bones 2: The Ashen Mystery 恶骨2：灰烬谜踪
[Criminal Investigation + Criminal Psychology + Hard-Core Deduction + Genius Detective + Serial Murders + Fighting Side by Side + Ensemble Cast] The dead can speak, and clues never lie! Thirty years ago, a shooting sent shockwaves through the entire town. A man and a woman died on the spot, while the killer remained at large. Years later, another case brought the true culprit behind the cold case to light! At the same time, a young girl vanished under mysterious circumstances, and every suspect
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- 29 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 761Reads8.9Score131Shelves
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Tales from the Borderlands: All My Relatives Are Ruthless Bandits 边水往事，我家亲戚都是悍匪
Jiang Wang opened his eyes and found himself in the story of The Longest Day in Chang'an? No, a closer look told him this was the original setting! And not just any setting, but the borderlands, at the most lawless time in the Golden Triangle: the early 2000s. There was no order in this era, only bloody cruelty in the forests and stacks of cash. It was a wild gold-rush age, full of outlaws. River-crossing dragons, mountain-tunneling tigers, gunshots ringing without end. When I have a gun, you c
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- 31 The Great Assassinations: 40 Famous Assassination Cases Around the World 大暗杀(世界上著名的40桩暗杀事件) The Great Assassinations: 40 Famous Assassinations in World History tells how the very mention of assassination fills people with fear, while the secrets behind it fascinate them. Based on their aims, the book divides assassinations into five types: those intended to bring about a domestic coup, those meant to influence domestic politics, those carried out in conflicts between countries or rival factions, personal or underworld vendettas, and terrorist assassinations. Assassinations are carried 339Reads9.4Score—Shelves
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The Bureau's Twin Years: A Record of Strange Herb Mysteries in the Martial World 局编双年：奇草谜案江湖录
(Not a power fantasy + no System + plot-driven + crime-solving and deduction + mind-bending twists) (The author spent a full year crafting all the murder cases. They’re sure to be gripping and mind-bending, so enjoy!) One year ago, on a dark night, I was a lowly cleaner working in the City Lord’s Hall when I was dragged into a murder targeting the three great families. Everyone said I was the killer! One year later, by day, I’d turned my fortunes around and become deputy director of the Security
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