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  1. Diary of a Dali Temple Widow Mystery608k Wordscompleted Tan Anruo, a widower of the county government, came to the treacherous Luozhou City due to an order from the Queen Mother. She was accidentally involved in an unsolved case in Dali Temple. In order to save her life, Tan Anruo teamed up with Dali Temple Shaoqing Song Jiu'an and others to solve the unsolved case. In the middle of the night, a paper man kills someone. He is dressed in red and has loose hair and asks for directions. Is it a paper man or is there someone behind the scenes? The eminen 609Reads7.5Score104Shelves
  2. Huajian Ling Mystery390k Wordscompleted Original screenwriter: Yu Hailin, Zhong Jing, adapted from the original costume romance detective drama "Huajian Ling" starring Ju Jingyi and Liu Xueyi, jointly produced by Youku, Shengxi China Television, and Zhudi Pictures, co-produced by Shengxi China Television and Zhudi Pictures, and is being broadcast exclusively on Youku. In the foggy and sinful city of Heyang, the horror widow Yang Caiwei (played by Ju Jingyi) married the beautiful county magistrate Pan Yue (played by Liu Xueyi), but was 608Reads7.0Score156Shelves
  3. Gain God-Level Skills with Unparalleled Understanding, and Solve Crimes Like Crazy Mystery183k Wordscompleted Zhang Heng, a graduate of the Huaxia Police Academy. Support justice and deter evildoers? No! He almost didn't graduate. When Zhang Heng was worried about his career. [Ding, awaken the most powerful criminal police system! ] "Hotel Murder Case", "Little Mountain Village Dismembered Corpse Case", "Cave Hidden Corpse Case", "Girl's Missing Case"... Zhang Heng, a scumbag student, solved one criminal case after another, constantly accumulating points, redeeming criminal investigation skills, and gra 605Reads6.4ScoreShelves
  4. The Crime Squad (53 True Folk Horror Stories) Mysteryongoing Horror originates from reality. Behind the absurd rumors, there may be an even more incredible truth. Shadow murder, Jiutian corpse, baby girl slaughterhouse, human skin doll... One after another, bizarre and shocking mysteries continue to appear. In order to deal with these cases as quickly as possible, the "New Criminal Investigation King" from Return of the King was secretly recruited to restart the mystery team. The investigation results will never be made public unless they are special case 604Reads8.1ScoreShelves
  5. Rookie Detective: Third-Class Merit in Picking up Corpses Mystery1.4M Wordscompleted New works are released. You can go to Tomato Novel to read my works. I hope you all like them. Your attention is the motivation for my writing. I will try my best to tell every story! 604Reads6.2ScoreShelves
  6. Hongmen Past: the Years I Was a Liar Mystery199k Wordscompleted Li San is an orphan who was adopted by Lord Ma, the oldest generation of Hongmen thieves, and learned his stealing skills. After Lord Ma died, eighteen-year-old Li San followed Lord Ma's old path and spent five years in prison. After being released from prison, a man named Men Tiegang drew Li San closer to a scam through a scam that was half threat and half temptation. Li San also met the female protagonist Geng Ying, who was a police undercover. After a lot of intrigue among several people, Li 604Reads9.1ScoreShelves
  7. Detective Di Renjie Mystery704k Wordscompleted "Detective Di Renjie" is set in the Wu and Zhou Dynasties, and through four parts and eight cases, it shows the battle of wisdom in the political whirlpool of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. From the bloody case of the Turkic mission to the curse of the bloody eagle, each case hides the dual game between palace intrigue and Jianghu forces. Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang, a pair of "wise and courageous detectives", not only demonstrated the official way of "the saint's impermanent heart, taking the peopl 604ReadsScoreShelves
  8. The Perfect Crime: the Absent Murderer Mystery240k Wordsongoing Four horrific murders occurred in Linjiang City one after another. The heads and fingers of the deceased were cut off. The murderers committed the crime neatly and left no traces at the scene. The police profiled him as a male vendetta killer, and the investigation stalled. Real estate salesman Shen Yan accidentally got involved in the case and formed an informal partner with criminal investigation captain Su Wanqing. 602ReadsScore105Shelves
  9. Detective Di Renjie: Luoshui Surrounds the Capital Mystery917k Wordsongoing In Chang'an West Market, for seven consecutive days, on the night of the full moon on the 15th of each month, a wealthy businessman will turn into a charred corpse at home. The body's surface was intact, but its internal organs seemed to have been burned away by fire, with a strange fragrance remaining in the ashes. Dali Temple searched for three months and found no clue. Rumor has it that a demon monk from the Western Regions cast a spell and borrowed a human body to refine the soul and prolong 601ReadsScore105Shelves
  10. Profiler and Detective Captain Mystery368k Wordscompleted She studied psychology in order to understand everyone, but she still couldn't understand why he disappeared; he became a police officer in order to protect everyone, but he only dared not approach her again. A serial disappearance case reunites the two, and the truth about their separation without saying goodbye is hidden deep in the case. 600Reads6.4Score104Shelves
  11. Qing Ming Thirteen Secret Records Mystery655k Wordscompleted In the autumn of the 23rd year of Jingyuan Dynasty in the Dayin Dynasty, Pei Muyun, the Minister of Punishment, was unjustly exiled to Northern Xinjiang due to an old case. On the way, he was intercepted and killed by a mysterious man in black, and he fell off a cliff and disappeared. Three years later, strange murders occurred one after another in the capital. An anonymous complaint was submitted directly to Dali Temple. The handwriting was exactly the same as that of Pei Muyun. Undercurrents s 600ReadsScore133Shelves
  12. Detective, I Have a Criminal System! Mystery601k Wordscompleted [System] + [Single Female Protagonist] + [Crazy Case Solving] + [Fast-paced and detailed articles] Chen Ming, who has been unlucky for more than 20 years, in order to break the curse of bad luck, he heard from his parents that he joined the police station. The power of the police can suppress his bad luck! I thought that after becoming an auxiliary police officer, I would no longer be unlucky. Who knew that the "criminal system" was directly activated on the first day of work! A system that insp 600Reads6.4ScoreShelves
  13. At the Beginning, I Awakened My Consciousness and Became the Ceiling of the Police Force in Solving Crimes. Mystery210k Wordsongoing #Criminal investigation #reasoning to solve the case #police #suspense reasoning #shuangwen #goldfinger # # # ##unit drama Lu Yuan, who was traveling after graduating from the police academy, strayed into an abandoned Taoist temple in the mountains. While drunk, he was caressed by a mysterious Taoist on his head, awakening his consciousness and looking back at the traces of sin. Stepping on the scene of the murder, a 10-second hologram restores the entire crime scene, with all the objects touche 597ReadsScore102Shelves
  14. Paranoid Records Mystery365k Wordscompleted [Suspense criminal investigation + serial murder case + independent case + no CP but you can eat randomly + traditional case handling, you can get cheats but not many] A corpse has two hearts. A corpse has no heart. A serial killer with the intention of "killing one's heart" turned out, and Kong Mingyue, deputy captain of criminal investigation of Xinmai Branch in Lingjiang City, led his men to work hard to detect it. However, the murderer advances instead of retreating, and the showdown is immi 597Reads7.4Score133Shelves
  15. She Walks with the Dark Night Modern Romance2.2M Wordscompleted She is a Chinese professor who is dedicated to teaching and educating people. She has a cold and vicious tongue and has been single for thousands of years. He is a person who is wandering on the edge of sin, a diamond old man, a bachelor for ten thousand years. One day, he blocked her at the school gate: "Teacher Cheng, are you interested in getting married and eliminating harm for the people?" She didn't speak, but her frozen heart was cracked open. From then on, her life was like opening Pando 596Reads8.8ScoreShelves
  16. Back to 2001 Mystery2.5M Wordscompleted Zhang Ziyang, a senior criminal policeman with 20 years of police experience, was unexpectedly reincarnated back to 2001 when he was still an unorganized auxiliary policeman. From then on, he started a wonderful career as a criminal policeman. All the unsolved and mysterious cases were solved one after another, and all the serious and special cases were solved. With a righteous heart, he repeatedly solved major cases, swept away criminals, attacked with an iron fist, and was invincible! 595Reads6.2ScoreShelves
  17. The Little Forensic Doctor from the Zhenfu Department Mystery818k Wordsongoing Modern forensic doctor Lu Qingci accidentally traveled through time and became the wife of Xiao Jue, the cold-faced King of Hell and the commander of the Zhenfu Division. Faced with strange murders and strange times, she relied on her professional forensic knowledge to repeatedly solve strange cases, from red-coated cold cases to imperial examination fraud, from gastronomic competition scandals to violinists' knots, and shocked the government and the public with fingerprints, toxicology, and tra 594ReadsScoreShelves
  18. Rash Crime Mystery300k Wordscompleted [Brain-burning incident + suspense reasoning + male perspective + ordinary character] Did you know? There are shadows in the sun. Serial murders on campus, mysterious organs in wine, eyebrow bones that can make teeth, people without faces, roommates who were dissected, and people who raped corpses. Who is the murderer, and what is the confusing truth. The world is crazy, let's go see what the outside world is like. The protagonist Zheng Wen is also a victim. Let us experience these incredible ca 593ReadsScoreShelves
  19. Solving the Case: Fishing Out a Rotting Corpse from the Shaft at the Beginning Mystery820k Wordscompleted In an abandoned shaft, someone found a naked male corpse. The corpse was badly decomposed and his face was unclear. After the police intervened in the investigation, they found that the twists and turns of the case were unimaginable. From the victim to the perpetrator, no one was a good person, and no one was innocent... 593ReadsScoreShelves
  20. How Can I Be the God of Drama in Ten Days? Mystery256k Wordscompleted [Original Zodiac Game] + [Logical Reasoning] + [Decisive Killing] The protagonist Yu Dong explores the mystery of the Ending Land through interesting and thrilling zodiac games. Adopting the form of [Unlimited Streaming] + [Serial Set] + [Golden Finger], The characters' relationships and plot background are succinctly interspersed in the middle. Borrowing elements from the original work "The End of Ten Days", but not sticking to the original work. 593Reads5.8ScoreShelves
  21. 10Th: I'm Ruined by the Soul-Piercing Princess Mystery148k Wordsongoing When Yin Guichen woke up, she found that she had entered a certain four-character novel she had read. "System, what are you good for?" [Oh, my dear host, I believe that with your intelligence, you can explore on your own! So, on the first day in the End, Yin Guichen accidentally voted for Chen Junnan with everyone. The next day, she discovered a certain ability of the system and took away Li Shangwu's eyeballs. On the third day, Qi Xia came to the interview room... From then on, the most stress 592ReadsScoreShelves
  22. Prophecy of Innocence Mystery413k Wordscompleted [Criminal investigation] + [No system, no intelligence] Ten years ago, a perverted killer named Black Face failed to be captured. Ten years later, Black Face made a comeback. If I tell you who the murderer is, can you guess the modus operandi? Who deserves to die and who doesn't deserve to die! The daughter of the White Witch awakens from the darkness, and faces the test of human nature and law. How should she choose? A series of major cases are intertwined. How strong can the black side be? Wha 592Reads7.9ScoreShelves
  23. Accuser Mystery1.3M Wordscompleted Everyone is sentenced to death when he is born, and while he is alive in the world, he is only in the process of executing a suspended sentence. Not following the rules is the greatest respect for the rules, and bringing the murderer to justice is the most perfect interpretation of the law. Money can buy status, but can it buy your own life? Behind the hypocrisy, it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil... 590Reads7.5Score167Shelves
  24. Unnatural Death Mystery177k Wordscompleted Unit case + taboo intangible cultural heritage + no female protagonist + fast pace + plot flow The ancient culture sacrifices the sacred pig; the faceless man performs face-changing stunts; the Nuo opera can be called a hundred ghosts walking at night; the blood society fire that scares the streets; the last roar of the legendary lion awakening! Take you into the bizarre and mysterious case of intangible cultural heritage. 589ReadsScoreShelves
  25. MBTI Large-Scale Execution Site Mystery263k Wordscompleted [Group portrait + all villains + online IQ + constant reversal + pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger + white and black] 16 people, 16 personalities, a killer variety show The rules of the program are simple - If you know other people's personality attributes, you can eliminate them If someone finds out about you, you have to get out. This show is not about who is smarter. Who is better at being "others"? Here, sincerity is a capital crime and acting is the only talisman In order to surv 588ReadsScoreShelves
  26. Urban Crime-Solving Expert, My Colleagues Thought I Was a Rookie Mystery433k Wordscompleted Lin Yuan, a graduate student majoring in criminal investigation, slipped into an unfinished suspense novel and became the most inconspicuous trainee police officer in the police force. The original owner was a well-connected person and couldn't even hold a gun. The whole team was waiting to see his joke. When the old detective identified the murderer based on his experience, Lin Yuan glanced at the scene. "The depth of the shoe prints is wrong. The murderer is ten pounds lighter and his right sh 587ReadsScore103Shelves
  27. Shocked, Miss, She Is the Boss Behind the Scenes! Mystery414k Wordsongoing (The score of the new book will be low because there are not enough people to rate the new book. Readers who like this article can give a five-star review ~ I love you♡) [Genius + strong female + heartthrob + no CP + cool reasoning + unconventional boss] There are rumors in the aristocratic family circle that Ye Chun, the young lady of the Ye family, is the most harmless one among the children of the aristocratic family. But only people in another circle knew that this man looked like an immorta 587Reads7.6Score100Shelves
  28. Don't Bet Money, Just Bet Your Life! Desperate Victory Master Villain Mystery973k Wordsongoing When you have nowhere to go, remember: at least you still have a life! As long as you are alive, you have the most precious capital in the universe - life! As long as you live, you will always have the opportunity to start all over again! Please do not align yourself with any person, thing, object or organization in real life! This book is purely fictitious and any similarity is absolutely impossible! The five-star rating is 95%+. Please do not refer to the new book rating, just read the comment 585Reads9.3ScoreShelves
  29. Kisses, Dear Forensic Lady Mystery327k Wordscompleted A perverted murderer appears in City H. He will use a card to guide them to the murder site every time. The name of the victim is written on the card and the time limit for solving the case. If the time is exceeded, the person on the card will be silenced. What is even more frightening is that this perverted murderer can use extraordinary techniques to kill the victim every time, without any flaws. 584ReadsScoreShelves
  30. Criminal Investigation Ninety-Nine Cases Mystery408k Wordscompleted There is only one truth. Let's see how Shen Rufeng and his colleagues peel off the cocoons and solve each case. The cases are basically based on units. Please support the newcomers and new books. 583Reads5.8ScoreShelves
  31. The Mysterious Murder Case on Triangle Island Mystery266k Wordscompleted Chen Fei went to an island called Triangle Island for vacation during the National Day holiday, but he did not expect that bizarre serial murders occurred on the island. The murderers committed the crimes using different methods and did not leave any evidence. What's even more worrying is that the island's communication equipment is paralyzed, and the yacht is scheduled to return to the island to pick them up three days later. So during this period, how should he find the motive of the murderer? 583ReadsScore105Shelves
  32. Criminal Investigation, I Know Who the Murderer Is Mystery268k Wordsongoing Shen Mobei, a police trainee who just graduated from the police academy and was assigned to a suburban police station. In fact, Shen Mobei was a criminal police officer in the same public security system in 2026. While tracking down a murderer, he was accidentally attacked and sacrificed in an alley. When he woke up, he found that he was reborn as a trainee police officer who had just graduated in 1999 with the same name and surname as him. 582ReadsScore127Shelves
  33. Tianmu: the Live Broadcast of the Tang Dynasty Starts from the Xuanwu Gate! Historical383k Wordscompleted In the seventh year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, a feast was in full swing at Chengqian Hall. The captured Jieli Khan prepared to perform the dance for the umpteenth time, but his heart was numb but he held on to his pride - at least today Li Jing was here, so there was no shame in losing to the God of War. The Supreme Emperor Li Yuan had already faded away from the pain of the death of his two sons. He squinted his eyes and enjoyed the pleasure for a moment. Li Shimin raised a glass to pay 582Reads5.5ScoreShelves
  34. Comprehensive Film and Television to Live up to the Love Mystery2.1M Wordsongoing 1. [Anti-deception] Mi Ruo x Xu Qingyan has finished 2. Choose the SkyChen Changsheng × Murong Zhiyi has finished 3. [Three Lives, Three Worlds and Ten Miles of Peach Blossom] Baizhen × Nan Lingyi has finished 4. Chen Qing LingLan Zhan×Song Ranyi has ended 5. [Autumn Cicada] Lin Xiaozhuang × Xu Lingran has finished 6. [Liu Li] Zhan Huang × Jin Yueyi has finished 7.Zhanhuang×Qiuwuyi has finished 8. Eternal Jue ChenApocalypse × Cang Mingyi has finished 9. [Old Nine Gates, Qixing Lu Palace, Qinling 582ReadsScoreShelves
  35. Strange Murder Case in Big Car Shop Mystery170k Wordsongoing Strange murder cases, men and women in troubled times, grievances and hatreds, and the legend of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. During the Puppet Manchukuo period, there was a Big Butt Mountain on the border of Northern Manchuria. Two semi-circular hills are connected together. The people there are upright and they call them whatever they look like. Forty miles in and out, there is only one big car shop - Big Butt Mountain Inn. In the big kang in the northeast, men and women live together, there ar 581ReadsScoreShelves
  36. My Sickly Sister-In-Law 12k Wordscompleted My sickly sister-in-law 580Reads9.8ScoreShelves
  37. [Turtle Soup] Trainee Detective, Solve the Case Seriously! Mystery321k Wordscompleted [End of full text] [Inference and puzzle solving] *Some contents of the soup base may cause discomfort. Please confirm that you can accept the elements related to red and black soup before reading. When Wu Ling, a trainee detective, woke up, she found that she had been selected for a puzzle game with a very high mortality rate, and two teammates were standing in front of her. One was responsible for being stupid, and the other was responsible for pretending to be crazy. ……I'm getting up so hard, 580Reads6.9Score167Shelves
  38. Dead School Game: the Devil Is Coming Mystery309k Wordsongoing During an ordinary evening self-study, Shen Chuan and his classmates were pulled into the WeChat group by the unfamiliar account "Little Devil". At first, everyone thought it was just an exciting game of grabbing red envelopes and doing punishment. It wasn't until the first loser jumped from the teaching building that they realized that the red envelope was not a reward, but a death contract that they could not refuse. The person who grabs the most must complete the task, and those who disobey 579ReadsScoreShelves
  39. Tang Guizhi's Guarding Team of the Tang Dynasty Mystery182k Wordscompleted This book respects the actual situation of Tang Gui's detective team. There is no time travel, dismantling, or random modification! The book made Su Wuming proud, made Lu Lingfeng proud, and allowed the eldest princess to continue to flourish! Let Pei Xijun make greater contributions to the investigation, and let Cherry be recognized by the court and become the number one spy in the Tang Dynasty! Fei Jishi and Xue Huan also had wonderful performances! All in all, it's fun! In the last book, with 578ReadsScoreShelves
  40. Lead White Bones Mystery128k Wordscompleted A new rouge shop opened in Chang'an East City called "Zhu Yan Gai". Its lipstick is bright and not vulgar, and it will not fade for three days after it is applied on the lips. All the ladies in the city are rushing to buy it. The sale is limited to 20 boxes a day, and there are long queues before dawn. No one knows who the owner is. No one knew that under the stone slab of the well in the backyard, there was a carefully processed female corpse sealed - the skin was corroded and peeled off alive, 577ReadsScore112Shelves
  41. The King of Crime Solving in the City Mysterycompleted I once solved a beheading case in Chinatown. The murderer chopped off the victim's head and dismembered his bones... I once solved a secret room murder case, and the secret room had no exit... I once solved a midnight serial murder case. The murderer committed crimes continuously and killed more than 20 women... My name is Lin Chen, 22 years old, freelancer. Some people call me the car god, some call me the king of extremes, and some call me the all-around genius. However, more people like to ca 576Reads7.9ScoreShelves
  42. You Can't Run Away, so Why Bother! Mystery453k Wordscompleted (20 High-powered brain-burning cases, the criminal police captain and the genius girl work together to solve the case and find out the darkness and warmth of human nature, Romance + Suspense + Reasoning + Psychology + High IQ Perfect Crime + Unit Solving Cases) A new consultant was parachuted into the criminal police team, and everyone was wondering when Shen Zhiyan would force him away. From the beginning "Who are you? I don't know you or are familiar with you." To later "Wanwan, wait for me." 575Reads5.9ScoreShelves
  43. Overtime Work Is Prohibited in My Community Mystery169k Wordscompleted In order to save money, programmer Lin Yue moved into an old community where the rent was ridiculously low. On the night of check-in, I received the first article of the "Owner's Rules": It is forbidden to turn on the lights and work overtime after 10 p. M. If you violate the rules, the elevator will send you to an extra floor. He didn't believe in evil and secretly opened his notebook—— As expected, the elevator stopped at the 13th floor. A neighbor in pajamas stood behind the door and handed h 574ReadsScoreShelves
  44. Logic Trap: I Am Trying to Survive in the Game of Humanity Mystery1.4M Wordscompleted Also known as: "Logic Trap: My Life in the Game of Humanity" [Inhumanity + original copy + brain-burning game + non-horror game survival] Human nature? Sorry, I don't have one! I just want to live! Yu Tu, who was in the late stage of cancer, unexpectedly entered the mysterious divine cage space: ball-sharing game, prisoner's dilemma, who is the undercover... As long as you clear the game, your life will be renewed! In order to survive, fuck humanity! Slowly, Yu Tu himself didn't know whether he 573Reads8.3ScoreShelves
  45. Broken Fire Mystery190k Wordscompleted A murder and rape case occurred in a small industrial town in the north. As the case was solved and the murderer was brought to justice, detective Nie Hao discovered that there was another hidden story behind the case. As the case deepened, the Ding brothers were gradually implicated. The Ding brothers were born in a poor family and had been dependent on each other since childhood. They struggled to live at the bottom of society and desperately hoped to change their fate. However, due to a serie 573ReadsScoreShelves
  46. Congratulations, Sir, You Are Happy Mystery277k Wordscompleted [Traditional ancient sayings + women disguised as men + running with the ball + detective work + no wearing books + no golden fingers] Detective + love, the cases are all in the form of unit dramas. As a posthumous son, Ye Nanfeng was raised by his mother pretending to be a man since he was a child in order to save the family business. At the age of sixteen, he won the election and became the county magistrate of Qingyang County. Li Taichu, a son of an aristocratic family, came to Qingyang Count 573Reads7.4ScoreShelves
  47. Shi Gong Decides the Strange Case Mysterycompleted It mainly tells the story of Shi Shilun, an upright official during the Kangxi period. He first solved a series of headless murder cases while serving as the magistrate of Jiangdu County, and then subdued a group of green forest bandits such as Huang Tianba and He Tianbao, and made them correct their evil ways. Later, with the help of them and other knights in the martial arts world, they punished rape and eliminated evil, and repeatedly solved strange and major cases. 572Reads8.4ScoreShelves
  48. Field of Life and Death Mystery1.1M Wordscompleted An unknown financial officer was involved in a seemingly simple financial fraud case. He pleaded guilty during the public security and prosecutorial stages, but during the public trial, he suddenly changed his previous words. After a battle of words and some evidence, he was acquitted in court. But at the same time, an old case from many years ago was uncovered. He directed and acted all of this himself, in order to bring the unjust case of that year before the public again. 572Reads8.5Score104Shelves
  49. Blood Thorn Rosecriminal Investigation Mystery436k Wordsongoing [The cold forensic doctor who knows the language of corpses well VS the criminal investigation team leader who understands the expressions of living people] One sentence summary: In the process of avenging her father and chasing the murderer, a female forensic doctor joined forces with her true love and repeatedly solved strange cases. Forensic doctor Wen Ruan and criminal investigation captain Rong Yao met for the first time. In each other's eyes, one was a straw bag vase that needed to be ke 571Reads7.8Score102Shelves
  50. I'm a Hunter in Daqian Mystery390k Wordsongoing Traveling through time and becoming an ancient policeman, he encounters a "suicide" case at the beginning. Footprints were extracted from plant ashes, and strangulation marks were detected from mulberry paper—— "This is not hanging, this is murder!" From a police officer to the head of the Criminal Department, from Bai Shen to a sixth-grade official. Granaries were stolen, scholars were killed, families were wiped out, salt merchants were smuggled, official corruption... He solves cases that oth 571ReadsScoreShelves