Crime-Solving Expert

At the turn of the millennium, Chen Ran joined the Rong City Public Security Bureau, becoming the first woman to lead a criminal investigation squad there.

Chen Ran is a top mathematics graduate, well versed in law and fingerprint analysis, and skilled in both scholarship and combat. She solved one major case after another from the time she started as a neighborhood police officer, becoming a legendary female detective in Rong City in just one year.

After transferring to the city bureau, Chen Ran quickly won over her subordinates. On her second day on the job, she took over a baffling missing-person case.

The case was tangled in countless clues. Under Chen Ran's leadership, the detectives of Squad Five finally found the thread amid the confusing evidence and brought the real culprit to light.

After solving the disappearance, Squad Five of the Rong City Criminal Investigation Unit made a name for itself. Colleagues from other regions even came to ask for help, bringing a succession of bizarre cases:

A wealthy family's daughter-in-law drowns while traveling. She has given birth to two sons but never registered her marriage, and owns two companies. Was it murder or an accident?

A dog owner walks their pet by the river, and the dog drags a truck driver's jacket out of the bushes, uncovering a tangled web of resentment between the driver, a transport company, and a construction site. How did the driver die? And where did the missing steel go?

A psoriasis patient is involved in a car accident. The two families get into a fight over who was at fault, leaving several people seriously injured. Did the victim die of illness or in the crash?

A real-life case of switched-at-birth heiresses and a mystery involving twin DNA tests: one princess grew up in luxury while the other was raised in hardship. Who killed the head of the family? Was it one of the two, or someone else?

With the New Year approaching, two hundred pigs at a pig farm die of poisoning, causing devastating losses. The pig farmer sees everyone as a suspect. Could it be a relative with whom he had a financial dispute, a competitor, a friend, or someone who owed him money...?

This is the second installment in the completed series From Neighborhood Cop to Crime-Solving Expert. It's a case-of-the-week detective story, and a brand-new story in its own right. You don't need to have read the first installment to enjoy it.

If you're interested in the protagonist, Chen Ran, you may want to read From Neighborhood Cop to Crime-Solving Expert. It can be considered this book's prequel, following the heroine's growth from an unknown neighborhood police officer into an outstanding detective.

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