Hunting Killers in the 1990S

Coming soon, please add to your reading list: A Great Forensic Pathologist Emerges from the Village [1990s Crime Investigation] and The Great Nation’s Trials, 1980 Synopsis: A consultant named Shen Siling is parachuted into the Bin’gang City Public Security Bureau. She spends her days doing odd jobs and tailing suspects with veteran detectives, and nobody thinks she can accomplish much. Shen Siling thinks so too. She just wants to coast through the days. Who would have thought that in her very first case, she would identify the victim at a glance and earn a permanent position as a bona fide criminal investigation consultant? While others assume she is merely lucky or has connections, Shen Siling goes on to solve one major case after another, earning commendations and honors from the provincial department. Everyone on the criminal investigation team: She solved another case?! Is she coasting, or trying to put us out of work? Shen Siling is at a loss, repeatedly turning down the bureau leaders’ invitations to join the criminal investigation team. She really is only helping the original owner of this body get by. What should she do? At this rate, she’ll make the Bin’gang City bureau’s case-clearance rate number one! How does Shen Siling solve cases? She doesn’t think it’s hard. Because she can [ask the dead directly]. She summons the victim’s spirit and asks about the killer’s appearance, motive, time and place of the crime, murder weapon, accent, and even their last words... Shen Siling: Is this supposed to be hard? When a captured murderer refuses to confess, Shen Siling even offers the suspect end-of-life care: Hey, the victim sends their regards. Want to see them? Murderer: !!! No! Don’t come near me! After Shen Siling solves one major case after another, the provincial department takes notice and hands her the hardest, most baffling, and strangest cases. Let’s see what she can do. Before long, criminals flee from her like mice from a cat. Domestic and international media clamor to report on her, police academy cadets take her as their role model, and the applause and flowers never stop. For her incredible speed in solving cases, keen eye for crime scenes, and unmatched involvement in difficult cases, Shen Siling is named the “Black Panther of Criminal Investigation” by the Ministry of Public Security, becoming the nation’s brightest star detective. Holding her trophy, Shen Siling is baffled: ...I really only wanted to keep the original owner alive a little longer. How did I become a criminal investigation big shot? 1. This story centers on fighting crime. Neither the protagonist nor the original owner has an official position; she is a consultant, ostensibly for protection. 2. All cases are original and take place in a fictional parallel world. Only the material conditions and feel of daily life in the 1990s are retained. 3. For clarity, all institutions use generic settings and are not intended to represent any real organizations or people. 4. The focus is on solving cases, promoting science, opposing superstition, and the principle that fighting crime is everyone’s responsibility. 2025/9/13 The character art cards were gifted by my lovely readers. They’re adorable, so just enjoy looking at them. Coming soon: A Great Forensic Pathologist Emerges from the Village [1990s Crime Investigation] Forensic expert Lin Qiushi transmigrates to the 1980s. Her stepbrother takes the factory job her father left behind, while her stepmother tries to force her to marry a disabled man. After arriving, Lin Qiushi first stirs up trouble until her stepbrother loses his job, then joins the forensic department, a post nobody wants, as a forensic assistant. Her stepmother laughs with delight, calling her a fool. In those days, forensic work is considered bad luck. The job carries little status, and criminal investigations rely above all on witness statements. Local leaders doubt Lin Qiushi’s abilities, and she is ostracized as soon as she arrives. Luckily, she has modern forensic knowledge. While others examine external injuries, she runs diatom tests. She uses ABO blood types and microscopic hair analysis to identify suspects, and builds a simple ultraviolet lamp to detect semen stains. With a range of improvised methods, she reproduces the capabilities of modern technology. Before long, Lin Qiushi is not only helping solve criminal cases, but also proposing a national database for unidentified bodies and promoting standardized modern investigative procedures. She moves beyond solving cases to building a criminal investigation system. In just three years, she goes from a forensic assistant whom everyone suspects of slacking off to a star case solver. She eventually becomes a senior criminal investigation expert at the Ministry of Public Security and writes Modern Forensic Techniques and Case Studies, which becomes a bible for future forensic professionals. Lin Qiushi turns the impossible into reality and transforms unresolved cases into ironclad proof. Though her scalpel is cold, it lets silent victims identify their true killers. Coming soon, Book 2: The Great Nation’s Trials, 1980 In her previous life, Xiao Ya was an ATM for her parents and younger brother. She handed over all her savings, only to be cruelly abandoned when she became seriously ill and bedridden, simply because she was a girl. A kind stranger takes her to the hospital, and people from all walks of life join forces to save her. In that moment, she sees the true nature of human relationships. Reborn, Xiao Ya comes to her senses and decides to live life to the fullest. She breaks away from her birth family and, thanks to her ability to write, becomes a poor little court clerk. Alongside local judges, she takes turns carrying the national emblem through the mountains and across the fields, bringing courts to remote villages and fairness and justice to every household. The law is her faith. Day after day, she teaches farmers about the law, handles cases, and resolves disputes, from petty everyday squabbles to bloody major crimes. From court clerk to renowned senior judge, Judge Xiao, who receives a special national commendation, steadfastly protects the scales of justice deep within her soul. Circuit court is more than cold legal clauses: it is a warm safeguard for the vulnerable. As kindness from her past life reaches out to her, she picks up the baton and bravely passes that warmth on. 2026/8/11 Theme: As long as you’re alive, there is hope!