Crime Stories With a Female Lead Driving the Investigation 女主是破案主力的刑侦文

1. 1 积 The Building Block Game 积木游戏 Dan Dan淡旦Romance451k WordsCompleted Blurb As a female detective, Xing Rou is sharp and decisive, with an uncanny knack for solving cases. Still young, she has already become the captain of her district’s criminal investigation team, with a successful career to show for it. Unfortunately, though Xing Rou is successful at work, she has reached thirty while still single. As a result, her mother never misses a chance to lecture her and drag her to all kinds of matchmaking dinners. On this day, following her mother’s orders as usual, 862Favorites1.7kClicks/ch401Gifts

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   A major serial case, the story and foreshadowing are all resolved, but the story emphasizes the police's human touch and limited capabilities. There aren't many romantic subplots, but the small criminal investigation team has more than one couple.

2. 2 人 A Sea of People 人潮人海 Yu Shanshan余姗姗Romance895k WordsCompleted Blurb: Perhaps the “truth” you believe in isn't true at all. One compromise, and a sleepless night. A heart filled with lofty ideals, cooled by the “realities of the law.” “True heroism is loving life even after seeing what it really is.” Those who hold on to the end aren't necessarily gifted or exceptional. They endure because of their convictions and perseverance. May law enforcement officers always remember: you aren't just handling cases, you're handling other people's lives. Female lead: 8.5kFavorites8.3kClicks/ch17.9kGifts

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   Overall, it's a very engaging crime thriller. The early cases focus more on legal procedures, while the later cases emphasize suspense and deduction, with each case intricately linked. There's virtually no romance.

3. 3 拨 Parting the Clouds to See the Sun [Crime Investigation] 拨云见日[刑侦] A Thin Little One一只薄薄Romance236k WordsCompleted * Blizzard Mountain Villa mystery / two cops / plot-focused / romance comes later * Please add my crime-investigation preorders Winter Sunshine and No Time to Lose to your favorites! * Please visit my profile and click "Follow this Author"! There are two remarkable people in the Qianhai City Public Security System. One is Nie Qinglan, captain of a division at the Municipal Public Security Bureau. Though she is a woman, she can outshine any man in sheer coolness. Dashing and decisive, tough in 3.6kFavorites2.7kClicks/ch2.3kGifts

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   The cases were interestingly set up, but the resolutions were a bit too quick. The female and male leads solved cases together, but thankfully, their romance didn't develop during the investigations.

4. 4 双 Two-Faced [Crime Investigation] 双面人[刑侦] Pudding Yuzu Tea布丁柚子茶Romance277k WordsCompleted Roses and snakes were once close friends, When night falls, they transform into each other. Yukio Mishima Jiang Yang has been extraordinarily strong since childhood, a fearsome force of nature at the police station. But no one knows she has lost nearly a year of her memories. The only thing she can recall is that she seems to owe someone a date. Years later, Jiang Yang is transferred back to Yining City, where she lost her memories, and promoted to captain of the criminal investigation team. As 4.4kFavorites6.8kClicks/ch2kGifts

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   The case is not very rigorous, and the male lead's characterization and the romantic subplot are somewhat cheesy.

5. 5 生 Everlasting 生生不息 Delight in Rivers and Mountains喜河山Multi-Orientation225k WordsCompleted This novel will be complete and go VIP on August 15. The neighboring novel, Human Administrator, is now underway. o(*￣3￣)o In 2001, Tonglin Town is still the poorest town in Pingcheng. There isn’t even a police station here, so people have their own ways of handling problems. Case One: The Bank Robbery (Complete) [About being too poor at home] A couple living on the main street of Tonglin Town makes a big decision: they’re going to steal some money. It’s their first time stealing. They’ve just 7.9kFavorites7kClicks/ch21.2kGifts

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   This is not a traditional crime drama; it focuses on ensemble casts and features a strong sense of local humanism.

6. 6 私 Private Detective Agency [Crime Investigation] 私人侦探事务所[刑侦] Yi Ren Yuan Liang一人元良Romance421k WordsCompleted Among the towering steel-and-concrete buildings, evil quietly takes root in dark corners. A strange family full of lies, a small village where people keep dying, an influencer killed in a bizarre fashion, a bloodstained wedding dress, a corpse that suddenly appears at a tourist site, young people who make a pact to die by suicide, blood lamps that use human blood to pray for blessings, absurd games that demand lives as their price... What lies behind it all? Thirteen years ago, Yun Kai's fathe 1.1kFavorites1.6kClicks/ch555Gifts

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   The female lead is both literate and skilled in martial arts; the cases aren't entirely rigorous but have engaging storylines; and the romance has a somewhat chaotic, love triangle feel.

7. 7 念 Eighteen Years of Longing [Crime Investigation] 念念十八年[刑侦] Shu Ziqing书自清No CP408k WordsCompleted Zhang Mizhen, a top journalist, never dreamed that Qin Zixu, the top student from another class in her grade back in middle school, would find her 18 years after graduation. Zhang had been a top student too, the kind who came second year after year. Qin Zixu became a police officer, and is now an associate professor at the Public Security University. The first thing the top student said when they met was that she needed Zhang's help investigating a case. Zhang stared at her in confusion, then as 2.6kFavorites1.9kClicks/ch6.1kGifts

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   A very exciting crime thriller with no romantic pairing. The cases are intricately linked, and it's rare to find two female leads with so many female supporting characters who work together to solve the cases.

8. 8 花 Flower-Blade and Strong Liquor [Criminal Investigation] 花刀烈酒[刑侦] Xu Lingyue许灵约Romance410k WordsCompleted [One] Xie Yunjin, a cool and handsome police detective with the Linjiang City Criminal Investigation Brigade, is both strong and skilled in combat. Jiang Xuan, the Linjiang City Criminal Investigation Brigade's forensic pathologist, is a charming scoundrel, yet deeply devoted and possess 10.6kFavorites14.3kClicks/ch3.9kGifts

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   The case itself is quite straightforward. The early romantic subplot was too awkward; the male and female leads flirted at the crime scene, their colleagues gossiped about their relationship like middle school students, and there was even a scene where the male lead pressured the female lead into agreeing to a date by withholding case clues.

9. 9 歧 Crossroads 歧路 Retreating Halberd退戈Romance354k WordsCompleted He Chuan Zhou has that dream again. In it, a young man faces down everyone’s doubts, brimming with confidence and speaking with swagger: “I’m going to be a people’s police officer!” She thinks he’s ridiculous. She’s nothing like him. All she wants is to make money. Fifteen years pass, and everyone has grown up. Reunited after years apart, he sits in a car, dressed in a suit and tie. A cigarette he hasn’t lit hangs from his lips. He looks as if he’s grinding his teeth, but his eyes flick slight 104kFavorites153.8kClicks/ch119.7kGifts

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   The story is touching and captivating, bringing tears to many eyes in its many parts.

10. 10 每 Every Time I Wake Up, I'm a Suspect 每次醒来都成了嫌疑人 Xu Xiaomiao徐小喵Romance632k WordsCompleted [Complete] Jiang Tianyu, an active-duty special police officer, was gravely injured during a mission and fell into a coma. When she opened her eyes again, she was surprised to find herself in an unfamiliar body and a suspect in a serious criminal case. Before she could figure out what was going on, she got caught up in a hospital hostage situation. Before anyone could react, the knife-wielding criminal had been knocked to the ground. The person pinning him down was none other than a critically i 102.3kFavorites151.8kClicks/ch86kGifts

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    One case highlighted the minor's "active" seduction/"mental control" of the crime and the adult's indifference to the crime, while the adult's responsibility to the minor was glossed over, which is very disturbing.

11. 11 警 Police Soul [Criminal Investigation] 警魂[刑侦] Xu Xiaomiao徐小喵Romance534k WordsCompleted Su Yan, codename “Spider,” was a special forces soldier who died during a joint military-police operation across the border. When she woke up, she had become a young policewoman of the same name in Nancheng City, still on probation. As a veteran detective, Jiang Li could not stand mentoring interns, especially pampered, delicate female interns from w 125.5kFavorites365.3kClicks/ch105kGifts

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    The crime-solving is good, but the romance is so-so. The male lead is the female lead's superior, and his possessive behavior in the workplace goes a bit too far.

12. 12 雷 Thunder Operations [Crime Investigation] 雷霆行动[刑侦] Xu Xiaomiao徐小喵Romance598k WordsCompleted [Complete] After disappearing for years, He Shu has just returned to the country when she takes over the notorious mess at the Jinghuai City Public Security Bureau. Everyone is waiting to see her make a fool of herself, but then... Holy crap, Captain He solved another case?! As one major case after another, both old and new 68.9kFavorites131.8kClicks/ch64.1kGifts

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    The romance plot takes a bit off, but the crime-solving is alright.

13. 13 黑 The Black Leather Book [Crime Investigation] 黑皮书[刑侦] Wild Times Ghost野次鬼Romance440k WordsCompleted * My other novel, The Turn-of-the-Century Lantern Office, is currently updating... * This is not a fast-paced, feel-good story. Take your time and read it slowly. * Thanks to the cover artist, Miss Jenny. Hotheaded Female Detective VS Scheming Male Lawyer Next door to the Yin family home, three families have lived in townhouse No. 41: One was wiped out to the last member, one was burdened with a blood debt, and one could see the future. She became family to the first, sisters with the second, 29.2kFavorites27.7kClicks/ch21.5kGifts

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    The writing style is quite unique, prioritizing character emotions over crime-solving. However, I didn't particularly like the romance; the relationship wasn't established beforehand, and the emphasis on the woman's first time while completely drunk was really off-putting.

14. 14 罪 Criminal Investigation 罪案调查[刑侦] Qingyun Xiao Shi清韵小尸Romance611k WordsCompleted Donglan City is rife with intrigue, and brutal murders keep happening one after another. More than a decade ago, a fortune-teller used his own life as a chess piece, laying down layer upon layer of demonic traps. A few years ago, a wax sculptor used women as materials to create human wax figures, committing a series of horrifying crimes. The struggle between light and darkness has never ceased. Generation after generation, police officers have fought these evils and brought the criminals to just 27.7kFavorites37.1kClicks/ch27.9kGifts

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    The case is novel and interesting, but the romantic subplot mixed into the superior-subordinate relationship feels awkward.

15. 15 空 The Hollow-Phase Hourglass [Crime Investigation] 空相沙漏[刑侦] Chu He'er初禾二Romance803k WordsCompleted Eight-year-old Hai Shu ran along the river by the old factory, proudly telling a little boy that she would become an international superstar. At the tail end of summer, she reluctantly said goodbye to the boy all the way home. But it wasn't until he walked her to her door that they finally said, "Goodbye." She thought they would see each other again soon. But the day she left the old factory, the wings of misfortune stirred up a storm, sweeping them and the people they had forgotten into its pat 19.6kFavorites24.8kClicks/ch22.7kGifts

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    It's very good, with many outstanding female characters.

16. 16 失 After Losing My Memory, I Became the Police Department's Secret Ace 失忆后我在警局当隐藏王牌[刑侦] Qi Qi Sheng七七笙Romance296k WordsCompleted [I'm participating in a writing contest~ Please send this little angel some nutrition drinks] [1] One day, a female detective transferred to the Beihai Criminal Investigation Team. Rumor had it that she had excelled at police academy, and after graduation, she joined the criminal investigation team and became a renowned star detectiv 4.4kFavorites8.3kClicks/ch1.3kGifts

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17. 17 野 Wildfire Never Dies [Crime Investigation] 野火烧不尽[刑侦] Fifty Strings五十弦声Romance389k WordsCompleted [The sequel, Silver Snowline, is available for pre-order in my collection. Feel free to add it to your list if you're interested. Both stories have happy endings.] * To keep the city safe, I had no choice but to get together with my nemesis, who has Conan's knack for attracting trouble. "My name is Xie Qingfei. I'm 28, female, and interested in men. I'm a police officer at the Tianning Branch of Shengzhou Public Security Bureau. My work is busy, but my income is stable. I get regular checkups, 6.3kFavorites10.4kClicks/ch3kGifts

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    A rare find among crime novels that also boasts a significant amount of romance and is well-written. The male lead even knows how to use his mouth? Thumbs up! The cases are also meticulously designed.

18. 18 银 Silver Snowline [Crime Investigation] 银色雪线[刑侦] Fifty Strings五十弦声Romance438k WordsCompleted *To keep the city safe, she has no choice but to get back together with her ex, who has Conan-level misfortune following him everywhere. The third time she runs into Wei Cheng while investigating a case, Xie Qingfei finally snaps. "Why is it always you?" Wei Cheng suggests, "Why don't we get back together? You know how trouble follows me everywhere. If we're together, you could at least save the commute and go straight to the crime scene." Xie Qingfei: "Superstition is fake." Wei Cheng: "But wa 2.8kFavorites3.9kClicks/ch2.2kGifts

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    The fourth case was a bit too disturbing, but overall it was still very good, and the romance was cute.

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