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The Island Incident in the Era of Secret Room Madness

(japan) Kamozaki Stove

159K01

[The sequel to the 20th "This Mystery Novel is Amazing!" Bunko Awards! The crazy secret room feast officially begins! ]Due to the judicial pronouncement that "the unsolved proof of a secret room has the same effect as the suspect's alibi", Japan has become a country where innocence can be guaranteed as long as the scene is a secret room, and secret room murders have become rampant since then. One of Japan's few richest people, Dai Tomohara Sodai, bought the "Golden Web Island" of mystery writer Richard Moore and invited secret room enthusiasts to participate in the "Secret Room Conspiracy Game". However, the game quickly got out of control. The only submarine cable that could contact the outside world was destroyed. Thirteen people were trapped on an isolated island. Murders in secret rooms continued to occur! The strange doll left next to the body proves that the leading killer of the secret room era is hiding among everyone. This time, there will be a peak showdown between the locked-room killer and the locked-room enthusiasts. Who will survive?

Long Live Homeland

Long Live Homeland

General Fiction

Cai Chehai

127K0

This is an epic and magnificent novel. Through the legendary life of Zhao Chang, the half-ruler of Sanchuan, it shows the historical changes of Western Hunan for more than two hundred years from the Qing Dynasty to the present day. The novel has a jumping structure and poetic language. It takes the big narrative of the upper class in Western Hunan as its warp and the small narrative of the various life styles in Xiangxi as its weft. It describes the unique myths and legends, folk tales, folk customs and customs of the Xiangxi nation. History and legend, reality and fantasy are combined, the warp and weft are intertwined, and the colors are colorful. It creates a paradise-like home, which embodies the author's simple political ideals, critical consciousness, social responsibility and feelings for his family and country.

Bay Area Sycamore

Bay Area Sycamore

General Fiction

Tiansu

183K0

Taking Hong Kong businessman Chen Huaixi as the main line, it tells the story of his family relationship that was in crisis after he failed to do business in Hong Kong. When he was desperate, he crossed the Luohu Bridge and came to Shenzhen to start a new business. He met a group of like-minded friends and also encountered some scammers and criminals. After hard work, he learned from the failure and finally succeeded with the joint efforts of his mainland colleagues. At the same time, it also created characters such as Li Shouxin, a veteran party member who is enthusiastic about poverty alleviation, and Tian Chun, who relied on his own hands to gain a foothold in Shenzhen.

Fatal Romance

Fatal Romance

General Fiction

Tan Ying

170K0

Mystery writer Gao Xingzhi, who is good at poetry, received daily novels. The murder cases in the novel seemed to be performed simultaneously in real life: Mystery playwright Miao Ruofeng died abnormally, and his ex-husband, well-known director Gu Zhenghui, seemed to be suspicious. At the same time, Gao Xingzhi met Ling Yu, a girl who also loved poetry and reasoning. The two hit it off, and an old incident quietly surfaced. The clues to solve the last two murder cases are actually contained in tea leaves and poems respectively; and poems and tea have also become sources of nourishment for the characters' life growth. In just eight days, what kind of thrilling encounters did Gao Xingzhi and Ling Yu experience and achieve a life-changing transformation?

Kim Stanley Robinson Short Stories (world Science Fiction Masters Series)

(uk)kim Stanley Robinson

308K0

Venice is flooded, the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima misses its target, and a crappy translator solves the feud of aliens... Kim Stanley Robinson uses more than 20 superbly conceived and beautifully written stories in this book as a carrier, and uses the experiences of men, women, children, earthlings, and aliens to explore issues such as justice, responsibility, and environment with readers through worlds that are either simple and real or bizarre.

Dying Inside (world Science Fiction Masters Series)

(us)robert Silverberg

134K0

David Selig's life can be described as ordinary, with no job and no lover. However, he possesses a God-given superpower - he is born with the ability to read other people's minds. This ability to be both a gift and a curse shaped his character and personality. Now in middle age, his ability to read minds has gradually diminished over time. He tried hard to maintain his control over reality, but had to accept the fact that his heart was dying...

The Lord of All Things (world Science Fiction Masters Series)

(germany) Andreas Eshbach

338K01

His name is Hiroshi, a genius boy hiding in downtown Tokyo. Seeing his mother working hard, he determined to research robots so that the poor would no longer suffer. Childhood dreams are always naive. However, there are some paths that once taken, there is no turning back. Continuous setbacks forced him to bow to reality. But at this time, the "reality" had been torn open by him, and slight changes had taken place... Hongji discovered that someone had already done what he was doing, and it was successful. Relying on this divine connection separated by billions of years, he realized magical technology that can only be found in science fiction novels, and at the same time, he also revealed the huge secret behind this technology that involves the world and even the entire universe.

Neanderthal Trilogy: Human (world Science Fiction Masters Series)

I

184K01

This is the second part of the "Neanderthal Trilogy". In the first part, Ponte Bodit, a Neanderthal from a parallel world, finally returns to his world after experiencing a series of events in the world of Homo sapiens. In this book, under the leadership of Ponte, a quantum channel is established that stably connects the two worlds. The two sides of the parallel world began full contact. As both sides gradually understand each other's culture, technology and social structure, conflicts and conflicts inevitably arise. Ponte was overjoyed to reunite with biologist Maria Vaughn, and rekindled a small flame between the two. However, facing the separation of species and even the distance between parallel worlds, where will the two go in the future...

Records of Psychoanalysis on Earth (world Science Fiction Masters Series)

J

100K0

Humanity has reached a dead end on the road of evolution. People are afraid of social interaction and have lost their emotions. They are like walking zombies. Even if they lose their loved ones, they can only pray to "God" to give them the ability to grieve. Only by defeating the "gods" can humans regain their original emotions and dignity. So, the heroes set out towards the five statues of gods that ruled the world. However, the heroic epic movement changes tone midway and takes on a nightmarish color. "Is it the world that is crazy, or myself?" When people even have doubts about the world they live in, only by knowing the truth can they maintain themselves. But where is the truth...

Absolute Diagnosis: a Collection of Jiang Bo's Short and Medium Science Fiction Novels (chinese Science Fiction Cornerstone Series)

Jiang Bo

258K02

This book is a personal collection of science fiction novels by science fiction writer Jiang Bo. It contains twelve outstanding science fiction short and medium-length works in the past ten years. Many articles in the anthology involve genes, evolution, biological modification and other popular biotechnology topics. Through his own thinking, the author brings his own views to readers when facing the moral dilemmas and ethical issues caused by these related issues. At the same time, it can also trigger readers to think more deeply about this series of issues.

Sixteen Strategies for City Defense (world Fantasy Masters Series)

I

167K01

From slave to craftsman, from craftsman to colonel of the regiment, Orhan could never have imagined that his rise and rise was just because fate wanted him to save the entire empire by himself. The building is about to fall, but it cannot be held up. A meager strength requires a fulcrum, and a small but broad vision requires an engineer's mind.

Nebula Xiii: Cyberland ("nebula" Series of Books)

Deng Siyuan Jiang Bo Et Al.

141K0

"Nothing": Deng Siyuan, time and space are intertwined, the music subsides, and faith is rekindled. An unknown melody illuminates the abject life of composer Walter. "Other": Wang Yuan, alien creatures have come from afar, and people on Earth have taken great pains to communicate with them. However, language is a bridge of friendship and may also be a weapon of aggression. "Red Veil Star": Wang Yanzhong, a strange gauze enveloped Pluto, and two explorers accidentally lost contact. The universe that humans do not understand is vast and mysterious beyond imagination... "Cyber ​​Peach Blossom": Jiang Bo, humans uploaded to the Taoyuan world, but differences and conflicts still followed one after another. Destruction is imminent. After the crisis, will there be new life?

Halo: the Ace of Spades Trilogy

(us) Kelly Gay

374K0

The set contains 3 volumes of "Halo: Smoke and Shadow", "Halo: Renegade" and "Halo: Point of Light".

Halo: Point of Light

Halo: Point of Light

General Fiction

(us) Kelly Gay

152K0

The "Ace of Spades" group set out again. With the Creator Key obtained from the ruins of the Forerunners on Earth, they decided to follow the guidance of the think tank leader and complete the unfinished business of the Forerunners. This time, their destination is the Forerunner's ultimate weapon, the Halo. This journey is by no means smooth sailing. ONI, the Office of Naval Intelligence, issued a desperate arrest warrant for the "Ace of Spades", and everyone suddenly became the target of public criticism across the galaxy. The Halo Ruins are also full of dangers, and they are racing against life at every moment. Danger is everywhere, and the crew of the "Ace of Spades" are forced to disperse and embark on their own journeys, facing the most difficult choices in life. The gears of history began to turn, cruel secrets were revealed step by step, and "Ace of Spades" ushered in the darkest moment before dawn. Will this be their last voyage or the prelude to a new journey?

Halo: Renegade

Halo: Renegade

General Fiction

(us) Kelly Gay

151K0

After being attacked by the Sangheili and experiencing pain, the "Ace of Spades" set off again and continued its adventure. In order to retaliate against ONI, the Office of Naval Intelligence, Wan Forge and his team took away the Forerunner mechanical wreckage that ONI found at the edge of the universe. This made the "Ace of Spades" completely the target of public criticism. All forces want to possess the Forerunner technology represented by this mechanical body and master the secrets hidden behind it. For this reason, they hunt down Wren and his party at all costs. To everyone's surprise, this Forerunner mechanical wreckage is not dead. It contains the consciousness of the guardian "Guilty Spark", and now, it plans to make a deal with "Ace of Spades". The dusty secret history of the universe is slowly revealed in front of Rui En and his party. It seems that everyone's destiny has already been written among the stars, waiting for this moment of intersection and convergence...

Halo: Smoke and Shadow

Halo: Smoke and Shadow

General Fiction

(us) Kelly Gay

71K0

"Find, possess, profit." In a galaxy littered with technological debris after the war, scavengers take this as their motto. Wren Forge, the captain of the scavenger spaceship "Ace of Spades", has a fanatical passion for interstellar adventure and is well-known among the scavenger community. However, there is another purpose behind her career, which is to find the whereabouts of her father, whose life and death have been uncertain since childhood. During a scavenging operation, when the Ace of Spades recovered the wreckage of a UNSC cruiser, Wren got her first clue about her father, which ignited the hope she had extinguished for many years. What happened to the "Spirit of Fire" where her father served back then? There seems to be a huge mystery hidden behind this, involving the competition between many forces. The "Ace of Spades" group embarked on a very dangerous mission in their scavenging career...

Halo: "ace of Spades" Series (set of 2 Books)

(us) Kelly Gay

221K0

The set contains 2 volumes, including "Halo: Smoke and Shadow" and "Halo: Renegade".

Clear the Clouds

Clear the Clouds

General Fiction

Tang Que

246K0

Decades ago, Tang Yiyi, a rebellious girl from the Tang clan, met the three most important men in her life. Different people form different intersections in Tang Yiyi's life and extend into millions of branches. The rivers and lakes are undercurrent, and people's hearts are unpredictable. Tang Yiyi is both a chess player and a chess piece of others. I thought it was the most ordinary accident in life, but years later, the truth turned out to be confusing, and it was no accident. She spent her whole life calculating and strategizing, pushing forward the torrent of the times, and was also swept by the torrent, like a huge wave entering the sea, and finally calmed down.

Our Sweet Little Time

Our Sweet Little Time

General Fiction

Vast

511K8.910

[Childhood sweetheart·Nurture system. A meeting when we were young, we will see each other day and night, year after year, and we will see each other forever! ]Entrusted by others, Chief Zhou brought his old friend's daughter from the countryside back to the military compound and raised her with his son Zhou Zheng, the demon king. The little girl is weak and has a naughty temper. Commander Zhou worries about her being bullied by his son every day. Until one day, he saw Zhou Zheng, who had a bad temper and was unhappy with everyone, squatting at the door to coax the little girl. He had a low eyebrow and was very patient. He wished he could conjure up a big tail and wag it to Zhao Xiaoyang on the spot. He was relieved. When he first heard that Zhao Xiaoyang was his legendary fiancée, Zhou Zheng sneered: "With her but without me." Later, when he saw other boys confessing to Zhao Xiaoyang, the jealousy in his heart still spread unknowingly. But when he understood his heart, the little girl had grown up and left him to go abroad. Four years later, Zhao Xiaoyang returned to China with great glory, and the two familiar yet unfamiliar people met again - falling in love, growing up, and facing the impact of their careers together. They were a match made in heaven, and they both grew from ignorance as teenagers to radiance. "No one can separate us. I will be with you in this life." "From today on, I, Zhou Zheng, will be your family." "Every day I meet you is the most beautiful time."

Late Arrival Mr. Zhou

Late Arrival Mr. Zhou

General Fiction

You Zhiyu

563K9.451

Childhood sweethearts who grew tired of each other, Jian Cheng transformed from Zhou Yufeng's rib into a piece of chicken rib, becoming the femme fatale and vicious female supporting character in his story. Later, the two broke off their engagement, and everyone was waiting to see her laugh. She turned around and married her ex-fiancé's brother-in-law, that unattainable and noble man who no one dared to touch. Jian Cheng saved Zhou Tingyan once and begged him twice. The first time Zhou Yufeng wanted to regret the marriage, she asked Zhou Tingyan to help her stay. The second time she wanted to regret the marriage, she asked Zhou Tingyan to help her regain her freedom. Zhou Tingyan said that there are only three things that can be done, and the life-saving grace can only fulfill her three wishes, so for the third time... Jian Cheng: "Brother-in-law, are you in need of a wife?"

Skirt

Skirt

General Fiction

Aspirin

138K04

[Sweet Pet + Secret Love + Youthful Campus] A word-of-mouth work by the popular author Aspirin, super sweet secret love, two-way rush to campus, scheming and handsome, detail-oriented academic master VS gentle, tough and straight-ball girl. From the time I started yearning for marriage, I only wanted you, Liang Yuewan, to marry me. Before school started, Xue Yu promised his father that he would take good care of Liang Yuewan. Childhood sweethearts live under the same roof, often fighting and arguing, but they are still people who accompany each other for a long time in their beautiful youth. Liang Yuewan always felt that Xue Yu was always angry for no reason, but she didn't understand why he was angry. At this age, why else could it be?

Grass and Trees

Grass and Trees

General Fiction

Old Vine

211K0

"Grass and Trees" is a novel with realistic themes written by the famous writer Lao Teng. This book focuses on the revitalization and development of Xuli Village, a village that evolved from a post station in the Qing Dynasty. It tells the story of how cadres "I", Shao Zhentian and others led the villagers under the guidance of the Party's rural revitalization strategy to develop industries according to local conditions, promote the creative transformation and innovative development of the post station culture in China's excellent traditional culture, and create the Post Road·Meet Culture and Tourism integration project, which finally brought about earth-shaking changes in the village and put it on the road to health and prosperity. The novel has strong characteristics of the Northeastern border region. It explores new artistic qualities and updates narrative experience in the profound tradition of local literature, and embodies "the enterprising spirit of the Chinese nation that is upright rather than conservative, and respects the past rather than retrospecting."

Cold Water Boiling

Cold Water Boiling

General Fiction

Meng Yu

227K0

A suicide incident occurred in a small coastal town that shocked the whole city. Leng Xiaer, a sophomore girl in high school, took advantage of the procuratorate's legal education in the school and committed suicide in public to announce to the world that there was bullying hidden inside this seemingly glamorous school. The director "suicided" in front of the prosecutor. This small stone immediately stirred up a thousand waves. Unindicted prosecutor Zhong Ran intervened in the investigation in advance and jointly handled the case with the police. During the school inspection visit, a young man named Lu Xiaoyang came into Zhong Ran's sight. He is a genius boy recognized by Leng Xiaer's classmates, teachers and students. His actions are mysterious, like a whistler, leading Zhong Ran through the fog. During the stalemate, Lu Xiaoyang was made a rape suspect; Shang Wenwen drowned while filming an underwater commercial; during the trial, the sound of Leng Xiaer's suicide video was accidentally eliminated... And Zhong Ran's younger brother jumped off the cliff where Leng Xiaer committed suicide ten years ago...

Snow in February

Snow in February

General Fiction

Xue Xijun

210K0

Snow in February is a style painting full of a touch of nostalgia of a northeastern town. It is an aria steeped in love and hate, and about a woman who has tasted the warmth and coldness of the world. The protagonist Bi Xingbo has a bad fate, but she is kind and tenacious. The two childhood playmates who grew up together with Bi Xingbo have always been entangled in their relationship. They don't want to hurt each other, but life is like a vine, tightly intertwining these three women who are not siblings - for this reason, they struggle, they resist, they howl, but in the end they still cannot escape their fate. Destiny is like a witch casting a spell... The three women trembled in labor pains, searched in confusion, gained or lost in the search.

Nuanyangli

Nuanyangli

General Fiction

Xue Xijun

206K0

It describes a family fleeing from famine in Shandong, with its fathers Liu Shichang, Liu Changhe, Guan Laowu, and Ding Dazhuang as representatives of an era; Liu Zhenzhen, Liu Zhuzhu, Zhou Lina, etc., And the working team in the village as representatives of an era. Their sense of self-responsibility and perseverance for the rural areas to get rid of poverty and become rich, for the revitalization and development of the countryside, are a force of this era and a powerful attack on the impetuosity and profit supremacy of some people today.

Chronicles of the Four Seasons: Contemporary Women's Identity Perceptions

Who

305K0

Wei Jia, a single mother who was living in embarrassment, used the photos and personal information of her old friend Hu Pan to run self-media and began to make money. Hu Pan, who was in trouble with his own marriage and his parents' marriage, knew nothing about it until he was reminded by his cousin Li Ming one day that he discovered the matter. When she discovered that this person was actually Wei Jia, she was at the most painful low point in her life, and she asked Wei Jia to help her. The two temporarily reached an agreement to help their respective lives. Wei Jia gradually realized his mistake and would rather give up everything and start over, but Hu Pan used a fabricated online identity to game his life and go further and further on the road of self-exile. When divorce, unemployment, separation of family and friendship all came, they went through the longest detour in their adult lives, going through troughs, and finally accepted their inner desires and fears, touched the subtleties and boundaries of human nature, and made the right choices again. In the end, he jointly started a new business with his old friend Yuan Bufan and Wei Jia's cousin Yan Zhen. Friends who have rediscovered friendship, love and family live the most beautiful lives in each other's eyes.

I'm the Sorceress

I'm the Sorceress

General Fiction

The Girl Who Swallowed Ghosts

2.5M8.837

On the night when she returned home to inherit the shroud shop, Bai Zhou was murdered... From the moment she came back from the dead, she was involved in a series of strange and gloomy cases. The dead old woman walks through the mourning hall; the ghosts of the dead are scrambling to find a substitute; the ghost temple in the mountains kills people; the evil spirits cry out for injustice when singing Bao Gong's opera... Let's watch Bai Zhou learn the five Taoist skills of "mountain, medicine, fortune-telling, fortune-telling, and divination" to survive in the rampant mystery.

Thriller: I Only Sell Haunted Houses

Nicholas Dog Egg

1.5M7.735

Rooms where abnormal deaths occur are collectively called haunted houses. Haunted houses are divided into two types, one is the "Green House" and the other is the "Red House". It would be fine if a living person lived in the Green House, but if a living person lived in the Red House, they would definitely die. I work as a real estate agent, and I accidentally sold a red house. After that, something terrible happened to me...

Yin Yang Embroidery

Yin Yang Embroidery

General Fiction

Zhongnanshan Luoluo

2.3M0

There are two types of embroidery, the common one on the market is Yang embroidery, and the other is Yin embroidery. And my story begins with Yinxiu...

The First Immortal of the City

Northwest Wolf

2.3M016

Chen Yuan: "I am not targeting anyone. You who think you can be my enemy are all ants."

The Lord of the Rings: Trilogy

H

955K0

"There are only two types of people in the English-speaking world, one is those who have read "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", and the other are those who are ready to read them." The foundation work of Western fantasy literature, the original novel of the "Lord of the Rings" series of Hollywood epic productions and Oscar-winning movies, has been best-selling around the world for seventy years, with a total sales volume of more than 150 million copies. The famous fantasy literature writer and translator Zhu Xueheng has translated the classic and lovingly wrote the introduction to the new edition. For the first time, it includes more than 30 precious illustrations drawn by the author Tolkien. The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is a fantasy epic masterpiece by the great British writer J. R. R. Tolkien, including "The Lord of the Rings", "The Two Cities" and "The Return of the King". The story tells the story of Frodo, a carefree hobbit boy who inherits a ring, only to discover that it is the One Ring forged by the Dark Lord Sauron, which has the power to enslave the whole world. Under the guidance of Gandalf, Frodo and elves, dwarves, hobbits, rangers, and humans formed an expedition to throw the Lord of the Rings into the Crater of Doom and destroy it. Sauron has sent black knights to search for the ring, and the Ring has strong corrosive power that will distort the wearer's mind. Can the power of good defeat the temptation of evil? This is a touching story about survival and courage, about fighting against darkness to the death for a bright future for mankind.

Julius' World

Julius' World

General Fiction

(secret) Alfredo Bliss Echenique

351K0

One of the most interesting and delicate novels in the history of Latin American literature, it depicts the upper class society of Lima, the capital of Peru, through the eyes of a child, recalling the past with its delicate brushstrokes. The novel "The World of Julius" is a famous work by Bliss Echenik. This autobiographical work, by describing the life experience of the young protagonist Julius in his family and lower society, shows how the childlike innocence with all kinds of beautiful ideas about the adult world is gradually distorted and falls into the hollow of despair and loneliness. Julius was born into a well-off family and grew up under the love of his family. This experience also made him gradually marginalized in the upper class society to which he belonged. He emotionally identifies with the people at the bottom and is more willing to accept their values, but sadly, he is also a marginal figure in this world. The adult world has implanted countless contradictions in Julius's heart. In the confusing reality, his childlike innocence has gone from confusion to loss; in the face of the strong contrast between ideal and reality, the childhood Eden is vulnerable.

Over at Swann's House (volume 1 of "reminiscences of Lost Time")

K

370K0

"In Search of Lost Time" is an epoch-making masterpiece and one of the most important novels in the literary world of the 20th century. Proust used fresh and smart writing to recreate the good times that have passed away with the help of a subconscious consciousness that transcends time and space. In the first volume, "Over Swann's House", the protagonist starts from his random thoughts before going to bed and writes about the complex psychological activities he performed as a child in order to wait for his mother's kiss. Also, starting from the taste of the Petit Madeleine cake, I recall the distant past through the sense of taste and evoke some involuntary memories. Then I wrote about Uncle Swann who came to his home as a guest, and turned to the third person narrative to tell the story of Swann's love experience.

Blackwater Lightship

Blackwater Lightship

General Fiction

H

118K0

Colm Tóibín, the author of "The Master" and "Brooklyn", is an early representative work and a shortlisted work for the Booker Prize. In Ireland in the early 1990s, due to the terminal illness of her gay brother Declan, Helen had to reunite with her long-estranged mother Lily at her grandmother Dora's old house by the sea to take care of the terminally ill Declan. Also living with them are Declan's friends Paul and Larry. Helen and Lily have been estranged for a long time, and Lily also has many conflicts with Dora. In the process of facing Declan's illness, three generations with different beliefs and feelings were forced to examine their own past in the shallows of history, listen to each other's hearts amidst collisions and conflicts, and gradually reach an understanding through looking back on the past. Tobin uses soothing and beautiful words to explore the nature of love and the complex emotions within a conflicted family, which resonates deeply: How do you face your family and heal the deep wounds in your heart?

I Still Have to Hug a Warm Pot and Say Good Night

(japan) Madoka Ayase

72K0

Six food-related short stories present six kinds of joys and sorrows of life. When you are happy, celebrate with food; when you are sad, talk to food; when you are lonely, be with food. Cry as much as you want, live hard, no matter what, eat first. The new generation of Japanese writer Madoka Ayase brings this year's touching "Food Therapy Story", which was selected as a "platinum book that must not be missed" by Japan's "Da Vinci" magazine.

Sheep Man's Christmas

Sheep Man's Christmas

General Fiction

(japan) Written By Haruki Murakami, Illustrated By Maki Sasaki

10K0

This time Haruki Murakami turned his attention to writing fairy tale novels. "The Sheep Man's Christmas" is a simple story, yet humorous and charming. The main characters include "Murakami Fan"

Frank

Frank

General Fiction

L

79K0

"Hand over each other's darkest secrets so that we can never be separated." The final chapter of the family trilogy of Italian national writer Domenico Starnone. Pietro and Teresa's love life was full of swords and swords. After another argument, she had an idea: Tell me your darkest secrets and I'll do the same. Then we will be together forever. Of course, they broke up soon after. But the end of one relationship is often the beginning of the next, and when Pietro met Nadia, he immediately fell in love with her passivity and softness. However, a few days before the wedding, Teresa magically reappears. Along with her came the shadow of their mutual confession, which was almost a warning. From that moment on, the "confession" they exchanged will always be a threat: all good deeds in Pietro's life will be based on this dark secret. More importantly, Teresa always appeared on time at every crossroads in his life. Or was he always looking for her? With a gaze that is both complicit and distant, and with the aching lightness that only great narratives possess, "Confessions" depicts a man torn between himself and his ambitions. But it's really about each of us: how dangerous the foundations on which we build our identities are.

Cthulhu Mythos 2: at the Mountains of Madness

H

142K01

A

New Story

New Story

General Fiction

Written By Lu Xun Annotated By Qian Liqun

74K0

This was a concentrated burst of Lu Xun's suppressed romantic passion. He wrote eight imaginative short stories based on ancient myths and historical legends. The protagonists of the novel include heroes from ancient myths, such as Hou Yi who shot the sun, Nu Wa who created humans, and Dayu who controlled the floods, as well as ancient saints and sages, such as Confucius, Laozi, Mozi, and Zhuangzi. They all have some sacred auras about them. Lu Xun had a sudden thought: If such heroes and sages with sacred auras one day walked among the common people and became ordinary people, gods became human beings, and saints became ordinary people, what strange encounters and strange fates would they have? The entire "New Story" revolves around this weird imagination. Lu Xun's leading scholar Qian Liqun interprets each chapter, leading us into Lu Xun's true spiritual realm. To understand Lu Xun is to understand our society and these people!

The Man I Killed is Back

(korean) Huang Shiyuan

150K0

Zhongchuanli, a quiet and isolated village at the foot of Qijia Mountain, has maintained a zero crime record for many years and has never had a crime case. One night, at the legendary Cave Rock-known to everyone as Suicide Rock-someone fell to his death. The police originally thought it was a simple suicide and sent the body to the funeral home. Unexpectedly, after the deceased's family came to confirm, they discovered that the body was not that of their son who ran away from home after leaving a suicide note. What's even weirder is that the body found under the cave rock showed signs of being hit by a car and run over by wheels. Is this not suicide but homicide? Who killed him? Who is he?

Staphylococcus

Staphylococcus

General Fiction

I

144K01

The divorced Xia Du lives alone with his nephew who is in junior high school. One day, she was suddenly "kidnapped" by a girl idol named Kaguya and three of her fans. They asked Xiadu for photos of evidence of Kaguya's sister's scandal. It turns out that Kaguya's sister is a popular actress, and the person they really want to kidnap is not Xiadu, but someone else. Xiadu is involved in a series of incredible events, such as a terrifying escape from an unmanned hospital, a bizarre food truck explosion, and complex real estate disputes... Xiadu, who thought everything was just an accident, finally discovered that everything was a trap set with her as the center...

The Queen Must Leave

The Queen Must Leave

General Fiction

Origami Ant

149K0

Qin Nian has a wish in this life, to tear off Zhou Zijun's smiling face and crush him! Zhou Zijun would always say to her, "Okay!" With his smile that can charm all living beings. Love doesn't come first, it doesn't mean I will fall in love with you after I meet you first!

Kill Red Rose

Kill Red Rose

General Fiction

Mu Xizui

276K01

Fu Chen met Jiang Yuzhi at a dinner party. She has light chestnut curly hair, a dark red fishtail skirt, and a pair of high heels studded with rhinestones. She avoided the crowd and sat quietly in the corner alone. Everything was just right to Fu Chen's taste. He walked over without hesitation and came to Jiang Yuzhi amidst the surprised eyes of many people. "Get to know Fu Chen." From that day on, the down-and-out eldest daughter of the Jiang family became Master Fu's pillow. Fu Chen didn't know that on the day they met, Jiang Yuzhi greeted him with a smile, but said in his heart. "Took the bait." "High-end hunters often appear as prey." Until the end, who knows who is whose fish in the pond.

Late Spring Love Story

Late Spring Love Story

General Fiction

Han Songluo

160K01

The novel collection "Late Spring Love Stories" contains 6 short stories and short stories written by Han Songluo from 2022 to 2023, totaling 150,000 words. Three of them have been published by the magazine's current headlines: "A Love Song to Remi Young" and "Late Spring Love Words" are the current headlines of "Tianya" and "Mountain Flowers". "My Father's House of Imagination" was published in "Flower City" magazine and has been selected into various major magazines. It was listed on the 2021 Harvest Literature List, ranking fourth, and is negotiating for film and television rights. "Fish Tank and Sunlight" will be published by "Harvest" magazine in November 2023, and "The Golden Age of Remi Young" will be published by "Fangcao" magazine in January 2024.

Gorgeous Kidnapping

Gorgeous Kidnapping

General Fiction

L

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An organization called "Blue Lion" called the Prime Minister's official residence, saying that it had "kidnapped" all Japanese citizens and demanded a ransom of 500 billion yen, otherwise it would "revoke" indiscriminately. Sure enough, a series of terrorist cases occurred one after another. The Yabe Police Department in charge of the case was unable to do anything, so they invited private detective Zuo Moji to assist the police in investigating the case. Zuo Wenzi, who is proficient in psychology, gradually unveiled the mystery of the "Blue Lion" through the investigation of clues in the phone recordings. A group of highly intelligent suspects also surfaced, and the battle between justice and evil has just begun...

Unspeakable

Unspeakable

General Fiction

Wine Moon

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I never thought that my marriage would turn into a deliberate murder, high accident insurance, and a wife who could not give birth to children. What would the husband who said he loved me forever would choose? When "accidents" happened frequently, I gradually found out the truth. It was actually my husband and his lover who conspired to kill me. I started my revenge, and the scumbag and the mistress were both sent to prison for reform. When everything ended, I was completely desperate for love, but that outstanding tall man came to me and said affectionately: "Shen Lan, when will you give me a chance?"

I Once Only Loved Pictures

Cat Xiaodi

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Six months ago, my three-year-old daughter died. She was locked at home by my mother-in-law who was out playing cards, and she fell from the eighth floor alone. From that day on, there was no light in my life. It wasn't until later, when the bloody truth was revealed, that I found a reason why I couldn't fall down or be decadent. In order to avenge my beloved daughter and make the culprit pay the price, I must grit my teeth and go on...

Flower Girl

Flower Girl

General Fiction

Gaohe

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A bitch and a man's life and death friendship. In an unusual era and a dangerous environment, a farm bitch and a city man were exiled to the desolate wilderness by fate. Hungry, cold, and dangers are everywhere, as if God is conducting a severe test on the virtues of humans and dogs. As a result, scenes of tragedy and joy were performed between dogs and humans. The evil in human nature, the kindness in animal nature, loyalty and betrayal, ugliness and beauty are all vividly displayed on the road to death of humans and dogs.

Goodbye, Detective (part 4 of the North City Tetralogy)

Residual Wind

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23 years have passed, but everything has returned to 1996, and everything has returned to the "5.17 Normal University Corpse Dismemberment Case" that shocked the country. The victim turned out to be another college student! After multiple police investigations, it was determined that the victim was a sophomore student at Beicheng University. Why did the murderer replicate the previous corpse dismemberment case? Why did the murderer still provoke the police? Is there some connection between today's case and the case back then? All the clues were cut off and the case was deadlocked. Just when the police were helpless and were about to ask the master to find a new breakthrough, a mysterious man visited the police station. He opened up a new way of solving the deadlock in the case.

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