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Extremely paranoid love often hides extreme murderous intent. A suspenseful masterpiece from the International Dagger Award winner! Read it in 2 hours and find out the absurd truth behind the extreme crime! "Rosie Must Be Rescued" is the third installment in the "Camille Verhoeven Sheriff Quadrilogy", which also includes "Alex Must Be Found" and "Camille Must Be Sacrifice". Each one can be read individually! A man claimed to have planted seven bombs in the bustling center of Paris, but after the first bomb exploded, he voluntarily surrendered. He told the police that unless his mother Rosie was released, a bomb would be detonated every 24 hours. But there's more to his plan...

This set contains 4 volumes in total, including "Forbidden Land", "Hospital Bizarre Files", "Eternal Night City Season 1 Part 1: Hunting Angel" and "Eternal Night City Season 1 Part 2: The Killing and Punishment Game".

Zhihu's super-popular police officer Ma Tuo is a surprise masterpiece, with a pair of nerve-wracking detectives to expose all the tricks and find the truth! Six bizarre murders broke the peaceful daily life of the criminal police team: a new beautiful cartoonist died in the bathroom just after getting engaged, but an ambiguous WeChat message was left on her mobile phone; a fire alarmed an old town in the mountains, and a charred corpse was found in an ancient family tomb that was excavated; a snowy night feast, new and old loves appeared one after another, and when the fireworks went off, the male protagonist fell in a pool of blood. Who was the murderer? The town of bones, the bride's cell, the murderous feast, the horror of shared apartments, the ghostly shadow at the window, the changing of lives... Faced with the weird and brain-burning cases, everyone is shrouded in pressure. The cold-hearted and highly intelligent Li Chuyang and the impulsive Sun Xiaosheng, although they have always disliked each other, are tied together because of the case. The two pursue the murderer all the way, encountering enemies from both sides, twists and turns, and shocks at every step. Killing intent, hostility, chill, fear... Where does the boundless malice hidden in all crimes come from? Can this pair of "nervous detectives" go all out to expose the truth? When everyone turns their back on me, I know you won't!

The sets are "4 Torturers in the Dark", "My Name is Black", "The Strange Tenant", "Her Secret" and "Death's Right Hand". "4 Torturers in the Dark": The increasing number of cockroaches in the room actually grew from the corpses of her parents; the suspicious traces and dense flies on the ceiling actually originated from a rotting corpse; a girl living alone died in the room mysteriously, with all the blood from her body being lost, and her stomach was filled with her own blood; In the dark sewers of the city, pairs of green eyes are peering at everything around them... "My Name is Black": Mystery novelist Ning Ye created a sharp-thinking detective in the novel - "Hei". He has a special ability to peek into the dark parts of everyone's heart, and he can repeatedly solve strange cases. However, Ning Ye, who was obsessed with creation, neglected her family, and her frustrated wife ran away from home. In order to save his beloved wife, Ning Ye decided to arrange a death fate for the protagonist "Hei" and end his writing career. But at this moment, his manuscript began to bizarrely evolve into a series of murders in real life, and Ning Ye's life also changed drastically. "The Strange Tenant": A series of complicated and bizarre murders four years ago involved a mental patient. Is his testimony true or false? Four years later, Zuo Shu accepted the commission, but was entangled by poisonous ivy in the darkness, making him fall into a dilemma. A pair of devil's eyes were watching him from a distance. Can he uncover the conspiracy behind each corpse? The murderer has laid a dragnet in the secret room, how will the next victim die? When a series of multiple-choice questions on life philosophy are placed in front of you, how should you choose? "Her Secret": A mystery story with three intertwined clues and a treasure hunt theme. The clues are complicated, but there is black humor everywhere. The story is intertwined with three main lines, namely the experience of "me" as a college dropout, the experience of professional male prostitute Cheng Zhen, and the investigation process of police officer Chen Jun. A hot post appeared on the Internet. The poster was Mr. WC. The post said that a mysterious treasure worth tens of millions was buried somewhere in Shanghai. And left a piece of Go endgame, calling it a treasure map. Everyone was involved in the treasure incident. "I" got killed because of stealing a beautiful woman from the apartment building opposite; Cheng Zhen was also involved in the whirlpool because he had a one-night stand with the beautiful woman. A serial murder case occurred, and police officer Chen Jun conducted an in-depth investigation. In the end, everyone converged on the incident about the treasure. "Death's Right Hand": a murderer and a private detective; a college reasoning club, an investigation team that seems to be mysterious; a policeman with ulterior motives, a surgeon eager for revenge; a set of coded poems with mysterious secrets, and female corpses with severed hands... The puzzle solver is involved in many dangers and murderous plans, and he works step by step; the person who sets up the trap counts all the tricks, and every step of the way is sure to kill...

Since the 1970s, many cases of missing women have occurred in the area where Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan meet. Twenty years later, the second "crackdown" began, and the murderer named "Shadow" by the police was still at large. When Lin Mo, a police officer from Fengkou Laojie Police Station in Qingjiang County, went to Longkou City to participate in the "inter-provincial pursuit of fugitives" meeting, his girlfriend Ouyang Xuan lost contact while going to Laojie to sketch. At the same time, Hu Yanmei, a woman from Longkou City, also disappeared while traveling in Fengkou Old Street. The Longkou City Public Security Bureau assigned Leng Tong to Qingjiang County to participate in a joint investigation into the case of missing women. He and Lin Mo temporarily partnered and solved a series of cases such as the murder case of Guo Qinghai, a barber who disguised himself as a woman, the case of Li Guiming who cheated on his wife and killed his wife and dumped her body, and the rape and murder case of sex addict Ma Shaojun, and uncovered the truth behind a series of cases of missing women. As everyone knows, behind these complicated cases is not only the manipulation of people's hearts and the whirlpool of interests, but also inextricably linked to the "shadow".

Chinese kung fu girl Wang Xiaoge came to Beijing alone to look for her boyfriend Lin Zhibin who left without saying goodbye. She unexpectedly entered a Chinese family to act as the nanny for eight-year-old Du Zimo. Du Zimo's father Du Chengyu and mother Yu Xin both went on business trips for work reasons and then seemed to disappear without any news. Then came the bad news that Yu Xin died in a car accident. Lin Zhibin suddenly appeared and mysteriously disappeared again. The young pastoral hero was besieged after he was forced to save the United States. Du Zimo was kidnapped and imprisoned. His home was robbed by a mysterious masked man... Wang Xiaoge had to re-examine his surroundings and found that there was a lot of fog and murderous intent. The new love and the old love are jealous of Wang Xiaoge, but Wang Xiaoge falls in love but is hunted down. Why did Yu Xin, who died in a car accident, come back to life again? Who is the person on my pillow that I have been with for many years? After unraveling the cocoons, the international espionage organization quietly surfaced, and shocking conspiracies followed one after another. Intrigues and deceit, a fight to the death, and a battle for "intelligent brain" set off a bloody storm. Can the kung fu nanny finally crush the evil and resolve the crisis by "attacking with punches"?

In the troubled times of the late Ming Dynasty, Feng Lengqing, a young man from a mountain village, was unintentionally involved in a mysterious and unpredictable tomb robbing battle, and became a close disciple of Shui Tianbo, the leader of the Taosha Sima Sect. Ten years later, Feng Lengqing and Shui Ling accidentally discovered the tomb of King Chu You of the Spring and Autumn Period in Jiuyi Mountain. In order to find the thousand-year-old chalcedony that can cure Shui Tianbo, Feng Lengqing, Shui Ling and the disciples of the Banshan sect worked together to defeat the poison spear formation, fight against the blue-eyed lantern slaves, fight against wickworms, and bravely jump off the bottomless cliff... Finally, they arrived at the royal palace of the royal mausoleum. However, unexpectedly, the feng shui of the royal mausoleum of Chuyou had changed...

Following the instructions in the note, Feng Lengqing and Shui Ling came to Yunmengze, a murderous place, and found the man in black who had kidnapped Shui Tianbo. Following the footsteps of the man in black, Feng Lengqing and others visited the mausoleum of the great master at night, entered the foggy forest and the vast sea during the day, bravely fought against the candle dragon in the deep pool, and were stronger than the poisonous blood river... Finally, they entered Yunmeng Pavilion and met the unparalleled beautiful Concubine Yunmeng. However, Shui Tianbo was poisoned and died in Yunmeng Pavilion. Who is the murderer of Shui Tianbo? Where is the legendary treasure in the ancient tomb? What does the human bone necklace where the dragon appeared indicate?

Undercover police officer Ma Liwen has just found evidence of the crime of Long Yi, the leader of the diamond smuggling gang "Asia Pacific Club". Long Yi is suddenly killed, and his godson Qin Jialun takes over, gradually involving a drug smuggling network across Asia. Ma Liwen returned to the police force and discovered that his brothers in the police force were actually gangsters. He peeled off the cocoon and took risks alone, but fell into a bigger conspiracy.

Under the city of God's Capital, monsters are everywhere. The butcher offers sacrifices, the ghost nest in the mountain, the living Buddha shows his holiness, and the black dragon in the east palace. The square is foggy, the female officer died tragically, and the case is confusing. The demon fox turned into a woman, there was a drought outside the city, and the Kun of the North Ming Dynasty loomed. Imperial power, hundreds of officials, vassal kings, and separatist regimes stirred up trouble in the city. Hundreds of knights from the inner guard, bandits from the previous dynasty, the Canglang God Sect, Fengdu Ghost City, all forces from all sides are on the scene. Behind every case there is our shadow, we walk alone in the dark, we are the night watchmen, we are everywhere.

Among the different sects of "opening coffins in western Sichuan, driving corpses in western Hunan, and earth masters in western Shanxi", earth masters are actually called earth ministers, and some believe that the best ones who can reverse the lifeline of a country and control personal life and death are called - Gunyi earth ministers. At the beginning of the 20th century, the last feudal dynasty in China was overthrown and the Republic of China was established. However, China did not achieve true self-reliance and independence and was in the midst of a melee between warlords. During this period, due to the influence of European spiritual culture, a group of so-called civilized people actually shouted the slogan of "foreign knowledge to save the country." The rise of the aliens finally allowed those mysterious people to brush away the dust of history and walk out of the darkness, and their purpose was just to use the power of the troubled times to find the heavenly book "Ling Slips".

Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the verge of her professional breakthrough, and Mark is a handsome, ambitious investment banker. In love, they embarked on a dream honeymoon trip to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoyed the sun, beach, love and possession of each other. Then, as they dive into the crystal blue sea, they discover something in the water... Is it possible that your dream life could turn into a nightmare? Suddenly, the newlyweds must make a dangerous choice: reveal their secret, or keep it secret. After all, no one else knows anything about it, so who will be hurt by not speaking out? Their decision will trigger a series of dangerous events...

The online video of a girl desperately clawing at the top of a box sealing her off is the most brutal crime FBI forensic psychologist Zoe Bentley has ever seen in her life, and perhaps most puzzling is the video's title: "Experiment One." Zoe and her partner, Agent Tyten Gray, race to find the shadowy figure behind the shocking video, but soon another video appears online and another girl dies. At the same time, Zoe still has a murderer in her heart that she is determined to catch. The killer named Rod Glover has been tormenting Zoe's psyche since she was a girl, and his latest attack was a threat posed by a photo of him and Zoe's sister. As Grover shifts from stealth to action, Zoe feels physically and mentally exhausted between family ties and responsibilities. Although Zoe has always known that her job will bring her life and death, she still feels that she will live towards death.

Yuan Tiangang, a young prisoner from Si Tianjian who is weak but possesses strange abilities, and Li Chengfeng, a young man who is heroic and courageous and has strong martial arts skills. When they were traveling together for training, they were surprised to encounter a life-threatening black cat. The two acted righteously, but broke into a thousand-year-old tomb and discovered the figure of a mysterious alien race. As a result, they fell into a dilemma of life and death! A life-and-death battle is imminent, and the tender or cruel legend of the Tang Dynasty slowly unfolds before your eyes. "Manke Novel Painting" is a super popular serial series. Following the strong reputation of the "Half Face Makeup" series, another hit sequel is coming. The series has received rave reviews and attracted much attention so far. [The Horror of Yizhuang] [The Magic of Miao Border] [Exploring the Ancient Tomb] [The Formation of Immortality] The thousand-year mystery has surfaced, the mysterious alien race has lifted the veil, and a life-and-death battle with the lives of all people in the world is about to begin!

The fallen young star Gu Cheng has a different destiny because of a friend's joke... At the beginning of the new semester, Gu Cheng's friend Lu Wei told a mysterious legend about the "Green Hand Man". The bold Luo Qiang did not believe it and verified it for himself. Unexpectedly, he became behaving strangely overnight and even dropped out of school! Luo Qiang's changes made the two friends panic and search for answers. An adventure journey began - they traveled through the jungle and walked in a mysterious alien space... They started a life-and-death game with the powerful Qingshou, and faced off against their old enemies. Their peaceful life became exhausting and disturbing. Ups and downs, when the enemy gradually became clearer in sight, Gu Cheng discovered that he was also a member of the Qingshou people. However, at this time, the Qingshou people had completely broken with humans and were about to go on a killing spree - how will the super boy choose to control his own destiny and rewrite the script of life?

Late at night in late spring, another bizarre murder occurred on Xiangzhang Road in Yiling University, which is known as the "place of death." No clues were left at the scene. The only suspicion was that there was a threatening text message on the deceased's cell phone from her good sister Fang Xiaoai's boyfriend Su Xiaoyang. And Yang Qian's death seems to confirm the "curse" that one person dies every year on "Xiangzhang Road", becoming the 31st person to have an accident on Xiangzhang Road. The intertwining of curse and murder alerted the criminal investigation to intervene, but the best-selling author Su Xiaoyang had an alibi - but as a public figure, public opinion has completely surrounded him. In order to prove his innocence, Su Xiaoyang agreed to the request of the Criminal Investigation Bureau and traveled through the sea of ​​​​people to pursue the truth that was weirded out by people... However, he did not know that he had entered one puzzle after another... After experiencing life and death, and many tests, he finally had to push through the layers of fog, and in the whirlpool of love madness, he recognized that this was a meticulous murder floating behind the curse! But he also lost himself because of his deep and painful life experience and turned into a "Tibetan disciple"...

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The restricted theorem, whose full name is the "intelligent machine application restriction theorem", clarifies the restrictive conditions for the application of strong artificial intelligence. Taking the application of intelligent reasoning machines as an example, any case where the restricted theorem applies cannot be solved by intelligent reasoning machines. Such cases are uncommon, but each one is difficult. Gem Technology Company is trying to use artificial intelligence technology to "resurrection" Sherlock Holmes to permanently solve all educational problems. But at the critical stage of research and development, the company received a threatening letter from the Anti-Holmes Mechanization Association. Soon, the chief scientist of the project was killed, and the research and development data disappeared. Soon, the new dead body was found in the secret room. The intelligent reasoning machine failed, and humans finally had a chance to show their talents.

One is the famous "chief" curator of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the other is a talented new talent in the art world. The two strangers were called to Basel, Switzerland by a mysterious invitation letter at the same time, in order to compete for a famous painting - "Dream". The owner of the famous painting set a rule: for seven days, they would read an ancient book for an hour and a half each day. After seven days, each would give a speech and judge the authenticity of the painting. Anyone who can impress him will get the ownership of the famous painting. Just as they devoted themselves to this competition, the art world was also turbulent, and conspiracies and scandals gradually surrounded the two. This is the challenge from art: give up your career and defend it to the death? Or bow to authority and hide secrets? There is also a huge mystery about the painter revealed in ancient books. What is the truth? The two stared at the painting again, wanting to ask the woman in the painting: "What is the secret you hold in your hands?"

A famous divorce lawyer was killed tragically in his home. The murder weapon was an expensive bottle of red wine worth 2,000 pounds. Three numbers were left on the wall at the death scene: 182. Before the previous book was published, Hawthorne approached Horowitz with a case that was very similar to what would appear in the BBC TV series "Sherlock." The two began a twists and turns of investigation again. Horowitz encountered many setbacks during this period, such as the script being rejected, the filming of the TV series being behind schedule, bad weather, being framed, having to become Watson (he clearly wanted to be a detective), and other (more popular) writers. At the same time, there are more and more mysteries surrounding Hawthorne, which are even more complicated than the case. Horowitz faced his notebook and racked his brains: a bottle of sky-high price of red wine, a death message, a scandal, a past event, and two best-selling authors. What is the connection between all this?

Jian Yao always wanted to escape from that home. After his parents divorced, his father spent all day living in his ancestral antique shop deep in an alley. He was slovenly and regarded wealth as his life. He also forced Jian Yao to recite Tang poetry and Song lyrics, participate in various TV programs, and show off on stage. After graduating from high school, Jian Yao finally had the opportunity to study abroad with the support of his mother. Before leaving, in order to fulfill his father's last wish, Jian Yao accompanied him to Suzhou. But on the first day of visiting the garden, his father was involved in a murder case and became a suspect. What is even more unexpected is that the father seems to be "possessed" by a tour guide girl! A wonderful investigative journey begins. Jian Yao had to follow subtle clues and shuttle between gardens to find the truth.

The set contains 2 volumes, namely "The Idiot in Time" and "Manhattan Beach". "The Idiot in Time": From 1970 to 2020, a time travel spanning 50 years. 13 Protagonists and 13 wonderful intertwined stories: the female secretary who is addicted to theft, and her boss who eats gold foil as "Viagra" every day; the entertainment reporter who was imprisoned for eight years for attempted rape, and the public relations manager who tried to make a comeback; he was a little famous in middle school, but in middle age he is sweeping the world. The lead singer of a band on the street; the outdated rock star who has had most of his internal organs removed but wants to hold a death tour;... They are independent but interrelated, squandering their exciting or confused youth in New York, San Francisco, Naples, Africa... They may not know or know each other well, but you will find that their lives have had a series of intersections. Time seems to be the protagonist who travels through these stories. In front of it, everyone is a passerby, innocent and mediocre. "The Idiot in Time" uses a world of music to reflect on time, emotion, and memory. Life is like rock music, with sudden pauses. During the ups and downs, dreams will be misplaced and regrets will surface. Everything has no absolute starting point and no end. "Manhattan Beach": When Anna Kerrigan was almost 12 years old, her father took her to Manhattan Beach to meet a man named Dexter Styles, a very important figure to her father. But at that time, she had no idea how much impact the man in a black coat would have on her and her family... A few years later, her father mysteriously disappeared and the United States fell into war. Young men were sent to war, and women began to enter male occupations. After Anna left college, she worked measuring parts at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, but she didn't want to stop there. Later, by chance, Anna, who loves the sea, volunteered to sign up to become a diver and repair military ships. The job was extremely dangerous and had never been done by a woman before. One day, after finishing her work during the day, she met Dexter Styles, whom she had not seen for a long time, in a nightclub. She was determined to learn about her father's whereabouts through him and solve the mystery of her father's disappearance that had tortured her for many years... The novel panoramically shows the American society and the real life of ordinary people in the 1930s and 1940s through the joys and sorrows of the two families, Kerrigan and Styles. This novel full of film noir temperament, with delicate and poetic narration, takes us into a complex and crazy wartime world composed of gang bosses, bankers, union leaders, blue-collar workers, divers, single mothers who became pregnant out of wedlock, and war madmen.

"High IQ Crime 1 Setup": Xu Ce, who graduated from the Department of Mathematics of Zhejiang University, was known as the "Prince of Logic" during his undergraduate years. His papers on mathematical logic have been published in publications many times. Later, he received a full scholarship to go to the University of California in the United States to obtain a doctorate in psychology. Since then, he has been a regional executive of an investment bank in the United States. Xu Ce's single mother was hit by falling rocks during demolition in her hometown and died on the spot. Several construction team members were given suspended sentences, and no on-site command officials were punished. Before the first anniversary of his mother's death, Xu Ce suddenly left his job and returned to China... "High IQ Crime 2: The Chemical Queen's Counterattack": He Jiansheng offended the brother-in-law of the police station director and was framed and detained at the police station. Ten days later, his wife Gan Jianing received an urn. It turned out that He Jiansheng died of a heart attack while in custody at the police station. A sudden and shocking incident occurred, and his family was destroyed in an instant. Gan Jianing looked at his mother-in-law and his ignorant four-year-old son, who cried a lot, but then smiled. They didn't know that Gan Jianing, who was known as the "Queen of Chemical Engineering" in the past, would design an explosive trap to avenge her husband and die together with the enemy. After Gan Jianing's death, due to her actions, both the young and old of the He family suffered retaliation from the victim's family. Chen Jin, a doctor of chemistry who has lived in the United States for more than ten years, quietly returned to China. He loved his first girlfriend Gan Jianing, but he could not give her happiness. At this time, Chen Jin was terminally ill, and he was ready to complete his revenge and protect Gan Jianing's family on his own. Soon, a bizarre kidnapping case occurred, precise revenge, and flawless murder. The police realized that an unprecedented opponent was coming. The police know that the murderer is likely to continue committing crimes. Now the detection work is like a race with the murderer. Who can win? "High IQ Crime 3 The Time and Space Trick of the Physics Teacher": Wang Baoguo, the chief prosecutor of the County Procuratorate, was killed with a knife at the door of his villa, and was kicked two meters away by the murderer; Hu Haiping, the president of the court, was taking out the keys downstairs of his unit, and a huge stone fell from the sky. His head exploded and he died on the spot; Shao Xiaobing, director of the Public Security Bureau, had been missing for many days. The body was fished out from the sea under the cliff, and all clues pointed to suicide... The bizarre murder of three senior officials of the Ning County Public Prosecutor's Office, the Prosecutor's Office, and the Judiciary did not conform to the logic of the case in time and space, and the cause of death was unfounded. Gao Dong, the top criminal psychology expert in the province, took action again. Various contradictory reasons and results, and the progress of the investigation that frequently led to dead ends. Who is behind it? "High IQ Crime 4 Death's Spokesperson": A sudden and vicious case occurred. Employees of the industrial and commercial office were kidnapped while traveling. All personnel, including the driver, disappeared out of thin air. During the high-speed surveillance investigation, I saw this commercial vehicle driving into the surveillance area, but never saw it driving out of the surveillance area. The police searched this section of the highway and its surrounding areas, but could not find any trace of the car. Is there any way to make a car and its occupants disappear without a trace on the highway? The case reached a deadlock, and the focus shifted to a previous murder case: During a dinner party, the captain of the industrial and commercial office was poisoned to death in full view of the public. There were at least a dozen witnesses at the scene who saw the whole process with their own eyes, but no one knew who the murderer was. Betrayal, loyalty, justice, evil, vendetta? Love killing? During the investigation of the murder case, a greater hidden secret was discovered! A single move can affect the whole body, where does the truth go? Is it really the God of Death who is taking action?

"Absalom, Absalom!" "Absalom, Absalom!" Is the ninth novel by American writer William Faulkner. It is William Faulkner's most important, complex, profound and epic work. It tells the story of a family in the southern United States that experienced intense disintegration from about 1860 to 1910. It profoundly expresses the various conflicts between people and between people and themselves, and touches on many universal issues related to the human condition.

Children on the street will sing a song called "Jiuxiao Drum": one beat of the drum, grass and trees grow; two beats of the drum, remembering the blank; three beats of the drum, the past is hurt; four beats of the drum, the song is gone; five beats of the drum, pray to God; six beats of the drum, make your mind clear; seven beats of the drum, the darkness creates light; eight beats of the drum, the road is broken; nine beats of the drum, the flowers on the other side.

A textbook-style crime-solving novel that integrates investigative science, trace science, sociology, corpse anatomy, and criminal psychology. After chasing the murderer for love for 16 years and facing life and death several times, Hou Dali turned his brain into a computer and his eyes into a microscope, locking in key information from the crime scene and autopsy one by one. With his perverted powers of observation, he often takes the lead in identifying the murderer's behavioral characteristics and growth environment through complex social relationships, and brings him to justice. With the belief that the murder case will be solved, Hou Dali quickly grew from a rookie to a walking textbook of criminal investigation. Open this book to show you textbook-like crime-solving techniques and criminal investigation wisdom!

Pollock's world-famous "Drip Paintings" are the most distinctive banner of modern American art. Half a century later, his abstract expressionist works are still shining brightly in art galleries. The suspenseful mystery novel "The Vanishing Pollock" begins with clues from six of Pollock's drip paintings, starting an artistic pursuit with twists and turns and many crises. It combines various styles such as detective, thriller and conspiracy theory to stimulate readers' general interest in modern art. The author has a professional academic background in art history research. The work cites a large amount of modern art history knowledge and related historical anecdotes and unofficial history. It also brilliantly presents the entry of artworks into the financial market and the resulting art crimes. Historical facts and suspense are intertwined, and art and horror are perfectly integrated, making the novel seem to break the boundaries between history and fiction to a certain extent. The plots are interlocking, with multiple twists and turns, and the ending is unexpected. Its brain-burning level is no less than that of the Hollywood blockbusters "Dragnet", "Trap" and the "Arhat" series.

"Antique Notes: Taboo Chapter" is the fourth part of the "Antique Notes" series. It uses "antiques" as a clue to tell a series of stories passed down from old age. Among them are the taboos of antique collection and human struggles. It is full of legend. The whole story is full of Beijing flavor and has profound meaning. A magical horn that has been passed down for hundreds of years, a dragon whip that shows the emperor's power in troubled times, a tourmaline peach as a tribute to the 800,000-year-old Emperor Qianlong, three antique treasures, and two bizarre stories, telling the various taboo rules of the ghost market in old Beijing and the strange deceptions of the old antique dealers.

Valhalla is a luxurious mansion built at the expense of the capitalist Oden. The mansion is inspired by Norse mythology, and its complex structure is comparable to a maze. At the suggestion of two members of the Exploration Department of Beishen University, the members of the Exploration Department came to Valhalla to explore. They seem to have a harmonious relationship, but in fact they each have their own hidden agendas. When they were playing hide and seek, the first deceased appeared...

In 1985, Kagawa Yoko and Ishikawa Nozomi met by chance at the Ueno Employment Agency. Although the two concealed their pasts, they quickly became close friends as they got along. At that time, Ye Zi was burdened with huge debts and was raising his nephew Tatsuya alone. His life fell into a confusing dead end. After being introduced by Nozomi, Ye Zi entered a wealthy family in Musashino as a servant, and her life gradually stabilized. However, the suspicious death of the old owner of the family broke the peace, the deep-hidden secrets were disturbed, and the evil that happened in the Zhufeng Abandoned Mine Settlement twenty years ago resurfaced like a cold nightmare...

Wen Yan, the older leftover girl, runs an image design studio by herself. When I was giving a financing presentation for the studio's 360° Charming APP project, I met Ling Feng, a man as sharp as a razor blade, an upstart in the domestic automotive field and a perfectionist. The two competed against each other again and again, and as time went by, Wen Yan unexpectedly discovered that this man who presented himself as cold and domineering during the day showed another kind of evil and unruly character in the dark, which was exactly the same as his lover Ye Feng who suddenly disappeared seven years ago. While she tried her best to sew two completely different souls with the same face, he was forced to protect the other her as a third personality. Once a hole is opened in the soul, it is out of control, and all kinds of strange things happen one after another.

This is a series of short mystery novels composed of eight daily mysteries. The author advocates classical reasoning techniques. In each short story, the detective solves strange daily mysteries for everyone - the classmate who loves coriander suddenly stopped adding coriander, the blackboard newspaper that was erased by an unknown person in the secret room, the weird and soft singing coming from the school after class, the game console memory card stolen in the secret room... The last story connects the previous stories together, giving a brand new answer, reversing everything. This novel can be said to be a mental feast for mystery fans. This novel takes "Degenerate Alley" as the stage, where countless interesting things about youth happen, some are sad and some are touching. Not only is the reasoning logically rigorous, but the narrative is also very interesting. It is a rare excellent work that combines storytelling and reasoning in mystery novels. In addition, this book won the first prize of China's first full-length mystery novel award "QED Award". Let us start from the end of the alley and tell readers the story of this alley and us.

Not long after the famous novelist Anthony Horowitz finished the draft of "House of Silk", a new job suddenly came to his door. It was difficult to make money in the detective industry these days, so Hawthorne commissioned him to write a novel about the case he was investigating, splitting it 50-50. Horowitz was hesitant: Hawthorne was strange and a bit annoying. He wanted to include himself in the novel without revealing any personal information at all. How does this create a character? This is a detective novel. Without a good detective, no one would read it! Hawthorne shook his head: "I disagree. The key word is murder. That's the point." Then he revealed the mystery: One sunny morning, the famous actor's mother arranged a funeral for herself, and then that night she was attacked and died at home. Is this a coincidence? Impossible! But who could be the murderer and why should he kill her? Horowitz was curious.

The two immoral old men involved in the popular Internet post "Are the bad guys getting old or the old men getting bad?" Were murdered one after another. There were no valuable clues except the words "The old men have turned bad" left at the scene of the murder. Criminal police elite Zhong Ning and his partner Zhang Yiming investigated in various ways. With the assistance of female criminal investigation expert Chen Menglin, the suspect targeted self-media person Zhao Qingyuan. However, at the time of the incident, Zhao Qingyuan was accompanying his paralyzed wife for physical therapy in the hospital. He had a perfect alibi, and in the process, a new immoral old man was killed. Is the murderer really seeking revenge, or is he just trying to spread suspicion? Should Zhong Ning stick to procedural justice, or hold on to it? As the investigation deepens, it seems that there is a deeper secret hidden behind Zhao Qingyuan. Should you trust what you see with your eyes, what you hear with your ears, or your own intuition? A more complicated mystery, a more saddening answer. Even if you are mentally prepared for the reversal, your ability to bear it will still be crushed by the truth.

There are frequent cases of missing children in Xinggang City. The children were all wearing red coats when they disappeared and disappeared from public places with dense surveillance. Arabic numerals were left at the scene. Other than that, there are no flaws at all. Criminal investigation captain Zhang Yiming was at a loss and asked for help from his former partner Zhong Ning, a legend in the Xingang police circle. As soon as Zhong Ningfu took over, he found that all the clues pointed perfectly to his benefactor who he had known and respected for many years - brain surgery expert Liao Boyan. Liao Boyan frankly invited Zhong Ning to investigate him and even revealed the "motive for committing the crime". Is this a conspiracy or a trap? Is there any unknown secret hidden behind it? One is a criminal investigation genius and the other is a medical expert. They meet their opponents and the two heroes compete. Zhong Ning pressed forward step by step, peeling off the cocoon, thinking he was sure of victory, but after passing through layers of fog, he discovered that the real "motive for committing the crime" was the most shocking answer.

In order to save his lover and break the curse, reporter Kamo Fuyuma embarks on a mysterious time and space journey. Kamo's wife, Ryūsen Reina, was born into a big family. At the birthday party in 1960, a series of murders and the ensuing mudslides involved the family in a ruthless curse. If you want to break the curse, you must find the real culprit of the murder. Kamo, who traveled through time and space, found that the murder scene was like an "isolated island", and there were several "fans of mystery novels" among the suspects. Time was running out, and he was forced to play the role of a famous detective...

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The collection of the pinnacle works of the world's mystery literature consists of 7 volumes, including Agatha Christie's "Tragedy on the Nile", "The ABC Murders" and "Curtain", John Dixon's "Judas Window" and "The Three Coffins", and Ellery Quinn's "The Mystery of the Roman Hat" and "The Tragedy of Z".

In the bustling city, there are always unknown crimes every day in the hidden corners; the criminal police officer Zhao Gan'e of the serious crime team, the person closest to the criminals; by investigating the scene, tracing the evidence, retrieving the files, and interrogating the suspects, he gets closer to the truth; he truly and objectively reproduces the entire criminal investigation process of ten major cases. Who is the girl in the trolley case? What is the punishment for a man who kills his wife? In a serial murder case that spanned thirteen years, how did the real culprit emerge? Each case not only contains the true process of solving the case, but also reveals the "human hearts" hidden in the dark. These stories were recorded not to satisfy curiosity, but to warn people to pay attention to the signs of evil and restrain their desire to commit crimes. Because after a murder occurs, criminal police officers like Zhao Gan'e will definitely try their best to track down the real culprit. The truth may come late, but it will never be absent.

Contemporary version of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! A mind-numbing ghost hunting record! Tieba has more than 100 million clicks! The master of suspense, Li Yifan, is a masterpiece. As long as there is life and death, there will be ghosts! The set contains "Fourteen Years of Strange Hunters" (all 5 volumes) and "Fourteen Years of Strange Hunters 2: Strange Way Hu Zongren" (all 5 volumes). Taking "I" and "my" friend Hu Zongren as the protagonists respectively, it tells the story of "I" and Hu Zongren's ghost hunting. I am a professional ghost hunter. I have encountered evil children with their heads stuck out with blood on their faces, mountain ghosts that spread their claws to eat living people, and souls that linger on and harm people randomly... My friend Hu Zongren is a Taoist priest from Yaoshan. He has encountered tombs that were destroyed by developers and felt resentful. A group of ghosts, an old man who was disappointed with his wife and children because his body was not placed, a third party who committed suicide by diving into the water with his illegitimate child... Although Hu Zongren and I have different factions, we both uphold justice and believe in an unchanging law: as long as there is life and death, there will be ghosts!

Wang Baoguo, the chief prosecutor of the County Procuratorate, had his throat cut at the door of his villa, killed with a knife, and was kicked two meters away by the murderer; Hu Haiping, the president of the court, was taking out the keys downstairs of his unit, and a huge stone fell from the sky. His head exploded and he died on the spot; Shao Xiaobing, the director of the Public Security Bureau, had been missing for many days and was fished out of the sea under the cliff. The body, all clues point to suicide... The bizarre murder of three senior officials of the Ning County Public Security Bureau, Procuratorate, and Judiciary does not conform to the logic of the case in time and space, and the cause of death is unfounded. Gao Dong, the province's top criminal psychology expert, takes action again. Various contradictory reasons and results, the progress of the investigation that frequently leads to dead ends, who is behind it?

A vicious incident occurred, and employees of the industrial and commercial office were kidnapped while traveling. All personnel, including the driver, disappeared out of thin air. During the high-speed surveillance investigation, I saw this commercial vehicle driving into the surveillance area, but never saw it driving out of the surveillance area. The police searched this section of the highway and its surrounding areas, but could not find any trace of the car. Is there any way to make a car and its occupants disappear without a trace on the highway? The case reached a deadlock, and the focus shifted to a previous murder case: During a dinner party, the captain of the industrial and commercial office was poisoned to death in full view of the public. There were at least a dozen witnesses at the scene who saw the whole process with their own eyes, but no one knew who the murderer was. Betrayal, loyalty, justice, evil, vendetta? Love killing? During the investigation of the murder case, a greater hidden secret was discovered! A single move can affect the whole body, where does the truth go? Is it really the God of Death who is taking action?

Xu Ce, who graduated from the Department of Mathematics at Zhejiang University, was known as the "Prince of Logic" during his undergraduate years. His papers on mathematical logic have appeared in publications many times. Later, he received a full scholarship to go to the University of California in the United States to obtain a doctorate in psychology. Since then, he has been a regional executive of an investment bank in the United States. Xu Ce's single mother was hit by falling rocks during demolition in her hometown and died on the spot. Several construction team members were given suspended sentences, and no on-site command officials were punished. Before the first anniversary of his mother's death, Xu Ce suddenly left his job and returned to China...

He Jiansheng offended the brother-in-law of the police station director and was falsely accused and detained at the police station. Ten days later, his wife Gan Jianing received an urn. It turned out that He Jiansheng died of a heart attack while in custody at the police station. A sudden and shocking incident occurred, and his family was destroyed in an instant. Gan Jianing looked at his mother-in-law and his ignorant four-year-old son, who cried a lot, but then smiled. They didn't know that Gan Jianing, who was known as the "Queen of Chemical Engineering" in the past, would design an explosive trap to avenge her husband and die together with the enemy. After Gan Jianing's death, due to her actions, both the young and old of the He family suffered retaliation from the victim's family. Chen Jin, a doctor of chemistry who has lived in the United States for more than ten years, quietly returned to China. He loved his first girlfriend Gan Jianing, but he could not give her happiness. At this time, Chen Jin was terminally ill, and he was ready to complete his revenge and protect Gan Jianing's family on his own. Soon, a bizarre kidnapping case occurred, precise revenge, and flawless murder. The police realized that an unprecedented opponent was coming. The police know that the murderer is likely to continue committing crimes. Now the detection work is like a race with the murderer. Who can win?

The tetralogy of "The Old Man" series is a large-scale encyclopedia-style collection of deception stories. It is a stunning story with twists and turns and bizarre plots. I hope that kind-hearted people will improve their discernment and know some ways to avoid being deceived after reading this book. A person living in a modern city may encounter a scam, big or small, every seven days. You may not always stay awake. The first part of "There Are Thieves in the World": stealing cloth in a busy city, cheating and selling pigs, committing adultery and seeking land, taking off a fake horse, exchanging gold in a boat... How to crack the twenty-four games of "The Book of Deception" that has been passed down to this day in Wanli of the Ming Dynasty? What secrets does the legendary and mysterious Jiang Xiang Sect hold? What exactly are the Eight Generals of a Thousand Doors? Please take a look at the "Laoqian" series, a long series of novels with the theme of liars and deception. The second part, "There Is a Tao among Thieves", tells the story of Lao Han leading Lu Zhong, Situ Ying and his "Lao Qian Think Tank" to continue the journey of searching for the secrets of Jiang Xiang Sect. Friendship, love, family... What tests these crooks who have the principle of "doing justice for heaven and only deceiving those who should be deceived" is not only danger, but also temptation. How can a good policeman who was framed by someone hate him get rid of murder suspicion with the help of crooks? How could the evidence of the crime involving the female gang leader be placed at the door of the Public Security Bureau? What exactly was in the "vaccine" tube in the super safe that was pried open to save the flowers from being destroyed? How to resolve the stock market crisis faced by the Situ family? Does the legendary "Huang Ting Jing" written by Wang Xizhi really exist in Wudang Mountain? ... The third part of "The Thief": Lu Zhong and others continue to travel across the country in order to realize Master Han Feng's dream of secret books. But the most resourceful Lu Zhong was conspired and trapped in a Macau prison. However, Lao Han's health was deteriorating and he was unable to take charge of the overall situation. Even the most arrogant Miss Situ was imprisoned and almost died. How can this brave and resourceful team of think tanks escape under the heavy pressure of black and white, scum from the same family, and their predecessors in trouble? If there is a seemingly nonexistent love between Lu Zhong and Situ Ying, will it be stifled in mutual suspicion and misunderstanding? The fourth part of "The Country is Unparalleled": the final chapter of the cheating series! As the thrilling and unique events unfolded one after another, Lu Zhong fell into deep hesitation. Should he fulfill his master's wish to revive the sect, or should he give up everything to be with the one he loves? What did Lao Han say to Situ Ying when he was dying? What secrets do the newly joined Zeng Jie and He Xiaobao have?

A library dedicated to storing manuscripts rejected by publishers, a sudden best-selling masterpiece, an unknown author who is said to have never read a book, a suspenseful story about books and people. "The Library of Rejected Manuscripts" is a best-selling novel published in 2016 by the contemporary French writer David Fontenos. There is a "Rejected Manuscript Library" in Crozon, Brittany, France. For more than ten years, it has been dedicated to collecting manuscripts delivered by the author himself that cannot be published and have given up hope of publication. Delphi, an experienced editor in the publishing industry, and her fiancé, the frustrated young novelist Frederick, accidentally visited the library and discovered a masterpiece: "The Last Hour of a Love Story" by the author named "Henry Peake". Who is "Henry Peake"? In the process of investigating the author's identity, Delphi and Frederick discovered that he was a deceased pizza chef. In the eyes of his widow and daughter, Henry Peake almost never touched books, and his life had nothing to do with writing. Unexpectedly, when the manuscript was published under Delphi's operation, it achieved great success, and the Rejected Manuscript Library, which few people paid attention to, also became famous. However, some people have begun to doubt the authorship of the lost work. Apart from the name on the cover page of the manuscript, what else can prove that a man who is busy with the small pizza shop business is writing a novel that pays tribute to the great poet Pushkin? Is there another twist to the incident, or is the whole thing an elaborate hoax? "The last moments of the love story" seem to be coming quietly to everyone involved...

A classic in the history of Australian literature, a "cult novel" comparable to "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James. An idyllic picnic leads to a complicated and confusing mystery that seems both real and illusory - the decline of colonial rule, the awakening of female consciousness, the resistance to religious restraint... All kinds of metaphors are endless. The 2018 Amazon hit miniseries of the same name, starring "Little Rose" Natalie Dormer, reinterprets the classic from a modern perspective and gives the classic a new look. The story takes place in a women's boarding college in Australia in 1900. At that time, British orthodox culture was gradually penetrating into the lives of Australians, arousing the desire in girls to get rid of their constraints. The idea of ​​pursuing freedom is slowly spreading... On Valentine's Day, the conservative principal organized a picnic. They chose a deserted but dangerous cliff. It was this place, full of mystery and weirdness, that swallowed up the three girls. People could never find them again, and they just disappeared quietly. What happened? Is this a real incident or a work of fiction? The author's attitude is equally ambiguous.

The representative work of Ismail Kadale, winner of the first Booker International Literature Prize, is an original and literal translation from Albanian, a confusing love novel, and a lingering suspense story. Albanian European Parliament official Mr. Y and his lover Rowena were killed in a traffic accident. The surviving taxi driver was in shock and vague about the cause of the accident. He only repeatedly said that he was frightened when he saw the two passengers "trying to kiss" in the rearview mirror. The special identity of the victim and the vague testimonies of the survivors attracted the intervention of the security agencies of many Eastern European countries. However, the investigation was fruitless and they withdrew one after another. In the end, a persevering investigator uncovered the hidden story behind the traffic accident by analyzing the witness testimony, the two people's notes and the memories of Rowena's close friends.

This is a wonderful psychological mystery novel. A murder case occurred in Xijiang. The deceased was a young woman, Xia Bingqing, and policewoman Ran Dongdong was responsible for the investigation. Through a thorough investigation, Xia Bingqing turned out to be the lover of businessman Xu Shanchuan. Xu Shanchuan conquered Xia Bingqing through force. Xia Bingqing experienced a process from resistance to acceptance to desire for possession. There were many people involved behind their entanglement. Who was Xia Bingqing killed? During the investigation of the case, Ran Dongdong, a female police officer suffering from depression, suspected that her husband Mu Dafu was having an extramarital affair and discovered that he had many ulterior secrets in his heart, so she filed for divorce from him. When investigating the case, Ran Dongdong had to face the complicated case, gradually solve the doubts and discover the truth behind the appearance. On the other hand, he connected the psychology of the people involved in the case with his own real life, and had doubts about love and marriage. Ran Dongdong detects love like a case, and detects a case like a love. The two lines are intertwined and influence each other. In the end, Ran Dongdong overcame his depression and caught the murderer. The writing of this novel incorporates many elements such as psychology and criminal investigation. The story has ups and downs and is full of suspense.

A person living in a modern city may encounter a scam, big or small, every seven days. You may not always stay awake. The third part of the "Crooked Man" series, "The Thief": Lu Zhong and his party continue to travel across the country in order to realize Master Han Feng's dream of a secret book. But the most resourceful Lu Zhong was conspired and trapped in a Macau prison. However, Lao Han's health was deteriorating and he was unable to take charge of the overall situation. Even the most arrogant Miss Situ was imprisoned and almost died. How can this brave and resourceful team of think tanks escape under the heavy pressure of black and white, scum from the same family, and their predecessors in trouble? If there is a seemingly nonexistent love between Lu Zhong and Situ Ying, will it be stifled in mutual suspicion and misunderstanding? The tetralogy of "The Old Man" series is a large-scale encyclopedia-style collection of deception stories. It is a stunning story with twists and turns and bizarre plots. I hope that kind-hearted people will improve their discernment and know some ways to avoid being deceived after reading this book.