Novels like Genius Detective
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- 51 The Sin Factory 饲罪工厂 A fairy-tale murder case rocks Ning City! A golden ribbon is wound around the victim’s neck, a blood-painted copy of The Emperor’s New Clothes rests on their knees, and the ink on a card marked with a strange symbol is still wet. The killer is caught at the scene, yet vehemently denies any connection to the crime scene, which looks like something out of a dark fairy-tale book! As Detective Du Ran leads his team in a deep investigation, every clue sends a chill down their spines: a red-clad chi 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 I'm a Top-Ranked Criminal, So What's Wrong With Becoming a Detective? 我堂堂头号罪犯，转业刑警怎么了 [Crime Investigation + Crime + Mystery + No Female Lead + Hard-Core Case Solving] Wait, is it really so shameful for a prodigal to turn over a new leaf and become a detective? My name is Su Xu. I was once the world’s most wanted criminal, with a bounty of one billion dollars on my head. I broke into the British Museum alone to steal back cultural relics, infiltrated a terrorist group in a war zone and killed its leader, and posed as someone else to bug the White House and steal its top secrets… 17Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 53 Endless Pursuit of the Killer 无限追凶 The ruthless “Lancer” and the devious “criminal mastermind” lead to a mysterious “human observer” lurking behind them. Four young people defend Long'an and take on supercriminals lurking in the dark web! (The bonus chapters for The Homicide Detective have been posted on the official WeChat account.) 173Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 54 The Mysterious Pry Marks 神秘的撬痕 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Mystery in Dingcheng 定城迷踪 What kind of case could be even more terrifying than a dismemberment? What is behind the girl's strange behavior? What meticulous schemes lie behind each mysterious case? How will the untold story unfold? Watch as the Criminal Investigation Team One, led by Gu Chen, overcomes obstacle after obstacle and solves one mystery after another until they finally find the answers. 15.9kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
- 56 I Just Transmigrated and Solved a Major Case. That's Totally Reasonable, Right? 刚穿越，就破了大案，很合理吧 426Reads8.4Score100Shelves
- 57 The Otaku's Revenge 宅男的复仇 Duan Yu of Kun City was an ordinary homebody whose life revolved around electronic devices, video games, and endless web browsing. But his happy life changed abruptly when his older sister died in an accident on his eighteenth birthday... The once happy family of four was suddenly reduced to just him. How did his sister die? Enraged, the homebody Duan Yu resolved to make himself stronger and became a formidable avenger... Meanwhile, master detective Xu Changsheng arrived in Kun City. As he inves 5.8kReads8.8Score526Shelves
- 58 The Silent Killer 沉默的凶手 Psychologist Xu Feifei thinks the Voldemort she sees is a hallucination. Then Voldemort writes a line on the mirror: “I have always been right behind you.” After that, Voldemort follows her everywhere, like a shadow. The human bones inside a sculpture, the rabbit-head mask in the maze, the invisible man in a single office worker’s home, the woman bricked into a wall, the novelist’s second personality, the remains in the basement: the murder cases encountered by the police captain and the psychol 147Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 59 Police: Wow, I’ve Seen This Big Case Before 警察：芜湖，这个大案我看过 Li Boyang’s Douyin recommendations were either people being steamed alive, a boss dismembering a waitress and turning her into beef noodles, or entire families being wiped out. His account had become a steady stream of ruthless criminals in the morning, major cases at noon, and dismemberments at night. As a result, he had watched a mountain of major criminal cases from the 1990s. Strangely enough, Li Boyang transmigrated to a parallel world in the 1990s and became a police officer at the Wudu Ci 390Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 60 Crime Investigation 罪案调查 Investigate a series of unusual cases, bring the criminals to justice, and ensure they receive the full punishment of the law. Let everyone believe that justice always prevails, that every criminal will be severely punished and none can escape. The people's police will see that victims get justice. The Lotus Town murder, the 312 serial killings, the locked-room murder, the kidnapping, the murder-by-proxy case, and others were solved one after another thanks to Zhang Wende and his teammates. 3.4kReads8.8Score229Shelves
- 61 Reborn in 1998: I Can Replay Crime Scene Footage 重生98：我能回放案发录像 105Reads—Score290Shelves
- 62 Fireflies Illuminate the Hidden Crickets 浮萤照潜蛩 (Early on) Mystery and crime novelist (later) criminal investigation consultant: Shen Xuexian vs. criminal investigation captain: Wan Ming A popular idol dies mysteriously on a film set, and the scene is exactly as described in the script. Shen Xuexian, a mystery novelist, is taken in for questioning by the police at her new book signing. She never imagined that selling the rights to her novel would land her in a police station. Getting caught up in a murder on a film set and taken in to assist 402Reads8.7Score103Shelves
- 63 The Eleventh Suspect 第11名嫌疑人 [Two Male Leads]+ [Plot Twists]+ [High-IQ Crime]+ [Vengeance for a Murdered Wife]+ [Second Male Lead Is a Lovesick Puppy] Mystery, crime-solving, deduction! Set against the backdrop of the “221” case, the protagonist uses his unique powers of logical deduction to face one difficult case after another alongside his team. With smoothly unfolding plots and tightly coordinated roles within the team, they trace and investigate ruthless criminals across a variety of murder cases! Featuring dozens of s 140Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Murder Without Guilt 无罪谋杀 The most horrifying murders, the most unfathomable truths!! Cannibal banquets, the silenced woman, the frozen lover, the Nanda murderer turning himself in, sacrificial paintings made of human skin, ghostly figures in mirrors... You could never understand, by ordinary reasoning, the true motives hidden behind these terrifying and bizarre murder cases. Let a psychiatrist skilled in hypnosis guide you, from a unique perspective, into the minds of these terrible criminals and uncover the chilling tr 429Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 65 The Eye of Judgment: From the Start, I Engineer Accidents to Sentence Criminals 审判之瞳：开局设计意外裁决罪犯 A murderer is still roaming free? Deliver judgment successfully and randomly receive hacker-level network intrusion skills. Wrongfully accused of murder for no reason? Clear the case and randomly receive X-ray vision. A headless cold case has no suspect? Solve it and randomly receive master-level fighting skills. Xu Mo is reborn in a parallel world, where he gains the divine power of the Eye of Judgment and awakens the Judgment System. Taking on the identity of the Ace of Spades, he punishes cri 669Reads7.9Score100Shelves
- 66 Su Yi'an, Junior Minister of the Court of Judicial Review 大理寺少卿苏以安 Su Yi'an, the son of a Tang dynasty official, was raised in the countryside, where he and his grandmother depended on each other. By a twist of fate, Empress Wu Zetian appointed him Deputy Minister of Justice. From then on, he and two friends solved one baffling case after another. As they investigated, the truth behind his father's disappearance slowly came to light. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 Criminal Investigation Unit Six 刑侦六组 The Sixth Criminal Investigation Unit. Cases are presented in separate installments, usually one case per chapter, though a few span three chapters. Jiang Yang leads the team in solving cases and unraveling mysteries, searching for the truth and showing you the unfathomable secrets of the human heart!!! 3kReads7.0Score228Shelves
- 68 I Can See Criminal Suspects 我能看到犯罪嫌疑人 Zhang Chi, an outstanding detective in 2025, is reborn in 2000, just as he graduates from the police academy. He had expected to join the city bureau’s criminal investigation team, but instead he was assigned to a suburban police station. After activating the System, he rises from disappointment and uses the System and his knowledge of the future to become a legendary detective! 593Reads6.8Score101Shelves
- 69 Fallen from Grace 坠落失格 Psychological suspense | High-IQ battle of wits | The boundary between reality and illusion collapses | Criminal profiling “My name is Chi Xiaochuan. I’m 26 years old, a hyperthymesia patient, and a full-time writer. Years from now, when I write this book, I’ll still remember that rainy night ten years ago. When the creator becomes the one to solve the puzzle, will the words on the page bring salvation, or lead to an even deeper trap? I’m not a profiler. I’m just someone who writes stories. I do 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 Cold Case Executioner 旧案行刑官 Police Captain Ji Xiao launches a livestreamed investigation to restore public trust, but the scene of a series of murders bears a secret code shared only by him and his older brother, Ji Lin, in childhood. As the whole internet calls for the “Shadowblade Killer” to be executed, forensic pathologist Chen Yan’s abnormal autopsy report, policewoman Zhou Yutang’s encrypted notes, and editor-in-chief Lin Zhao’s manipulation of public opinion gradually peel back the truth buried for ten years. The ki 9Reads—Score149Shelves
- 71 The Realism of Falling 沉沦的写实性 Song Zheng is a clever, independent detective. Solving a case is like putting together a puzzle: evidence is the pieces. Assembling them is easy, but finding them is a thorny road. Female lead: Xu Sui. Her name means “to follow.” Teetering on the edge of a cliff, she can follow the light or the darkness. Whether someone pulls her up or pushes her down, she can handle it. She believes that sinking into darkness is a kind of liberation. Supporting characters: Zhou Guyu, Song Zheng’s assistant an 109Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 72 Criminal Investigation: Hunting Down Killers in Major Cases 刑侦之重案缉凶 A series of major criminal cases rocks Cangzhou City, leaving people in a state of panic. In response to the emergency, a major crimes unit is formed, made up of team leader Su Jie, forensic examiner Qin Chuan, special agent Fang Mu, veteran detective Li Jun, and psychologist Yuan Jing. With the situation growing dire and public pressure mounting, watch the five work together to solve cases and restore fairness and order to society. 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 Notes of a Female Forensic Pathologist: Testimony 女法医手记之证词 —Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 74 Ashes: Classified Files 灰烬之绝密档案 (Crime + investigations + criminal investigation + romance) From the deadly flight attendant and the demon on a rainy night to the dead man's delivery, the shadow in the dark, split personality, a sisters' tragic bond, and hatred that came too late... There are no drawn-out romances, only killers you would never guess, lives steeped in tragedy, and characters who leave you sighing. Every story grips you, every plot point gives you food for thought, drawing you into the scene until you can't help 123Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 After My Sister Vanished, My Prosthetic Eye Started Sounding the Alarm 妹妹失踪后，我的义眼开始报警 Synopsis [Urban action and adventure + anti-scam survival + suspense] Former special police officer Jiang Che's younger sister, Jiang Yao, was lured by a high-paying job offer to the “Jinlan Federation” in Southeast Asia. He goes undercover alone to Blackstone Valley to search for clues. The tactical lens over his right eye can map the terrain, but it can't stop bullets. At the compound, he meets Cheng Ye, an imprisoned programmer; Wen Xi, an undercover female doctor; and Lao Zhong, an informant 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 I Have a Detective Chat Group 我有一个神探聊天群 Zhou Yi transmigrates to a parallel world and unexpectedly becomes the owner of the “Myriad Worlds Detective Group,” whose members include a host of brilliant detectives: Di Renjie, psychological expert Fang Mu, coroner Song Ci, the Tang Detective, Sherlock Holmes, forensic pathologist Qin Ming... From then on, Zhou Yi sets out on the path of a master detective, thriving as he tackles one baffling case after another! “For a car, a house, money, and a wife, I’ll go all out. So what if you’re Zhug 387Reads7.7Score101Shelves
- 77 My Left Eye Rewinds Time, My Right Eye Judges: From the Start, White Hair Rules Forensics 左眼回溯右眼审：开局白发镇刑侦 [Criminal Investigation] [Face-Slapping] [Revenge] [Urban Fantasy] [Episodic Cases + Main Story] I awakened an eye that burns through my lifespan. My hair turned white overnight, but I could see the past and judge the guilty. With my left hand, I turn back time. With my right, I command hell. When I used the little life I had left to gaze at the mastermind smiling at a charity gala, the entire Yunding Group began to tremble. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 Criminal Investigation: You Can't Reason with Someone Who's Asking to Die 刑侦：良言难劝该死的人 [Fortune-Teller System] [Detective's Growth] [Clear Logic] [Lighthearted Comedy] [No Female Lead] Liang Yan, a criminal investigator with six years on the job, suddenly gains the ability to foresee the misfortunes that will befall people around him within the next seven days. There's no way to explain this power, so Liang Yan can only go further and further down the path of being a fortune-telling charlatan... The Child Abduction Case, Old Li the Stubborn, The Police App Theft Case, The Perfect 381Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 79 My Criminal Investigation Notes 我的刑侦笔记 A professional mistress with peculiar tastes, a twisted college girl, “filial” children who murder their parents, and loners who make pacts to die together. Is it that they cannot adapt to society, or that “social progress” has changed them? Is there a warning light behind the darkness, or must there always be darkness beneath the light? Someone smiling at you doesn’t necessarily mean they’re being friendly. They might be plotting how to hurt you. What’s more terrifying than ghosts and gods is t 149Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 80 Murder Case: The Mystery of Death 凶案：死亡之谜 [A brilliant detective captain VS a host of highly intelligent murderers] When I thought this was an ordinary murder case, I discovered that the killer had led me astray. When I thought I had arrested the killer, I discovered he was nothing more than a scapegoat. When I thought I was close to the truth, I discovered the killer had committed suicide. When I thought the case had been hastily wrapped up, I discovered that the real killer was actually... 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 Cracking Cases Like Crazy: I Can Predict the Killer's Crimes 疯狂破案：我能预言凶手犯罪 After transmigrating and being reborn, Nie Xiangchen gains the power of prophecy. He can see every trace of what happened at a crime scene and identify the killer at a glance. Starting with a bizarre murder, he goes on to predict volcanic eruptions, plane crashes, earthquakes, and tsunamis. Yet everyone treats him like a joke, until disaster strikes and someone finally remembers that godlike man! 89Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 82 Criminal Psychology: The Mind-Reading Detective 罪案心理：读心神探 Also known as The Mind-Reading Detective. Chen Luo is an expert in criminal psychology and body language. After graduating from the academy, he became a consultant for the criminal investigation department. To ordinary people, the motives behind serial murders seem bizarre, twisted, and impossible to fathom. To Chen Luo, they’re clear as day, and the hidden killer is exposed in an instant. The lies and secrets people try so hard to conceal cannot escape Chen Luo’s notice. He sees straight throug 2.4kReads8.7Score224Shelves
- 83 The Heart-Stealing Sleuth 夺心狂探 Urban superpowers! This is actually a superpower story with a touch of suspense, so please don’t approach it as a traditional suspense or supernatural mystery. Gao Yao, the founder of criminal law, left behind eight volumes for suppressing evil. Among them, an ancient mind-control technique can seize people's souls and manipulate their minds. Its modern inheritor is Chou Yun, the orphan of a murderer. Though Chou Yun was born in darkness and raised amid hardship, he has a strong and righteous he 1.7kReads9.0Score161Shelves
- 84 The Corpse Whisperer: I Can See the Answers in Death 尸语者：我能看见死亡答案 [System] [Forensics] [Mystery] After thirty-six hours on duty, intern forensic doctor Lu Ming unexpectedly awakens an astonishing ability: he can see the true cause of death floating above every corpse. Drowned? No, strangled to death. Sudden cardiac arrest? No, poisoned with an organophosphate. Suicide by falling? No, pushed from the twenty-third floor. Everyone says he’s an inexperienced rookie, but his eyes never lie. When the truth is buried by those in power, killers walk freely in the sunl 6.7kReads8.0Score795Shelves
- 85 Fresh Out of the Police Academy, I Solve Cases Like Crazy from the Start 警校刚毕业，实习开局疯狂破案 [No female lead + System + crime-solving] Song Ming transmigrates to a parallel version of China. After the college entrance exam, he binds himself to a Crime Value System and resolutely applies to China's top police academy as the provincial top scorer. After graduating, he is assigned as an intern to the criminal investigation squad in Shaonan City. Starting with an ordinary missing-person case, he goes on to solve the beef noodle case, the human-skin secret identity case, the Silent Lamb case —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 From the Start, I Crack a Serial Murder Case and Shock the Chief Detective 开局破获连环杀人案震惊刑警队长 989Reads8.1Score108Shelves
- 87 Xu Changsheng Investigates, II 许长生探案II Police Captain Xu Changsheng, known among his team as “Little Zhuge,” faces one convoluted case after another. He always manages to untangle the clues, find the key evidence, and bring the criminals to justice. This book recounts several challenging cases that showcase Xu Changsheng’s keen powers of deduction. 6.6kReads8.3Score755Shelves
- 88 Notes of a Female Forensic Examiner: Cracking the Code 女法医手记之破译密码 Forensic pathologists have a strange and mysterious profession. They spend their days and nights with the dead, listening to the voices of the departed, speaking for the dead and clearing their names. A play, a terrifying case from long ago, a series of recurring bloody murders... Why does the killer leave a distinctive “death signature” on every victim, and what does it mean? Several dismembered bodies are discovered one after another aboard a train. As the investigation unfolds, a woman of the —Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 89 Testimony of Memory 记忆证言 Memory Testimony follows Lin Shouxi, a medium who can read the “marks of death” left on personal effects and use them to solve cold cases. Together with Su Rui, a brilliant scientist, and Chen Tao, a hacker, he forms a special team and infiltrates the black market in memories to take on the multinational organization known as the Archive, which seeks to collect and sell human memories. Each case is a forgotten life, and every time he touches a memory, his own begins to fade. When the truth behin 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 I Mistook My Blind Date for Someone Else, and Became a Great Detective 认错相亲对象，我竟成了神探 Zhang Yang mistakes a policewoman for his blind date and takes on a dismemberment case. With skills awarded by the System, he stuns everyone. He can even casually nab a pair of human traffickers while having dinner with the beautiful policewoman. Beautiful policewoman: Hey, what are you doing? I’ve got another case… Uh, no, I mean, would you like to have dinner with me? Criminal investigation captain: Director, please stop sending cases to Zhang Yang. Our whole team is getting fat from lack of w 2.4kReads7.3Score311Shelves
- 91 My Brother Returns, and His First Case Shocks the Entire Bureau 弟弟归来，第一次破案震惊全局 [Dual male leads + suspense + deduction + heartwarming + mind-bending + everyday life (slow-paced)] On his way home one night, Lu Tianxing, captain of the municipal criminal investigation squad, finds a young man outside: Lu Tianchen. After learning the basics about Lu Tianchen, Lu Tianxing’s understanding of the world falters for a moment. Is it a time-space mix-up, or something else? He can’t figure it out. The only thing they have in common is that they both belong to “Huaxia”! Even stranger 70Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Criminal Investigation Consultant Lin Chen 刑侦顾问林辰 Lin Chen, the youngest criminal psychology professor at the provincial public security department, suffered a fatal setback at the peak of his career. A profile that was supposedly one hundred percent accurate sent an innocent courier to prison, while the real killer struck again ten months later. He tore up the honors he had earned over ten years with his own hands, wrote the words “resigning to take responsibility,” and disappeared for three whole months. When he resurfaced, he had become the 273Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 The Cases of Judge Shi 施公案 The novel tells the story of the honest official Shi Shilun during the Kangxi era, who, aided by Huang Tianba and other heroes of the martial world, roots out corrupt officials, solves cases, and captures bandits. 3Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 94 Reborn in the 1990s: Solving Serial Murder Cases 重生九零刑侦，破获连环杀人案 “Help! Somebody save me!” A feeble cry for help rings out across the playground in the darkness! As the fog clears, a blood-soaked corpse is found nailed to the lawn, its vacant eyes staring straight ahead. The cries for help still echo in the air! Possessing a corpse? After being reborn, Ye Xuan binds himself to the God-Tier Detective System. Every solved case earns him special abilities and all kinds of rewards! From then on, Ye Xuan sets out on an endless path of solving cases! If your crimin 301Reads5.7Score104Shelves
- 95 I’m Trapped in an Endless Case File 我陷入了无限案卷 A cool-headed genius detective heroine × a street thug hero with a sharp instinct Chen Meng has solved countless cases. After every case is closed, she returns to “reality”: familiar streets, ordinary dates, and people who are alive. Then she discovers that none of it is reality. It’s the beginning of the next case file. The cases never end, because she has never truly left. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 The Lies of the Dead 尸体的谎言 A serial murder case leaves several forensic doctors dead or driven mad in quick succession. The provincial department has no choice but to send in its most brilliant and aloof chief forensic doctor. She climbs over a mountain of corpses and parts the fog, only to discover that she is trapped in a web of conspiracy with no way out. A charming, roguish, and warmhearted detective comes to help, but keeps hitting a wall with the aloof goddess. With no other choice, he resorts to his ultimate moves: 194Reads8.3Score101Shelves
- 97 I Delivered Food to the Dead 23 Times. The 24th Recipient Was Me 我给死人送了23次外卖，第24次收件人是我自己 I Delivered Takeout to the Dead 23 Times. The 24th Recipient Was Me 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 Political Achievements: From Rookie Cop to Regional Governor 政绩：从小警察到封疆大吏 Lu Aimin was reborn in the year 2000. After offending the department head, he was assigned to the Forest Police Brigade in Nant'an County. Then his girlfriend dumped him. Just when things couldn't get worse, he activated the Super Police System and began climbing step by step, from a low-ranking cop to a powerful regional official. 15Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 99 The Deadline for Evidence [Criminal Investigation] 罪证时限[刑侦] Ye Xiao is a forensic pathologist in Lingnan City, quick-witted and sharp. Decades in the profession have seen her dissect well over a thousand bodies, giving her an exceptionally wealth of experience. Qi Yun is the head of the task force. Skilled at analysis and reading people, he has solved many major cases and is legendary within the police force as a specialist in cracking cases. The task force untangles a web of clues, piece by piece, and catches the real culprit. Among their cases are cold 982Reads8.3Score152Shelves
- 100 Case Files of Crime: The Punisher 猎罪档案：惩罚主 [Detective and police procedural + pure deduction + no romance! + no female lead + standalone cases + criminal investigation + realistic crime-solving] “Zhou Qi, an obscure detective who quit his job to start a business, teams up with his police friend Li Wushang to crack one bizarre case after another.” P.S. This book has no romance. If you like stories about two male leads with a romantic subplot, try another book: Hunting Crime Files: Bloodied Angel (also known as Nameless Detective Agency) " 293Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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