Novels like Murder on Chang'an Street
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- 1 The Peerless Detective of the Tang Dynasty 大唐无双神探 After transmigrating to ancient times, Fang Wushuang discovers that the dynasty in this world is called the Great Tang, but it is not the Tang dynasty from the history he knows. Faced with mysterious and baffling cases and murders shrouded in uncertainty, Fang Wushuang becomes a legendary detective in another world, teaming up with martial artists who can travel to heaven and earth to solve one deadly case after another. Human brains made into elixirs, deadly lotuses, a snake-demon crone, bloods 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Rivalry: The Famous Detectives Face Off, Part Two 宿敌外传二之名捕大对决 A collection of short wuxia stories featuring eight tales: “The Skeleton Painting,” “Cold River,” “The Meeting at Tan Pavilion,” “Broken Dream Blade,” “A Grand Affair,” “Flowers in Bloom and Fade,” “Beating the Tiger,” and “Catching the Rat.” Each story has a different protagonist and a different plot. 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Northern Song Dynasty Criminal Case Files 北宋刑侦事件簿 A modern detective unexpectedly transmigrates to the first year of Emperor Renzong's reign in the Northern Song. Using his modern knowledge and forensic expertise, he cracks one baffling case after another. But just as he begins to thrive, he discovers that there is another transmigrator in this era. A time both strange and familiar, and a contest between two transmigrators... 134Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 4 The Jiaming Dynasty: A Few Cases to Solve 嘉明王朝：探案二三事 Detective work, pursuing a husband, two strong leads. No brainless characters. In the Jiaming Dynasty, a new emperor has taken the throne, but his rule is unstable. The emperor sends Qi Bai to deal with the chancellor’s criminal syndicate. Meanwhile, Master Xie, a wealthy merchant in the capital, wants to preserve his family line, so he has Xie Wan accompany Qi Bai on his mission to welcome the God of Misfortune. And so, a skilled, handsome, and clever registrar sets off with a modern-day office 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 From the Start, I Had 100,000 Detective Skills, and No Crime Could Stay Hidden 开局十万破案技，罪恶无处可藏匿 [Criminal investigations + brisk pacing + System stays in the background + no romance] Twenty years ago, a bloody murder on a rainy night left Qin Feng an orphan. After watching his parents die before his eyes, Qin Feng came to loathe evil and vowed to become a detective so he could catch the real killer with his own hands! In 2012, on his first day in the criminal investigation unit after graduating with honors from the police academy, Qin Feng unexpectedly awakened the People’s Detective Syste 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Great Ming Judge 大明刑王 The soul of a modern police officer transmigrates into the body of a condemned prisoner named Song Wuya, who is awaiting execution at the execution grounds. He does not, however, inherit the man's memories. Through a strange twist of fate, he ends up becoming a “police officer” in the Ming Dynasty, using modern knowledge and criminal investigation techniques to solve one bizarre case after another! 100Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 7 Di Renjie: The Pearl Lost in the Blue Sea 狄仁杰之沧海遗珠 [Mystery] [History] [Detective Fiction] [Thriller] The former officials of the Li-Tang dynasty guard the ancestral temples, while the throne passes to the ruler’s relatives by marriage. The struggle for imperial power leaves the people in misery. Wu Zetian orders Di Renjie to act as her imperial inspector and Grand Councilor, and a bizarre case that will shock the realm comes to light… This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate. 621Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 8 The Song Dynasty Ministry of Justice Case Files 2 大宋刑部侦缉档案2 In the early summer of the second year of Shaoxi in the Southern Song, a string of bizarre beheading cases shakes Xiangyang, the city on the border between Jin and Song. The cases draw in both courts, inflaming tensions until war seems imminent. The emperor sends an imperial inspector to Xiangyang to investigate. With the situation proving difficult, he seeks help from Han Zhiyuan, a young gentleman who has retired to Xiangyang after repeatedly helping the court solve major cases and earning a n 58Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 9 Cold Fox Bones: Spring with Embroidered Uniforms and Blades 青狐骨冷：锦衣绣刀春 A frail, sickly fox-like beauty × a ruthless, cold-hearted, money-loving Embroidered Uniform Guard Investigations + everyday life + mutual teasing + secret devotion Guo Ke: Frail and sickly, with a fondness for smiling. When she gets close to the truth, she unconsciously smiles like a little fox. She loves blue-green clothes and wears her long hair loose. (Lu Bing always says she looks like a female ghost.) Lu Bing: Ruthless and cold-hearted, walking the line between good and evil. Their unspoke 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The System Makes Me Solve Cases, but All I Want Is to Flirt 系统逼我探案，我却总想撩汉 [A blunt, looks-obsessed office drone who’s forbidden from falling in love vs. a cold-faced, sharp-tongued King of Hell who secretly dotes on his people] [Modern person transmigrates into an ancient setting + fictional world + System + mystery investigations + one-on-one romance, very sweet and angst-free; the romance takes off at lightning speed + a little comedy] Mu Fengge’s romance never got off the ground. She had barely transmigrated when she was falsely accused and thrown in jail. Her hear 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Great Liang Medical Cases: The Female Coroner 大梁医案之女仵作 He is the city's famous “mind-reading detective,” an orphan burdened by a blood feud. She is a modern-day forensic pathologist whose masterful autopsy skills crack one bizarre case after another, yet she is caught in a mystery surrounding her own origins. Murder, massacres... One conspiracy after another, mysterious symbols, and countless webs close in around them, drawing the two of them together. A vicious dog kills its master, only for the murder to prove an injustice and fight back against o 156Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 12 Allen's Story: Hyperthymesia 艾伦的故事—超忆症 Alan’s Story: Hyperthymesia 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Double Shadows 双重阴影 Twin Shadows 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Song Dynasty’s Strange Case Files: The Drum of the Ninth Heaven 大宋诡案录之九霄鼓 At the first drumbeat, grass and trees spring to life. At the second, memories fade to blank. At the third, old wounds reopen. At the fourth, songs and music pass away. At the fifth, one prays to the heavens. At the sixth, the heart’s secrets become clear. At the seventh, light stirs in the dark. At the eighth, the road disappears from view. At the ninth, flowers bloom on the other shore. Some say the Nine Heavens Drum is a person. Some say it is a treasure. Others say that finding it will make 102Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 15 The Great Hong Dynasty's First Female Magistrate 大宏第一女刑官 The heroine, Hua Tang, admired the dean, the Grand Princess of the reigning dynasty, who was murdered. But with no status or influence, Hua Tang has no way to continue investigating the case. The hero, Ji Ming, is the son of the late Prince Ding. Falsely accused and imprisoned, he is fortunate to have the heroine clear his name. Afterward, the heroine leads six companions in founding the Netherworld Hall. Together, they solve one strange case after another. Each of the six has their own psycholo 107Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 You Asked Me to Write a Comedy, So I Wrote Detective Chinatown 让你写搞笑，你写唐人街探案 Li Yuan woke up one day and discovered he'd transmigrated. He was also competing in Huaguo's most prestigious live-streamed film creation contest! Contestants had to create a film based on a theme set by the organizers. The current theme was: [Comedy] While the other contestants were still making dark comedies and forcing in memes, Li Yuan pulled out a film: Detective Chinatown! The judges and audience laughed. A detective story? This is a comedy? But as the story went on, the audience realized 72Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Detective Situ Jun 神探司徒俊 On the very first day of his new post, top-ranked scholar and county magistrate Situ Jun is mistaken for a thief by Yan Yan, a female constable with superhuman strength, who knocks out one of his front teeth. The magistrate’s little dog, Dahuang, also gets into a fight with the constable’s tabby cat. Though they seem destined to clash, the two turn out to be a perfectly matched team, solving countless cases together. Cases pile up, from the human-skin lantern and the serial murders at Qixia Temp 120Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 18 Twelve Unsolved Cases in Chang'an 长安十二悬案 Why was the brothel’s most beautiful courtesan found dead in her bedroom? Why does a mysterious man howl like a ghost every night? Why did a bride vanish without a trace just after her wedding? Why are handsome people dying one after another? Why did a shaman suddenly go mad while performing a ritual? And who really stole Old Wang’s sow? Behind it all, is it the dark side of human nature, or… is someone up to no good? Join Li Yu, a brilliant detective and county magistrate of the Tang Dynasty, a 254Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 19 I Only Wanted to Solve Cases After Transmigrating, but Was Forced to Save the World 穿越后只想破案，却被迫拯救苍生 [Transmigration]+ [Alternate History]+ [Crime Solving]+ [Intelligence] He died unexpectedly, but when he awoke, he found himself in an alternate dynasty resembling the Ming Dynasty, and had become the younger brother of the emperor's favorite consort. As expected, being part of the imperial in-laws was the perfect way to coast through life. He had planned to live carefree until the end of his days, but after he showed a hint of talent, the emperor began to rely on him, making him an official in 243Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 20 You Were Supposed to Take the Arts Exam, So Why Did You End Up in Criminal Investigation? 让你艺考，你考到刑侦去了？ Li Guan has a secret: everyone looks like an old person to him. People say it’s hard to paint skin and harder still to capture the bones beneath. For him, it’s the other way around. The pretty campus belle looks like an old woman, and a strapping young man looks like an old man, making it remarkably easy for him to draw bones and muscles. He thought he would spend his life this way, different from others but otherwise uneventful. Then a young, handsome female classmate showed up, and with her ca 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Nemesis: Legend of the Famous Detective, Part Two: The East Trembles 宿敌外传二之名捕震关东 A collection of short wuxia stories: Pursuit, On the Run, Dominion, Romance, Crimson Demon, and Tragic Green. Each story has different characters and a different plot. 596Reads—Score10014d adds
- 22 Archrivals: Side Story Two, The Great Storm of the Famous Constable 宿敌外传二之名捕大风暴 A short martial arts novel featuring seven stories: Snow of Beauty, Wicked Flowers, Carefree Days, Right or Left, Proud Bones, Silent Flight, and Dream of Terror. Each story has different protagonists and a different plot. 16Reads—Score214d adds
- 23 The Young Detective’s Strange Casebook 少年奇冤录 (This book is entirely fictionalized.) A future warrior known as the God of Crime Solving transmigrates to the Song Dynasty and takes over the body of a young man. Watch as he defies the powerful, fearlessly seeks the truth, and solves the mysteries that have long gone unexplained. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 What? I Traveled Back to the Wu Zhou Era, Solved Crimes, and Fell in Love? 什么？穿回武周破案还谈了个恋爱 [One-on-one romance + transmigration + crime-solving + romance + happy ending] Criminal profiler x Minister of the Court of Judicial Review Miao Chenshuang, a criminal profiler who'd been single for twenty-two years, never imagined that one day she'd transmigrate back to the Tang Dynasty… only to take up her old profession again and become a judicial officer at the Court of Judicial Review! Miao Chenshuang rolls up her sleeves. All right, let's see what I've got! Anyone can solve a case! Mu Bai, 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Zhenfusi Case Files 镇抚司缉凶录 [A reserved, honest heir to a prominent family × a free-spirited, highly skilled heroine, one-on-one romance, detective work and revenge, reunion after years apart] Chu Zhi, a beggar from Ghost City, is the closed-door disciple of the Marquis of Anqing, Chu Qingxuan. The ninth in her generation, she is a peerless martial artist and unmatched in beauty. Bright and gifted, Chu Zhi solves a cold case at fifteen and makes a name for herself in the capital. The Emperor grants her a marriage, and she 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 I Transmigrated into a Female Coroner and Fell for My Ice-Cold Boss 穿越成女仵作，与冰块上司谈恋爱 [Transmigration + mystery + crime-solving + sweet romance + devoted couple] Modern forensic examiner Su Lanfu transmigrates and becomes a coroner at the Dali Temple. To find the real culprit behind her sister's murder, she must track down the mysterious Plum Blossom Society of the martial world. But the icy, hard-to-please Dali Temple Minister is no easy person to work for, and she has to tread carefully just to get by under him. Yet after they solve one baffling case after another at the Dali 118Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 27 Undercover in Great Ming 我在大明当卧底 An old detective transmigrates into the body of a young Ming Dynasty page. From the start, he's in a deadly predicament: a series of mishaps gets him tangled up in a murder case. He investigates the crime to clear the wrongfully accused while going undercover and playing a double agent... Emperor: “Are you willing to serve me?” Page: “My old ma says I don't have many faults, but I've always been stubborn!” The relationships between the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the eunuch faction, and the civil 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Court of Causality: Fatal Percentage 因果律庭：致命百分比 I’m Alan Wexler, a former causality investigator and now a down-at-the-heels detective. My daily routine is watching people at the “Court of Causality” argue themselves hoarse over trivial nonsense. For example, when a piece of cheese goes missing, they’ll blame the boss, a robot, a dog, even the constants of the universe! Then I get dragged into Alex’s death case, and all five unlucky nodes insist they’re innocent. Fine, looks like I’ll have to step in again and find the one truly guilty “cause 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 I Am the God of Detective Work Across All Worlds! 我！万界探案之神！ After his soul transmigrates into the body of an abandoned family orphan, he finds himself a junior police officer. When he awakens the Super Crime-Solving System, he decides his first step will be to wipe out his own family! “I’ll make you see that every choice you made was wrong!” He also gains the Myriad Worlds Detective Plot Transmigration System. He solves cases in the real world, then visits detective settings at night: Chinatown, Criminal Minds, and Sherlock Holmes, where he helps solve c 110Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 30 Returning from Cultivation, I Become a Detective 修仙归来当神探 Xu Liang was a cultivator who failed his tribulation and returned to his youth. But he soon discovered that although this was still Blue Star, everything around him had changed. Instead of attending a civil engineering university, as he had before, he had graduated from a police university and become a proud trainee detective. 116Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 31 It's Perfectly Reasonable for a Scholar to Solve a Case 读书人断个案很合理吧 [Crime Solving] [Alternate History] [Wild Imagination] [Wits and Strategy] [Cool-Headed] [A Keen Mind] My name is Ning Fan, a top scorer in the college entrance exams who dropped out of school. After dying in an accident, I transmigrated to an alternate historical dynasty called the Great Rong. Given a second life, I planned to take it easy in ancient times: pass the imperial exams for fun, go into business and become the richest man around, and follow in the footsteps of the greats by inventing 259Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 32 Case Files: Wanted, All Suspects Are Guilty 追凶档案：全员恶人通告 [Criminal Investigations and Crime Solving + Social Maneuvering + Logical Deduction + Support System] 80% criminal investigations and crime solving + 10% scheming and infighting + 10% social maneuvering = 100% exhilarating fun! Note: This book prioritizes logic. The System has a low profile and serves only as an aid! Criminal investigation prodigy Lin Jing was snapped up by municipal police departments across the country just before graduation. To everyone's surprise, Lin Jing turned down a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Great Zhou Detective 大周女探案 Ever since Ye Sheng took office, Jiangning has been far from peaceful. The Wu family’s bride mysteriously dropped dead, and the Lu sisters were both found with their throats slit. One strange incident followed another, leaving everyone on edge. To clear his father’s name, Tan Xin traveled a thousand miles to Jiangning. There, he and Ye Sheng supported each other as they sought the truth. Amid shifting fortunes, greed, anger, delusion, truth and falsehood, who is right and who is wrong… 12Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 34 Crime Solving: From the Start, My Wife Is Accused of Murder 破案：开局老婆被指杀人犯 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Bai An discovers that someone has accused his newlywed wife of murder. Fortunately, he awakens the Case-Solving Lottery System. “Ding! Congratulations, Host! You’ve won an exclusive skill for master detectives: Eye of Insight!” “Ding! Congratulations, Host! You’ve won an exclusive skill for police investigators: Intermediate Criminal Investigation Experience!” “Ding! Congratulations, Host! You’ve won a premium meal plan recipe!” “Ding! Congratulations, H —Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 35 Reborn, He Becomes a Security Guard in the Provincial Capital 重生后他在省城当保安 Liu Nian is reborn with the memories of his past life. He starts out working as a security guard and gets to know some powerful figures in the police force. With his supernatural abilities, he cracks one major case after another. Through legal means, he becomes a hidden tycoon, rising rapidly through the ranks of the police force… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Chanzhou Mystery 澶州迷案 [Looks-obsessed, talented bandit heroine × smiling, brilliant male coroner] Zhu Hongyun grew up in a bandit stronghold and had planned to make her fortune in the bustling capital. By a twist of fate, however, she ended up in a small county in Chanzhou and became a constable at the local yamen. Chanzhou was remote, and its yamen offices were understaffed and overwhelmed with frequent cases. She had no choice but to team up with the coroner Liu Weinian, pack her bags, and travel around Chanzhou so 167Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 37 I’m a Divine Detective in Great Qian 我在大乾当神捕 After transmigrating into the body of an ancient constable, he encounters a supposed suicide from the start. He uses plant ash to reveal footprints and mulberry paper to detect marks left by a ligature. “This wasn’t a suicide. It was murder!” From constable to director in the Ministry of Justice, from commoner to a sixth-rank official. Grain stores robbed, scholars murdered, families wiped out, salt merchants smuggling, corruption in the government... He solves the cases no one else can. He inve 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Solving Strange Cases in the Southern Song Dynasty 我在南宋探破诡案 Lin'an, during the Shaoxing era of the Southern Song. A bizarre fire consumes the entire household of Zhou Xianzong, an official in the Revenue Department, killing all twenty-seven members. The case is on the verge of being closed. Yue Lin, a vice minister of the Court of Judicial Review, examines the scene and unearths a twenty-eighth, unidentified skeleton deep beneath the rubble. A unique imperial gold-threaded glass bead is tied around its wrist, and the victim died long before the fire. As —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Gray Border 灰色边界 A: Adjudication R: Revenge L: Law Enforcer There are no perfectly just verdicts in this world. Only by walking the line at the edge of the law can one execute true demons. No one wants to walk a tightrope, especially when the abyss below is deep enough to swallow everything. A and L should never move along the same straight line, but only where their paths cross can the sins of the heart be cleansed. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 A Dream You Never Wake From 永睡不醒的梦 (I wrote this novel in a notebook when I was in middle school a couple of years ago. I’m posting it on Fanqie as a keepsake.) I can no longer endure nights like this. The desolate old days, their mottled traces reflecting the weight of time. Again and again, I return to this empty old house, covered in dust and spiderwebs. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Dream Brook's Record of Strange Investigations 梦溪探异录 During the Northern Song dynasty, a boy named Shen Kuo sets out in pursuit of the truth after a strange calamity known as the Black Apparition. This learned man, hailed by later generations as “a landmark in the history of Chinese science,” led a life filled with mysteries far stranger than those recorded in Dream Pool Essays. From his years as a young scholar in Qiantang, Hangzhou, to the treacherous political currents of the court in Bianjing; from the smoke and flames of war on the northwes —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Dali Temple Deputy Minister’s Female Coroner: Case Files 大理寺少卿家的女仵作【探案】 [The rating is low because it just opened!] [Lazy, lie-flat coroner x aloof workaholic Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review] Modern forensic pathologist Du Yexin was in a car accident and unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a farmer’s daughter in Sui’an County, where she became entangled in a murder case. To clear her name, Du Yexin had no choice but to use her modern forensic knowledge to find the real culprit. - Xu Mian, son of the Minister of Justice, solved the theft from t 1.2kReads6.6Score18914d adds
- 43 Strange Cases of the Court of Judicial Review 大理寺诡奇案 Mystery and crime-solving. (The male and female leads have feelings for each other, but they will not end up together. They see the world differently and have their own ideas about their futures. The female lead gets far more page time than the male lead. He barely appears in some cases, and there is very little romance. I’m putting this upfront so you can decide whether to read it. Updates are often irregular, and I write wherever the story takes me.) To clear her family’s name, Qiao Lanzhi ent 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Case of the Eroding Color 色蚀谜案 A Case of Sensual Corruption 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Supreme Bounty Hunter 至尊赏金猎人 Hey, you there, “Thirty Thousand Bucks”! No, I mean, fugitive, where do you think you’re going? Behold, the embodiment of justice and a role model for our times has arrived! Now get in my pocket! No, I mean, surrender peacefully... 24Reads6.4Score314d adds
- 46 Detective Di Renjie of the Eastern Capital 东方神探狄仁杰 Di Renjie is here, Li Yuanfang is here, and Ruyan is here, along with a series of gripping cases. The Black Flame Spirit Serpent case, the Goguryeo restoration case, the Tubo marriage alliance case... Behind the glittering prosperity and hidden undercurrents, the power plays and human nature lie baffling mysteries, complicated relations with neighboring states, tangled court struggles, and evil forces concealed from view. History, suspense, deduction, and action come vividly to life in a series 285Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Di Renjie's Casebook: Solving Mysteries with Corpse Speech, Judging the Fate of All Under Heaven 大唐狄刑录：尸语破诡，权断乾坤 A modern forensic examiner transmigrates to the Wu Zhou era and becomes a lowly coroner nobody respects! One bizarre case after another, all written off as “vengeful ghosts claiming lives,” drives the Tang court's justice system to the brink! “The dead cannot speak, but their bodies bear witness!” Massacres, serial murders, court conspiracies... Armed with nothing but an autopsy knife, he face-slaps the powerful, tears apart rebel factions, helps Judge Di restore order, and becomes the Tang Dyna 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Thousand-Year-Old Detective 千岁神探 During the Song Dynasty, the Six Fan Gate. At the summit of the Tianshan Mountains, he attains immortality. Demons and monsters all fear him. Dynasties rise and fall, and everyone else is just a passerby. A thousand years rush past. He is merely a visitor to the halls of power. He once discussed old cases with Bao Zheng and often examined corpses with Song Ci. Across a thousand years, he writes the chronicles of history. A single lifetime spent seeking the truth. He is the greatest martial artis 22Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 49 Curious Cases of Women in the Martial World 江湖女子奇案 Su Chen is a renowned detective in the martial world, and Red Rose is its most beautiful woman. One night, Red Rose is assaulted and killed. Despite the overwhelming witness and physical evidence, all signs point to Su Chen as the culprit! Su Chen barely manages to escape, only to discover that this is just the beginning. As he peels away layer after layer of the mystery, what is the truth? Who is really pulling the strings behind it all? 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Great Qi Dynasty's First Female Coroner 大齐第一女仵作 Forensic pathologist Ding Yuning died unexpectedly after staying up late to write an autopsy report, when it triggered the toxins in her body. She transmigrated into the body of a mysterious woman in ancient times, also named Ding Yuning. When they first met, he was Zhao Xingren, the top constable in Qingping County, and looked exactly like Zhao Xi, her late boyfriend who had worked in law enforcement. But because she was dressed in black from head to toe, Zhao Xingren mistook her for the culpri 280Reads—Score—14d adds
