Novels like He Is the Killer
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- 51 Emergency! A Husky Has Torn Apart the Crime Scene! 急！犯罪现场被二哈拆了！ My name is Chai Chai. I'm a purebred husky, born with the ability to see the colors of smells. Most importantly, key evidence glows in my eyes. Linhai City seems peaceful on the surface, but beneath it lies a web of crimes controlled by the "Shadow Alliance." I tear up houses like I tear apart murder cases. I've chewed through sofas, floors, and even tombstones, and every "toy" I dig up is a key to solving a case. My partner, Chen Yuan, has a sharp tongue and loves slacking off, while Lin Xue is —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Testimony of a Burning Lie 谎焰证词 There is no truth in the ashes, only deeper lies. When your best friend dies for you twice, only then do you understand: being alive is the ultimate revenge. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 The Delivery Detective: A Detective Chat Group from the Start 外卖神探：开局一个神探聊天群 Shen Ting, a top student at the police academy, is framed and expelled after rejecting the advances of the vice principal's daughter. He falls from a rising star to the depths of despair, becoming a delivery rider navigating the city's steel jungle. Just when everyone thinks he'll stay down, an unexpected rainy night binds him to the "Good and Evil Detective System"! [Eye of Good and Evil]: See a person's crime score at a glance. No disguise can escape justice! [Game-Changer chat group]: Connect —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 The Forensic Pathologist's Return 法医归途 (Mostly adapted from real cases. Each case stands alone. No dragging things out, no formulaic plots, no System, no mindless characters, and not a power fantasy. Readers who may be bothered by this, please proceed with caution.) My name is Tang Bei, and I’m a forensic pathologist. Every case is etched in my memory. The Dissolved Body in the Unfinished Building... The Poisoning for Revenge... The Murderous Love Affair and Dismemberment... I don’t know how much longer these stories will continue. B 1.4kReads—Score15914d adds
- 55 The Strange Bones Speak 诡骨尸语 The story follows forensic investigator Gu Fei and policewoman Chen Yao, whose lives are changed by an accident. Together, they seek truth and justice through a series of baffling cases! (This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people is purely coincidental!) 162Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 The Campus Belle Rejected My Confession, So I Blew Up the School 表白校花被拒，我反手炸了学校 At the graduation ceremony. At the urging of his best friend, Lin Yu confessed to the campus belle in front of everyone. To his surprise, she rejected him without mercy! Lin Yu promptly pressed the remote detonator! Boom! Boom! Boom! “That was brutal!” “He set off a bomb over a little disagreement!” “What else could he be but a terrorist!” Wait! Don't panic! Things aren't as simple as you think! Lin Yu's explosion unearthed a bizarre disappearance case from twenty-five 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 It Wasn’t Him 不是他 Choices: we face many of them over the course of our lives. Have you made the right one every time? Will the road ahead be smooth, or will it lead to ruin? In the storm, some are soaked to the skin, some emerge unscathed, and others lose everything in the whirlpool of the raging current! When the person you trust most, even the person you idolize, is exposed as someone entirely different, what will you choose? Perhaps holding fast to a corner of purity within your heart is what you strive for al 266Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 58 Light in the Darkness: Forensic Investigator Xia Luo 黑暗中的光明：法医夏洛 Crimes set ten years in the future, with one case every three chapters. Pure crime investigation, no dragging things out and no romance-obsessed leads. Does rapid technological progress help criminals, or bring crime to an end...? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Zhu Yuanzhang's Iron-Fisted War on Corruption 朱元璋铁腕反腐 Born into a farming family, Zhu Chongba was left without money to bury his parents when famine struck. Zhu Liujiu’s father, a fellow villager, paid for the land and helped build a grave and erect a headstone for them. To survive, Zhu Chongba became a monk. Later, he joined Guo Zixing’s forces, became a soldier, and fought against the Yuan dynasty. Gradually, he rose to become a regional warlord and eventually united the country. In the early Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the fou 1.9kReads7.3Score10214d adds
- 60 Once the Dark Moonlight 曾经黑月光 A serial murder case spanning several provinces brings He Zhiqiu, now a PhD in criminal psychology, face to face again with Qi Yu, a former university classmate and current police squad leader. He Zhiqiu says, “Long time no see,” while Qi Yu turns and walks away without a trace of expression. An excited friend asks, “You two seem to have a history. Could you be the white moonlight of Qi Yu, the shining star of the police force?” He Zhiqiu exhales a puff of smoke, thinks for a moment, then repli 350Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 61 This Detective Is a Force to Be Reckoned With: Taking on Thugs and Cracking Bizarre Cases 这个刑警有点猛，硬刚凶徒破奇案 Buried alive from the start! Qin Mo: You think I don't have a temper? As someone who transmigrated, my mind is filled with the knowledge and wisdom of my past life. That's what gives me the confidence to cut through every obstacle. System: Host, you're underestimating yourself! Congratulations, you have obtained the skills: World-Shaking Tyrant's Body, Supernatural Sense of Smell, Precise Marksmanship, All-Around Combat, Eyes-Closed Street Racing… Qin Mo: Holy crap, is it this intense r 83Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The Sleeping Volcano 沉睡的火山 On the eve of his company's stock market debut, Wu Liang, chairman of the Wuwei Group in Jinhai City, is murdered in his own bedroom. The killer cruelly saws off Wu Liang's feet... Xu Changsheng, captain of the criminal investigation team at the Municipal Public Security Bureau, leads a team of capable officers in an investigation that continues day and night. The killer's methods are exceptionally clever. Xu Changsheng and his team spend a great deal of time investigating and piecing together t 499Reads—Score10514d adds
- 63 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
- 64 Criminal Police: A Storm of Cold Cases 刑警之悬案风云 I can see through your methods. You think you've covered your tracks perfectly, but even the dead can speak. The soil, the light, and the smells all leave behind the answers I need as time passes. Time is a one-way record that can never be changed. Don't forget, the world follows the simplest logic: what has happened and what hasn't are ultimately different. 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Murder by WeChat 微信杀机 At midnight, the death knell rings, and Gu Fei jolts awake from a dream. Every evil deed is shrouded in that veil of mist. Behind an ordinary WeChat message lie countless deadly traps. Is it a demon’s hatred, or an angel’s gift? Zhou Ran is just an ordinary novelist, but murder happens all around him. When he realizes who the real killer is, he chooses to risk his own life to protect them. Can the perfect murder plot, devised to protect someone, be exposed? Who could make another person willingl 38Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 66 Global Lord: From the Start, I Got Divine-Level Enlightenment 全民领主，开局获得神级点化 A lordship game descends upon Blue Star, drawing one million gaming enthusiasts worldwide into the World of Warcraft, where they become lords of their own territories. From the start, each gets a small wooden hut and four peasants. Tang Feng draws an SSS-rank talent from the start: Divine Empowerment. He can empower any item or unit, boosting it a hundredfold or even ten thousandfold. His peasants are all empowered into three-to-four-meter-tall Titan peasants. Their productivity is a hundred tim 296Reads5.8Score10014d adds
- 67 The Archives Unit 档案组 [Horror + Mystery + Deduction] (This story is entirely fictional.) In the world we live in, countless mysterious corners often lie hidden beneath the surface calm. Events that cannot be easily explained by common sense are like phantoms in the fog, drawing people in to seek the truth behind them. And this book, The Archives, will take you on a journey of exploration into a world filled with mystery and wonder. Liu Yumin was originally just an unassuming employee in the police station’s records 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Strange Cases of the Tang Dynasty 唐朝诡案 Set during the Tang Dynasty, this novel tells the thrilling, legendary tale of Li Chang’an, a man of humble origins who becomes a county magistrate through a stroke of fate. From then on, he uses the wit of an ordinary man to crack extraordinary cases and outsmart corrupt officials at every level. 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 The Distance of Sin 孽之距 This novel is part of a mystery series. After finishing the college entrance exam, protagonist Li Sihang visited his girlfriend’s home to meet her parents for the first time. A murder took place in the house. He was knocked unconscious by a blow to the head and suffered a mild concussion, while everyone in his girlfriend’s family was killed. Afterward, he applied to join the police and eventually became a criminal investigator. He hoped that his efforts would help his girlfriend rest in peace so —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 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
- 71 The Red Conspiracy: Echoes from the Abyss 红色迷局:深渊回响 The Red Conspiracy: Echoes of the Abyss 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Detective: You're a Forensic Doctor, How Do You Know Everything? 神探：你个法医，怎么啥都懂？ “Shen Ting, you’re a forensic examiner. How do you even know about bloodstain patterns?” “Wait, Shen Ting, aren’t you a forensic examiner? How do you know about trace evidence, too?” “Shen Ting, you’re a rookie forensic examiner. How do you even know how to investigate cases using plants?” … Newly hired forensic examiner Shen Ting looked at everyone’s puzzled faces and smiled faintly. “I know just a tiny bit!” “I only took a few electives!” “I taught myself. I only know a little!” … 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Lin Yi's Detective Casebook: Season One 林一探案集：第一季 Set in Republican-era Shanghai, when the city was plagued by chaos and murder, the story follows Lin Yi, a calm and composed 30-year-old unmarried forensic doctor who has returned from Britain. He is an expert in dissection, combat, and firearms. During his three years at Scotland Yard, he solved many cases and became a devoted Sherlock Holmes fan. His assistant, Han Xiao, is a handsome guy and Lin Yi’s classmate. His surgical skills are flawless, but he loves making sarcastic remarks. Feeling d 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Reborn as a Young Wife: A Village Official in the 1980s 重生小媳妇，我在八零年代当村官 [No clichés, no invincibility, no System, no wish fulfillment. If that bothers you, read at your own risk]☜ Lin Xiao, a college student about to graduate, accidentally falls from a building and transmigrates into the body of a newlywed in Peach Blossom Village. She had planned to keep a low profile, raise dogs, and farm, but her modern way of thinking catches the village chief's attention. Between the trouble caused by her awful sisters-in-law and her bond with a mysterious puppy, she is dragged —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 The Killer Who Can't Escape 逃不掉的凶手 A sobbing copper bell rings through an ancient mansion late at night. A corpse on the autopsy table suddenly opens its eyes and smiles. A faceless figure in a wedding dress flashes across the surveillance footage... Eighteen unsolved murder case files come together to form a bloody mystery spanning twenty years. After criminal investigation prodigy Lu Zhao takes the cases, he discovers that every clue points to him. As he painstakingly pieces together the truth, the reflection in the mirror begi 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 A Survival Guide to the Blind-Box Life Under Seattle's Bridges 西雅图桥洞盲盒生存指南 Seattle, a steel jungle folded beneath the weight of capital. In hillside mansions, the plutocrats party through the night. Beneath the bridges, nameless bodies are tossed into the dark every day like industrial waste. Desperate for money, North American student Lu Di takes a low-level night-shift gig collecting bodies for the King County Medical Examiner's Office, just to stay alive. While everyone else avoids crime scenes, he sees them as untapped gold mines beyond the reach of the law. With 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 The Autumn Court of the Tang Dynasty 大唐秋官 During the Xianqing era of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, more than forty Daoist priests at Lusong Abbey outside Chang'an were slaughtered overnight. One of them, a priest named Xu Shihang, was brutally scalded alive in a cauldron. The killer left no clues behind, and the case should have remained an unsolved mystery. But Xu Shihang's son was Xu Yougong, one of the ten greatest detectives in history. And so... 398Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 78 Ma Long Investigates: The Three O'Clock Mystery 马龙探案之三点的迷案 Revision in progress, The format will be changed to one translation per sentence, with one Chinese sentence followed by one English sentence. Extensive English reading material, suitable for readers with a vocabulary of 3,000 words, and written according to the logic of how to say things in English. Contents Volume One: The Three O'Clock Mystery @ Chapter 1 Volume Two: The Missing Corpse @ Chapter 34 Volume Three: The Wrong Murder Case @ Chapter 68 Volume Four: The Right Murder Case A suspens —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 China's Strange Cases 中国奇案录 25Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 80 Crime Solving: I Can Pinpoint the Killer, and My Deduction Skills Keep Getting Better 破案：我能锁定凶手，推理就变强 Anning Medical College. Outside the women's dormitory. Bao Jun followed a short-haired girl with a suspicious look, glancing around nervously in case someone suddenly jumped out. If word got out that he'd gone into the women's dorm, his social life would basically be over. “Senior Lu, are you really just asking me to fix your computer?” As they neared the dorm supervisor's office, Bao Jun finally blurted out the question he'd been holding in all the way there. The short-haired senior ahead turne 107Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 81 Solve Cases with Feng Shui? A Prosecutor's Feng Shui Practice 破案吗？用风水那种（检察风水师） Solve cases with feng shui? That’s the idea behind The Prosecutor Feng Shui Master. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 The Chaser 追赶者 “Solving a case is like putting together a puzzle. The hardest and most crucial part is often finding the last one or two pieces.” [Standalone cases + criminal investigation + rigorous deduction + no romance] A massive meteor shower is on its way, and a group of enthusiasts gather at a campsite on the outskirts of the city to watch the stars. In the dead of night, a scream rings out. A man has been stabbed to death. The caller tells the police that they may have killed him. But his habit of usin 95Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 83 Traces of Guilt 罪迹 Humans are the world’s most complex tangle of contradictions; lies are the warm womb in which evil is born. A man whose heart was cut out while he was still alive, a woman submerged in a blood-filled bathtub, a corpse chewed beyond recognition... Could these eerie crime scenes be the killer’s arena? What lies behind these baffling cases? A victim who foresaw their own attack, a hacker lurking in the shadows, twisted family bonds and love... Who is the true source of the evil? When night falls, c 158Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 84 Murdering Eric 谋杀Eric On Monday morning, a murder took place in a bustling CBD. A partner at a globally renowned accounting firm was bludgeoned to death with a heavy object. The police questioned everyone connected to the case, only to uncover a suicide from many years ago... 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 I Woke Up to Find Myself Accused of a Family Massacre! 一觉醒来，我背上灭门惨案！ One day, Zhang Yu transmigrates and is horrified to find more than a dozen bodies sprawled around him. Blood is everywhere, their deaths were gruesome, and the sight is horrifying. Worse still, he discovers that he has been made the fall guy. Every piece of evidence, both overt and hidden, points to him as the suspect, and at any moment the police could arrest him and put him before a firing squad. Fortunately, at that moment he awakens the “Punish Evil and Promote Good System.” The System tells 516Reads6.2Score10514d adds
- 86 Twelve Murder Cases: A Detective’s Pursuit of the Killer 十二凶案薄：刑警追凶录 [Brain-teasing crime investigation, episodic cases, mystery-solving, no System, fast-paced] (crime investigation captain x genius forensic examiner) Crime investigation captain Lin Shen bears the burden of his mother’s unsolved case, using psychological profiling to strip away criminals’ disguises. Genius forensic examiner Su Wan deciphers the body’s secrets on the autopsy table, giving the dead a voice. Technical expert Lu Chuan wields numbers like a blade, cutting off every trace of the crimin 476Reads—Score10114d adds
- 87 Black Smoke 黑烟 Standalone Cases + Criminal Investigation + Crime-Solving A girl with all four limbs severed Bones smashed to pieces A puzzle that can never be completed A butcher's blade hidden behind a legend A bizarre art gallery A haunted school The good and evil in human nature, right and wrong, and all the gray areas in between What brings me into the light, and what will make us fall into the abyss? 172Reads—Score10114d adds
- 88 Daisies and a Scalpel 小雏菊与手术刀 Late autumn: why did the conjoined twins suffocate inside the wall? A snowy night: who took the lives of the elderly couple who fell from a building together? On New Year's Eve, as lights glow in homes across the city and families gather, someone lies on the freezing street, their body growing cold... This winter, Hunjiang seems colder than ever. As investigative reporter Fang Jin looks into these cases in pursuit of the truth for the public, she stumbles upon a mysterious organization operating 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 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
- 90 True Criminal Investigation Cases 真实刑侦案件 For more than 30 years, Zhou Xianliang, head of the Major Crimes Division of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of Yuezhou Public Security Bureau, has remained on the front lines of the fight against crime. He has solved more than 3,000 major, serious, and difficult cases, quietly living by a criminal investigator’s creed: “Speak for the dead and defend the rights of the living.” More than 70 notebooks sit neatly arranged on the shelves in his office. Hand-drawn crime-scene sketches, accounts —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 A Comeback in Officialdom 官场之逆袭 A young female teacher is brutally murdered in the wilderness, and Su Fan, who is about to graduate, becomes a prime suspect. For five years, Su Fan refuses to confess and keeps appealing his case, until the real criminal is finally caught and Su Fan is cleared of all charges. On the night before his release, Su Fan is reborn. The memories of those five years offer little help in shaping his future after being reborn. His only chance to change things lies in the period before the crime. Follow a 4.6kReads8.8Score39014d adds
- 92 Back to 2001 重回2001 Zhang Ziyang, a veteran detective with twenty years of policing experience, unexpectedly returns as a reborn man to 2001, when he is still an auxiliary officer without a permanent position. From then on, his remarkable career as a detective begins. Cold cases and baffling cases are solved one after another, and major and special cases are all cracked. With a heart devoted to justice, he repeatedly solves major crimes, sweeps away criminals, and strikes with iron fists, invincible wherever he goe 360Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 93 City Detective: Solving Cases Made Me Rich 都市神探：我靠破案致富奔小康 Lin Dong is an ordinary but confident and self-reliant young man who graduated with a civil engineering degree from a disreputable college. By chance, he gains a golden finger: the Wild Detective Training System. While investigating his first case, he awakens a second golden finger: the “Soul Portraitist.” With these two golden fingers, Lin Dong goes from working as a carpenter on construction sites to solving one case after another, earning rewards such as money and skills and building a pros 696Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 94 Forensic Examiner: Major Case Dispatch 法医： 重案速递 My name is Chen Dong. Because of my father, I inherited his legacy and became a forensic doctor. When he was alive, he often said, “With Buddha's Wrath Hand, punish the guilty; discern truth from lies, and know right from wrong.” I took his words to heart and used them as a reminder. In my career as a forensic doctor, I have encountered countless shocking murders. To uncover the truth about my father's death, I have no choice but to solve bizarre cases one after another and hunt down killers acr 130Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 95 Criminal Investigation: The Truth About Murder 刑侦：杀人真相 [Mystery + Deduction + Therapist + Case-of-the-Week Mysteries + Serial Killings + High-IQ Crimes + Forensics + Revenge Plot + Bizarre Tales + Light Horror + Suitable for the Easily Frightened] You can skip romance, but you have to read about a case every day. When in love, you take your clothes off one piece at a time. When it's over, you stab one knife at a time. When in love, you stay together forever. When it's over, you hide a corpse in a trunk. When in love, you're stuck together every day. 6.7kReads7.2Score36414d adds
- 96 The High-IQ Murder Case 高智商谋杀案 Ten years ago, Guo Bai deduced how his girlfriend, Liu Qingqing, had committed a high-IQ murder involving five victims. His girlfriend then jumped to her death. Ten years later, now a criminal investigator, he once again solves a case involving a high-IQ criminal. 25Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 97 Espionage: The Fog 谍战之雾蒙蒙 The sudden withdrawal of Shen Junfei, a senior Communist agent deeply embedded in the enemy's ranks, leaves behind an immature “young swallow.” And so it is cast into the vast, perilous world of espionage... 380Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 98 A Female Forensic Doctor’s Dream Return to the Crime Scene 女法医之梦回凶案现场 When Ji Bai was eight, he became trapped in an endless dream loop. Whenever there was a victim, Ji Bai would dream of the crime scene... To investigate a notorious murder case from more than a decade ago, Ji Bai chose to become a forensic pathologist. As he pursued justice, he would also uncover the truth behind the case. 19Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 99 I Transmigrated into a Crime Scene 我穿成凶案现场了 [Not horror, focused on crime solving; very little romance, with the male lead mostly in the background] As a child, Ye Li dreamed of becoming a great hero, righting wrongs and living by the sword. As an adult, she became a police detective, and thought she had more or less made that dream come true. She never expected that one day she would be forced into another role: Wushi's very own "Batman." The difference is that Batman relies on "money power," while she relies on "nerve power": a strong h 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 The Perfect Accomplice Plan 完美共犯计划 [All-female ensemble cast + mystery and deduction + professional pursuit of criminals] Seven years ago, a murder in a women’s dormitory cleaved five girls’ lives in completely different directions: She was stalked for half a month. She knew who was responsible, but the police said nothing was out of the ordinary; She was cast as the lead in a new series, only to find that its script mirrored the dormitory murder she had lived through; She went from being a major suspect in a police investigation 2Reads—Score—14d adds
