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- 51 Geng Hui's Case Files 耿辉探案集 A suspicious murder takes place at a university. A young woman falls to her death, and at the scene, another woman is crying. When the police arrive, she turns herself in: “I’m the one who caused her death.” A student suddenly and inexplicably dies in a bustling art studio, leading back to what happened by the pond. Strange incidents emerge from the worlds of paper-cutting, calligraphy, and other art forms... The Geng Hui classic mystery series is now available. Come join the discussion! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 A Ghost's Greeting 幽灵的问候 A threatening letter from a mysterious ghost. An opening line that foretells murder. A man who came back from the dead seven years ago. A string of killings in the city center, full of baffling locked-room mysteries. What is the truth? Join the great detective Xia Luoke as he investigates! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Roaring On, the Storm Continues 狂啸，狂飙在延续 An Xin has barely arrived in Jin Hai when a murder case comes up. Faced with a baffling investigation, An Xin is determined to solve it, but strange things are happening at the police station, and there are disagreements over how to assign tasks. Is he being bullied because he's new, or is there more to the case than meets the eye? Find out how An Xin breaks through the confusion and solves the case! This book mainly covers the Xinmenqiao body-disposal case, the baby-trafficking case, the women —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 One Glance at the Past, One at the Future 一眼过去一眼未来 I traded my next life for a pair of eyes: my left eye sees the past, and my right eye sees the future! I meet a policewoman, rescue a CEO, and live life with carefree flair! A deranged butcher, a terrifying doctor, a demon on a rainy night, murders livestreamed online... See how Chu Tian turns the tide, punishes evil, and upholds justice! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Violet Murder Shroud 紫色凶罩 A woman is found in a cornfield, impaled through the body by a steel bar. Was it revenge, a crime of passion, or torture? Read closely and examine every detail to find the answer. Otherwise, you won’t know the truth until the very end! 216Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 The Paranormal Crimes Investigation Bureau 邪案调查科 Have you ever longed to uncover the mysterious truths hidden in the darkness? The Department of Strange Case Investigations takes you deep into the unfathomable abyss of bizarre cases, embarking on a thrilling adventure. The book presents a series of spine-chilling mysteries and uncanny events. Some are terrifying moments the author experienced firsthand, with a very real fear that clings like a bone-deep curse and leaves you shuddering. Others are bizarre tales heard through the grapevine, wher 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 The Journey Through Fuchuan 府川行 (A historical mystery with no special abilities and no transmigration. Every case is solved through logical deduction, and the schemes and power struggles are grounded in real insight.) Lin Wuwei looked at the corpse before him and said, “If this were the only corpse, it would be far too simple!” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Pufferfish 河豚 [No brainless plot] + [No protagonist plot armor] + [No ghosts] + [Three male leads] A tightly paced, plot-driven crime-solving story. It all begins with a bizarre murder in the small town of Menghai... A dead man checking into a hotel, an unknown toxin, a mole in the police force, execution-style killings, a secret buried for years... In this case, criminal investigation captain Si Jiannan, case consultant Cheng Tian, and rookie officer Duan Luo untangle the clues and find redemption... Love ha 14Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 59 Behind the Murder 命案背后 Mystery, investigation, and case after case unraveled thread by thread. It takes multiple twists before the truth finally comes to light, letting readers share in the thrill of solving each crime. The cases grow more complex as the story goes on, making it even more compelling. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 I Asked You to Simulate a Crime, Not Commit the Perfect One 让你模拟作案，没让你完美犯罪啊 Wang Ming Jie transmigrated into a world where the entertainment industry had developed differently from the one he came from. At the time, he was taking part in a simulated-crime show called Everyone’s a Witness. Once filming began, he used the differences between the two worlds’ entertainment industries to create several perfect crimes and locked-room murders that left the police and detectives racking their brains without ever finding the culprit! Wang Ming Jie pioneered crimes in the Blizzar 122Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Dandelion House 蒲公英之家 Daughters Who Disappeared: Huang Ziqing, who died in a fire twenty years ago; Song Wanli, who never got to feel her mother's embrace thirty years ago; “A Li,” taken from the hospital at birth, without even knowing her real name; and Ji Mei, who died after treatment for her high fever was delayed... These disappeared daughters, and the people and events surrounding them, set in motion a story of love and hate, fury, resentment, and revenge. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The Case of the Eroding Color 色蚀谜案 A Case of Sensual Corruption 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 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
- 64 Criminal Investigation: A Shocking Bloodbath 刑侦之惊天血案 [A roguish detective X a beautiful mortician. Amid a shocking string of murders, only love can bring us peace.] [Crime investigation + suspense + deduction + mind games + two powerful leads + revenge + redemption] Five years ago, Nan Shu walked away from a shocking dismemberment case. She gave up on herself and has carried a deep-seated grudge ever since, all so she could slay the evil dragon with her own hands. But in this perilous case, Lu Yiheng, the deputy captain of the criminal investigati 2Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 65 No Escape from the End of Sin 2 罪终难逃2 Cheng Yi, the male lead of this novel, is twenty-six years old and heads Criminal Investigation Team A in the Major Crimes Unit of the U City Police Department. Most of the time, he looks half-asleep and utterly listless. You’d never take him for a police officer just by looking at him. But whenever a case comes up, he becomes a completely different person. He investigates with utmost care and rigor, his mind racing even faster than a computer’s CPU fan. He’s handsome and charming, too, but what 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Hunting Killers in the Forbidden Zone: Unsolved Murders and the Secret Network of the Dark City 禁区追凶：连环绝案，暗城秘网 Surviving witnesses from an old case are dying one after another under mysterious circumstances. The unsolved case grows more tangled by the day, and every clue points toward a web of hidden interests, deeply entrenched in the heart of the city. One man breaks free of rigid procedures and trusts only the smallest truths at the scene. The other holds fast to the law and refuses to compromise with the forces of darkness. The two male leads stand shoulder to shoulder, pushing forward against the 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Bloodthirsty Nanny 嗜血保姆 This is a story of criminals and police matching wits. Xiaocui, a serial killer, happens to meet a woman who looks exactly like her. So she pulls a switcheroo and takes the other woman's place. When she gets home, the man her parents introduce her to turns out to be a police officer. He has been investigating a long-unsolved case, and soon the two are locked in a battle of wits. Will the criminal finally be brought to justice, or will she escape once again and assume another identity? Read on an 57Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 68 Case Files of a Homicide Detective 缉凶笔记 I’m a college student, and fate has entangled me in one bizarre murder case after another! A woman’s corpse sealed in concrete, an unidentified charred body missing its genitals, a deranged killer who feeds on human brains… One brutal, bloody murder after another, and one appalling mastermind after another! Driven by the fire of justice in my heart, I’m caught up in a series of dangerous, thrilling hunts for the killers… 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 The Ghost Hand Murders: Selected Detective Stories of Sun Liaohong 鬼手谜案：孙了红侦探小说精选集 “He climbed out of his grave and strangled the enemy who had framed him with his bare hands!” Sun Liaohong was a bestselling detective novelist during the Republican era. He entered the literary scene in the 1920s and reached the height of his career in the late 1940s. His “The Strange Cases of the Gentleman Thief Lu Ping” series became one of China's best-known detective series, as celebrated as Cheng Xiaoqing's “The Huo Sang Cases.” This collection brings together several of his classic detect 7Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 70 Not a Single Killer Gets Away: She Has the Power of Empathy 一个凶手也别跑，她有共情超能力 What secrets lie behind a series of baffling cases: a murderer who inspires sympathy, the tragedy of a dysfunctional family, a love that defies measure, a friendship that seems unbreakable, and workplace bullying with no escape...? How will they solve one perplexing mystery after another: a superpowered girl with extraordinary empathy, a best friend with flawless practical skills, an upright young police officer, and a doctor who is impossible to read? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 District 21: Cops and Pirates 21区刑警与海盗 Standalone crime-solving cases + heartwarming stories + everyday comedy + revenge plan Criminal police officer Yuan Geng meets Bai Mao, who is treated as a suspect, during an investigation into a bombing. Only after looking into it do they discover that Bai Mao was actually the one who prevented the bombing. The two then investigate a car accident, a body dumped at a garbage dump, an unsolved case from five years ago, and more… Yuan Geng gradually uncovers Bai Mao’s identity and realizes that hi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Reconstructing the Crime Scene: I Can See the Erased Traces 重构现场：我能看见被擦掉的痕迹 [Criminal investigations + trace evidence deduction + cold case pursuit + episodic cases + master-apprentice legacy] Seven years after leaving frontline work, trace examiner Lu Chuan is called back to the scene by a suspicious case on a rainy night. Everyone thinks it is just an ordinary accident. But Lu Chuan crouches down, takes one look at the gray marks on the soles of the shoes, and realizes something is wrong. The trail of mud on the ground is broken, the scuff marks by the window are 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Silent Screams: True Records of 101 Major Cases, Season One 无声尖叫：101宗大案要案记实录（第一季） 41Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 74 The Truth Buried by Time 被岁月掩埋的真相 The Truth Buried by Time 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 The Consort's Bones 香妃骨 A pile of bones is unearthed by an excavator in a river channel. Police determine that the remains were buried less than ten years ago, but there is no record of such a case in any of the police station’s files. The only unusual item among the bones is a small copper bell, clutched in the hand of one of the skeletons. What does the bell signify? Who are the people these bones belonged to? To find out, follow policewoman Meng Fanjing as she investigates the case. 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 The Missing Detective 消失的刑警 [Criminal investigation + solving cases + strong partners + mind-bending + suspense] The “dead” return, all for one deadly truth. While everyone is attending Zhong Yue’s memorial, he opens his eyes in a small hospital room. The criminal investigation squad captain Zhong Yue has “died.” He is now Zhao Yanqin, Zhong Yue’s cousin. Zhao Yanqin is a police officer too, so the supposedly “dead” Zhong Yue naturally returns to the force. With danger all around and lies everywhere, can he escape the trap 8Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 77 Notes of a Female Forensic Pathologist: Testimony 女法医手记之证词 —Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 78 The Golden Branch Casebook 金枝洗冤录 [One-on-one romance + sweet affection + two strong leads + solving cases + both leads’ first relationship] Ten cases, each one gripping! The main romance is all sweet, no angst! Eight years ago, the beloved Princess Changle, Chu Qianyue, nearly died in the great fire at the late empress’s palace. She was saved at the last moment by a handsome young man... Eight years later, everyone says the fire was an accident, but she refuses to believe it! While investigating the late empress’s death, Chu Qi 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 A Di Renjie Mystery: The Chang Le Case 狄仁杰故事之常乐案 [Ancient crime-solving + mystery + history + Tang Dynasty + everyday life and relationships] 1. Background During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, the young and talented Di Renjie travels to the capital to take the imperial examinations. He enters official service as the magistrate of Changle County, improves local governance, and solves mysterious cases. 2. Cases Planned cases include Bloodshed on Mount Hua, The Missing Persons Mystery, The Mysterious Berries, Souls Lost in Jin 579Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 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... 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 A Chain of Crimes: A Twisted Mind 连环罪：心理有诡 A string of celebrity deaths leads the police to conclude, after a thorough investigation, that they were suicides! The truth is hard to conceal, and faint connections draw the police into a discreet investigation. Were they suicides or murders? Did they take their own lives, or were they killed? What lies behind the series of suicides? A conspiracy? A lure of profit? Or a cruel reality that left them powerless? Join us as we lift the veil of mystery and step into their twisted inner worlds... 117Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 82 Walker in the Dark 黑夜行者 [Night Walker + No System + No Romance] is a continuation of the first book, "Murder in the Mist", but this is an entirely new storyline! Protagonist: Wang Youyong The story follows Wang Youyong, current deputy chief of the criminal investigation squad, as he pursues a small group of vigilantes led by Ma Wenchao. Five years ago, the vehicle transporting Ma Wenchao, then deputy chief of the criminal investigation squad, to prison was involved in a horrific crash. Against all odds, he survived. Ma 470Reads8.0Score12114d adds
- 83 At Eighteen, I Inherited 1.8 Billion in Cold Cases 十八岁，我继承了十八亿悬案 Synopsis: [Urban Mystery] [Criminal Investigation and Deduction] [1.8 Billion in Inheritance] [Crime Scene Reenactment] [Noodle Shop Boy] [One Female Lead] Qin Dongzhi was an orphan taken in by a veteran detective. His adoptive father died two years ago in a "gas accident," leaving him only a noodle shop and eighteen trophies. On the night of his eighteenth birthday, the lawyer Gao Xuanxing brought him a will: an inheritance of 1.8 billion. "I'm just a guy who makes noodles. Who would leave m 6Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 84 Alice at Midnight 午夜零点的爱丽丝 Jiang Xueting, a girl with the ability to see the future in her dreams, meets Gu Ye, an author of mystery novels. With each other’s help, they solve a serial murder case and set out to save people destined to die. But how could the future possibly be changed so easily? The pressure of failing to save even one person nearly breaks them. Just as they fall into severe depression, Jiang Xueting sees the deaths of herself and Gu Ye... —Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 85 The Secret Iron Box 秘密铁盒 [Mystery • Deduction • Romance • Dark • Human Nature • Two Male Leads] The owner of a villa suddenly dies. Was it suicide, an accident, or murder? A single murder case dredges up the young men’s and women’s painful, secret pasts. Their love and hate, tangled relationships, and memories of youth stir beneath the surface. A girl’s secret adolescence, hidden in an iron box, and the crimes behind a charity aid program have remained unknown to all. There are more cases behind this one. Who has been w 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 The Cold Case Reopens 迷案重启 [Criminal Investigation and Deduction] [Unraveling the Clues to Dispel Layer Upon Layer of Mystery] The Rainy-Night Predator Case The Flower Shop Owner’s Lover The Death of a Streamer A Captive in the Cellar… Murder after murder… Deputy Captain Lin Yi leads his team in solving one bizarre case after another. Who could have guessed that in the end, he would uncover the mystery of his own origins! 86Reads7.3Score10814d adds
- 87 Dear Detective (Two-Book Set) 亲爱的推理家(全二册) Dear Detective (Book One): Shen Xisheng, 19, a prodigy detective with perfect looks, perfect observational skills, and perfect deductive ability. Yin Chenxia, 29, a popular novelist with off-the-charts homebody tendencies, off-the-charts aloofness, and detective skills... that are unfathomable. Shen Xisheng has been a devoted superfan of his older half-brother Yin Chenxia since childhood. Hoping to get his brother’s attention, Shen became a fairly well-known detective while attending high school 54Reads9.4Score1614d adds
- 88 The Wall Is Four and a Half Meters High 高墙四米半 The author is a grassroots police officer who drew on personal experience to write this story. Using a detention center as its starting point and major cases once reported by CCTV as its basis, the novel recreates the reality of life inside a detention center and the process of investigating cases. Its greatest strength is its authenticity: this is a realistic novel that reads more like literary reportage. 137Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 89 The Fated Cycle: The One Who Disappeared 宿命轮回之消失的Ta My wife’s sudden death plunged my world into darkness. I thought I would spend the rest of my life barely existing, like a walking corpse, but a phone call from my wife’s older sister disrupted my once-peaceful life... I’m getting closer and closer to the truth behind my wife’s death, but I’m also gradually walking down a road of no return... Only death is the end!!! 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 The Cold Case Club 悬案俱乐部 A pure mystery and crime-solving novel On the Edge of Truth: Huangfu Cheng's Mystery Cases... Huangfu Cheng is both a detective consultant and the moderator, under the name “Withered Leaf,” of the popular video account “Unsolved Case Club.” He has attracted a large following by sharing analyses of unsolved cases and criminal psychology, while also using the power of the internet to gather case leads. But his life is thrown into turmoil when his older brother disappears. He suspects his brothe 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Evil Buried Deep 深埋下的罪恶 My new novel, The Silent Boy, is a sequel series to this book. If you’re interested, you can find it on my profile. Many thanks! ♥♥♥ (Mystery + criminal investigation + coming of age + human nature. The male and female leads are drawn into the case because of the people they each love. The investigation takes center stage, with romance as a supporting element.) A scandal-hit actress is found brutally murdered at home, setting off a storm of rumors and a chain of events. The culprit seems to be r 288Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 92 The Knockout: Major Crimes Squad 狂飙：重案中队 [Criminal investigations, case-solving, manhunts, and the daily life of detectives, with no supernatural elements] An Zhen, a detective with the Criminal Investigation Corps, is parachuted in as an instructor for the Major Crimes Squad. He has a superhuman memory possessed by only a handful of people in the entire world. In the squad's daily work, he cracks drug cases, hunts down criminals, and takes on criminal gangs, solving one case after another while doggedly uncovering the truth behind mys 595Reads—Score11014d adds
- 93 A Mountain of Sin: My Memoir 罪恶滔天：我的备忘录 (Written entirely by hand, not AI, and adapted from real events.) If you can't sleep, why not read a short story based on a real case? I pushed open the bedroom in our newlywed home, expecting to hear my wife laughing as she played with our month-old son. But the laughter never came. Instead... instead... No romance, no idiot characters, and no female lead. Solving the case is the whole point. The book is divided into sections. The first volume is told in first person, while the second is simila 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Grading Essays, I Uncovered a Murder from Three Years Ago 批阅作文，我查出了三年前的人命 Chen Mo, a Chinese teacher, discovered a murder case in an essay. A student described in detail how a girl from the same school had been bullied to death three years ago. The victim was the older sister of Su Qing, the transfer student in his class. When he started investigating, the principal handed him a thick red envelope. “Mr. Chen, let the past lie quietly. This is the ‘rational good.’” His mother was gravely ill and urgently needed money. And the fate of whistleblowers? Shen Xiao, the form —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Paranormal Case Investigator 灵异案件调查专员 (No transmigration, no System) Most so-called paranormal cases are caused by people, not by actual ghosts or monsters. But are there genuine paranormal cases in the real world? Yes, but not many. 2Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 96 Sorry, I'm a Cop 对不起，我是差人 As a veteran detective, Lu Ming transmigrates into the body of a newly graduated Hong Kong police officer in 1985. Though he graduated from the Hong Kong Police Training School, he is ostracized and can only take a post at the Tin Shui Wai Police Station in the northwest of Hong Kong. Lu Ming has no time to mourn being exiled to Tin Shui Wai before one major case after another unfolds like scenes from a revolving lantern. [Ding! The Constable System, upgradeable, has awakened!] Lu Ming asks the 163Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 97 Cold Case Unit 悬案组 Behind many major and unsolved cases lies a truth no one knows. There’s no such thing as the worst, only worse. Read at your own risk if you’re fainthearted. 46Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 98 The Wallbreaker in the Mist 迷雾中的破壁者 Lanjiang is a city that does not exist. Or rather, it is just one of twelve logical experiment sectors governed by the Foundation Council. You think you live in reality? No, you live inside a kind of "description." If reality is a nightmare destined to be formatted, I will be the typo that cannot be fixed. Truth is the only bulwark, and the human heart is a fog no one can cross. [Experiment progress: 45%] 1. "Fractures in Logic": Hard-boiled deduction. When the world falls into a logical loo 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 The Nineteenth Act of Domestic Violence 第十九次家暴 The Nineteenth Beating 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 The Riddle-Filled Lives of Lu Ren and Maya 路仁和玛雅的谜语生活 [Urban supernatural powers + mediumship escape rooms + ensemble cast] Lu Ren accidentally stumbled into a place called the Medium's Chambers. Men in black, mysterious rest stops, and chambers that could cost you your life swept over him like a storm, overturning everything he thought he knew. After Lu Ren returned to the real world, he still wanted to reach the end of the Medium's Chambers and uncover the ultimate answer. [P.S. Volume One focuses on horror escape rooms, Volume Two on puzzle-solv —Reads6.4Score—14d adds
