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- 1 I Told You to Go on a Blind Date, Not Arrest Your Police Chief Father-in-Law 让你去相亲，你把警察岳父给抓了 On his way to propose at a policewoman’s home, he catches a queen of thieves and brings her along as a gift. His future police-chief father-in-law is stunned. At his girlfriend’s home, he finds numerous skeletons sealed inside a clay sculpture. He immediately arrests the suspect, his future police-chief father-in-law. His future father-in-law, the police chief, gives him every kind of obstacle: if he wants to marry his beautiful daughter, he first has to solve the bizarre haunted-house case that 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Soul of a Cop: Legends of the Force 警魂之警界传说 [This story is entirely fictional] Chu Chen transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a police officer specializing in criminal investigation at a police academy. When he receives his job assignment after graduation, Chu Chen is utterly bewildered... A prospective detective who graduated with top marks has been assigned to a police station as a beat cop. What is that supposed to mean? They’re deliberately keeping me from becoming a detective! Fine, I’ll just take the Criminal Investigation D 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 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
- 4 Chasing Killers in the Dead of Night 暗夜追凶 A bizarre mass death in a luxury villa, with the victims kneeling in worship; a woman’s piercing screams on an unknown phone line; and a suspect identified by the police who has been dead for years. What lies behind one case with two different methods of killing? 212Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Great Detective: I Begin with the Case of the Stolen Imperial Grain That Shook the Nation 神探：从举国震惊皇粮被劫案开始 The imperial grain has been robbed. The entire Great Qian is in shock! Intercepting imperial grain is no different from rebellion! The pillars of the realm and the three great constables are all on the case. Yet every faction is pinning its hopes on Li Hui, a mystery novelist who transmigrated here. Crime scene: Except for chief steward Yu Jiunan, all 199 members of the convoy were killed instantly. Only an unparalleled expert could have done it! And yet the wounds are a chaotic mess. A finely c 2Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 6 Detective Lao Liu 刑警老六 In the police force of Northeast China, To this day, No one has been able to break the legend of Liu Zhen, the old army doctor of the police force who takes on only the toughest, strangest cases. He continues to uphold his reputation for solving every case. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Paranormal Investigations and Strange Tales 灵侦怪谈 A bizarre corpse at sea, a strange village, a bloodstained diary in a box, bones on the mountain behind the village. What is the truth? Is what you call common sense really correct? What is the truth? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 At a Blind Date, I Arrested My Match 相亲现场，我把相亲对象给抓了 On his blind date, Tang Feng discovers that his date is actually a wanted criminal. That’s not even the worst of it. The restaurant Tang Feng chose has not a single decent person in it. Tang Feng: I’m trying to have a meal, and everyone around me is a criminal. What am I supposed to do? Asking online, and I need an answer fast. 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 City Detective System 都市之神探系统 [Urban]+ [Crime Solving]+ [All-Rounder]+ [Light Humor] Chen Rui was taking the train home when an unfamiliar old man gave him a button. Who would have guessed the button came with a System that somehow bound itself to him in a daze? He thought it would help him make a fortune, but it turned out to be a detective System. Chen Rui was in tears. “I'm great at video games, but when it comes to detective work, I'm a total beginner.” … “Mr. Chen, we need you to take this case. I wouldn't trust anyone —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Han Wuzi's First Book 韩武子的第1本书 My new work is out! You can head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Joining the Police: From the Start, I Encounter a Pervert in My Car 入职警察：开局车遇猥琐狂 Wu Jun graduated from the police academy and, after finishing his internship, was assigned to Fenglin Police Station. On his way to report for duty on his first day, he ran into a pervert on the bus. And so a legend began. Wu Jun went out for noodles and happened upon a wanted criminal. He stepped out for a smoke and ran into a human trafficker asking for a light. He went for a walk and knocked over a robber fleeing a shop. He took a ride and spotted a pervert secretly filming up women's skirts. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The City's Greatest Detective 都市最强侦探 An otherwise useless young man from the bottom of society accidentally gains five supernatural abilities and becomes a top detective. All he wants is to be a wealthy man living under the radar, but after one assignment, he somehow ends up as the neighbor of a beautiful, hugely famous actress... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Strange Cases of a Forensic Investigator 法医异闻录 I never imagined I would become a forensic examiner, but by a twist of fate, I found myself on this path. Along the way, I witnessed too much of humanity's dark and ugly side. With the approval of the relevant authorities, I have written up some of these cases. Evil is all around us. This is The Forensic Examiner's Strange Cases! 5Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 14 Case Closed 此案告破 Case Closed —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Ye Chen Investigates 叶琛探案 In Shanghai during the 1920s and 1930s, the young detective Ye Chen makes it his mission to keep the peace and order of the city, solving one bizarre case after another and earning widespread renown. Yet a dense fog lies behind every case, with mysteries within mysteries and traps within traps, revealing the legend of an ordinary man in Republican-era China. What is the secret of the strange tattoos? Why has no one in the family lived past thirty for three generations? What secret does the myste 3.1kReads9.5Score24114d adds
- 16 The Esper Girl Takes on the World 异能少女闯世界 Cai Cai is a girl with extraordinary strength in her arms. At nineteen, she travels to the southern country to study dessert-making. There, she meets the owner's daughter, who can teleport, as well as David, who has the same supernatural strength. The mystery-solving begins after Chapter 31. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 I Told You to Get Married, Not Kidnap Your Sister-in-Law 让你去结婚，你把小姨子抓了 Guan Yu transmigrates into a parallel world and becomes an ordinary beat cop. The day before his wedding, he binds the [Super Detective System]. [Ding-dong! Your sister-in-law has been detected as a scammer. Apprehend her immediately.] Sister-in-law: Brother-in-law, what are you doing? I'm your sister-in-law! Guan Yu: Heh. Take her away! Fiancée: Honey, what are you doing? I'm your wife! Guan Yu: That's hilarious. What do I need a wife like you for? Take her down! From then on, Guan Yu begins hi 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Apprentice, Go Down the Mountain and Make Trouble for Your Wife 徒儿，下山祸害你媳妇去吧 [Invincible + feel-good power fantasy + ruthless and decisive + impossible to put down] His wife cheats on him, his parents are murdered, and he is pushed off a cliff, only to survive by a twist of fate. Three years later, he obtains an invincible, all-purpose System and makes a triumphant return on the very day his wife gets married! I’ll have my revenge! I’ll make all of Xia Country look up to me! I’ll break free of Blue Star and set out for the universe! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 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
- 20 The Nightmare Returns 梦靥如故 [Love and hate intertwined + strong female lead + trapped in danger + hunting a killer on a stormy night] A beautiful woman dies on the operating table during childbirth, leaving Shangguan Yu an orphan overnight. Was it murder or a medical accident? Are the countless midnight visions nightmares, or glimpses of a truth left just barely concealed? Nineteen years ago, on a night of thunder and lightning, a butcher appeared in the rain. Was someone spreading rumors, or trying to cover something up? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 He’s So Good at Catching Criminals, He Makes Them Cry 他抓人那么猛，犯罪分子都哭了 Huang Jinbiao transmigrated to a parallel world and became a rookie police officer. He was assigned to Yuncheng Police Station in the border city of Taikang, where he became an ordinary neighborhood cop. The station was near the border, and crime was rampant. Drug traffickers, illegal border crossers, murderers, human trafficking rings, and money-laundering gangs were everywhere. On his way to report for duty, Huang Jinbiao unexpectedly bonded with the Super Pursuit System. He caught an A-class 182Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 22 The International Sleuth 国际名探 Ahem, ahem... Rise, my beloved ministers. I have an important announcement at this morning's court session. Since I am exceptionally talented and stunningly good-looking, I am currently writing a novel. As the author of this book, I have high hopes for it. I expect all my beloved ministers to read it carefully. Be sure to leave a memorial with every chapter. I will burn the midnight oil, personally read them, and review your memorials. Before writing this book, I read widely, studied world m —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Exonerator 解罪师 Genius mathematician Lin Mo is drawn into a carefully orchestrated series of murders, and all the evidence points to him. The killer marks the corpses with mathematical symbols, uses a total lunar eclipse to create the perfect alibi, and even turns the truth behind the fire at the “Angel Orphanage” ten years ago into a bloody code of revenge. To prove his innocence, Lin Mo joins forces with police captain Shen Yuqing to investigate. Each corpse is a “puzzle piece,” and every victim was connect —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Famous Tang Dynasty Detective 大唐名侦探 In the first year of the Tianshou era, Wu Zetian declared herself emperor and moved the capital to Luoyang. Beneath Luoyang's prosperity, undercurrents were stirring. Du Qun, a student at the Imperial College, accepted a strange commission from the mysterious heiress Xiao You, beginning a twisting, perilous journey to solve a case... 144Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 25 The Crime Hunter 缉凶者 What kinds of stories will you find here? Human-skin mannequins, jigsaw puzzles made from human bones, haunted-house mysteries, lifelike wax figures, locked-room murders, gruesome dismemberments... What kinds of people lie behind these stories? People with dissociative identity disorder, vagrants, beggars, office workers, people with exceptionally high IQs... Only when you stand in hell and look up at heaven can you truly hear the wails rising from the depths of hell. There are no born criminals 117Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 26 The System Makes Me Solve Murder Cases 系统让我侦破杀人案 [Social Mystery + Everyday Life + Comedy] Chen Xiake is a high school detective who has solved countless cases. Little did he expect a System to suddenly appear before him one day. Before he knew it, he’d cleared the beginner mission and completed the first and second tasks in succession. He also met a quirky, chuunibyou girl. But he had no idea that he was already caught up in a massive conspiracy. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 A Master Detective Who's Completely Whipped 推理专家，居然是个耙耳朵 [Mystery] + [Master Detective] + [Romance] + [No Golden Finger] This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is just proof that the author’s imagination wasn’t good enough. Beneath the shadows of a bustling city, countless mysteries await their solution. Li Ming, an expert in deduction, is renowned in the police force for his keen insight and exceptional reasoning skills. As the leader of the investigation team, he has led them in solving one bizarre case after anot 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Case Bounty: Split Personalities Help Me Solve Crimes 案件悬赏：人格分裂助我破案 Transmigration + mystery enthusiast + split personality + System = The Thousand-Faced Detective “Why can you always find new clues?” “You’re just looking. I’m observing. There’s a clear difference.”, Chang Luoke Yu Ermusi “Why save me, a criminal?” “Maybe killing someone needs a reason, but does saving someone?”, Chang Yuchuan Kenan —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Miss Detective, Who Are You Really? 侦探小姐，你到底是什么人？ [Detective System + Genius Senior + Case-by-Case Mysteries + Showdowns with a Phantom Thief + Slightly Yandere + Everyday Bickering] After transmigrating eighteen years ago, Lu Guan finally activated the Legendary Detective Training System. The System can measure data, compare traces, and issue missions, but it never tells him who the culprit is. To claim his rewards, he must turn every clue into evidence the police can independently verify. To earn money for living expenses, Lu Guan joins a 1kReads—Score15714d adds
- 30 I Was Just Fishing by the Roadside, So How Did I Become the Godfather of Criminal Investigation? 路边摸个鱼，咋成刑侦祖师爷了 [Out-of-the-box crime investigation] [Unexpectedly flashy protagonist] [System-powered] [Lighthearted everyday life] [High-IQ mind games] [A laid-back traffic cop who just wants to clock out on time vs. a major-crimes unit at its wits’ end] The protagonist is a grassroots traffic cop who absolutely hates trouble. Every day, all he wants is to hand out parking tickets, hit his quota, and clock out on time. But one day, while ticketing a van parked illegally by the roadside, the nervous owner tri 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Cracking Cases with the Police: I Have a Genius Deduction System 刑警破案之我有大神推理系统 The Criminal Investigator Solves Cases with My Master Detective System 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Republican-Era Case Files: The Naked Corpse Case 民国奇探之裸尸案 Republican-Era Detective: The Naked Corpse Case 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 I’m the Police Force’s Rising Star, Yet from the Start I’m Sent Straight to the Crematorium? 我，警界新星，开局保送火葬场？ [Urban + Spiritual Qi Revival + Class Advancement + Magic + Game World Descends + Criminal Investigation + Apocalypse] Spiritual qi revival? Solving cases through cultivation? Surprised? Didn't see that coming? Ye Su transmigrates to another dimension and enters a parallel world known as Blue Star. Here, spiritual qi has revived, and everyone can choose a cultivation class after turning eighteen. But Ye Su takes the opposite path. While everyone else advances their class and cultivates, he —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 After Graduation, I Chose the Police Uniform 毕业我选择了警服 I’m just a police officer. I can’t save the world. All I can do is work to root out the darkness wherever I can. I just want to make this world a little cleaner. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 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
- 36 Police Honor: Starting as an Assistant Officer, I Stun Li Dawei 警察荣誉：开局辅警，惊呆李大为 Zhou Zhe transmigrates to a parallel world based on Police Honor and becomes a newly hired auxiliary police officer at the Balihe Police Station. He awakens the Super Police System. By completing various police duties, he earns the public’s approval and receives System rewards. From the start, he joins Li Dawei in capturing a fugitive. He catches the fugitive with ease and resolves the crisis smoothly, leaving Li Dawei impressed. After that, Zhou Zhe handles all kinds of major and minor cases an 165Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 37 You Asked Me to Solve Cases as an Intern, and from the Start I Arrest Two Wanted Criminals? 让你实习破案，开局抓俩通缉犯？ After transmigrating, he gets the System on his very first day as an intern! All he has to do is solve cases and capture criminals alive to earn points he can exchange for all kinds of skills, making himself stronger along the way. He hasn't even been here for half an hour, and he's already bagged two wanted criminals... 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 My First Day on the Job: I Happened to Arrest a Seafood Dealer 入职第一天：顺手抓了个海鲜商人 This book is also known as: “I Run Into a Murder Case Every Time I Go on a Blind Date!” “As an investigator, it’s perfectly reasonable for me to show up at a crime scene!” “The Brilliant Investigator” “Please welcome the next corpse, brother!” “Corpse brother? Corpse brother! Another corpse brother!!!” The disappearance of Ms. Wang in Xihong City! The murder of a woman in a bathroom! A dungeon imprisonment case! The bizarre case of a woman’s corpse kneeling in worship... Looking at his apprentic 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 You Drive a Taxi, So Why Are You Competing with the Police for Work? 让你开出租，你跟警察抢活？ [System + action + everyday life] Jiang Cheng transmigrates to a parallel world and starts driving a taxi to support his family! By chance, he binds himself to a Super Detective System! All he has to do is catch fugitives to earn a reward! And so Jiang Cheng begins his pursuit! A squad captain: “Everyone, pay attention. This criminal's methods are extremely vicious! He's recently fled to our city. Every squad needs to stay on high alert and bring him to justice!” “Reporting to the chief: Jiang C 2Reads6.0Score214d adds
- 40 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
- 41 I Was Hired as an Auxiliary Police Officer, Yet I Became the God of Police 让你当辅警，你竟然成警神 Zhou Haolong transmigrates to a parallel world and gains a Positive Energy System. Doing good deeds grants him supernatural abilities such as perfect recall, psychic powers, the ability to read other people's memories, stop time, and turn back the clock. His nagging father, furious that Zhou Haolong's former self had wasted his potential, sends him to work as a civilian police officer, hoping he'll get some real-world experience instead of carrying on like a spoiled rich kid. What his father doe 42Reads—Score314d adds
- 42 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
- 43 Forensic Detective on the Case 追凶法医 One baffling murder after another; One tangled clue after another; One eerie crime scene after another; He faces the most ruthless killers; He deciphers the language of bones; Amid a swamp of unsolved cases, he painstakingly pieces together the clues and makes the dead speak! 94Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 44 Strange Cases of the Soul 灵魂破案奇异事 What kind of sparks will fly between a male lead who can leave his body and a female lead who is a brilliant criminal investigator? The male lead uses his supernatural ability to track down the real culprit and help the female lead solve cases. The culprit he seeks is behind not only criminal cases, but also the murder of his childhood sweetheart. Why did the culprit kill? What grand scheme lies behind the truth? The male and female leads investigate together and bring justice to those involved. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Heaven-Defying Comprehension Grants Me God-Tier Skills, and I Crack Cases Like Crazy 悟性逆天获得神级技能，疯狂破案 Zhang Heng is a graduate of the Huaxia Police Academy. Uphold justice and strike fear into criminals? No! He nearly failed to graduate. Just as Zhang Heng begins to worry about his career, [Ding! The strongest Criminal Police System has awakened!]“The hotel murder,” “The dismemberment in a mountain village,” “The body hidden in a cave,” “The missing girl”… This bottom-of-the-class student, Zhang Heng, earns points by solving one criminal case after another, exchanges them for forensic investigat 1.1kReads6.4Score13414d adds
- 46 It All Begins With the Criminal Police 一切从刑警开始 Fang Yun was an IT elite in his previous life. While working overtime, he suffered a sudden heart attack and stroke, and died on the spot, only to transmigrate to a parallel world. In this world, Fang Yun is an elite graduate of the Huaguo Police University. He has just joined the Linshui District Criminal Investigation Brigade as a rookie officer. Watch as he uses his ability to “acquire specific memories from corpses,” together with his exceptional powers of logical deduction, to solve one biz 44Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 47 The Rise of the Police Force 警界崛起 Reborn in 2002, Lin Tian discovers that he has been given a second chance at life. He has returned to the first day after graduating from the police academy, when he reports to the police station where he has been assigned. In his previous life, he uncovered evidence of a powerful figure's crimes while solving a case, and was framed and sent to prison. Years after his release, he was still murdered. In this new life, Lin Tian is determined to take revenge and rewrite his fate, climbing step by s 129Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Keep Your Secrets Hidden 要把心事藏好 Viral internet celebrity policewoman VS psychological surgeon. Jiang Miyi is a criminal investigator skilled in crime deduction, while Tan Jiyan is a doctor who helps people heal from psychological trauma. They meet through the “Drowned Cartoonist Case” and go on to investigate the “Woman’s Corpse in a Suitcase Case,” the “Qingshi Town Family Massacre,” and the “Eye-Gouging, Ear-Cutting Maniac Case,” among others. A vast conspiracy lurks behind these cases. What happens when someone spies on the 31Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 49 The Twenty Years That Were Stolen 被偷走的二十年 (No System, no golden finger, no harem, and not a power fantasy) The story of an ordinary man’s rise in a city ruled by political intrigue. Su Huan’s father spent twenty years imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit, while the Luo family, led by Luo Jiayin, seized all his assets. Su Huan learns the truth shortly before his father’s death and begins matching wits with Luo Jiayin. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Between the Truths 真相之间 [The Most Realistic Hard-Core Crime Investigation] A theatrical edition, this is a documentary-style crime-solving novel. It has no flashy prose, and the cases, protagonist, villains, and supporting characters are all based on real-life counterparts. With crime-solving methods grounded in reality, step-by-step plotting, and conflicts between characters, the story gradually moves toward the truth. An accidental suicide draws Yuan Muye and the other members of the criminal investigation brigade i 4Reads6.9Score—14d adds
