Novels like The Mysterious Pry Marks
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- 151 The Beloved Imperial Physician: Your Highness, Let Me Examine You 权宠医妃：王爷验个身 [One-on-one romance + revenge on scumbags + strong heroine + satisfying read + pursuit of wife + sweet romance + mystery] A forensic doctor, skilled in both medicine and poison, wakes up in the body of an unloved abandoned concubine. On her first day as a bride, she’s framed for poisoning someone to death? Not a chance! With a clever plan, she uncovers the truth and clears her name. Her willow-leaf scalpel can heal the living, examine the dead, take on scheming bitches, and cut straight to the h 15Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 152 The Beginning of the Abyss 深渊之开端 [Mystery + deduction + criminal investigation + transmigrate + another world] There's a reason people tell you to watch where you're going and not play with your phone! Look, one careless step and you fall into an underground passage! From then on, your family is ruined and your loved ones are lost! One murder case follows another! In the end, you even lose yourself! Are you an idiot? You'd really tap to connect to a red Wi-Fi signal? And add a stranger on WeChat just like that? You'd get sold a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 The Legend of Chumanxiang 车满香传奇 My friends all say no one reads traditional wuxia anymore. But I'm stubborn, and all I want is to fulfill my dream of the martial world. Che Manxiang has an unknown past and an unknown martial arts lineage. He's brilliant and hates evil with a passion. Along with his friends Ouyang Shiliu, Nangong Donglou, Wu Yuehe, Sword-Wielding Immortal, Tang Jinse, Laughing Third Young Master, and others, he becomes a shield of justice for the martial world. 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 From Cocoon to Butterfly: A Rookie Policewoman's Uphill Journey 破茧成蝶：呱呱女警逆风之路 [This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.] The story follows Leng Xuanyan as she soars against the wind, showing that anything is possible. Born with a cleft palate and an imperfect voice, Leng Xuanyan is a shy girl who endures discrimination throughout her childhood. She grows up to become a police officer serving the community and solving one bizarre case after another. No one imagined that something everyone thought impossible could be —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Endless Winter Night 寒夜无尽 A frozen corpse is discovered beneath a rural overpass far from the city. What seems like a simple murder case runs into obstacle after obstacle, and the clues received by police officer He Jian point straight to the region's largest conglomerate, Wanjing Group. A murder hidden by time, three lives lost over more than a decade, laid-off workers, executives who died horrific deaths, and a corruption network that appears and disappears from view... Can a low-ranking police officer shake the iron c 7Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 156 The 404 Dormitory Murder 404宿舍凶杀案 “404” is more than a cold room number. It symbolizes deliberately hidden mistakes, truths that cannot be reached, and the dark corners of human nature that have never been revealed. When the perfect disguise is torn away and a carefully laid plot is exposed, the killer's emergence reveals not only the motive for murder, but also a brutal tale of youth beneath the gilded facade of the ivory tower, a story of jealousy, betrayal, oppression, secrets, and redemption. Who can stage a locked-room mur 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 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
- 158 A Gaze Bought with Death 死亡换来的凝视 The Gaze Bought with Death —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Proving Her Innocence 为她证无罪 When her closest family member becomes the prime suspect in a perfect crime, when every piece of evidence points to her sister’s already shattered soul, a younger sister who is a forensic pathologist decides to use science, faith, and unwavering love to fight through the fog for her sister’s chance to live. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 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
- 161 Reborn in the Dayong Dynasty: I’m a Coroner Who Judges Wronged Spirits 魂穿大雍：我，仵作专审冤魂 A modern forensic examiner transmigrates to the Great Yong dynasty and becomes a lowly coroner despised by all. The dead conceal the truth, and bones bear witness. Using modern forensic techniques, they solve one strange case after another, stand up to the powerful, and clear the names of countless souls. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 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
- 163 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
- 164 The Silent Edge 无声的锋刃 Once the “brain” of the strongest special operations unit, he retired in bitter disappointment after a mission involving a high-level power struggle ended in failure. He became an ordinary police bomb-disposal expert in a major city. He thought he had left the storm behind, but it returned with even greater fury: undercurrents stirred in the city as international spies, financial predators, new forms of crime, and the shadows of his past converged. Forced to take up his “weapons” again, he now f 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 A Forensics Prodigy: Jiangcheng Police Stories 刑侦天才之江城警事 My name is Chen Ning. I graduated from the Criminal Investigation College of the Huaguo Police University, then joined a police station in the city. I encountered many difficult cases in the course of my daily work, but my policewoman senior and I cracked them one by one. Later, I joined the city police squad. This is a suspenseful, mind-bending novel with a tense plot and professional forensic knowledge, along with a love story woven throughout. All in all, I personally think it's well worth re 298Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 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
- 167 A Crime Guide Group from the Start 开局犯罪指导群 When logic is the only weapon, who can glimpse the truth at the edge of the abyss in a maze woven from lies? On a rainy night in the old city, there is a corpse and a picture frame deliberately set straight. To criminal investigation captain Chen Xi, the evidence clearly points to a burglary. But to forensic evidence expert Lin Jianshen, it is a chilling ritual, meticulously staged. He never believes in coincidence. He trusts only the ironclad logic behind people's actions. The angle of a tilted —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 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... 386Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 169 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
- 170 From Surviving in the Shadows to Seeking the Truth in the Light 从灰色地带的谋生到阳光下的探寻 Introduction: >I make a living designing perfect alibis for criminals, until a murder takes place in the building across the street. >When the police storm my home, the surveillance footage shows “me” coming and going from the victim’s room repeatedly around the time of the murder. >I recognize the killer’s method as an exact copy of the plan I designed for a client, except the timing has been carefully altered. >During the investigation, a rookie policewoman suddenly points her gun at me. “The —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 The First-Rank Coroner’s Wild Ride 一品仵作狂妃 Modern forensic pathologist Yan Feixue unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of an unloved young lady of a noble marquis's household. The moment she opens her eyes, she is framed for murder and nearly loses her life. She has no choice but to use the professional skills she honed in her previous life to clear her name and save her own skin. But her peerless autopsy skills catch the attention of a certain cold and aloof Lord Beiming. He pins her against the wall and declares domineeringly, “Wom 80Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 172 China's Strange Cases 中国奇案录 25Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 173 The Housewife Detective Case Files 名侦探主妇事件簿 After her husband cheats, a housewife unexpectedly discovers she has a talent for detective work? Join a famous Japanese high school detective and a certain compensated-dating girl detective to crack a baffling cold case!! Watch me turn my life around and rewrite my destiny against all odds! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 Crime Solving: My Empathy Lets Me Read Corpses by Touch 破案：我的共情能力能摸尸 This is not one person's legend, but the epic of a team. The formidable and professional Ji Qing, the experienced veteran detective Lao Tan, the rookie Chen Rui... Though their personalities are worlds apart, they form a major crimes unit. They may argue until they're red in the face at crime scenes, but when lives are on the line, they'll take bullets for one another. Faced with taunts from highly intelligent criminals, pressure from their superiors, and the tears of victims' families, they hol —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 Eyes of the Deep Abyss 1: Evil Like a Hook 凝渊之眸1：恶如钩 I'm a special-case criminal investigator. I'm also the most ordinary one among thousands upon thousands of criminal investigators. This is a collection of criminal cases, and a record of memories. In this novel, you'll find me, my mentor, and my best friends. Like me, they are all unique, yet utterly ordinary. We once blazed with ambition and confidence. We once pieced together clues and chased criminals through the fog. We also knew sorrow and hesitation. My mentor once told me: We walk the lin 591Reads9.3Score10314d adds
- 176 Urban Legend: Rewinding Time 都市传说：时光回溯 [The earlier chapters lay the groundwork. If that is not to your taste, you can start from Chapter 9, where the first case begins. Thanks for reading!] At the turn of the millennium, three boys make a vow: they will transmigrate through time, return to the past, and change themselves. Twenty years later, several strange cases all point to an organization called Sù. Turning back time and defying fate: is it a blessing or a curse? A string of bizarre murders begins with an urban legend. The met —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 The Frozen North 深寒之地 This novel follows Yang Rui, an adviser to the Qidong City Criminal Police Division, his assistant Zhou Qi, and their police team as they solve cases. There is no System and no sensational or bizarre gimmicks. This is a hard-edged, orthodox mystery with tight logic and professional details that strive to avoid errors. Readers who prefer fast-paced pulp or light novels may want to give it a miss. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 Police Honor: From the Start, I Report for Duty With a Wanted Criminal in Tow 警察荣誉：开局抓个通缉犯去报到 “He is the nemesis of every criminal.” “He is also an exemplary public servant of his time.” “He’s a breath of fresh air in the corrupt capital market.” “He’s also the behind-the-scenes force helping the country’s high-tech industries lead the world.” “He’s an ordinary man from humble beginnings, a grassroots worker, and a bit of a slacker. He may even be a father of three.” “This is the story of a man who helps the people and causes around him, starting out as a beat cop and becoming a legend.” 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 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
- 180 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
- 181 The Case of the Eroding Color 色蚀谜案 A Case of Sensual Corruption 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 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
- 183 Twin Cities Detective: The Genius Inspector Steals the Show 双城推理：天才探长飒爆了 [Alternate modern setting] A cool, mature female detective and her puppyish young male partner: sweet and spicy, solving cases while falling in love Detective Tang's conviction is that she will find the person who killed her mother. Detective Du's dream is to become as capable as Sister Tang. As time goes by, amid dangerous cases, the two gradually come to share a goal: solve crimes, and find time for romance too. “Cuckoo, Cuckoo, report in! Get to the crime scene immediately!” Detective Tang ca 27Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 184 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
- 185 The Clash of Black and White 黑与白的冲击 Jiang He, a criminal investigation squad captain, has solved all kinds of major cases in his ten years on the force, maintaining a perfect record. Then one day, a body appears: it belongs to someone who died twelve years ago. The strange clues lead to a mysterious organization, behind which lies a shocking conspiracy. Just how many people are involved? 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 Night Watch Detective 守夜刑警 Everyone on the Criminal Investigation Team says I'm cursed. Someone died in a case my father investigated, my mother died in front of a mirror, and even my partner nearly lost their life. Then I took on the dismemberment case. The victim had been cut into seven pieces, each incision dusted with sandalwood powder. The forensic pathologist said it was the work of a deranged killer. I said it wasn't. Because in the second-floor window at the crime scene, I saw a woman in a red dress. Rain passed s 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Cold Case: Criminal Investigation Unit Nine 悬案：刑侦九组 The criminal investigation squad of Xingchan City Public Security Bureau takes on a tricky murder involving a car. Five rookie officers are unexpectedly chosen by the bureau chief to become undercover agents in Unit Nine. Besides handling some of the most heinous cases, they must also uncover a terrifying secret within the bureau. Leaving their roles as detectives behind, they work undercover to reveal the mystery surrounding Unit Nine... Why have three officers been missing for so long? What sc 37Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 188 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
- 189 Real Case Files from a Homicide Detective, Forensic Doctor, Trace Evidence Analyst, and Profiler 刑警、法医、痕检师、侧写师的真实破案手记 A string of bizarre disappearances involving young women: who is watching lost souls from the darkness? Everyone has secrets they don't want known. The line between darkness and light is crossed in a single thought. Step into the crime scene and see it through a professional's eyes as the truth and lies of human nature are exposed. This collection includes 18 books, featuring the Qin Ming forensic pathologist series, The Crime Scene Investigation Unit, Criminal Profilers, The Punisher, and True —Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 190 Fifteen Years Hunting a Killer: The Restaurant Family Massacre 追凶十五年：饭店灭门惨案 Fifteen years ago, the family of the owner of the Xinxin Restaurant in Linhai City was massacred, and the restaurant burned to ashes overnight. Was it a vendetta or a random crime? Over the next fifteen years, three generations of detectives, young and old, tirelessly passed the investigation from one to the next, peeling back layer after layer until they finally found the killer. 175Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 191 Fog over Jinyang Town 雾锁金阳镇 251Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Just Straight-Up Deduction? That's My Specialty! 单纯推理是吧？这个我擅长啊！ [A Conan-style episodic story. No romance or ambiguous relationships, grounded, no invincibility, no System, no brainless plot, with deduction and crime-solving] “Like Detective Conan? Then don’t miss this book!” There’s no such thing as a perfect crime. And if there is, then I must have committed it. While pursuing one of the world’s greatest criminal masterminds, Xian Yifan, hailed as the youngest great detective in history, died alongside his quarry. After accidentally transmigrating, he 185Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 193 Those Carefree Days of Youth 那晃晃悠悠的青春 Campus supernatural mysteries + mental disorders + crime-solving! How much can childhood trauma affect a person? What causes psychological problems? An intern's fall from a building, a baby murder by human traffickers, a murder at a hot-spring inn, a body sunk in a river, the bones of a girl buried fifteen years ago discovered beneath the school's banyan tree, and a woman's corpse hanging in an unfinished building, reeking of decay... Behind each case lurk the ugliest, darkest sides of human nat 3Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 194 The Binjiang Normal University Student Murder Case: An Investigation Diary 滨江师大女生碎尸悬案调查手记 I, Xun Lu, am an ordinary mystery writer. A friend recommended me for a screenwriting job. The upcoming New Year's Day in 2018 would mark twenty years since the unsolved dismemberment of a female student at Binjiang Normal University. I planned to use the case as the basis for a story about a psychic girl solving a murder and dismemberment case. I would call it The Psychic Cold Case. To find inspiration, screenwriter Xun Lu, investor Xiao Hao, consultant Lao Ma, cameraman Jin Ming, leading man N 242Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 195 The Time-Traveling Crime Casebook 超时空罪案事件簿 To save my critically ill girlfriend, I accidentally activated a mission System. Every time I travel to a crime scene, I take on a completely new identity at random. A female corpse case from the Tang dynasty, a locked-room mystery from the Republican era, an AI murder case... I can trade points for wishes. The stranger the case, the greater the reward. I thought I was a crime-solving genius, until the System’s final message appeared: “Your girlfriend’s illness is actually connected to you...” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 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
- 197 I’m Watching You 我在看着你 A skull that saw daylight again after two years, unceasing roars in an abandoned warehouse, a madwoman at a nursing home in the foothills, a doomsday hell with a returning avenger... One bizarre case after another unfolds. Ji Nian, a justice-minded detective, and Du Ruo, a cold and distant forensic examiner, are both drawn into the mystery. Can they get out safely? Half of Du Ruo’s face was hidden in the dim light, but her eyes were unusually bright. As she gazed at the flames in the distance, J 6Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 198 Mystery and Detective Notes 悬疑推理笔记 My new work is out! Welcome to read it on Tomato Novels. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Mysteries of the Republic Era 民国谜案 A horrific case rocks Xiaocheng during the Republican era. Detective Qiao Yunxiu teams up with Duan Shi, a psychiatrist who has returned from studying abroad. As a series of cases come to light, the truth is revealed, and Qiao Yunxiu learns the secret Duan Shi has been hiding... One day, Duan Shi suddenly asks the person beside her, “When did you first fall for me?” Detective Qiao takes a sip of hot porridge. “The first time I saw you. Your legs were beautiful, your hands were beautiful, and eve 54Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 200 Crime Puzzle: The Zero-Degree Detective 罪案拼图：零度侦探 Crime Scene Puzzle: The Zero-Degree Detective Synopsis On a rainy night in the old district, a string of locked-room murders rocks the city. The victims are all social elites, and the crime scenes yield no clues, save for a bizarre spade symbol. Reclusive to the point of obsession, Ling Ji, the "Detective Zero," uses uncanny deductive skills to unravel the truth, starting with a single strand of hair or half a fingerprint and stripping away layer upon layer of disguise. At his side are Qin Feng, —Reads—Score—14d adds
