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- 1 Midnight Bus: Driving Route 444 to Pick Up Passengers at the Cemetery Before Dawn on Qingming Festival 午夜公交：驾驶444路公交，清明节凌晨前往公墓接乘客 Midnight Bus: Drive Route 444 to the cemetery before dawn on Qingming Festival and pick up passengers 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Criminal Investigation Squad Three 刑侦三小队 After graduating from police academy, Jiang Muyan is assigned to the city bureau’s Third Criminal Investigation Team. There she meets her good friend Jia Ranran, team captain Chen Feng, and fellow officers Li Ming and Zhang Yi. Together, the five of them work hard to solve one case after another, exploring the many facets of human nature through cases involving traffic, women’s self-defense, historical warnings, human selfishness, school violence, and more. 699Reads—Score10114d adds
- 3 Echoes in the Mist: The Mystery of the Reborn Castle 迷雾回响：古堡重生之谜 Echoes in the Mist: The Mystery of the Reborn Castle 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The System Taught Me Skills, Then Left 2 系统教会我技能后，就走了2 This book is the second installment of After Getting a System, I Became Invincible. It continues to revolve around solving cases. After Qin Yu was appointed head of the criminal investigation team in Anjiang Province, he finally got a rare vacation. But on the final day of his break, Qin Yu received a “request for help” from an old acquaintance and rushed overseas to save someone. After returning, he turned down the old acquaintance's invitation and went back to Anjiang Province, where he began 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Half the City Beneath the Dark Rain 暗雨半城 In a small city, a mystery surrounding a beautiful young teacher sets off a series of bizarre murders. The brutal truth is beyond anyone's expectations, and reflections on human nature and society plunge people into an endless abyss... 83Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Case Files 2000: Hunting Killers in Cold Cases 刑档2000:我在旧案里缉凶 Chen Mo, a criminal records clerk, returns to the year 2000 with all the case information stored in his memory. He refuses to watch his mentor get wrongly sent to prison again. So he chooses to live a different life as a new kind of “Chen Mo.” “July 14: A female worker at a cement factory in the southern suburbs is murdered. The killer is her shift supervisor.” “September 3: The kidnapping of a tycoon's only son. A blue feather will appear in the ransom bag.” “December 25: A pileup on Christmas 780Reads8.7Score14014d adds
- 7 System Code: The Abyss of Logic 系统代码：逻辑深渊 System Code: Abyss of Logic —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Xuan Yuan Case Files: The Soul-Devouring Blood Curse 玄渊密案录：噬灵血咒 The Secret Case Files of Xuanyuan: The Spirit-Devouring Blood Curse —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Doodles on the Medical Records 病例上的涂鸦 My name is Su Wanqing. I’m a clerk in the medical records department at Municipal Third Hospital. For the past six years, my greatest skill has been dealing with moldy medical files. Then one day, while sorting through old records, I found a doodled diary tucked between the patient files. Its owner was Chen Zhiming, an intern who died in a hospital fire twelve years ago. He wrote, “If you’re reading this diary, it means I’m already dead.” The pages were covered in strange coded symbols: a heart —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Dark Path of a Genius Playboy 天才狂少的黑化之路 [Genius + mystery + beauty + business battles + revenge + corruption] To avenge his father, the brilliant young Li Jingzhou meets Ding Ruoyu, who outshines all nine of his ex-girlfriends. Convinced his genius will let him achieve great things, he nevertheless falls step by step into a schemer's trap... After enduring one hard lesson after another, he finally meets his perfect match, Chen Botao. With the help of his exceptional girlfriend Ding Ruoyu, the three launch a series of revenge operation —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 I Just Want to Coast Along, but My Teammates Insist I Solve Cases! 我想混吃等死，队友非要我破案！ [Transmigration + crime solving + mind games + twists + suspense + deduction + infinite flow] Under the immense pressure of school, students and parents are on the verge of mental collapse. People keep silent, while a serial killer has had his tongue brutally cut out by the murderer. He spends five days in a victim's room, solely to clear himself of suspicion. A strange village, a baffling case. Every time a white light flashes, Liu Yu enters another world and begins investigating a case. The n 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 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
- 13 A Chain of Mysteries 谜案连环 [Crime investigation and deduction + no female lead + episodic stories + light romance] In a corner stands an exquisite, beautiful ice sculpture, but it is made of a corpse. An anime character who seems to have stepped out of another dimension, yet has no breath left. And a blonde beauty asleep on a bench who just won't wake up... What connection do they share? Why did the killer do this? What secrets lie behind it all? The clues they uncover all seem to point to the unsolved case from seven yea 1.3kReads—Score10214d adds
- 14 You Were Supposed to Take the Arts Exam, So Why Did You End Up in Criminal Investigation? 让你艺考，你考到刑侦去了？ Li Guan has a secret: everyone looks like an old person to him. People say it’s hard to paint skin and harder still to capture the bones beneath. For him, it’s the other way around. The pretty campus belle looks like an old woman, and a strapping young man looks like an old man, making it remarkably easy for him to draw bones and muscles. He thought he would spend his life this way, different from others but otherwise uneventful. Then a young, handsome female classmate showed up, and with her ca 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Every Time I Work the Night Shift, the City's Criminal Police Can't Sleep 我一上夜班，全市刑警就睡不着了 “Chen Che, you’re just a probationary police officer. What gives you the right to commandeer more than a hundred SWAT officers from the major crimes unit?!” As his superior roared at him, Chen Che pointed at the high-purity heroin and ledgers documenting international money laundering scattered across the floor. “If I hadn’t overstepped, you’d all have been blown sky-high by now.” Chen Che had only wanted to coast through life, but he could uncover crimes of staggering scale from the most insign 20.2kReads8.4Score1.9k14d adds
- 16 Who Was the Witness? 谁是目击者 The Gu family’s recognition banquet in Lanzhou glittered beneath crystal chandeliers. Gu Zhihua, who controlled the hidden side of the Gu family, watched the farce unfold with cold detachment. Su Qingya was eager to cozy up to the powerful, while Tian Qin took the chance to put her down and prove she wasn’t an outsider. Everyone thought it was just an ordinary family-reunion squabble. Until Su Qingya collapsed beside the sofa and Tian Qin fell at the doorway. Every guest in the hall saw it. N 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Hunting Killers in the Dark 黑夜缉凶 Haisheng City, July 2015. A mysterious person calls the police, claiming to have found the brutally mutilated body of a woman in a residential complex. In just over two months, four cases of women being tortured and murdered in the exact same way have now come to light. What’s baffling is that the killer, usually meticulous and careful to leave no trace, has this time left a fingerprint on the victim. Was it a careless mistake, or is there more to it? Led by newly appointed Criminal Investigatio 143Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Serial Murder Investigation Unit 连环凶案调查组 [Criminal Investigation + Serial Killer + Case-of-the-Week + Psychological Profiling + High-IQ Crimes + Not for the Fainthearted] Every time she dates a man, he dies. All three of Shi Yike's boyfriends have met untimely ends, and the serial murder case remains unsolved. Her family and friends all think she's bad luck. She also knows that a serial killer with a sick obsession with her is lurking nearby. Should she listen to her family and stay single for the rest of her life so no innocent man ge 659Reads—Score10314d adds
- 19 The Baffling Murder Case 诡案迷凶 At half past eleven at night, the crisp wail of sirens echoed through the air as several police cars plowed through the snowstorm and raced along the mountain road. Sitting in the car, Xing Yixuan watched the blizzard batter the window, a hint of impatience on his face. No one would be happy to get caught up in a case on a night when heavy snow had sealed off the mountains. 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Corpse Case Squad 尸案组 The living can lie, but corpses cannot. A corpse’s silent language is the key to solving murder cases. A dismembered body in a display window, a missing black swan, a murder with no corpse... Every strange case I’ve solved began with a body. 680Reads5.9Score10814d adds
- 21 The Mystery Town of Mirror Shadows 镜影谜镇 I originally put this novel in the women's fiction category because I thought a bunch of guys probably wouldn't enjoy such a delicate, emotionally nuanced story. But I overlooked the emotional needs of female readers. It's a brain-teasing mystery. By the time I realized my mistake, I'd already signed a contract. Well, it's too late to change it now, so here we are. In Mirror Bay, a town shrouded in sea fog year-round, fishermen have recently been disappearing one after another, and str —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Occultist: I Hold Life and Death in My Hands 诡术师：我于人间掌生死 Shen Yu is a craftsman. The things he makes are steeped in the uncanny... Paper figures wandering at midnight, wooden carvings roaming the streets, and hands reaching up from the water... You who bear the weight of sin Be careful. Because something has already set its sights on you. As I walk among the living, I am a demon to the sinful! All those burdened with grave sins will face judgment, life or death! The Master of Occult Arts, a man steeped in the uncanny. Welcome to Yong'an Street... 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Unbelievable! I Took Down a Terrorist Hideout While Slacking Off at Work 离谱！上班摸鱼，端了恐怖分子窝 Lin Bufan died suddenly from overwork, then transmigrated to a parallel world and became a lowly security guard at the Roland Scenic Community. Unexpectedly, he awakened the “Lucky Slacking System.” As long as he slacked off during work hours, he could earn Lucky Points. “Spend 100 Lucky Points, and the Host will receive 10 minutes of good luck.” “For real? No way!” Lin Bufan looked at the “Slash the Price” screen on Pinduoduo on his phone and tapped it lightly. “Congratulations! You successfull 339Reads8.2Score10514d adds
- 24 Echoes of Blood 血字残响 A plain silver band links a bloody, unsolved case spanning twenty-seven years. A family slaughtered on a rainy night, power that reaches the heavens, and a revenge plot that leaves him transformed from victim to prisoner. Fine scratches serve as evidence, skin flakes as proof. Every crime hidden in the darkness will eventually be exposed in the sunlight. The last echoes of blood-written words fade, and justice finally finds its way home. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Lost Truth 失落的真相 In response to the Ministry of Public Security’s decision that every murder case must be solved, Tianfeng City establishes a special task force to crack cold cases. In an unprecedented move, it appoints Zhang Yunqing, a Chinese-born criminal psychology expert who studied overseas, as the team leader. On Zhang Yunqing’s first day on the job, something strange happens in Tianfeng City: a phone belonging to the evidence from an unsolved case involving a headless female corpse, eight years ago, sudd 216Reads8.5Score10014d adds
- 26 You Were Supposed to Catch Pickpockets, So Why Did You Catch a Wanted Criminal? 让你去反扒，你顺手抓个通缉犯？ [System] [Power Fantasy] [One Female Lead] [Mystery] After drinking too much, Zhang Chen accidentally transmigrated to a parallel world several years in the past. By chance, he became an auxiliary police officer in Dong City. He also awakened the Famous Police System, and from that day on, Dong City gained a legendary figure. On his first day on the job, the anti-pickpocketing squad took him along on an operation, and he accidentally caught a wanted criminal. The officers who heard the news were 96Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 27 After My Entire Family Was Executed, I Joined the Inspector to Solve a Cold Case 满门抄斩后，与巡察从事共探悬案 [Mystery and Investigation | Deduction | Light Political Intrigue | Linked Serial Murders | A Vivid Portrait of Society] Yun Shu, the legitimate son of a great general and once the crown prince's study companion, watched his family suffer a sudden calamity. His father was framed for colluding with the enemy and plotting treason, and the entire clan was sentenced to death. With secret help, he faked his death and escaped, abandoning his identity to drift among the common people. He endures humili —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 You Said You’d Lie Flat, So How Did You Become a Criminal Investigation Expert? 说好的躺平，你怎么成刑侦专家了 [System + Case Solving, No Romance] Multiple cases. Anything that differs from reality is fictional; please follow the rules established in this novel. Ye Lingxuan has been a forensic examiner in Pu County for just six months when he suddenly discovers that he has acquired a System. The quiet office life he had planned suddenly becomes hectic. Then one day, Ye Lingxuan realizes he has become a nationally renowned criminal investigation expert... 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 A Veterinarian Becomes a Great Detective: Starting with a Million 兽医变神探，开局百万 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 At Midnight, I Witnessed a Killer at Work 半夜，撞见杀手杀人 After accidentally stumbling onto a crime scene, he becomes a murder suspect. As he tries to clear his name, he realizes he never wandered into the scene by chance at all: someone had led him into a trap… No grand ambitions here, just a story that will uncover the truth. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Detective Wu, Miss Ma Has Stolen Your Case Again 伍探长，马小姐又把案子抢走了 [Strong Female Lead] [Republic-Era Mystery and Crime Solving] [Main Plotline] “Among all the tangled lines, only one points to the right path.”, Ma Gerui. The heiress to Taihe Shipping, studying in France, receives devastating news and returns home to find nothing but the charred ruins of her family estate and a mountain of debt. To repay it, Ma Gerui accepts an invitation to stay at a famous painter’s home and becomes his exclusive nude model. But she soon gets caught up in a baffling disappear 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 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
- 33 The Immortal Insect Herbalist 虫草仙人 The Insect-and-Herb Immortal —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 When the Fog Lifts: The Mystery of the 307 Ghost Ship’s Appearance 迷雾散尽时，307幽灵船现身之谜 When the fog clears, the mystery of Ghost Ship 307’s appearance —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Terror at the Girls’ School: The Mystery of the 307 Fall 女校惊魂之307跳楼之谜 Terror at the Girls’ School: The Mystery of the 307 Jump —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Hidden Corner 隐匿的角落 “...As the groom and bride placed rings on each other's fingers, the wedding hall's power switch clicked, plunging the entire venue into darkness. A moment later, the lights came back on, and someone's head fell to the floor...” The ghost story was only halfway through when the wedding hall lights suddenly flickered out for a moment, just as they had in the story. At the newlyweds' table, one of them was dead. Yang Ling, a storyteller, recounted a ghost story he'd written at his friend's wedding 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 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
- 38 The Strange Corpse Case 奇尸案 Do you think there is such a thing as the perfect crime? If so, what would it look like? Would it make a body disappear completely? Make sure no one ever discovers it? Or leave no evidence behind? 1.9kReads8.1Score16514d adds
- 39 The Broken Mirror Murder Case 破镜缉凶 [Mystery + Criminal Investigation + Deduction + Case-of-the-Week + Long Main Plot + No Romance + Solving Crimes] On a livestream, a bride in red hangs herself from an ancient locust tree. A million viewers watch as her corpse follows an invisible track and “walks” back to the crime scene. I'm Qin Niu, captain of the criminal investigation team in Changping City. The people I'm up against aren't ghosts, but a group of “crime designers.” They use magnetic levitation to transport corpses, infrasou 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 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
- 41 Tales from the Tranquil Heart Teahouse 清心茶馆故事 In certain corners of this city, a saying has made the rounds: “If you’re out of options, if the truth you’re searching for has sunk without a trace, go to the Qingxin Teahouse and find Mr. Zhou.” This is the last stop for the lost, a crossroads of secrets. By day, it welcomes ordinary tea drinkers and offers a taste of life in all its variety. By night, it lights a solitary lamp for those shrouded in darkness. Whether it’s a bizarre disappearance, a business conspiracy, or a long-buried cold ca 1.8kReads8.4Score16114d adds
- 42 The Female Forensic Pathologist: The Perfect Partner 女法医：最佳搭档 A major case from years ago remains unsolved, and it was practically the perfect crime. Chen Shuang and Jiang Wang make an outstanding crime-solving team, though they are also a pair of bickering rivals. Their first meeting gets off to a hilariously awkward start. Jiang Wang: “No wonder there are so many unsolved cases when you forensic doctors can't even figure out minor ones.” Chen Shuang: “Captain Li, what did you say? Who's Jiang Wang? I don't see anyone.” Jiang Wang: “...” Later, the two wo 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 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
- 44 Shh, Don’t Speak 嘘，别说话 The wedding venue turns into a crime scene. He’s dead! Did she kill him? Yun Shen is a renowned mystery novelist, and the murder at this wedding is exactly like the plot of one of her novels. More murders follow, each one matching a murder in one of her books. It’s as if she’s fallen under a curse. It seems there’s always a pair of eyes watching her from somewhere nearby... 139Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 45 Top-Secret Files: Human Nature 绝密档案：人性 Wherever people live, there is darkness, and wherever there is darkness, there will be light. Though the light may come a little late, it will never let the darkness spread. Cases that seem simple at first reveal nothing but raw human nature and desire. A cold case sealed away for five years appears before Lin Feng once again. Is it mere coincidence, or is some unseen hand driving events forward? Watch Lin Feng painstakingly unravel the clues as a shadowy organization that kills for pleasure 131Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 46 You Asked Me to Start the Job, So I Took Down a Fraud Den 让你去入职，你把诈骗窝点端了 Su Ze transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a newly hired community police officer. After unexpectedly activating the God-Tier Detective System, he embarks on an unstoppable career of catching criminals. On his way to report for duty: “Hello, 110? There's a scam operation here. Send backup immediately!” The police look at the scam artists inside, all clutching their heads and sobbing. “You call this needing backup?” During an anti-prostitution raid, while his colleagues arrest sex buyers 29Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 47 The Mirror Clown 镜像小丑 Why does a famous hotel perched on a cliff stand abandoned and in ruins? Why were the kindhearted tycoon’s adopted children murdered one after another after his death? The clown from the mirror has returned after many years. Is this a collapse of morality, or the destruction of humanity? Welcome to “Into Science” [strikethrough]. Welcome to the Cliffside Hotel. 69Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 48 Personality Scam 2: The Backup Detective 人格骗局2：替补侦探 In the early hours of October 17, 2011, Su Yi, a twenty-six-year-old anti-drug police officer, died in an explosion meticulously engineered by a drug-trafficking organization. As a result, his younger brother, Su Ming, developed dissociative identity disorder, and for years he lived in the shadow of the bombing. To uncover who was behind his brother's murder, Su Ming conceals his condition and joins the Criminal Investigation Division of the D City Public Security Bureau as a police officer. His 2Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 49 Codename: Number Seven 代号：第七号 At two in the morning, a young man with a high fever and convulsions was brought to the emergency room at the Third Municipal Hospital. His body was covered in purplish-red, netlike rashes; his pupils had shrunk to thin slits, and his neck was stiff as a board. Lin Shen, an attending neurologist, identified the illness within two hours: anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. He began treatment. The patient woke up, but the rash vanished completely overnight. Then his fever rebounded, followed by mania —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Criminal Investigation Partners: Special Case Unit 6 重案六组之刑侦之侣 They are criminal investigators, comrades-in-arms, each other's sharpest blade and strongest shield. Through the daily trials of life and death, and their quiet, unspoken understanding, a bond deeper than partnership slowly takes root. When reason clashes with emotion and duty intertwines with private desire, they choose to defend justice together and become each other's one and only home. 101Reads—Score—14d adds
