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- 51 Testimony of a Burning Lie 谎焰证词 There is no truth in the ashes, only deeper lies. When your best friend dies for you twice, only then do you understand: being alive is the ultimate revenge. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 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
- 53 Crime Scene 罪恶现场 The story recreates crime scenes and explores the weaknesses of human nature. Behind every case lies a battle between the police and evil! Each case is adapted from a real incident. Any resemblance is purely coincidental! 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Murder in Doubt 谋杀疑云 In September 2006, the body of a young man was discovered in an abandoned villa on the outskirts of town. His hands were tied, and his body was kneeling. The killer had been careful and left no traces. Before long, another young man’s body was found. The method of murder was almost identical. But as the police continued their investigation, Captain Ma Wenchao gradually began to suspect someone he knew well. Yet that person had a perfect alibi for every one of the crimes. 118Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Light in the Darkness: Forensic Investigator Xia Luo 黑暗中的光明：法医夏洛 Crimes set ten years in the future, with one case every three chapters. Pure crime investigation, no dragging things out and no romance-obsessed leads. Does rapid technological progress help criminals, or bring crime to an end...? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 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
- 57 A Box Set of Highly Rated Mystery and Suspense Novels (3 Books) 高评推理悬疑小说套装（共3册） This work brings together three highly rated mystery novels: The Invisible Elephant, Plum Blossom Nail, and The Long Night Is Coming. The Invisible Elephant: Elephant, whose real name is Wu Xing, is a newspaper reporter with an extraordinary sense of smell. He needs eight and a half hours of sleep every day and is afraid of camera flashes. One day, while working, he comes across a bizarre murder. The victim was strangled to death with a rope, dressed in a red bellyband, blindfolded with black cl 15Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 58 Immortal Constable Yang Biao, Bringer of Justice 仙警杨彪，罪恶终结者 Immortal Cop Yang Biao, heir to Yang Jian’s legacy, sweeps through drug-trafficking syndicates, organ-trafficking rings, telecom fraud gangs, money-laundering operations, terrorist groups, arms-smuggling rings, and more with the force of thunder. He vows to wipe out the forces of darkness and uphold justice in the human world! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 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
- 60 Major Crime Files: Cui Baochun, King of the Violent Bandits 重案纪实：悍匪之王崔宝纯 Among the many notorious bandits of the early years of the People's Republic of China, Cui Baochun stood apart. Unlike Zhang Jun and Lei Guomin, who treated human lives as worthless, Cui Baochun was responsible for relatively few murders. Yet his crimes could all be called high-IQ offenses, and they are highly representative of China's criminal investigation history. Cui Baochun also led a remarkable life, and his female entourage was far more formidable than Zhang Jun's. Moreover, considering t 6.1kReads8.9Score36014d adds
- 61 A Veterinarian Becomes a Great Detective: Starting with a Million 兽医变神探，开局百万 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The Court Minister of Justice's Lucky Carp Wife 大理寺卿的锦鲤妻 Xiao Su, the junior minister of the Court of Judicial Review, is a powerful figure at court. The only time you get to see him is when you're dead! As a coroner, Ning Xiaosu naturally gets first dibs! This is a story about a bickering couple who join forces to solve cases! 73Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 63 Has My Girlfriend Been Kidnapped? 我女朋友被绑架了吗？ First it was kidney-harvesting gangs in Myanmar, now there’s a dismemberment case in Thailand. Lin Xiaoyan, a female influencer, is kidnapped and held for ransom while traveling in Thailand. Who abducted her? Her boyfriend, Li Mingbo, is frantic with worry and decides to go to T Country himself to find the truth, gradually uncovering a vast conspiracy hidden in the shadows. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 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
- 65 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
- 66 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
- 67 Werewolf, Open Your Eyes: Revenge on a Blood Moon 狼人请睁眼，血夜复仇 Werewolf, Open Your Eyes: Revenge on Blood Night —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 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
- 69 The Killer Who Can't Escape 逃不掉的凶手 A sobbing copper bell rings through an ancient mansion late at night. A corpse on the autopsy table suddenly opens its eyes and smiles. A faceless figure in a wedding dress flashes across the surveillance footage... Eighteen unsolved murder case files come together to form a bloody mystery spanning twenty years. After criminal investigation prodigy Lu Zhao takes the cases, he discovers that every clue points to him. As he painstakingly pieces together the truth, the reflection in the mirror begi 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Parallel Lines 3 平行线3 A psychiatrist accused of murder goes missing, but the police discover that a mysterious figure is pulling the strings behind the scenes. Are they helping the suspect escape, or setting someone else up to take the fall? A bizarre car crash that appears to be an accident unravels the mystery of a mountain disaster from three years ago, or perhaps reveals a premeditated murder... A woman’s corpse appears after a rainy night. The strange scent left behind and the butterflies fluttering nearby are u —Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 71 Case Files: Irregular Tales from Criminal Investigations 凶案密档：刑侦不规则怪谈 [Mystery + criminal investigation + horror + human nature + crime + serial murders + fast-paced] A horrifying event unfolds inside an old tailor shop: welcome to the world of the Doll Tailor! This collection of bizarre murder mysteries features more than a thousand baffling cases full of twists, including The Doll Tailor, Ghost in the Mirror, The Midnight Bus Mystery, The Soul Possession Case, The Killers' Circle of Friends, and The Wicked Child. Urban mysteries return as criminal investigation 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 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
- 73 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
- 74 China's Strange Cases 中国奇案录 25Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 75 Fengcheng Crime Files 风城罪案录 Synopsis of The Windy City Crime Files At the turn of the century, the industrial hub of Luo City was known as the "Windy City." There, a criminal investigation squad moved between the ruins of steel mills and newly opened internet cafés, solving more than forty bizarre cases. The crimes spanned two eras: an old engineer died in a sealed-off workshop, while a programmer vanished into a virtual trading network. Each case was a snapshot of its time. Investigations ranged from fingerprint tracking 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 The Half-Cigarette Detective 半支烟神探 He never smokes a cigarette down to the end; the cases he solves are never settled.?? At forty, Chen Mu is a legend who doesn't fit in with the police force. Sloppy in appearance and a little obsessive, he solves cases through a fixation on details and his odd habit of snuffing out a cigarette halfway through. From bizarre accidents to perfect murders, no trick can escape his notice. But Chen Mu has never been after the killer right in front of him. Ten years ago, his father, Chen Guodong, was d 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 The Nineteenth Act of Domestic Violence 第十九次家暴 The Nineteenth Beating 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Into the Abyss 探入深渊 A clueless, comedy-loving detective, a cool and aloof genius, and a series of standalone cases Why did the hotel’s beautiful cleaning lady vanish without a trace, with neither her body nor any sign of her to be found? Why was there a fresh male corpse lying in a coffin in an ancient tomb? Why did a survivor of a fire end up in the morgue after all? Why were four human heads found at the bottom of a water reservoir? … 162Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 79 Criminal Investigation 刑侦探案 The veteran detective from the criminal investigation department had barely appeared when he stumbled upon a murder case. A family massacre plunged the entire city into gloom. Why were horrific crimes happening so often in this peaceful city? Where did the darkness in people’s hearts come from? As You Jia found a few clues amid one bloody case after another, he was thrust into a so-called death game. The game... had begun… 56Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 80 Crime Scene Investigator 凶案侦查者 He is a legend who left the police force. He is a criminal investigator shrouded in secrets. No one knows his past. He hunts down criminals, racing against killers and communing with the dead. 421Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 81 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
- 82 The Strange Bones Speak 诡骨尸语 The story follows forensic investigator Gu Fei and policewoman Chen Yao, whose lives are changed by an accident. Together, they seek truth and justice through a series of baffling cases! (This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people is purely coincidental!) 164Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 The Root of Sin 心罪源 Greed, desire, hatred, loathing, envy, jealousy... These are all the roots of human crime. The human heart is unfathomable; people can commit crimes over the smallest things. Yi Kai studied criminal psychology, but ended up making a living as a detective. An accidental car crash gave him astonishing powers of observation and perception. A chance encounter led Police Captain Xiang Tiange to recognize his abilities and put him to work. From then on, he embarked on a battle of wits against criminal 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 The Ultimate Manhunt 绝地追凶 A contemporary criminal investigation mystery, full of unexpected twists and deductive case-solving. Feel free to dive in. The story will never go on hiatus. Entirely original, with a deliberate pace. Take your time and follow the investigation. Pay attention to the casual remarks and gestures of certain people. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 The Gray Border 灰色边界 A: Adjudication R: Revenge L: Law Enforcer There are no perfectly just verdicts in this world. Only by walking the line at the edge of the law can one execute true demons. No one wants to walk a tightrope, especially when the abyss below is deep enough to swallow everything. A and L should never move along the same straight line, but only where their paths cross can the sins of the heart be cleansed. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Wrong Body: A Deadly Game of Two Faces 错躯：双面死局 [Mystery + mind-bending + body swap] It seemed like an ordinary kidnapping spree, but it dragged him into an endless abyss... When he woke up, police detective Chen Yuan had switched bodies, and with none other than the kidnapper he was hunting... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 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 1Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 88 Forensic Examiner: Major Case Dispatch 法医： 重案速递 My name is Chen Dong. Because of my father, I inherited his legacy and became a forensic doctor. When he was alive, he often said, “With Buddha's Wrath Hand, punish the guilty; discern truth from lies, and know right from wrong.” I took his words to heart and used them as a reminder. In my career as a forensic doctor, I have encountered countless shocking murders. To uncover the truth about my father's death, I have no choice but to solve bizarre cases one after another and hunt down killers acr 122Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 89 Criminal Investigation: The Truth About Murder 刑侦：杀人真相 [Mystery + Deduction + Therapist + Case-of-the-Week Mysteries + Serial Killings + High-IQ Crimes + Forensics + Revenge Plot + Bizarre Tales + Light Horror + Suitable for the Easily Frightened] You can skip romance, but you have to read about a case every day. When in love, you take your clothes off one piece at a time. When it's over, you stab one knife at a time. When in love, you stay together forever. When it's over, you hide a corpse in a trunk. When in love, you're stuck together every day. 6.9kReads7.2Score36914d adds
- 90 Candlelight in the Night 黑夜里的烛光 An aspiring police officer fresh out of the police academy is assigned to a grassroots unit. A baffling murder case changes Shi Yi's life forever. The sun sets, and night falls. Beneath its cover, countless human desires slowly take root and bloom. One murder after another, corpse after corpse, evidence hidden in the smallest of details, and the helpless cries of victims' families: all of it drives this newly graduated officer to grow. If criminals' desires are the endless night, then the countl 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 I Said I'd Collect Scrap, Not Solve Cases This Well 说好的收破烂，结果这么会破案 [Two powerful leads + devoted to each other + the supernatural + solving crimes + special affection + a touch of ensemble cast] A beautiful, formidable antique shop owner vs. a beautiful, tragic, formidable, unhinged CEO Wen Ci is the famously eccentric owner of a shop on Antique Street. She only takes goods from the dead. Jiang Yuhuai is the business world’s living King of Hell: signing contracts with his left hand and handling guns with his right. The two people who should never have crossed p 100Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 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
- 93 The Campus Cloud of Mystery 校园迷云 Do you ever really believe what your eyes show you??? After the college entrance exams, everyone should have been celebrating. Instead, a series of bizarre “suicides” took place at the school. But as the truth was painstakingly pieced together, it became clear that the cause was far from simple. 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Female Forensic Pathologist Bai Ling: Hold Your Breath 女法医白灵：屏住呼吸 Realistic, brutal, eerie, and thrilling! Take a firsthand look at crime scenes that push past psychological limits, and see women shine in a challenging profession. Shh... Hold your breath. Never disturb the dead. Are there ghosts in this world? Perhaps a ghost haunts the heart of everyone. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 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
- 96 Facial Recognition Failed 人脸识别失败 Lin Xiao arrived at the village entrance late at night. The streetlights with facial recognition were broken, and in the darkness, she felt someone watching her. When she got home, she found her father’s dog, Heizi, dead at the door. There were marks around its neck, and its death had been disguised as illness. The local police station said her father had last appeared on the surveillance cameras on the back hill, then had “vanished into thin air.” 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Those Things from My Younger Days 我的那些年的那些事儿 A real-estate tycoon is found dead in his private villa. His ex-girlfriend holds ironclad evidence but refuses to speak, because her family has been threatened and made into pawns. Following the clues, the police find that everyone involved had a motive to kill, yet each has a perfect alibi: a builder ruined by a scheme that left his family destitute, a partner framed and burdened with massive debts, and a secretary forced to falsify accounts after someone uncovered her secret. Everyone has some 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 After I Was Fired, I Became a Police Consultant 被开除后，我成了警局顾问 This book is also known as [The Criminal Investigation Prodigy: Murder Case Consultant for the Nancheng Criminal Police] My name is Chen Ning. I used to be a major-crimes investigator with the Jiangcheng Criminal Police, but I was forced to leave the force because of certain circumstances. One rainy night, a murder took place next to my rented apartment, and traces of me were left at the scene. While I was still asleep, a team of police officers broke down my door. “Are you Chen Ning?” I was 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 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
- 100 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
