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- 1 Criminal Investigation: I Know Who the Killer Is 刑侦，我知道凶手是谁 Shen Mobei has just graduated from the police academy and been assigned as a trainee officer to a suburban police station. In reality, he was a criminal detective in the same public security system in 2026. While pursuing a murderer, he chased the suspect into an alley, where he was unexpectedly attacked and killed. When he wakes up, he discovers he has been reborn in 1999 in the body of a newly graduated trainee officer who shares his name. 24Reads—Score100Shelves
- 2 The Jianghu's Point of No Return: My Years as the Big Brother 江湖不归路：我做大哥那些年 What is the jianghu? Passion, sorrow, parting, and regret: that is the jianghu. Where is the jianghu? Wherever there are people, there is the jianghu. Drunken indulgence is its outward face, brotherly loyalty its innocence, life-and-death partings its core, and deceit its way of survival. This is a story of the jianghu, a story unique to that era. 185Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 3 Xiao’s Painting 魈画 [Mystery + criminal investigation + strange encounters and tales + suspense + crime + horror + dark themes] What secret lies hidden in a masterfully painted traditional Chinese landscape that everyone who owns it dies in a suspicious accident? An old police officer and a young one follow the clues, only to discover that the painting has caused several accidental deaths and is also connected to a mysterious missing-person case. The missing woman’s fate is unknown, and the accidental deaths contin —Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 4 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—Shelves
- 5 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—Shelves
- 6 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—Shelves
- 7 Zhu Yuanzhang's Iron-Fisted War on Corruption 朱元璋铁腕反腐 Born into a farming family, Zhu Chongba was left without money to bury his parents when famine struck. Zhu Liujiu’s father, a fellow villager, paid for the land and helped build a grave and erect a headstone for them. To survive, Zhu Chongba became a monk. Later, he joined Guo Zixing’s forces, became a soldier, and fought against the Yuan dynasty. Gradually, he rose to become a regional warlord and eventually united the country. In the early Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the fou 1.8kReads7.2Score102Shelves
- 8 The Case of the Six-Petaled Snowflake 六角雪花迷案 A fire breaks out at a villa, and a dismembered corpse is discovered inside. Yet the scene where the body was cut apart is a hundred li away. How did the killer travel between the two places using an invisible thread? And why are the survivors of the fire dying one after another… As the investigation gradually deepens, more and more clues emerge, yet the case continues to move toward an impossible dead end… 123Reads—Score102Shelves
- 9 Sealed Case Files: The Stories of Those Who Went Astray 尘封案卷：那些失足者的故事 They were once “suspects” in case files, branded as “fallen souls.” But when you clear away the fog surrounding each case and step into their pasts, you discover that every fall from grace hides a complicated life story no one knows about. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Ten Notorious Bandit Cases in China 中国大案纪实十大悍匪之系列 Here is a ranking of the ten most notorious bandits to emerge in modern China since the founding of the People's Republic: 1. Bai Baoshan, China's top case of 1997; 2. Liu Jinrong, Hainan's most notorious bandit; 3. Wan Guangxu, a special-forces-level talent in the eyes of military experts; 4. Zhou Xiangyang, the first armed kidnapping case in the People's Republic; 5. Zhang Jun, China's most serious criminal case since the founding of the nation; 6. Sun Delin, leader of a rare, exceptionally vi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 China's Most Shocking Crimes 中国惊天大案 The major cases you never knew about, thrilling stories, heartbreaking twists, and baffling crimes can all be found in China’s Most Shocking Cases. Enter the world of criminal investigation and solve cases from the criminals’ own perspective. Made up of standalone cases, it features the Harbin Meat Grinder Case, the Shenyang Armored Car Heist, the Changchun Underground Emperor Case in Northeast China, the Liaoning Double Demon Case, the Jingzhou Vault Robbery in Hubei, the Jilin Beauty Killer Ca —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 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? 1.9kReads8.1Score165Shelves
- 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—Score102Shelves
- 14 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—Shelves
- 15 After Being Hunted, I Went on a Rampage! 被通缉后，我彻底杀疯了！ After three years at a military academy and three years as a special forces soldier, Lu Chuan chooses revenge without hesitation after his younger sister’s death! Now wanted by the authorities, the young man makes his way to Wan City. What kind of legendary path will he forge there?! In the days of youth, ride with pride and fine clothes; never let your best years pass without purpose! May you wander for half your life and still return as the same young soul... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Bro, You’re Such a Jerk! 哥，你真的好渣！ Lin Hai was forced to leave his village, and his good buddy Erwa followed him. He had worked many jobs, but because he was handsome and naturally carefree, his bosses would dismiss him for no reason. Then local thugs started giving him trouble. To protect himself, Lin Hai had no choice but to embark on a path of no return, making the major players in the underworld submit to him and winning the hearts of countless beauties... 302Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 17 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—Shelves
- 18 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—Shelves
- 19 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—Shelves
- 20 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—Shelves
- 21 Solving Cases Is All Down to an AI Like Me 破案全靠我这样的AI Premise: A modern urban setting with science fiction elements, in a world where AI and humans coexist. The protagonist, DS9527, is an advanced AI given a human body by the System. As intern police officer Wu Yang, it works to solve a series of cases. Main plot: As Wu Yang adapts to its human identity, it gets caught up in a series of bizarre cases and gradually comes to understand human friendship, family bonds, and love. Themes: AI learning human emotions, criminal investigations, mystery and d —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Silent Witness 无声言证 [Novel, mystery, criminal investigation, crime, realistic deduction] Only the dead never speak. Late on Christmas Eve, two thieves break into a luxurious villa. They fail to steal anything and find only two exquisite globes. As they are leaving, they stumble upon two corpses being gnawed by hamsters. Just as they are about to flee, the killer appears. In their terror, one of the globes slips from their hands and crashes to the floor, revealing a human skull inside. The killer is closing in... In 210Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 23 The Talking Dead 会讲话的死者 The Talking Dead is a collection of stories including The Viliton Murder Company, The Killer in the Gray Raincoat, The Black-and-White Teahouse, The Yunwu Mountain Hotel Serial Murders, Reborn with a New Life, The Talking Dead, Who Will Put You in Your Grave, I’ll Be Waiting for You Below, and more. 58Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 24 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—Shelves
- 25 In the Wake of Evil 恶果之下 A murder tears apart a once-prosperous, harmonious family, while an unseen hand manipulates everything from behind the scenes. Determined to uncover the truth about her mother's death, Tan Wan throws herself into the police force, ready to make a difference. Just as she is about to get to the bottom of it, a man's arrival overturns everything she once believed. His closeness is like honey in a jar, drawing Tan Wan in until she cannot break free, and slowly leading her astray. What really happene 2Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 26 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—Score110Shelves
- 27 Salvation in the Torrential Rain 暴雨救赎 [No System, no golden finger, no romance, mystery + deduction + main plot + standalone cases] Some people receive WeChat messages from their future selves. Some act in a feel-good web short drama and end up dead at the scene. Some think they can sit back and watch the drama unfold after mouthing off online, unaware that someone is watching them from the shadows... In this world, there are always people who use terrifying methods beyond ordinary understanding to murder their fellow human beings. 113Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Mystery in a Small Town 小城谜案 A death case brings to light the past of educated youths sent to the countryside many years ago, a mystery surrounding someone’s identity, and an unsolved headless case... Piece by piece, the truth emerges. Facing pressure from powerful business magnates, Zhou Zhimo presses on and uncovers the truth... 5Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 29 An Angel Bearing the Burden 负重前行的天使 Book tags: Brain-teasers, deduction, mystery, supernatural, crime-solving, fresh, plot, mansion, unsolved cases, bizarre, mountain village, criminal investigation, police, strange events, disappearances, conspiracies, horror, urban legends, suspense, intelligence, online, passionate, serious, urban, novel, drug trafficking, undercover Book description: 99 grisly crime scenes that push the limits of the mind. 108 classified police files from the Public Security Department, never before mad —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 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—Shelves
- 31 I'm the Black Mafia Emperor! And You Think You Can Bully Me? 我是黑道皇帝！你跟我玩霸凌？ [Not Traditional Gangster Fiction]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Hot-Blooded]+ [No Laws] Su Jing, the gangster emperor Hua Gong, dies in international waters and transmigrates into the body of a young man. From an unknown nobody to a triumphant comeback! From a timid coward everyone despises to the revered leader of Huaguo! With his ruthless methods and a swift blade, Su Jing conquers Huaguo’s underworld! 6Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 32 That Day, I Got a Call from a Classmate Who Had Died 那天，我接到了死去同学的电话 Months after a female classmate died in an accident, Su Mu unexpectedly received a phone call from her. In the midst of his terror, he had no idea this was the beginning of a series of bizarre and horrifying events. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Missing Detective 消失的刑警 [Criminal investigation + solving cases + strong partners + mind-bending + suspense] The “dead” return, all for one deadly truth. While everyone is attending Zhong Yue’s memorial, he opens his eyes in a small hospital room. The criminal investigation squad captain Zhong Yue has “died.” He is now Zhao Yanqin, Zhong Yue’s cousin. Zhao Yanqin is a police officer too, so the supposedly “dead” Zhong Yue naturally returns to the force. With danger all around and lies everywhere, can he escape the trap 8Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 34 Twelve Murder Cases: A Detective’s Pursuit of the Killer 十二凶案薄：刑警追凶录 [Brain-teasing crime investigation, episodic cases, mystery-solving, no System, fast-paced] (crime investigation captain x genius forensic examiner) Crime investigation captain Lin Shen bears the burden of his mother’s unsolved case, using psychological profiling to strip away criminals’ disguises. Genius forensic examiner Su Wan deciphers the body’s secrets on the autopsy table, giving the dead a voice. Technical expert Lu Chuan wields numbers like a blade, cutting off every trace of the crimin 489Reads—Score101Shelves
- 35 The Last Suspect X 最后一个嫌疑人X You can never imagine how filthy the darkness buried beneath the sunlight can be. This world is not all paradise. Beneath the surface of human hearts lurk twisted things that disregard family bonds, love, morality, and human decency. The most extreme, utterly depraved acts do not happen only in novels. Greed is a bottomless pit in human nature. Are you ready? Ready to face one bizarre, shocking case after another? 255Reads5.7Score101Shelves
- 36 Find the Killer, Find the Killer 找呀找呀找凶手 [Mystery and Deduction]+ [No CP]+ [Anthology] A collection of short and medium-length mystery stories, with a focus on classic whodunits. Who can know for certain what the next moment of life will bring, or what fate has in store for you? The protagonist enters unsolved-case games firsthand, taking on various roles and drawing ever closer to death as they search for the truth about human nature hidden behind each case. 353Reads—Score100Shelves
- 37 The Detective's Notebook 推理笔记 A collection of original short mystery stories! A collection of original short mystery stories! A collection of original short mystery stories! (Important things are said three times.) Each volume is a standalone short story, so feel free to skip around! Hope you enjoy! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Pufferfish 河豚 [No brainless plot] + [No protagonist plot armor] + [No ghosts] + [Three male leads] A tightly paced, plot-driven crime-solving story. It all begins with a bizarre murder in the small town of Menghai... A dead man checking into a hotel, an unknown toxin, a mole in the police force, execution-style killings, a secret buried for years... In this case, criminal investigation captain Si Jiannan, case consultant Cheng Tian, and rookie officer Duan Luo untangle the clues and find redemption... Love ha 14Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 39 Blood Case Pursuit [On-the-Scene Coverage] 血案追凶【直击现场】 Beneath the dazzling neon lights... Among the weeds in a desolate wasteland... Lives, one after another, full of vitality... Multiple perspectives reveal the hidden stories behind them, stories no one was ever meant to know! 8.6kReads8.4Score579Shelves
- 40 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—Shelves
- 41 Black Smoke 黑烟 Standalone Cases + Criminal Investigation + Crime-Solving A girl with all four limbs severed Bones smashed to pieces A puzzle that can never be completed A butcher's blade hidden behind a legend A bizarre art gallery A haunted school The good and evil in human nature, right and wrong, and all the gray areas in between What brings me into the light, and what will make us fall into the abyss? 170Reads—Score101Shelves
- 42 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—Shelves
- 43 Strange Tales from the Folk 民间吊诡故事 [An ensemble cast] [Multiple protagonists and storylines] [A wild imagination] [Mystery] [Conspiracies] [Open schemes] [Political machinations] Pangu split the earth with his axe. Fuxi and Nuwa established marriage customs. Chiyou and the Yellow Emperor fought for the throne of the gods, only for the battle to end in defeat at Mount Buzhou. After a century of war between gods and demons, the Yellow Emperor abdicated, taking the blame. Humanity gained gods, then lost them, and so a new tale of cr 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 A Dream You Never Wake From 永睡不醒的梦 (I wrote this novel in a notebook when I was in middle school a couple of years ago. I’m posting it on Fanqie as a keepsake.) I can no longer endure nights like this. The desolate old days, their mottled traces reflecting the weight of time. Again and again, I return to this empty old house, covered in dust and spiderwebs. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Mystery of the Silver Token 银令牌谜案 The Mystery of the Silver Token —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Detective Di Renjie: The Gilded Riddle of the Half-Torn Scroll 狄仁杰探案·半页残卷金漆谜 Detective Di Renjie: The Mystery of the Half-Page Fragment in Gold Lacquer 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 True Criminal Investigation Cases 真实刑侦案件 For more than 30 years, Zhou Xianliang, head of the Major Crimes Division of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of Yuezhou Public Security Bureau, has remained on the front lines of the fight against crime. He has solved more than 3,000 major, serious, and difficult cases, quietly living by a criminal investigator’s creed: “Speak for the dead and defend the rights of the living.” More than 70 notebooks sit neatly arranged on the shelves in his office. Hand-drawn crime-scene sketches, accounts —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Detective Di Renjie of the Eastern Capital 东方神探狄仁杰 Di Renjie is here, Li Yuanfang is here, and Ruyan is here, along with a series of gripping cases. The Black Flame Spirit Serpent case, the Goguryeo restoration case, the Tubo marriage alliance case... Behind the glittering prosperity and hidden undercurrents, the power plays and human nature lie baffling mysteries, complicated relations with neighboring states, tangled court struggles, and evil forces concealed from view. History, suspense, deduction, and action come vividly to life in a series 267Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 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—Shelves
- 50 The Chaser 追赶者 “Solving a case is like putting together a puzzle. The hardest and most crucial part is often finding the last one or two pieces.” [Standalone cases + criminal investigation + rigorous deduction + no romance] A massive meteor shower is on its way, and a group of enthusiasts gather at a campsite on the outskirts of the city to watch the stars. In the dead of night, a scream rings out. A man has been stabbed to death. The caller tells the police that they may have killed him. But his habit of usin 95Reads8.9Score—Shelves
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