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- 101 Dawn After the Long Night: The Return of a Cop's Spirit 长夜破晓：警魂归来 [Case solving + deduction + suspense + one heroine + inheritance] A major crimes detective pushed from the thirteenth floor by a murderer is reborn in the summer of 1998. That year, pagers still beeped, case files were handwritten, and detectives chased killers aboard old green trains. He returns with twenty-six years of memories and only one goal: solve, one by one, all the cases he failed to crack in his previous life. But when he opens the file on his first cold case, he spots a glass bottle 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 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
- 103 Criminal Investigation: The Ghost-Hunting Outsider Trio 刑侦：编外三人组猎鬼 Ensemble cast, mind-bending cases | Every case ties into the main plot | A formidable partnership | No romance | No real ghosts | The Rose Garden is buried beneath countless bones, and a blood-soaked woman’s corpse hangs from an ancient tree. Everyone says ghosts are to blame. But there are no ghosts in this world, and some people’s hearts are more evil than any demon’s. A journalist’s timed video bomb brings together MSA’s most unconventional unofficial team: ✦ Team leader Han Yi: A former crim 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Xu Changsheng Investigates 许长生探案 Police Captain Xu Changsheng, known to his team as “Little Zhuge,” faces one tangled case after another. He always manages to unravel the clues, find the key evidence, and bring the criminals to justice. This book records several particularly challenging cases that showcase Xu Changsheng’s deductive skills. 11.4kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 105 The Lost Forest [Crime Investigation] 迷踪森林【刑侦】 [Dual Male Leads] [Pure Crime Solving] [Some plot details are fictionalized. Please don't compare them with reality!] [This is not a supernatural mystery. The System's tags are wrong!] Short story + traditional criminal investigation + deduction + team-based crime solving + no romance + no female lead + episodic cases + fast-paced, no dragging Wipe the dust from the mirror and part the layers of thick fog. It's an indescribable perversion, a personality disorder marked by antisocial behavior. 3.7kReads8.4Score23214d adds
- 106 Chen Zhu at Daybreak 陈竹破晓 A perfect locked-room mystery on a magic-show stage, the remains of an innocent infant in an abandoned brick kiln, a revenge curse from a wedding-dress doll, a string of murders at a resort, a death notice on a takeout box, a sacrificial mystery at a Taoist temple, a bloody livestream… With murders occurring one after another in Nancheng, Lu Xun and Su Wanqing join forces to unravel one mystery after another. They seek the truth amid the depths of human nature and the schemes of criminals, using 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Fireflies Illuminate the Hidden Crickets 浮萤照潜蛩 (Early on) Mystery and crime novelist (later) criminal investigation consultant: Shen Xuexian vs. criminal investigation captain: Wan Ming A popular idol dies mysteriously on a film set, and the scene is exactly as described in the script. Shen Xuexian, a mystery novelist, is taken in for questioning by the police at her new book signing. She never imagined that selling the rights to her novel would land her in a police station. Getting caught up in a murder on a film set and taken in to assist 399Reads8.7Score10314d adds
- 108 The Ghost Hand Murders: Selected Detective Stories of Sun Liaohong 鬼手谜案：孙了红侦探小说精选集 “He climbed out of his grave and strangled the enemy who had framed him with his bare hands!” Sun Liaohong was a bestselling detective novelist during the Republican era. He entered the literary scene in the 1920s and reached the height of his career in the late 1940s. His “The Strange Cases of the Gentleman Thief Lu Ping” series became one of China's best-known detective series, as celebrated as Cheng Xiaoqing's “The Huo Sang Cases.” This collection brings together several of his classic detect 7Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 109 Testimony of Memory 记忆证言 Memory Testimony follows Lin Shouxi, a medium who can read the “marks of death” left on personal effects and use them to solve cold cases. Together with Su Rui, a brilliant scientist, and Chen Tao, a hacker, he forms a special team and infiltrates the black market in memories to take on the multinational organization known as the Archive, which seeks to collect and sell human memories. Each case is a forgotten life, and every time he touches a memory, his own begins to fade. When the truth behin 4Reads—Score214d adds
- 110 The Bride Who Vanished on the Island 岛上消失的新娘 On an island far from the mainland, a bride mysteriously disappears on her wedding night. Wei Zheng, a veteran county police detective, is ordered to investigate. But before one mystery is solved, another arises. Strange cases plague the isolated island, shattering decades of peace... 88Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Criminal Investigation Division: I Specialize in Bizarre Cases! 刑侦总队，我专攻奇案！ [Focused on solving cases, no female lead] [Hardcore criminal investigation] Su Rui unexpectedly awakens the God of Crime-Solving System. Every time he solves a case, he receives a random reward. As he gains more and more rewards, including keen observation, forensic trace analysis, and autopsy skills... Su Rui's forensic science skills grow ever more impressive. After cracking a series of ordinary cases, he catches the attention of the provincial criminal investigation bureau, which assigns him 1.2kReads8.4Score10614d adds
- 112 Investigation Unit Seven 第七调查组 [No CP] [Pure Detective Cases] [Intellectual Showdown] [Mystery and Intrigue] No romance, only logic. No personal vendettas, only justice. A collection of standalone stories. Read whichever ones you like. Thank you all for your support! Seven years ago, the "White Whale" left behind three perfect crimes, casting an indelible shadow over the police force. Seven years later, that shadow returns. Lin Tao, head of the city's criminal investigation unit, leads his team against a network whose members 506Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 An Xiaoniao Reborn into the Criminal Investigation Division 安小鸟重生进刑侦部 The rating has only just come in, so it will rise later. This isn’t a wish-fulfillment story, and there’s no melodrama. I’ll do every case justice! [An Lingrong + strong female lead + criminal investigation + career-focused + reborn + self-redemption + no romance + female-led story] Transmigrating into the body of an actress who’s hated across the internet, An Lingrong faces an astronomical contract penalty and a flood of ridicule, then turns around and passes the civil service exam. No romance! 59Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 114 The Oddball Consultant: Echoes from Ten Years Ago 怪胎顾问：十年前的回声 [Crime investigation and suspense + superhuman sound perception + nested cases + two equally capable leads + forced partners + healing] He is an eccentric consultant, cold and withdrawn. After an accident, he develops hyperthymesia and severe tinnitus, but can accurately profile suspects' minds through sound. She is a highly intuitive, action-oriented police detective, a skilled fighter with a decisive personality. The two first work together on the Ghost Radio case, then are forced to team up. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Hunting Killers in the Forbidden Zone: Unsolved Murders and the Secret Network of the Dark City 禁区追凶：连环绝案，暗城秘网 Surviving witnesses from an old case are dying one after another under mysterious circumstances. The unsolved case grows more tangled by the day, and every clue points toward a web of hidden interests, deeply entrenched in the heart of the city. One man breaks free of rigid procedures and trusts only the smallest truths at the scene. The other holds fast to the law and refuses to compromise with the forces of darkness. The two male leads stand shoulder to shoulder, pushing forward against the 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Every Mystery Has an Ending 所有的谜案都会有一个结局 No mystery stays buried forever. The truth will always come to light. A dual male-lead story of mutual and self-redemption. He sets aside the bonds of past favors, withstands pressure from his superiors, and successfully completes a campaign against organized crime, winning justice for his father. But the price is the permanent loss of the brother who stood by his side through life and death. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 The Truth Buried by Time 被岁月掩埋的真相 The Truth Buried by Time 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Forensic Investigation Case Files 刑侦现场鉴证录 A case-of-the-week detective novel, with each case telling a standalone story. Everyone is the protagonist of their own field. Thick ink-black darkness seeps into every inch of the city, while the stench of the sewers mingles with the rotting miasma of crime, drifting low through deserted streets and alleys. Darkness is a wound that never heals, silently festering in the gaps between buildings. One careless moment, and it can drag a living person into the abyss. As the lights in home after hom 432Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Ashes: Classified Files 灰烬之绝密档案 (Crime + investigations + criminal investigation + romance) From the deadly flight attendant and the demon on a rainy night to the dead man's delivery, the shadow in the dark, split personality, a sisters' tragic bond, and hatred that came too late... There are no drawn-out romances, only killers you would never guess, lives steeped in tragedy, and characters who leave you sighing. Every story grips you, every plot point gives you food for thought, drawing you into the scene until you can't help 116Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Major Crimes Unit One: Six Together 重案一组：六人行 [Handcrafted from scratch, read with confidence, and discussion is welcome] The Municipal Public Security Bureau's Criminal Investigation Detachment, Major Crimes Unit One, has six people. They handle the city's toughest homicide cases, with one case barely solved before another comes along. There are no genius detectives or prodigies of deduction, just repeated trips to crime scenes, scrutinizing details, and painstakingly following leads. Team leader Old Fu says solving cases doesn't depend on 14.9kReads6.2Score99414d adds
- 121 The Murder Case Detective 凶案大侦探 Hard-hitting criminal investigations + team-based case-solving + standalone murder cases + high-stakes plots, with a tight pace and nonstop twists The six-member major crimes unit trusts only evidence, never appearances. A locked room, a woman with slit wrists, and an entire city convinced it was suicide. One word from the medical examiner exposes the lie: the fatal blow to the back of her head could not have been self-inflicted! Team leader Zhou Ke leads the investigation. Fingerprints, fibers, 6.5kReads—Score50614d adds
- 122 The Nineteenth Act of Domestic Violence 第十九次家暴 The Nineteenth Beating 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Eyes of the Abyss: Season 2, Part 1: River of Beasts 凝渊之眸.第二季.1，野兽之河 I'm a special crimes detective. And I'm the most ordinary one among the countless detectives out there. This is both a collection of criminal cases and a record of memories. This novel features me, my mentor, and my best friend. Like me, they're unique yet utterly ordinary. We once strode boldly forward, full of confidence and ambition. We once pieced together clues and pursued criminals through the fog. And we also knew sorrow and uncertainty, hesitating and losing our way. My mentor once told 205Reads9.4Score3314d adds
- 124 Eyes of the Abyss: Season 2, Part 2: Cold Blood Boils 凝渊之眸.第二季2：冷血沸腾 349Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 125 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
- 126 Being the Chief Is No Easy Job 所长不好当 This second volume of Police Station Stories, titled Being a Station Chief Is No Easy Job, covers the police station's efforts to crack down on crime and handle cases, as well as its community policing work. The stories about police work mainly approach the subject through individual cases and incidents. They also offer a perspective on grassroots police stations through the rule of law. The law is an important instrument of governance, and good laws are the foundation of good governance. The la 134Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 I’m Trapped in an Endless Case File 我陷入了无限案卷 A cool-headed genius detective heroine × a street thug hero with a sharp instinct Chen Meng has solved countless cases. After every case is closed, she returns to “reality”: familiar streets, ordinary dates, and people who are alive. Then she discovers that none of it is reality. It’s the beginning of the next case file. The cases never end, because she has never truly left. 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 I Just Transmigrated and Solved a Major Case. That's Totally Reasonable, Right? 刚穿越，就破了大案，很合理吧 414Reads8.4Score10014d adds
- 129 Case Files: A Collection of Dark, Suspenseful, and Terrifying Short Stories 诡案录：暗夜悬疑惊悚短篇集 In the rearview mirror on a rainy night, his missing ex-wife’s reflection overlaps with a victim from a serial dismemberment case. Beside the stitches in the emergency room, a stranger’s tattoo bears the same blood-written code found on the wall when his sister disappeared. In a locked room at a rain-lashed manor, a photograph of his late father turns up in an enemy’s files. The massacre that wiped out an entire family twenty years ago was only the beginning of a deadly game… A series of bizarr 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 My Left Eye Rewinds Time, My Right Eye Judges: From the Start, White Hair Rules Forensics 左眼回溯右眼审：开局白发镇刑侦 [Criminal Investigation] [Face-Slapping] [Revenge] [Urban Fantasy] [Episodic Cases + Main Story] I awakened an eye that burns through my lifespan. My hair turned white overnight, but I could see the past and judge the guilty. With my left hand, I turn back time. With my right, I command hell. When I used the little life I had left to gaze at the mastermind smiling at a charity gala, the entire Yunding Group began to tremble. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 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—14d adds
- 132 Transmigrating to the Great Song: A Young Constable Solves Cases and Becomes a Legend 穿越大宋，小捕快破案封神 A modern SWAT officer transmigrates to the Northern Song dynasty and becomes a low-ranking constable. With his exceptional criminal-investigation skills, he cracks every baffling case under heaven! He solves cases and becomes legendary, his official career skyrocketing. From a petty clerk, he rises to become a powerful figure who dominates the court! 13kReads7.7Score1.1k14d adds
- 133 My Husband Cheated, So I Personally Turned Him In to the Police 老公出轨，我亲手把他送进警局 In the middle of the night, I got a call from the city public security bureau. They said my husband had been arrested for soliciting a prostitute and told me to come bail him out. I hurriedly denied knowing him and said they had the wrong number. How ridiculous. I was the one who put him away. Why would I go bail him out? My husband cheated, and my mother-in-law treated me like a doormat. Since I’ve already sent one of them inside, I might as well send the other one too. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 I Woke Up After Being Knocked Unconscious and Became a Murder Suspect 被打晕醒来后，我成了杀人凶手 Yang Meng is a wildly popular outdoor paranormal exploration blogger, and my boss. The two of us went to the famous haunted “check-in spot” of Fengmen Village to shoot a video. There were four of us in all. Once we arrived, someone suddenly knocked me unconscious. When I woke up, I was covered in blood, and Yang Meng was already dead. The bloodstained knife was mine, and all the evidence pointed to me. But I know the killer is one of the other two who are still alive. He is still watching me lik —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 My Daughter Was Kidnapped, and the Kidnapper Turned Out to Be My Husband 女儿被绑架，绑匪竟是我老公 My daughter had just turned one hundred days old when she was kidnapped. I paid the ransom, bankrupting myself in the process. Then the kidnappers killed her anyway. I was devastated. But then I suddenly realized my husband was deeply involved in the kidnapping. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Pathological Growth: A Life Destroyed by My Family of Origin 病态生长：被原生家庭毁掉的一生 [Dysfunctional Family Background + Women's Growth + Causes of Crime + Family's Influence] Just how deep, far-reaching, and devastating can the effects of a person's family background be? Some people spend their whole lives healing from childhood. Others lose themselves for life in its shadows. A woman born of love and destroyed by hate, trapped in a twisted relationship that went from dependence to ruin, ended everything with 32 knife blows: her love, her hatred, and a life trampled underfoot. T —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Murderous Testimony 证言杀机 When I was seventeen, driven by jealousy, I reported someone to the police for stealing. But I never imagined that years later, he would nearly destroy my happiness… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 During Renovations on My New Home, We Found Thirty Million Hidden in the Walls! 新房装修，墙体里竟藏着三千万！ I returned to my hometown and bought the house next door. But during renovations, I found thirty million yuan in cash hidden inside the wall! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Consumed by Love, He Became an Executioner 为情沉沦，他终成刽子手 Who was really in the wrong? A mother and son were brutally murdered. She was a married woman of irresistible charm. He was a hardworking, diligent carpentry contractor. On a quiet night, he climbed into her home and slit the throats of the woman and her son as they slept. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 He Killed His Wife, Then Took His Own Life 杀死妻子后，他自杀了 His wife was dead. He had killed her with his own hands. He held her as her body grew cold, weeping uncontrollably. The moment the police rushed upstairs, he plunged a knife into his own abdomen… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 The Court Summons Was the Best Gift I Ever Received: A Betrayed Housewife's Complete Account of Taking Down Her Scumbag Husband 法院的传票是我最好的礼物：被出轨主妇手撕渣男全记录 After three years of marriage, I thought I’d married for love. I never expected I’d actually married into a carefully orchestrated scam. My husband, Zhou Ming, not only cheated on me, but also worked with his mistress to transfer our assets and leave me with nothing. And the most ridiculous part? The court ruled against me in the first trial! The reason was that I couldn’t provide concrete evidence that Zhou Ming had cheated or transferred our assets. What a joke. In this day and age, are honest —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 My Late Husband's Secret 亡夫的秘密 I tried one of those viral TikTok tests and texted my husband: “Let’s get a divorce!” He replied instantly: “Fine. You can have the house, I’ll take the money.” My mind went completely blank! Was the marriage I’d always been so proud of really that fragile? I never expected a joke to reveal what he truly thought. Not long after we divorced, I unexpectedly received a massive inheritance. Just as I was convinced Ji Siming had already died, I received a text from an unknown number: “Wife, don’t tru —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 The Body Double's Deadly Game: An Amnesiac Wife's Revenge 替身杀局：失忆妻子的复仇 On our wedding night, my wife accidentally discovered my secret. She walked up to me holding that yellowed diary. “Chen Sheng! What’s this? Why is it in the safe?” After learning how important the diary was, she kept pestering me to tell her where it came from. Maybe I made it sound too real, because when I finished, she trembled all over and bolted out of the house like a madwoman. The next day, the police arrested me. But no one knew that I still had a get-out-of-jail-free card. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 I'm a Criminal Investigator in Northeast China 我在东北当刑警 A Criminal Investigator’s Memoir In June 2010, I reactivated my father’s police badge number, 063342, and became a police officer. My father died in the line of duty many years ago. I resolved to carry on his legacy and complete the work he left unfinished. More importantly, I would personally bring his killer to justice. As I investigated case after case, I gradually grew into my role and came ever closer to the truth behind my father’s death... 8.7kReads9.2Score1k14d adds
- 145 The Major Crimes Unit Has No Room for Slackers 重案组不养闲人 Although Gu Yuling dropped out of the journalism department at Bincheng University a long time ago, legends about her still linger there. When her college roommate died under mysterious circumstances, she quit without a second thought and applied to the Criminal Police Academy. Not only did she get in, she ranked first in every subject and graduated early, becoming the first person in the academy’s history to do so. Those who know her have pretty much just one thing to say about her: she’s a for 474Reads6.5Score10414d adds
- 146 Detective: The System Taught Me Skills, Then Left 神探：系统教会我技能后，就走了 Qin Yu was an ordinary person who, by a twist of fate, landed in another parallel world. The Detective System that suddenly appeared in his mind made him realize at once how different he was from before. Following the System's instructions, he completed one mission after another. He enrolled in police academy, then joined the criminal investigation squad. Once his skills reached max level, the System had fulfilled its purpose and withdrew. System: “Host, please enjoy your life at the police stat 704Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 147 The Silent Killer 沉默的凶手 Psychologist Xu Feifei thinks the Voldemort she sees is a hallucination. Then Voldemort writes a line on the mirror: “I have always been right behind you.” After that, Voldemort follows her everywhere, like a shadow. The human bones inside a sculpture, the rabbit-head mask in the maze, the invisible man in a single office worker’s home, the woman bricked into a wall, the novelist’s second personality, the remains in the basement: the murder cases encountered by the police captain and the psychol 149Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 148 Beat Cop Lin Feng 片警林峰 In August 1992, 52-year-old criminal investigation expert Lin Feng died in the line of duty during a pursuit. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to age eighteen, to the very day he was assigned as a neighborhood police officer at the Chaoyang Police Station in Jiangcheng. In his previous life, he specialized in major cases. Now, he had to start with family squabbles and everyday nuisances. Stolen bicycles, disputes between neighbors, pickpockets at the market... Yet among these “mino —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 The Shadow Serpent Mystery 影蛇谜局 The Shadow Serpent Mystery 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Hunting the Killer: A Rural Murder Casebook, Volume Two 缉凶：乡村杀人事件簿二 Female cop + crime solving + no golden finger, a traditional criminal-investigation novel After failing the college entrance exam, Chen Guoning joins the Yongcheng County Public Security Bureau as a criminal investigator and begins a turbulent career in law enforcement. This is the story of an ordinary policewoman's growth. No contrived mysteries, just the resolve to investigate each detail, one step at a time. No coincidences that force the plot forward without reason, just the power of meticul 9.1kReads8.8Score1k14d adds
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