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- 1 The Evil-Crime Hunter 恶罪猎杀 The world is vast enough to see everyone’s face, vast enough to keep track of everyone’s life. Yet it is small enough that we cannot see into anyone’s heart, small enough to overlook the most wretched darkness at the bottom of society. There are two colors in this world: white and black. White represents happiness, while black represents misfortune. One leads to heaven, the other to hell. The first is a wonderful choice, but the second becomes an inevitable outcome. Their lives are filled with d 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 My Past Self Became a Dangerous Person 过去的我成了危险人物 Do you believe in time travel? What if one day you received a call from a stranger who told you he was you from the past, had seen your future, and wanted to help you build a perfect life? I was the one who killed him, but it wasn't me as I am now! 48Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 3 High-IQ Crime: Who Made Me the Master of Impersonation? 高智商犯罪：谁让我是模仿大师 [System + mystery and deduction + twists + revenge + imitation + crimes] Read with caution if this isn't your thing. Lin Fan grew up in an orphanage and was born with a photographic memory and a gift for imitation. He can recreate every character on screen, and his intelligence far surpasses that of ordinary people. With the orphanage's support, he was about to enter university, and his future should have been bright. But a fire during his winter break in his final year of high school burned ev 70Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 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—Shelves
- 5 The Deadly Madman 致命狂人 (A gifted university student and profiler with a dark childhood, Su Dimo, and Jin Ruyan, a deep-thinking, two-faced captain of the criminal police, x Qin Yuchen, a natural-born star. Jin Ruyan would tear someone apart bone by bone for the one he loves, while Qin Yuchen's secret crush is doomed. How will their story end?) She is a psychology prodigy at university, and she sees Jin Ruyan as the knight of her life. When bizarre cases come to light, her knight grows more and more distant... She s 2Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 6 She Is the Victim 她是受害者 Just after the Dragon Boat Festival, a brutal murder takes place in a shared apartment in an old residential complex in Yecheng. Zhang Yanran is found dead in her bedroom, her body slashed with more than a dozen deep wounds that expose the bone, identical to the Xu Guilan case from a few days earlier. Blood has streamed out of the apartment, alerting a neighbor to call the police. When officers arrive and examine the scene, they are horrified to find Lin Xi, Zhang Yanran's roommate, unconscious 195Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 7 The Mission of a Crane 一只鹤的使命 I didn't write this well. Don't read it. I rushed into starting this book, and the details and plot aren't well done. I'm not satisfied with it myself, so readers, please don't read it. Thank you, everyone. 188Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 8 Stop Following Me, My Whole Family Are Psychopathic Killers 别跟踪了，我全家都是变态杀人狂 Lin Mo: I'm just an ordinary teacher. Don't follow me home or hurt my family. Blond punk: I heard you have a daughter. I'm coming over to your place! Lin Mo: Oh. Then I'm a psychopathic serial killer. Wait, my whole family is... A family made up entirely of psychopathic serial killers collides with an underground criminal gang! The June 18 serial murders in Qianjiang City lead to a grisly serial dismemberment case at a textile mill from eight years ago! A suspect comes into the police's sights, 2Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 9 True Cases of High-IQ Crime 高智商犯罪实录 As technology advances, criminals use increasingly sophisticated methods to kill, and the number of high-IQ offenders is steadily growing. This poses a major challenge for the entire police force. That is why we have begun documenting real cases involving crimes committed by highly intelligent offenders. 273Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 I Woke Up as the Suspect in a Serial Murder Case 一觉醒来，我成了连环杀人案凶手 Zhou Ye, an emergency room doctor, was attacked by a thief and hit his head. When he woke up, the house was in complete disarray. The only thing playing on his phone, over and over, was a video of someone being murdered and dismembered in a brutal, horrifying way. Zhou Ye grumbled to himself that movies these days were getting more and more extreme. It wasn't until Zhou Ye saw his own face in the mirror that he truly panicked. Wasn't that person in the video him? He had to accept the truth: he h 217Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Righteous Outlaw! 正义暴徒！ [Realistic suspense + All Villains + Multiple Twists + Ensemble Cast] A headless bureau chief, a hanged hospital director, a prosecutor shot dead… At the end of 2024, a series of high-IQ murders erupted in a small county town, bringing hundreds of criminal investigation experts rushing to Jiangzhou. To solve the case, task force leader Zhao Xianshi invited Li Xiang, a double PhD in criminal investigation and criminal law, to join the team. Pregnancy-transfer beads, infant eaters, fountains of y 328Reads8.9Score100Shelves
- 12 Behind the Police Officer’s Mask, a Madman Laughs 警察的面具下，是疯子在狂笑 (Dissociative Identity Disorder + Mystery + Criminal Investigation + No Female Lead) On the surface, he's the youngest criminal profiler in the bureau. Rational, composed, and unemotional. But only Pei Qi knows that a madman lives inside his mind. It's a secret he's kept hidden all along. The cases always get solved. It's just that no one knows he doesn't solve them to save people. “I came to hunt down the killer,” he says. But he knows that sometimes, he seems more like an executioner. 110Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 I Woke Up at a Crime Scene Where a Body Was Buried 一觉醒来，我出现在埋尸现场 When I woke up, I found myself at a scene where a body had been buried??? But I wasn't the one who killed them! This transmigration has gone terribly wrong! I can't die! I can't get caught! 145Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Leaves Fall Without a Trace, Without a Sound 叶落无痕默无声 (Some content in this book may cause physical discomfort. If you experience symptoms such as dizziness or nausea, stop reading immediately.) A dim, deathly silent chamber, a bizarrely ticking life-and-death watch, a smoke trap that could kill at any moment, six dead-end paths concealing deadly dangers... The screen lit up, and Ye Luo, a boy who had vanished for many years, returned to the world. With a smile, he announced: This death game, named after sin, had been designed just for them. 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 A Psychopath with a Trillion, Finding Healing Every Day 神经病拥有万亿，每天很治愈 (Mystery + Deduction + No System + No Female Lead) When you open your eyes and find yourself carrying the burden of 51 murders, what would you do? Turn yourself in? Run for your life? Or quietly enjoy yourself? When a huge sum of money appears in your account, what would you do? Pursue your dream girl? Buy a house and a car? Or party the night away? And when you become mentally ill, what would you do? Get treatment? Escape reality? Or become completely insane? Mark Twain once said, “Man is the o 311Reads8.4Score102Shelves
- 16 To Hell with Heroes 去他的英雄 “This damn world…” “Some people live in splendor…” “Some people get by on a bowl of rice water…” “With a worthless life like mine…” “I just want to stay alive, that’s all…” “What did I do wrong?!?” “What did I do wrong?!?” “Bah!” “To hell with heroes!" 218Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 17 Accomplices 同谋 Dear Task Force, I am the mastermind behind the crimes. You uphold the law, while I protect morality. This meticulous division of labor has made our cooperation on this case go very smoothly, and I would be delighted to discuss things with you in greater depth. I’ve already sent the details of the next case to your phones. I look forward to us making progress together. P.S. Dear Captain Xia, I’m Jiang Cheng. I’m waiting for you at the crime scene. Dare to come? 530Reads8.9Score109Shelves
- 18 I Serve Last Meals to the Rich in the Powerful Elite’s Kitchen 我在权贵厨房给富豪配断头饭 People say a chef is a magician who holds the secret to happiness. But in Su Ye’s eyes, ingredients are elements, cooking is chemistry, and the dining table is the place closest to death, aside from the operating table. An undercooked mushroom, a cup of overreacted bitter almond tea, a carefully planned dinner of foods that “clash.” In this hospital, some patients’ causes of death can never be determined from an autopsy report. A licensed nutritionist, Su Ye wields a yanagiba that can slice top- 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Don't Mess with Me. You Can't Withstand an Honest Man's Fury 别惹我老实人的怒火你挡不住 An honest man spends every day rushing around just to make ends meet. Time and again, he's swallowed his pride and backed down for the sake of getting by. But people are insatiable, always pushing their luck. After enduring insult after insult, the honest man is like a fuse-lit stick of dynamite, ready to explode at any moment. 2.4kReads8.2Score161Shelves
- 20 You Promised to Obey the Law, So Why Are You the World’s Most Wanted Killer? 说好遵纪守法，你成全球头号杀人犯？ After transmigrating to a parallel world, everyone has a special “label” above their head that represents who they are. At first, Lin Feng only wanted to shed his “useless shut-in” label. Who could have guessed he’d accidentally become a “murderer” instead... The moment a label changes, he gains all the skills associated with it! From then on, things get out of hand: [Psychopathic Killer], [Escapologist], [Terrorist]... Until one day, the label [Leader of Humanity] appears! “Honorable Mr. Lin, a 16Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 21 I Told You, I'm Not the Killer 我说了，我不是凶手 I told you, I’m not the murderer. 1.4kReads—Score149Shelves
- 22 The Heretic of the World 世界的异端 [Dual protagonists + no System + no female lead + no making characters stupid + no formulaic plot + somewhat dark] After that incident, Zhong Qi became a child pitied by the media and the public. He could have become an excellent doctor, but ultimately turned into an infamous serial criminal. Lü Fangxu was a boy-band idol. Because his father was mentally ill, he suffered countless instances of bullying as a child. He gritted his teeth and left the countryside, hoping to make something of himself 129Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 23 My Family Are Police Officers, But I'm a Murderer 家人是警察？可我是杀人犯 (Content warning: No female lead, no System, and the protagonist is not a good person. Readers with strong moral sensibilities, proceed with caution.) Being adopted by a wealthy and powerful family might seem like a dream life to anyone: money and influence are there for the taking. But is it really that simple? What if they had ulterior motives from the moment they adopted you? Yan Jue learned from a young age not to romanticize any profession. He also knew that in this family, he was little mo 59Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 24 I Am the Suspect 我就是嫌疑人 A high-IQ suspect versus a criminal investigator [Mystery and deduction, ensemble cast, no CP or romance, slow-paced. Please don’t read if that’s not your thing.] Ten years ago, the head of Guangyang Orphanage was found dead in a gruesome state. A twelve-year-old child named “A Lang” became the prime suspect, but has never been brought to justice. Ten years later, A Lang reappears. After killing three people, he takes an entire junior high school class hostage and calls the police himself. In fr 232Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 25 The Perfect Crime 完美犯罪 A former captain of the criminal investigation squad, Zhang, tracks down a mastermind who pursues the perfect crime. The two sides pit their wits against each other as countless vicious cases unfold across the city. Is it the destruction of human nature, or the collapse of morality...? 6.3kReads8.6Score516Shelves
- 26 Genius-Level Crime 超智商犯罪 [China's Death Note] + [A high-tech version of Detective Chinatown] [Mind Games] + [High Tech] + [Mystery] + [Suspense] + [Brain-Twisting] + [Genius Protagonist] + [Multiple Twists] The world's most brilliant detectives have formed the Blue Moon Society, dedicated to investigating complex cases linked to abnormal phenomena among humans. How can a genius criminal who gained immortality through the quantum suicide principle be arrested? How can a highly intelligent villain who can freely invade ot 916Reads8.4Score133Shelves
- 27 The Realism of Falling 沉沦的写实性 Song Zheng is a clever, independent detective. Solving a case is like putting together a puzzle: evidence is the pieces. Assembling them is easy, but finding them is a thorny road. Female lead: Xu Sui. Her name means “to follow.” Teetering on the edge of a cliff, she can follow the light or the darkness. Whether someone pulls her up or pushes her down, she can handle it. She believes that sinking into darkness is a kind of liberation. Supporting characters: Zhou Guyu, Song Zheng’s assistant an 109Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 28 [Hope of Blood] 【血之希望】 Elite police officer Xia Xuansheng has solved countless murder cases at a young age, until a criminal organization called Hope emerged. It was the first and only case that ever stumped him. Who is pulling the strings behind the organization, and what story lies behind it? It seems to be connected to a terrifying international crime syndicate. It is up to him to uncover the truth. Who is Kid, the mysterious boy in the clown mask, really? What secrets does he hold? A tangled web of complications r 688Reads9.3Score100Shelves
- 29 The Heavenly Theft Record: All Living Beings Build My Dao Foundation 窃天录：众生筑我道基 Xuanhuan + dark fantasy + no System + ruthless and decisive + ungrateful + no moral constraints + self-interest above all + no female lead + a new premise you’ve definitely never seen before The rating just went live! It’ll go up! Spiritual roots are brands stamped on livestock before slaughter. Ascension is the final ceremony that delivers them to the platters of those above. Lu Jin was born without spiritual roots, yet he is the only “loophole” in this immortal-cultivation farm. He can see 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Prophecy Is No Crime 预言无罪 [Criminal investigations] + [No System, no brainless characters] Ten years ago, a psychopathic killer called Blackface escaped capture. Ten years later, Blackface is back. If I tell you who the killer is, can you figure out how the crimes were committed? Who deserves to die, and who doesn’t? The White Witch’s daughter awakens from the darkness. Faced with the trials of human nature and the law, what will she choose? A series of major cases, each intricately connected. Just how powerful can Black 3kReads8.8Score339Shelves
- 31 Death Save: I Have the All-Powerful Sharingan 死亡回档：我有一双神威写轮眼 [Death Rewind + Supernatural Revival + Ruthless Protagonist + Dark Tone + No Heroine + No Romance] Zhang Ci thought he was just an ordinary high school student. That was until his future self suddenly appeared in the mirror, foretold his death, and exposed the truth about the world. The supernatural was returning, and awakened people walked through the darkness. He had the ability to rewind after death, returning to a crucial moment every time he died. A massacre at school, plots and assassinati 15.9kReads7.0Score1.8kShelves
- 32 I’m Really Not a Murderer! 我真的不是杀人犯啊！ When I woke up, there was a corpse beside me. And let me say this again: I transmigrated. I'm not crazy. So I'm absolutely sure I didn't kill anyone. After all, there's no memory of the murder in my head. Probably not, right? Probably not! 1.1kReads8.8Score167Shelves
- 33 Me, Terminal Cancer, and My Homemade Compound No. 5 我，癌症晚期，自制5号化合物 [Dark story, no female lead, ruthless and cruel protagonist who stops at nothing] Doctoral student Yin Mingfei is on the verge of a perfect life when he is suddenly diagnosed with terminal cancer. There is no effective treatment for this extremely rare new type of tumor, and his life will soon come to an end. Then a mysterious stranger sends him the formula for Compound V from The Boys. And this is only the beginning... All kinds of advanced technologies emerge, and Yin Mingfei gradually becomes 1.8kReads5.4Score103Shelves
- 34 Everyone Who Killed Me Died in the End 杀了我的人最后全死了 Li Zongyang was abandoned as a baby. Tang Fang was a mute girl, despised from childhood. Fate made them mother and son, and they became the light in each other's lives. When that "light" went out, when he "died once," darkness became Li Zongyang's world. He became a ruthless, patient assassin, laying plans across the realm and swearing to make everyone who had bullied him pay in blood. 47Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 35 I’m the Grim Reaper, and I’m About to Start Committing Crimes! 我是死神，我要开始犯罪了！ [High-IQ Crime] [No Female Lead] [A Rational Madman] [No System] Twenty years ago, Yi Bo's entire family was slaughtered. Twenty years later, he walks out of a psychiatric hospital. From that moment on, the fates of certain people are sealed! Yi Bo swears to uncover the truth behind his family's murder and kill the people responsible! But as his investigation goes deeper, he discovers that things are far from simple. An unseen hand is guiding Yi Bo as he painstakingly unravels the mystery. “The 2.6kReads6.9Score158Shelves
- 36 Death Erases All Debts 身死债消 [Ensemble cast] [Slightly fictionalized setting] [A heroine who grows over time and isn’t perfect; she’ll suffer setbacks, so don’t read if that’s not for you] A cycling team of 18 is riding across the Sichuan-Tibet route when its leader, Wang Zhengming, a judge at Qinghai City Intermediate People’s Court, suddenly collapses and dies in full view of everyone. The police then find a line of tiny writing at the bottom of Wang Zhengming’s pillbox: “The betrayer will die today.” They suspect his wif 2.4kReads8.8Score293Shelves
- 37 Crime Solving: The Perfect Crime That Started It All! 破案：从一场完美犯罪开始！ Behind what seemed like a simple prison break lies a flawless crime. Every deduction points to that perfect man, yet not a shred of evidence can prove it. He became the obsession of police captain Xia Ge, and that obsession became her partner. A murder with no victim, copycats everywhere, an evil bridge club... One baffling case after another, each leaving the police helpless, has made him famous as a consulting detective. Is he an angel or a demon? No one knows. Perhaps he is simply atoning for 5Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 38 Hunting the Killer: Dangerous Little Girl 追凶：危险萝莉 This was the promise Fang Jinghui made to her. “Next time we meet, could you give me another lollipop? Strawberry-flavored.” The little girl’s eyes flickered. She looked completely harmless. “That’s my candy. How could you give my candy… to someone else?” “I killed her and took my candy back. This candy belongs only to me!” It was as if Fang Jinghui had created a demon with his own hands and raised it himself. There was a serial murder case in Huaicheng, and he suspected she was the mastermind 325Reads7.0Score106Shelves
- 39 The Supporting Male Lead Should Do More Than Drive the Plot 男配不只要推动剧情 The purpose of a supporting male character is to make the protagonist shine. Xu Qianyan was no exception. But he wasn't willing to accept it. Why did he have to be the one laying the road for someone else? He had once fought back against the System, but fate had already been written. His resistance was nothing more than a futile struggle. So he began to comply, test the waters, and quietly nudge the protagonists of each little world off course. System: [A masterful move.] Xu Qianyan: Even the m 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Everyone's Playing a Doomsday Game: I'm Actually Still an NPC 全民末日游戏：其实我还是npc [Zombie Apocalypse + Game + No Romance + Overpowered + Identity Play + Ruthless] Chen Tian transmigrates into Everybody's Doomsday Game and gains a dual identity. As a player, he's a powerful lone wolf. Anyone who gets in his way ends up beneath his blade! As an NPC, he's a smooth-talking con artist, the “big liar” players hate with every fiber of their being! He switches between his two identities. He posts quests, builds a base, recruits guards, and clears out a peaceful place to live... As th 60Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 41 Give It a Rest! You're Sending a Psychopathic Killer to Solve Cases? 别闹了！你让疯批杀人魔去破案？ (Two male leads + no harem + ruthless and decisive + comedy + mystery + mind games + twisted + slow burn) He was once a child prodigy, but one day he lost his memory. His father was a police officer who died young, and his grandfather was a police officer who also died young. He became a police officer too. He’s just not afraid of dying. He’s a complete idiot, too stupid to solve cases and useless at just about everything. By day, he’s a police officer. By night, he’s an all-powerful serial kill 18Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 42 The Dark Side of Genius 天才的阴暗面 God divided his power into twenty-two pieces and scattered them across every corner of this world. These twenty-two powers came to be known as the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, and those who received divine power were called the Chosen. Jiang Xing'an was an ordinary man with only a slightly better memory than most. Through the machinations of others, he became one of the Chosen, setting him on the path of seizing superpowers from the other Chosen. Only at the very end did he realize that 258Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 43 Naruto: Is Selling Bread for 800,000 Really That Normal? 火影：面包卖80万很正常吧？ Su Yun is a businessman. He likes money. When he learned that he had transmigrated, he stayed calm. In this world, the only thing that could ever be a big deal to him was losing money. It was just that the point in the Hokage timeline he’d transmigrated into was far from ideal. “Su Yun… are you all right?” He looked at Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru, who were watching him with concern. He put on a fake smile. “I’m fine.” Still, it wasn’t a big problem. … … After obtaining the Strongest Merchan 521Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 44 Who Is the Killer? 谁是凶手 The truth behind a series of murders in Baichuan City has been buried for sixteen years, and the killer is still at large. Sixteen years later, the murders begin again. Three people connected to the cold case join forces to uncover the truth, each concealing secrets of their own, as they wait for the truth to come to light... 430Reads9.2Score100Shelves
- 45 Dancing with the Dead 与尸共舞 15kReads8.5Score1.6kShelves
- 46 A Clown's Diary 一个小丑的日记 [First person] [Infinite Flow] [No female lead] [No brainless wish fulfillment] [Dual personality] [Hannibal] The clown in my mind writes a letter on Judgment Day: Dear Tianming, I stitched the sinners into the shadows, using their own bodies as thread. They all call me the perfect madman. After all, I can dissect bodies with a scalpel and souls with a deck of cards at the same time. When the curtain falls at the Eternal Night Theater, I always hear two kinds of laughter amid the applause: one c 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 I Became a Tutor and Got Caught Up in an Imperfect Revenge 我做家教，卷入了不完美复仇 [Realism] [High-IQ Crime] [Ultimate Battle of Wits] [No Female Lead] [For Logic Lovers] Li Hongjian, a top-tier star influencer with tens of millions of followers, is enjoying a relaxing seaside vacation when an uninvited guest interrupts him: Che Xinggang, the police officer who investigated that serial murder case years ago. Did it all begin with that accidental fall from a building? No. It began even earlier, with an invitation to tutor someone for half a million yuan. A poor-born top stud 108Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 A Maniacal Smile Beneath the Mask: I’m Crazy, Don’t Run 面具下癫狂一笑，我是疯子你别跑 [No heroine, revenge, magic, madness, mental illness, ruthless action] He is a high-IQ, unhinged magician who kills for revenge. He is both a madman and a savior. His goal is to take perfect revenge on everyone! … Three years ago, Chen Sheng was secretly admitted for treatment after being diagnosed with several mental illnesses. He was classified as an S-rank dangerous patient. Three years later, Chen Sheng is discharged after recovering, only to discover that the Chen family has suffered a deva 9.6kReads8.6Score989Shelves
- 49 The Criminal's Code 罪犯密码 I’ve always believed that only works with real depth are worth readers’ time! I hope you can see the characters grow as you read this novel! Some people always think that little people don’t matter, until their retaliation exceeds all expectations. Only then do they realize, too late, how wrong they were! Gao Lei smiled faintly. After taking a few puffs, he asked Shen Che, “What is a police officer’s responsibility?” Shen Che replied, “Fight crime and maintain public order.” Gao Lei stubbed ou 647Reads—Score102Shelves
- 50 Banxia and Qiao An 半夏和乔安 Jiang Banxia won her company a project to renovate a detached villa in the suburbs. She brought her assistant Qin Chao to survey the site. Though the villa was almost abandoned, traces of its former splendor and luxury remained. Jiang Banxia went up to the third floor alone. A room with a broken doorknob inexplicably piqued her curiosity. Just as she was about to push the door open, a cool, unfamiliar male voice sounded behind her: “Who are you?” 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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