Novels like The Missing Lover
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- 51 Detective Chen Meng: Twelve Secrets from Major Cases, Complete in 3 Volumes 刑警陈猛：重案秘闻十二宗（共3册） I’m a special crimes detective. Just one of the countless ordinary detectives out there. This is both a collection of criminal cases and a record of memories. In this novel, there’s me, my mentor, and my best friend. Like me, they’re each one of a kind, yet utterly ordinary. We once strode forward with bold ambition and high spirits. We once unraveled tangled clues, cutting through the fog to hunt down the truth. We also faced twelve major cases that left us grief-stricken, hesitant, and lost. M 211Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 52 Bone-Piercing Needle 透骨针 [Crime, ensemble cast, suspense] A suicide case amid a celebrity marriage sends shock waves through the online world. Behind the public scrutiny lies a revenge plot and fourteen years of waiting. The feelings born in the days of youth are tinged with tragedy. Through the notorious “Jujube Needle Hero” serial murder case, the story slowly reveals the shadows that darkened a group of teenagers as they grew up. Branded by their times, those boys and girls lead twisted lives, like stalks of wheat wi 11.2kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
- 53 The Sleeping Volcano 沉睡的火山 On the eve of his company's stock market debut, Wu Liang, chairman of the Wuwei Group in Jinhai City, is murdered in his own bedroom. The killer cruelly saws off Wu Liang's feet... Xu Changsheng, captain of the criminal investigation team at the Municipal Public Security Bureau, leads a team of capable officers in an investigation that continues day and night. The killer's methods are exceptionally clever. Xu Changsheng and his team spend a great deal of time investigating and piecing together t 513Reads—Score100Shelves
- 54 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? … 166Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 55 The Elderly Murder Case 老年杀人事件 [Mystery + Revenge + Twists + Mild Horror] A son-in-law and his father-in-law die at the same time. A mistress dies by suicide for no apparent reason. Suspects die one after another. Glass marbles roll inexplicably across the floor upstairs... A case from ten years ago has dragged on to the present day, with threads of evil connecting everyone. A friendly reminder: 1. Don't fall in love with a character too casually. Good fruit cannot grow in twisted soil. 2. Don't adopt the values in this boo 1.2kReads—Score181Shelves
- 56 Lameyue 腊月儿 A man at the very bottom of society. An ordinary story about an ordinary person. He is right there beside you. He might even be you. Life is like a glass of liquor. The longer it sits, the richer it becomes. Light a cigarette, lift your glass, and let's savor it slowly. 4.8kReads8.9Score381Shelves
- 57 Master of Scripted Mysteries: Solving an S-Rank Script from the Start 剧本推理大师：开局破解S级剧本 [Scripted Mystery Game Simulation] [Deduction] [Suspense] [Script Design] [Loads of Original Scripts] [Twists] [I'm Playing on Another Level] Tricks, murders, cases, classic mysteries, unconventional mysteries, neo-classical mysteries, unpredictable motives, hidden identities, unusual settings, bizarre methods of deduction: every mystery element you could want is here! Get your brain working with the key script that starts in Chapter 20, "Ancient Ferry Village"! The protagonist, Gu Ling, accide 2.1kReads—Score341Shelves
- 58 The Long, Long Night 长夜长夜 Long Night, Long Night is an engrossing criminal investigation novel. It opens with the suicide of a veteran detective, drawing readers into a world of suspense and danger. The story then leads to the suicide of a female student more than a decade earlier, which in turn brings to light the accidental death of a police officer and a series of related cases. The plot is tightly paced, packed with suspense and twist after twist, making it impossible to stop reading. Every chapter leaves behind clu 217Reads8.2Score104Shelves
- 59 Who Killed Him 誰殺了他 Zhou Xu died at eighteen, just after graduating from high school. The cause of death was unknown. Yu Wan, twenty-four, was murdered and unexpectedly transmigrated to the year 2020. She figured that since she was here, she might as well make the best of it. Little did she know, she'd long since become a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. “Everything in the world, including me, is an absurd stillness. At this moment, my heart holds the most burning desire for you.” [Cool and fragile × Bright and unr 532Reads8.4Score113Shelves
- 60 Scenting the Killer 闻见凶手的味道 After an accident, Shen Xi’s sense of smell becomes extraordinary. The air smells like nothing to us, unless someone has deliberately released “poison gas,” of course. But to her, it smells of blood. If the smell of blood in the air grows so strong that she can hardly breathe, there must be a murderer nearby. This ability has helped criminal investigation captain Qiu Han quickly identify suspects time and again. For some reason, she can’t smell the blood in the air whenever she’s beside Qiu Han. 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 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 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 The Haunted House at No. 13 13号凶宅 Number 13 Qianliang Hutong in Beijing has long been a haunted house. During the Cultural Revolution, several people died mysteriously one after another inside the residence. Long Fei, an investigator with the Public Security Bureau, assumed the alias Li Qiang and moved into the compound as a housing office inspector. After a series of thrilling struggles, Li Qiang finally discovered that Number 13 was an operational base for an enemy spy organization... 995Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 63 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—Shelves
- 64 Lu Chen: The Shadow Ledger 陆沉：暗账 On a typhoon night, Zhao Jianguo, a senior provincial official, plunges to his death under mysterious circumstances. The scene is perfectly staged to look like an accident. Lu Chen, captain of the criminal investigation squad, spots faint traces of cyanide and a pair of slippers placed neatly side by side, and concludes that this was a carefully planned murder. The investigation quickly bogs down: a key informant dies in an “accident,” surveillance footage mysteriously vanishes, and physical evi 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 Marks of Guilt 罪痕 Is there always evil behind every crime? Real cases reveal the truth about human nature. [Crime Investigation] [Not a Web Novel] [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] Strange and major cases, from human flesh takeout and a cat corpse found in a belly to a body hanging in Xian Lake, are uncovered one by one across the country. 1.9kReads8.7Score211Shelves
- 66 The Case of the Missing Twelve-Year-Old Girl 十二岁少女失踪事件 A twelve-year-old girl goes missing on her way home from school, and the case makes the local trending searches. Yu Manman, her half-sister, is treated as a suspect and attacked and insulted by netizens. As the police search for the girl, they discover that not only her sister but also her father and mother had motives to commit the crime. The strange family makes the disappearance all the more mysterious. While interviewing the neighbors, the police notice more irregularities. The upstairs neig 5.6kReads8.9Score802Shelves
- 67 The Truth Buried by Time 被岁月掩埋的真相 The Truth Buried by Time 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 The Fated Cycle: The One Who Disappeared 宿命轮回之消失的Ta My wife’s sudden death plunged my world into darkness. I thought I would spend the rest of my life barely existing, like a walking corpse, but a phone call from my wife’s older sister disrupted my once-peaceful life... I’m getting closer and closer to the truth behind my wife’s death, but I’m also gradually walking down a road of no return... Only death is the end!!! 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 Crime Scene: True Crime Archives 血案现场：真实犯罪档案 I'm an archivist with the Ministry of Public Security. Over many years of organizing case files, I've witnessed how difficult investigators' work can be and learned many details the public never hears about. This book will use photographs, witness statements, field investigations, news interviews, and more from each case file to reconstruct the cases as faithfully as possible. Every case really happened, and every criminal embodies the evil in human nature to the fullest. Don't break the law or 13.1kReads8.6Score892Shelves
- 70 Crime Hunter: The Detective, Book 2 罪猎神探2 The sequel to Crime Hunter Detective. Follow Detective Chen Yang as he cracks a series of bizarre, mysterious cases. The book has it all: the supernatural, thrills, terror, suspense, and deduction. 368Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 Murder Case: The Mystery of Death 凶案：死亡之谜 [A brilliant detective captain VS a host of highly intelligent murderers] When I thought this was an ordinary murder case, I discovered that the killer had led me astray. When I thought I had arrested the killer, I discovered he was nothing more than a scapegoat. When I thought I was close to the truth, I discovered the killer had committed suicide. When I thought the case had been hastily wrapped up, I discovered that the real killer was actually... 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 The Female Forensic Doctor of the Republic of China (2 Books) 民国女法医（全二册） Word has it that a cold-faced female forensic pathologist has joined the Little East Gate police station in Shanghai. She can make the dead speak, voice their grievances, distinguish truth from lies, and track down the real killers! The Republican era is a time of upheaval. A dancer dies under mysterious circumstances, crimson roses bloom with icy beauty, and blood stains bone carvings... One murder follows another, yet the truth remains shrouded in mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind th 112Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 73 The Ten Major Serial Murder Cases in Modern China 新中国十大连环杀人案 [Based on real cases + serial murders + crime-scene investigations + master devils] When it comes to serial murder cases, police forces around the world are at their wits’ end. The term itself makes it easy to understand: for a case to be called a series, the criminal must have struck repeatedly, with a large number of victims. For one reason or another, these cases are often extremely difficult to solve. Investigators have to painstakingly sift through the evidence and dig into every lead, some 16.6kReads8.4Score932Shelves
- 74 The Grand Court’s Female Coroner’s Journal 大理寺女仵作日志 Tan Anruo, a young coroner at the county yamen, is summoned to the turbulent city of Luozhou by an imperial order from the Empress Dowager. She is inadvertently drawn into an unsolved case at the Court of Judicial Review. To save her own life, Tan Anruo joins forces with Song Jiu'an, a junior official at the court, and others to crack the case. A paper effigy kills in the dead of night, dressed in red and with its hair hanging loose as it asks people for directions. Is it really a paper effigy, 1.4kReads8.7Score216Shelves
- 75 Congratulations, Your Ladyship, You’re Expecting 恭喜大人，您有喜了 [Traditional historical romance + woman disguises herself as a man + running away while pregnant + solving cases + no transmigration into a book + no golden finger] Crime-solving + romance, with each case told as a standalone story. Born posthumously, Ye Nanfeng is raised as a boy by her mother from childhood so she can protect the family business. At sixteen, she passes the imperial examination and becomes an assistant magistrate in Qingyang County. Li Taichu, a young man from an aristocratic f 692Reads8.7Score115Shelves
- 76 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 6Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 77 Chasing Killers in the Dead of Night 暗夜追凶 “Does perfect crime really exist?” Bai Qi nodded confidently. “Of course!” “Then how come I've never heard of it?” Bai Qi gave a disdainful smile. “If you'd heard of it... would it still be a perfect crime?” 2.8kReads8.7Score330Shelves
- 78 Ice Blade: Hunting the Killer, He Became the Prime Suspect 冰刃追凶：他成了头号嫌疑人 A locked-room murder at the fencing hall of Jiangcheng Institute of Physical Education. The head coach is found dead in the equipment room, a broken sword tip embedded in his chest. In a pool of blood lies a 2013 figure skating gold medal. Surveillance footage shows no one entering or leaving during the time of the murder. The only suspect is Lu Zhaoye, the fencing team captain, whose fingerprints were left behind. Intern reporter Su Yanqiu steps in to investigate, only to discover countless con 1Reads—Score129Shelves
- 79 Returning Home at Night to Ning 夜归宁 Ever since the first victim appeared in Changyuan Town, many people had already been caught in a trap. As the number of victims kept growing, the task force officers grew increasingly convinced that the killer was right beside them. Yet every time they got closer to the killer, they discovered that everything they had seen and uncovered was merely another step the culprit had planned in advance... 19Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 80 A Pretty Good Life 蛮好的人生 At thirty-nine, star insurance agent Hu Manli was a force to be reckoned with at work and shrewd in her personal life… Just as she thought she had reached the pinnacle of success, her dream came crashing down: she lost her license to work in insurance, and her once-stable family began to face one problem after another… The person behind it all was Xue Xiaozhou, a twenty-eight-year-old rookie in the workplace. Hu Manli came out swinging, determined to make Xue Xiaozhou pay. But after several clas 471Reads8.8Score155Shelves
- 81 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
- 82 The Cases of Judge Shi 施公案 The novel tells the story of the honest official Shi Shilun during the Kangxi era, who, aided by Huang Tianba and other heroes of the martial world, roots out corrupt officials, solves cases, and captures bandits. 3Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 83 Thirteen Tales of the Strange 十三事诡录 Her mother-in-law works in obstetrics and gynecology and is always bringing home strange medicinal soups to drink. Little Lu saw someone dump a body by the river with her own eyes, but the body disappeared. All night long, lights and shadows move inside the psychiatric hospital... 27.9kReads8.8Score492Shelves
- 84 Young Marquis, Behave! I Just Want to Solve Cases 小侯爷别闹，我只想破案 [A genius girl detective disguised as a boy × an arrogant, self-obsessed young marquis hopelessly in love; mysteries and deductions, with everyone keeping their wits about them. Enjoy a sweet, drama-free romance amid the mysteries of an alternate dynasty!] After her family suffers a sudden upheaval, Li Xianyu has no choice but to hide her identity and go to Shengjing to study. There, amid the lively life of the academy, she meets many young nobles. By a twist of fate, she also gets caught up in 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 Zero Murder 零号谋杀 1.1kReads6.3Score138Shelves
- 86 The Crime Squad Captain’s Mastermind Turns Out to Be a Little Girl 刑警队长的幕后大佬竟是萝莉 The Nanjing Normal University dismemberment case, the twin corpses linked by a foul odor, the Headless Horseman case, and the mysterious death of Liu Ke'er. More than a hundred brutal, baffling cases, with a new case every few chapters. Many are based on real events. The investigative duo of Wang Wangwang (Woof Woof Woof), a righteous criminal investigation captain, and Miao Miaomiao (Meow Meow Meow), a highly intelligent little girl, seeks justice for the dead and offers prayers for the living. 203Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 87 An Investigation into the Three Great Unsolved Cases of the Early Qing 清初三大疑案考实 A Critical Examination of the Three Great Mysteries of the Early Qing is composed of three parts: A Critical Examination of the Empress Dowager's Alleged Marriage, A Critical Examination of Emperor Shunzhi's Alleged Monastic Vows, and A Critical Examination of Emperor Yongzheng's Accession to the Throne. With a historian's rigor, Mr. Meng Sen carefully investigates the three long-circulating mysteries of the empress dowager's alleged marriage, Shunzhi's alleged decision to become a monk, and Yon 2Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 88 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—Score—Shelves
- 89 The Wrongly Placed Murder Case 错位追凶 Lawyer Shi Yi takes on a death penalty review case and meets Ting Fang, a condemned prisoner in the twilight of her life. To his surprise, Ting Fang seems to know him. She not only asks him to retrieve something from a certain place, but confidently insists that they will be in touch again. Not long afterward, Ting Fang is executed. Shi Yi intends to put the matter behind him, but somehow he still goes to the place she mentioned. There, he finds an old music box and a notebook Ting Fang left fo 12.4kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
- 90 The Dragon Map’s Divine Detective Cases 龙图神断公案 A high-energy cut of Bao Zheng solving cases. The mastermind behind the civet-cat-for-the-crown-prince plot, a terrifying scene as a black basin cries out for justice, impostors trading identities as the top scholar… A Northern Song version of Medical Examiner Qin Ming meets Today's Legal Report. When the executioner's blade falls, demons flee! The Kaifeng F4 squad is ready for action! 4Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 91 The Secret Iron Box 秘密铁盒 [Mystery • Deduction • Romance • Dark • Human Nature • Two Male Leads] The owner of a villa suddenly dies. Was it suicide, an accident, or murder? A single murder case dredges up the young men’s and women’s painful, secret pasts. Their love and hate, tangled relationships, and memories of youth stir beneath the surface. A girl’s secret adolescence, hidden in an iron box, and the crimes behind a charity aid program have remained unknown to all. There are more cases behind this one. Who has been w 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 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
- 93 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! 12.9kReads7.7Score1.1kShelves
- 94 A Hundred Ghosts at the Night Banquet 百诡夜宴 [Mystery + Mind-Bending + No System + Supernatural Horror + Murder-Mystery Game] “The true trick isn’t hidden in the shadows. It sits upon the throne, making everyone bow before it.” “It never deceives the eyes. It only fools the heart.” A human body hanging in the air, a head burned and charred to the bone, severed limbs abandoned on a rainy night: all seem like the final echoes of death. Four survivors and one overseer sit around the long table at a night banquet, whispering among themselves. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Love Lives Next Door 爱若比邻 After five years apart, Wen Zhiyan has become an excellent forensic examiner. When they graduated from high school, Wen Zhiyan confessed her feelings to her childhood sweetheart, Shen Wenzhou. Sadly, he turned her down. To avoid awkwardness, Wen Zhiyan passed it off as a dare from a game of Truth or Dare and told him not to take it seriously. But afterward, to her surprise, their families, who had been close for generations, somehow arranged their engagement. Shen Wenzhou even admitted in front 147Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 Sister's Cellar 姐姐的窖 The death of a two-year-old girl is connected to a murder case from nineteen years ago, when someone was killed on the railway tracks. The same location and similar methods of murder have brought the old unsolved case back into the public eye. Following a lead, the police found the girl's mother, Zhou Hua, who had a flawless alibi. In reality, her family is rather unusual. Her husband is fifteen years older than her, and she has a stepson almost her own age. Her mother-in-law, nearly sixty, has 1.5kReads8.9Score225Shelves
- 97 Fierce Shadow 凶影 If you enjoy works like "Medical Examiner Qin Ming" and "The Knockout", this novel will keep you up all night. Every chapter is a shovel-full, and every shovel-full might uncover a corpse, or a truth you can't bring yourself to believe. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 Qingshi Mystery Files: The 13th Missing Person 青石悬疑档案：第13个失踪者 [Supernatural suspense] [Chinese-style horror] [Feng shui] [Folk customs] [Multiple heroines] Twelve people vanished within a year from the old office complex of Qingshi Mining Group. The official explanation was “voluntary resignation.” The local rumor was that they “went down the mine and never came back.” It wasn’t until the thirteenth person went missing that Shen Tinglan, deputy director of the group’s General Affairs Office, realized the disappearances were happening according to a list. H —Reads—Score108Shelves
- 99 I Asked You to Write About Fatherly Love, So Why Is the Protagonist Pulling Off the Perfect Crime? 让你写父爱，主角上演完美犯罪？ [No Female Lead] [No System] [Analyzing Movie Plots] In a daze, Lin Luo discovers that he has gained a set of memories from a parallel universe. He is also taking part in a creative variety show called the [National Young Screenwriters Competition]! Contestants must create a work based on a prompt from the judges! The first theme is fatherly love. All the other contestants are writing My Chairman Father. But Lin Luo writes Sheared. They’re writing about fatherly love, Lin Luo! What are you doing 21Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 100 Tales of the Strange 怪谈 [A Born Ghost-Busting Saint vs. A Bewitching Beauty Bound by a Sinister Fate] [Case-by-Case Stories + Criminal Investigation + Folk Legends + Ghost Hunting + An Overarching Plot + Horror + Two Powerful Leads + Fighting Side by Side] "Corpses become curses, souls become gu; strange cases arise, and every road is hard to tread." Zhang Miao was short of water in his five elements, and before he was even born, he was given a "water ghost" as his godmother. As a result, he awakened a special constit 2.1kReads8.5Score130Shelves
