Novels like The Case of the Missing Twelve-Year-Old Girl
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- 51 The Final Judgment 世末审 [World BUG] [Memory alteration] [No padding] [No narration] [Hardcore deduction] [Chilling on reflection] One September evening during study hall, the classroom suddenly froze mid-frame. The cicadas fell silent, the wind stopped, and the entire class stood motionless like statues. I was the only one who could see the cracks in this world. Memories were altered, classmates were replaced, and even my family forgot my older brother. I didn't speak up. I didn't make a fuss. I just kept records. Unti 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 A Math Prodigy’s Path to Becoming a General 数学天才的将军路 The first part is about a fateful bond between a math genius and an artilleryman. Math made him fail the college entrance exams. Math changed his fate. Math helped him lift the veil of mystery. Please take your time and savor it. Synopsis of the later part He can calculate a projectile’s trajectory, but not the answer to whether civilization will survive. In 2077, Earth is on the verge of death. The AI rebels of the “Machine Intelligence Federation” control 93% of the land, while humanity’s las 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 The Mirror-Crossing Record 渡镜录 [Historical political intrigue + mystery] The entire army was wiped out. I alone survived, only to be condemned for all eternity as a traitor who colluded with the enemy! Behind the Canglang Valley massacre lay a monstrous plot by the Marquis of Jing'an, who falsified military intelligence and trafficked in weapons. He goes undercover at the marquis’s manor under an assumed name, tearing apart, layer by layer, the outrageous lies woven by the powerful. Undercover agents, forensic examiners, vete —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Crows Descend on Sin City 鸦落罪城 (Mystery and deduction + criminal investigation + anti-drug operations + anti-corruption + mind-bending crimes) In Yacheng, Nanhuai Province, in the 1990s, a sensational case shocked the nation: the 712 serial murders. The case reached far and wide. The suspect brutally murdered a family of three, but the Qingsha Syndicate behind the killer controlled Yacheng's police, procuratorate, and courts, keeping justice out of reach. To solve the case, Zhou Zhen of the Nanhuai Provincial Police Departmen 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Making of a Female Detective 女神探养成记 Also known as Hello, Shanghai Policewoman. A genius detective romance, with old Shanghai flavor, a devoted and equally strong couple, and crime solving. Shanghai's economy boomed in the 1990s, and large-scale demolitions were looming in the city's urban villages. Hundreds of new millionaires were about to emerge. Amid this transition between old and new, migrants poured into the city, family conflicts became tangled, gambling flourished in certain corners, and the greed and complexity of human n 360Reads8.2Score10014d adds
- 56 Criminal Investigation: Captain, She Found Another Clue 刑侦：队长，她又发现新线索了 [Criminal investigation + two capable leads + love that grows over time] While studying at the Public Security University, Fang Anyu helped the police solve a major case. After graduation, she was recruited by the criminal investigation team of the Jiangbin City Public Security Bureau. Team Captain Meng Shu thought she was just a pretty face who had gotten in through connections. That is, until she solved a series of cases, including a murder in a rental apartment, matricide, and a body pickled 16kReads8.9Score2.4k14d adds
- 57 By Chance 意外之下 When she discovered her husband was having an affair, she tracked down his mistress’s home. During their confrontation, an accident happened, and the young, beautiful, brazen mistress collapsed in a pool of blood... After an accidental killing, her life plunged into an endless abyss. But little by little, she realized that something about the accident didn’t add up... 15.7kReads8.9Score1.8k14d adds
- 58 This Accomplice Is Innocent 这个帮凶没有罪 On the soft earth where the body was found, not a single footprint belonging to the killer or the victim could be found within a hundred meters. Did the body fall from the sky? This is a world-class case that pushes human intelligence to its limits. But criminal investigation expert Liu Wensen uses meticulous observation and unprecedented powers of imagination and deduction to connect barely perceptible clues into an indisputable chain of evidence. He reconstructs the criminals’ complex and biza 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 The Blue-Eroded Script 蓝蚀字 When art becomes a murder weapon, poison flows through the pigments. This is a manhunt spanning chemistry, art, and criminal investigation. Poison can be sealed inside ancient pigment recipes; crimes can be concealed in the brushwork of paintings handed down through generations. When the final piece falls into place, will you see the complete picture of the truth, or another carefully painted disguise? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 A Dark Kiss Beneath the Deep Lake 深湖之下的暗吻 On the glittering annual gala night at Xingguang Group, senior finance executive Lin Wei “accidentally” falls into a lake and dies. While sorting through her belongings, her younger sister Lin Yue finds a bloodstained encrypted USB drive. On the night she died, her sister sent one last message: “They’re here.” Lin Yue’s investigation hits a hidden reef. Witnesses are silenced one after another, and every lead is cut off. Then Song Feng, just back from studying abroad, enters her life with perfe 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Criminal Profiling: The Culprit Is Stunned on the Spot 心理侧写追凶，罪犯当场懵 [Psychologist + Criminal Investigation Captain] This novel features: [Mystery-solving and deduction, two male leads, no female lead, no System, no romantic tension, no couple pairing. Please read with caution if any of this bothers you.] Tests in the consultation room, truths hidden behind the scenes, and a glimpse into human nature more complex than any disorder. He is not sociable and rarely expresses his emotions, yet he knows how to communicate with others and can offer the most precise empa 7.3kReads7.2Score72114d adds
- 62 Are There Really Ghosts in the Modern World? 现代哪有鬼 Jiang Ye, a police captain who firmly believes in science, suddenly encounters a ghost one day! And the ghost has amnesia and wants to freeload at his place? Jiang Ye says coldly, “The living and the dead belong to different worlds. Go back.” The female ghost replies boldly, “No! This is fate!” As they solve one case after another, including disappearances, kidnappings, and murders, Jiang Ye's feelings begin to change. A man and a ghost are about to fall in love! During an investigation, Jiang Y 146Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 63 My Husband Is a Homicide Detective, Yet I Tell Fortunes for Murderers 老公是刑警，我却给杀人犯算命 Domestic violence, workplace bullying, animal abuse, school violence… When we suffer through such hardships, should we find a way to overcome them, or take revenge on those who put us through them? In B City in 2023, criminal investigation captain Lu Huai and tarot reader Wan Qingqing become caught in a spell of cases. Each case is shrouded in mystery and rife with pain and hostility, and each corresponds to a tarot card. The Hanged Man, the Four of Swords, Strength, the Tower: are they really j 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Deadly Cases: Evil with Nowhere to Hide 致命案件，无处隐藏的罪恶 [Criminal Investigation] + [Case-of-the-Week Stories] + [Mind-Bending Mystery] What’s the most terrifying case you’ve ever heard of? A corpse at the bottom of a lake, bones in a sewer, a dried-out body in a wax museum… No trace left at the scene, only horror and eerie strangeness… Li Xiaogu is a top forensic pathologist and detective who loves studying human bones. From the faintest marks on a skeleton, she can deduce the victim’s age, cause of death, and murder weapon, gradually uncovering the 702Reads—Score10414d adds
- 65 The Germaphobic Detective Is Dragged into a Mechanical Killing Trap by His Mad-Dog Deputy 洁癖探长被疯狗副手拽入机械杀阵 A fastidious detective is dragged into a mechanical killing trap by his rabid deputy. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 The County Town Murders of 1997 97县城凶案 [Detectives +] [Interlocking Cases] [A Blend of Manhunts and Anti-Corruption] At the end of 1997, a series of murders takes place in a county town in Northeast China. The killer’s first victim is Liu Jing, head of the county’s Culture Bureau. Her uterus is stuffed inside a mannequin and dumped across from the entrance to the county committee offices. The second body part dumped is Liu Jing’s heart, left in the same spot among a crowd of people clearing snow for the county committee. An old scave 2.6kReads8.4Score24514d adds
- 67 The Mystery of Dingcheng 2 定城迷踪2 [Mind-Bending Mystery + Standalone Stories + Jaw-Dropping Twists] The second installment of "Unraveling the Truth". Behind every massacre, there is always an unseen hand, seemingly trying to expose the ugliest side of human nature. Children turned into pawns in their parents’ power games, victims who take up the butcher’s knife, ghosts wandering on rainy nights, missing human organs... Walking the boundary between day and night, seeing the warmth and coldness of this world, a ray of dawn will al 39.7kReads9.1Score2.8k14d adds
- 68 Strange Tales of the Great Ning 大宁异闻录 Lu Shaoli arrives in the capital alone, gifted with peerless martial prowess and a mysterious past. She means to keep a low profile, but stumbles straight into a string of bizarre cases. High officials die in mysterious circumstances, rumors spread, and fear grips the city. Gui Yongning, Junior Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, singles her out at a glance. He is a master strategist, but frail and sickly. She is astonishingly strong, but stubborn and softhearted. Forced together, brains a 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Criminal Investigation: Daybreak 刑侦：破晓 [Standalone cases + no CP + no System + no golden finger + an unspoken partnership between a forensic pathologist and a serious-crimes squad leader + based on real cases] “We seem to fear the darkness more than we fear the night.” “Beneath this city, ugly human nature, greedy desires, and wicked thoughts play out in secret almost every day. But the night will eventually pass. Before dawn, at the break of day, facing the darkness without fear and overcoming it will be our lifelong mission...” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Traces of the Night Shadow Star 夜影星踪 Volume One: A corpse falls from the sky on a snowy night in a mountain village, and the whole village whispers that a vengeful ghost is out for blood. A mysterious detective follows the clues, while a boy who witnessed the incident sees through the disguise with a single remark, exposing a shocking murder plot disguised as a supernatural haunting. Volume Two: A string of murders unfolds in a sealed-off, abandoned house, and former classmates die one after another. The truth behind the revenge i 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 The Thorn Bird Sings at Dawn 荆棘鸟鸣夜微晓 “The human heart is the grandest stage illusion of all. I’m just an audience member who happens to be pretty good at reading it.”, Ouyang Qingxue “My job is to find order in the chaos and tear a ray of light through the darkness. As for those ‘problem children’... As long as they can fight, that’s good enough.”, Lin Zhao 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Erosion of the Mirror Within the Mirror 镜中镜蚀 The Mirror's Erosion is a psychological crime thriller. The story begins with a series of bizarre murders steeped in ritual: each victim has been meticulously dissected, with a mysterious palm print and a tarot card left behind. During the investigation, Wang Yan, captain of the criminal investigation squad, is forced to seek help from Xia Zhiyue, a criminal profiler with extraordinary insight. As the investigation deepens, the cases lead to a psychology workshop devoted to exploring the "inner 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Ming Dynasty Coroner: The Forbidden Records 大明仵作：禁忌录 [Historical Transmigration, Mind-Bending Mystery] A graduate student in forensic medicine transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty and becomes a coroner in a small county town. He discovers that the murders in this world aren’t all committed by people; many are connected to local folk “taboos.” Those who break them meet their end in an extraordinarily bizarre manner, as if they had “killed themselves.” Using modern forensic knowledge and his ability to unravel folk taboos, he must solve strange cases a 28Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 74 The Shen Family Daughter Clause 沈氏女儿条款 In the depths of winter by the sea, due diligence tears open a breach in the Shen Group. An intern named Li Li joins the risk-control team, but her goal has nothing to do with her resume: she wants to find her adoptive father, Li Shouyi, who has been missing for three years. All she has is an iron box, a string of numbers, a key, and an old index deliberately "sealed away." The deeper she digs, the more she realizes she hasn't stumbled upon a family matter, but an old ledger written into proced 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Reborn, Li Xiaomi Is Just a Little Too Powerful 重生后，李晓咪有亿点点强 Li Xiaomi is a timid people-pleaser. Though her family is well-off and her parents dote on her, her relatives look down on her for being a girl and make things difficult for her at every turn. Her so-called friends treat her as nothing more than an ATM. They act like her best friends to her face, but behind her back they mock her as a hopelessly naive fool. Li Xiaomi hates who she is, but lacks the courage to change. One typhoon night, when her aunt orders her to take out the trash, a flowerpot 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Hello, Sunday! 你好呀，礼拜天！ This is a story about fate and human nature. Li Yang and the others accidentally create a “game.” Li Yang and other key figures are able to use it to transmigrate, discover fate, fight against fate, accept fate, and become part of it. Details bring about change; change comes at a cost; the cost leads to awakening; and awakening gives rise to new details. This is a logic-driven story with multiple parallel worlds. The numbered chapter titles refer to the contents of the game created by Li Yang an 2Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 77 Alive After the Burial 活在下葬后 Alive After Burial 129Reads—Score1014d adds
- 78 The Song of the Lonely Warrior Came from Inside the Wall 墙里传来孤勇者 The Lonely Warrior echoes from behind the wall. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 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
- 80 A Survival Guide to Strange Tales: The Headless Girl's Evolution 【怪谈生存指南】无头少女进化论 [Main Plot] [Mild Horror] [Eerie Otherworld] [Urban Legends] [Beloved Girl, Everyone's Favorite] [Content Warning: The female lead is an aloof, low-energy type with a gravity-like personality, and this is a reverse harem.] What do you do when you accidentally end up in the Otherworld? This awful place is full of bizarre rules and monsters. One wrong move, and your whole team gets wiped out! There's the woman in red in the stairwell, the headless monster in the classroom, the cat-faced monster th 1.4kReads—Score19014d adds
- 81 Transmigrate to Solve Crimes 穿越之缉凶 Qin Man had always thought her life was nearly perfect. She had the enviable good fortune of a successful career, a wealthy family, a happy marriage, until an accident sent her tumbling down the stairs from the second floor of her own home and killed her. When she opened her eyes again, she had transmigrated into the body of Qin Weiwei, a young neighborhood police officer who had courageously come to someone's aid. Everyone knew Qin Weiwei had a crush on Jiang Yan, the captain of the criminal in 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Annihilating the Five Elements: Ashes of the Old Days, A Journal 湮灭五行：旧日之烬手记 A new author, so the pacing is a little slow at first! 1932, the New England coast. The decaying town of Innsmouth is like swollen, rotten wood, its inhuman emptiness showing through the fog and deathly silence. Private detective Sarah Watley, a battlefield ghost haunted by nightmares of the deep, travels to this cursed land to investigate a blasphemous wax seal that has resurfaced in the world. The residents have fleshy fins behind their ears and vertical pupils hidden in their eyes. The air r —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Struck Down Without a Trace 斩于无形 A seemingly ordinary traffic accident hides a chain of causes and consequences far more complicated than a simple mishap. Just as someone investigating the truth is about to get close to it, another accident occurs. Beneath the surface, an unspeakable relationship and a meticulously plotted conspiracy flicker in and out of sight. Years later, the orphaned child of someone killed in the crash returns to settle the score. Alone, she churns up a storm on waters that seemed calm. Every crashing wave 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Mystery and Detective Notes 悬疑推理笔记 My new work is out! Welcome to read it on Tomato Novels. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 City of Sin: The Missing Bride 罪恶城市—消失的新娘 City of Sin: The Missing Bride 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Crime Scenes: The Cases That Shook the Nation 罪案现场，那些轰动全国的大案 This book is adapted from several real, high-profile criminal cases that once made headlines across the country. Baffling murders, shocking robberies, investigations into cold cases, manhunts spanning multiple provinces... Every case once stunned the nation; every crime concealed a truth unknown to the public. Told from a documentary perspective, this book reconstructs the crime scenes, investigative details, criminals' minds, and the full process of bringing them to justice. These stories are 77.6kReads8.8Score5.3k14d adds
- 87 The Demon Gate Puppet 诡门人偶 [Infinite-dungeon horror + dark humor + outrageous antics + daily life + absurdity = the author's a total menace] Xu Zhifan and Chen Yu are just two ordinary office workers. Nine to nine, six days a week; meager pay, endless overtime. Until one day, the two of them are apparently “kidnapped” and taken to an unfamiliar villa. In the villa's courtyard stands a door, silent and still. Beyond it lies a resort where a considerate butler “sees the guests out”; an unsolved case in which they have —Reads—Score114d adds
- 88 Mystery in Dingcheng 定城迷踪 What kind of case could be even more terrifying than a dismemberment? What is behind the girl's strange behavior? What meticulous schemes lie behind each mysterious case? How will the untold story unfold? Watch as the Criminal Investigation Team One, led by Gu Chen, overcomes obstacle after obstacle and solves one mystery after another until they finally find the answers. 16kReads9.0Score1.8k14d adds
- 89 At Our Marriage License Appointment, My Fiancé’s Dead Wife Was Sitting Behind Me 领证时，未婚夫的亡妻坐在我身后 On the day we went to register our marriage, the woman sitting behind me pressed a brass key wrapped in blue thread onto my marriage registration form. “Don’t sign. Zhou Xu’s wife is still alive.” Her name was Xu Jing, Zhou Xu’s wife, who had been legally declared dead two years ago. She hadn’t come to steal my man. She only asked me, “Before your sister disappeared, did she leave behind a gray filing box?” Four years ago, my sister said she was going out of town to handle a project. She vanishe 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 I Play an Extra in Eerie Movies 我在诡异电影里跑龙套 [Also known as: Quitting KFC to Brave the Supernatural Scenarios] Yan Jin worked like a dog at a fried chicken shop for three years, always conscientious and hardworking. At last, he finally stood up for himself and fired his boss. But right after quitting, he transmigrated into an Infinite Flow scenario where death was all but certain. Since he’d transmigrated, he might as well show the supernatural what his incredible golden finger could do: a psychiatric hospital for gods, an echo that never 1.5kReads6.3Score11514d adds
- 91 As Night Gives Way to Dawn: The Perfect Case 长夜将明：刑侦之完美破案 [Mind-Bending Mystery · Case-by-Case Crimes · Hard-Hitting Criminal Investigation · Shocking Twists · Warmth Within the Police Force] The setting in this novel is entirely fictional and does not depict any real people or organizations! The night is long, and crime is shrouded in mystery. In Ningzhou, an economic powerhouse, beneath the dazzling splendor woven by neon lights, unknown cruelty and malice lie in wait in the darkness before dawn, growing wildly at the end of the long night. One bizar 141Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 I Want to Solve Cases, but Captain Gu Wants to Date 我想破案，顾队却想谈恋爱 [Mystery and deduction + death dreams + realistic romance + strong heroine] In an unremarkable county town, three beautiful young women have died in quick succession. Yu Yunshu is unlucky enough to become the fourth. When she dies, four slashes mar her cheek, leaving it a bloody mess and causing excruciating pain. Then a sheet of plastic is pressed over her face, and she suffocates. Reborn, she returns to half a month before her death. To stay alive, Yu Yunshu sincerely asks Gu Yanjiu, captain o 701Reads8.3Score12214d adds
- 93 Crime Investigation Notes 刑侦笔记 Twenty years ago, a series of bizarre murders involving shadowy figures shocked the entire city of S. Twenty years later, the descendants of the victims meet by chance. After solving a series of mysterious cases together, the male and female leads form a deep bond and join forces to pursue their shared goal: solving the Shadow Case. The wilderness villa streamer case, the parrot’s accusation of murder, the fortune-teller who used deception to kill… The shadow has appeared again. What is the thin 142Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 94 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 509Reads8.4Score11314d adds
- 95 After I Was Fired, I Became a Police Consultant 被开除后，我成了警局顾问 This book is also known as [The Criminal Investigation Prodigy: Murder Case Consultant for the Nancheng Criminal Police] My name is Chen Ning. I used to be a major-crimes investigator with the Jiangcheng Criminal Police, but I was forced to leave the force because of certain circumstances. One rainy night, a murder took place next to my rented apartment, and traces of me were left at the scene. While I was still asleep, a team of police officers broke down my door. “Are you Chen Ning?” I was 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 The Spirit-Pattern Paradox 灵格悖论 Have you ever wondered what you would do if you woke from a dream to find yourself in a completely unfamiliar place? What untold stories lie behind the luxurious yet unfamiliar surroundings and all those strange faces? Conspiracies, lies, betrayal, political scheming, humanity, family, love, and friendship will tear your soul apart, piece by piece! In the midst of your desperate struggle, you will come to understand yourself anew, and even learn how the entire human world works! 1Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 97 I Just Want to Slack Off, but Powerful Bigwigs Always Have My Back 想摆烂，奈何总有大佬替我撑腰 Shao Tiantian, a bona fide young medical genius, transmigrated because of an explosion? Heaven, are you even paying attention? With talent like mine, you transmigrated me into a lowly maid, only for a cruel servant to try to beat me to death again the moment I arrived? Whatever. I’ll make the best of it. If I can live, I’ll live. If I can’t, I’ll just kick the bucket. Time to give up and coast~ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 At the Crime Scene, a Prompt Appears Above the Victim’s Head 命案现场，死者头顶飘出提示框 [System-focused] [Crime solving] [Urban] Three months into the job, Gu Bei, a trainee forensic technician, was examining a hanging scene when a line of blood-red words appeared out of thin air above the victim’s head: [She didn’t tie the knot]. Using the bizarre clue, Gu Bei applied his forensic knowledge to reconstruct the scene and expose the truth behind the staged suicide. Then came [It fell twice] on the face of a car-crash victim, and [Died before the fire] on a charred body at a fire scen 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Peering into Immortality: The Eye That Sees Through Illusions 窥仙：破妄之眼 Gu Xian, a college student, never imagined that his closest roommate would vanish completely from everyone's memories overnight. His classmates don't remember him, he's missing from the photos, and even their social media history has been erased. Gu Xian is the only person in the world who remembers that he ever existed. At that moment, a pale blue-white light blazed in Gu Xian's eyes. He saw another face of the world: the hidden realm of cultivation, concealed beneath ordinary cities and foreve —Reads—Score18214d adds
- 100 The Six-Nosed Fox Demon 六鼻狐妖 Linghu Yin of Ningcheng is a renowned constable of the Six Fan Gate, known by the nickname Fox Demon of the Six Noses. He is exceptionally skilled, and his foxlike cunning in solving cases often helps him spot the smallest clues where none seem possible. So come along with me and see how this official, Linghu Yin, cracks his cases. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
