Novels like Hunting Killers in the Dark
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- 1 Tracing Clues Through Bones 证骨寻踪 An absolutely impossible crime: the unique DNA and fingerprints of Chen Shian, a victim personally identified and cremated by the forensic department's chief expert three years ago, keep turning up at the scenes of a series of new murders. Is this a shocking miscarriage of justice, an elaborate act of revenge, or an unprecedented challenge to science? 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Forensic Examiner: Major Case Dispatch 法医： 重案速递 My name is Chen Dong. Because of my father, I inherited his legacy and became a forensic doctor. When he was alive, he often said, “With Buddha's Wrath Hand, punish the guilty; discern truth from lies, and know right from wrong.” I took his words to heart and used them as a reminder. In my career as a forensic doctor, I have encountered countless shocking murders. To uncover the truth about my father's death, I have no choice but to solve bizarre cases one after another and hunt down killers acr 122Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 3 Candlelight in the Night 黑夜里的烛光 An aspiring police officer fresh out of the police academy is assigned to a grassroots unit. A baffling murder case changes Shi Yi's life forever. The sun sets, and night falls. Beneath its cover, countless human desires slowly take root and bloom. One murder after another, corpse after corpse, evidence hidden in the smallest of details, and the helpless cries of victims' families: all of it drives this newly graduated officer to grow. If criminals' desires are the endless night, then the countl 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Perfect Accomplice Plan 完美共犯计划 [All-female ensemble cast + mystery and deduction + professional pursuit of criminals] Seven years ago, a murder in a women’s dormitory cleaved five girls’ lives in completely different directions: She was stalked for half a month. She knew who was responsible, but the police said nothing was out of the ordinary; She was cast as the lead in a new series, only to find that its script mirrored the dormitory murder she had lived through; She went from being a major suspect in a police investigation 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Cultivating Immortality Is No Match for Battling Weirdos 修仙不如斗奇葩 After transmigrating into the world of immortal cultivation, Lu Mingzhao wants only to stay alive and quietly pursue longevity. Unfortunately, everyone in his sect is a “drama queen”: his senior brother writes a blood letter for love, his second senior sister chases someone down with a blade over a romantic debt, his third martial uncle and the Demon Venerable accuse each other of being hopeless romantics, and his sect leader master elopes in the middle of the night, leaving a mess behind... Fac —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Walker in the Dark 黑夜行者 [Night Walker + No System + No Romance] is a continuation of the first book, "Murder in the Mist", but this is an entirely new storyline! Protagonist: Wang Youyong The story follows Wang Youyong, current deputy chief of the criminal investigation squad, as he pursues a small group of vigilantes led by Ma Wenchao. Five years ago, the vehicle transporting Ma Wenchao, then deputy chief of the criminal investigation squad, to prison was involved in a horrific crash. Against all odds, he survived. Ma 465Reads8.0Score121Shelves
- 7 Salvation in the Torrential Rain 暴雨救赎 [No System, no golden finger, no romance, mystery + deduction + main plot + standalone cases] Some people receive WeChat messages from their future selves. Some act in a feel-good web short drama and end up dead at the scene. Some think they can sit back and watch the drama unfold after mouthing off online, unaware that someone is watching them from the shadows... In this world, there are always people who use terrifying methods beyond ordinary understanding to murder their fellow human beings. 102Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Light in the Darkness: Forensic Investigator Xia Luo 黑暗中的光明：法医夏洛 Crimes set ten years in the future, with one case every three chapters. Pure crime investigation, no dragging things out and no romance-obsessed leads. Does rapid technological progress help criminals, or bring crime to an end...? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Criminal Investigation Squad Two: There Are No Cold Cases 刑侦二队：悬案，那是不存在的 By a twist of fate, Lin Wenyu joined the Criminal Investigation Team of the Jiaping City Public Security Bureau. Five years later, through her own efforts, she founded Criminal Investigation Team Two. With the bureau chief’s help, she recruited four key members to the team. They also had the support of a forensic scientist friend. From then on, there was no case Criminal Investigation Team Two couldn’t solve. Later, the reputation of team leader Lin Wenyu, the four core members, and their forens 515Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 10 Murder in Doubt 谋杀疑云 In September 2006, the body of a young man was discovered in an abandoned villa on the outskirts of town. His hands were tied, and his body was kneeling. The killer had been careful and left no traces. Before long, another young man’s body was found. The method of murder was almost identical. But as the police continued their investigation, Captain Ma Wenchao gradually began to suspect someone he knew well. Yet that person had a perfect alibi for every one of the crimes. 118Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Broken Mirror Murder Case 破镜缉凶 [Mystery + Criminal Investigation + Deduction + Case-of-the-Week + Long Main Plot + No Romance + Solving Crimes] On a livestream, a bride in red hangs herself from an ancient locust tree. A million viewers watch as her corpse follows an invisible track and “walks” back to the crime scene. I'm Qin Niu, captain of the criminal investigation team in Changping City. The people I'm up against aren't ghosts, but a group of “crime designers.” They use magnetic levitation to transport corpses, infrasou 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 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
- 13 Detective Jia 贾案侦探 [Mystery + detective + case-solving + deduction + no System + mind-bending cases + steadily unfolding plot] A locked-room murder leads to an antiques donation case from years ago. A ruthless killer lurking in the shadows carefully assassinates the people who know what the police have discovered, cutting off every lead. But evidence of a crime never disappears, and the law's net may be wide, but no criminal can slip through forever. 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Death Cruise 绝命游轮 Adapted from a true case that shocked China and the world. A three-deck cruise ship vanishes without a trace… Twenty-four tourists mysteriously disappear… The provincial government sends in the air force and navy, deploying high-precision underwater detection equipment to search for the missing passengers. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Parallel Lines 2 平行线2 The night before her wedding, the bride vanishes without a trace. She is later found at a neighbor’s house, with a man’s corpse lying beside her. Shu Qingyang and Fu Baiyun, who came to attend the wedding, immediately join the investigation, but the key clue lies with a rabbit... A viral singer is found dead by the roadside. Before his death, he had suddenly begun studying theology. The eerie crime scene bears no trace of evidence, while the Qiao family, now squarely in the crosshairs, sends out —Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 16 Venus on a Rainy Night 雨夜维纳斯 In 2001, a museum in Linhai City reports a late-night emergency. A damaged statue of Venus stands quietly in place. When its plaster cracks open, a young woman's corpse is found sealed inside. The victim's arms have been severed, and blood streams from her eyes. The scene is identical to the old case from eleven years ago, the Rainy Night Venus murders. In 1990, detective Tang Yuliang paid a terrible price to solve the serial murder case, only to get a resolution that was half true and half fals 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 A Ghost's Greeting 幽灵的问候 A threatening letter from a mysterious ghost. An opening line that foretells murder. A man who came back from the dead seven years ago. A string of killings in the city center, full of baffling locked-room mysteries. What is the truth? Join the great detective Xia Luoke as he investigates! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Encryption Mystery 加密疑案 A master detective from the Republic of China era; a detective’s notebook whose records begin in 1931; a special cipher tailored for detectives of the future; and an intellectual duel that forcibly draws in the Queen of Crime… A conspiracy passed down through generations, inherited schemes, an endless cycle of revenge, and a detective who cannot rest in peace. Only by cracking the double cipher hidden in the notebook can one reach the truth buried in the distant past. The detectives’ wordplay be 51Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 19 That Day, I Got a Call from a Classmate Who Had Died 那天，我接到了死去同学的电话 Months after a female classmate died in an accident, Su Mu unexpectedly received a phone call from her. In the midst of his terror, he had no idea this was the beginning of a series of bizarre and horrifying events. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Criminal Investigation: A Shocking Bloodbath 刑侦之惊天血案 [A roguish detective X a beautiful mortician. Amid a shocking string of murders, only love can bring us peace.] [Crime investigation + suspense + deduction + mind games + two powerful leads + revenge + redemption] Five years ago, Nan Shu walked away from a shocking dismemberment case. She gave up on herself and has carried a deep-seated grudge ever since, all so she could slay the evil dragon with her own hands. But in this perilous case, Lu Yiheng, the deputy captain of the criminal investigati 2Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 21 Parallel Lines 3 平行线3 A psychiatrist accused of murder goes missing, but the police discover that a mysterious figure is pulling the strings behind the scenes. Are they helping the suspect escape, or setting someone else up to take the fall? A bizarre car crash that appears to be an accident unravels the mystery of a mountain disaster from three years ago, or perhaps reveals a premeditated murder... A woman’s corpse appears after a rainy night. The strange scent left behind and the butterflies fluttering nearby are u —Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 22 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
- 23 Eyes of the Deep Abyss 1: Evil Like a Hook 凝渊之眸1：恶如钩 I'm a special-case criminal investigator. I'm also the most ordinary one among thousands upon thousands of criminal investigators. This is a collection of criminal cases, and a record of memories. In this novel, you'll find me, my mentor, and my best friends. Like me, they are all unique, yet utterly ordinary. We once blazed with ambition and confidence. We once pieced together clues and chased criminals through the fog. We also knew sorrow and hesitation. My mentor once told me: We walk the lin 589Reads9.3Score100Shelves
- 24 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
- 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 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
- 27 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
- 28 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
- 29 The Long Night Dawns: Silent Testimony 长夜将明：无声的证词 [Mind-bending mystery | Case-by-case investigations | Hard-core criminal investigations | High-stakes twists | A tender-hearted police team] The long night looms like a mountain, and mist engulfs the city. When every clue points to the person who seems least likely to be guilty, Leng Hanzhou is forced to make the hardest choice, on the fine line between justice and the law. Because some silent testimony has always been hidden in the darkest depths of human nature. Ningzhou, a prosperous economic 817Reads—Score105Shelves
- 30 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—Shelves
- 31 Crime Solving: The Master Detective of a Parallel World 破案：平行世界里的神探 701Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 32 I Can See Criminal Suspects 我能看到犯罪嫌疑人 Zhang Chi, an outstanding detective in 2025, is reborn in 2000, just as he graduates from the police academy. He had expected to join the city bureau’s criminal investigation team, but instead he was assigned to a suburban police station. After activating the System, he rises from disappointment and uses the System and his knowledge of the future to become a legendary detective! 593Reads6.8Score101Shelves
- 33 Twin Cities Detective: The Genius Inspector Steals the Show 双城推理：天才探长飒爆了 [Alternate modern setting] A cool, mature female detective and her puppyish young male partner: sweet and spicy, solving cases while falling in love Detective Tang's conviction is that she will find the person who killed her mother. Detective Du's dream is to become as capable as Sister Tang. As time goes by, amid dangerous cases, the two gradually come to share a goal: solve crimes, and find time for romance too. “Cuckoo, Cuckoo, report in! Get to the crime scene immediately!” Detective Tang ca 26Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 34 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. 3.7kReads8.4Score242Shelves
- 35 The Two Heroes of the Jing Dynasty Crack a Strange Case 景朝双杰破奇案 (Two male leads + mystery-solving + transmigration + suspense) When a modern young man transmigrates to ancient times, a journey of solving mysteries begins, filled with political schemes, twisted human nature, and betrayal. As the two work alongside a prince to crack one case after another, they face challenge after challenge and uncover shocking truths. In this world of shifting intrigues, can they uphold justice and find a place to call their own? 97Reads6.3Score105Shelves
- 36 The Cold Case Reopens 迷案重启 [Criminal Investigation and Deduction] [Unraveling the Clues to Dispel Layer Upon Layer of Mystery] The Rainy-Night Predator Case The Flower Shop Owner’s Lover The Death of a Streamer A Captive in the Cellar… Murder after murder… Deputy Captain Lin Yi leads his team in solving one bizarre case after another. Who could have guessed that in the end, he would uncover the mystery of his own origins! 94Reads7.3Score108Shelves
- 37 Killer Profile: Detective Captain, Don't Fall for Me 致命侧写：刑侦队长别心动 Hardcore criminal investigation techniques + in-depth criminal profiling Standalone cases + two equally formidable leads testing each other + undercurrents of affection There is no such thing as an unsolved case in the dictionary of Lin Zheng, captain of Yun Gang City’s criminal investigation unit, until he encounters a ritualistic serial killer. When the orchestra’s first-chair violinist is arranged like a musical rest, all the strings snapped; when a gallery owner’s corpse is found kneeling be 70Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 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 123Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Dear Detective (Two-Book Set) 亲爱的推理家(全二册) Dear Detective (Book One): Shen Xisheng, 19, a prodigy detective with perfect looks, perfect observational skills, and perfect deductive ability. Yin Chenxia, 29, a popular novelist with off-the-charts homebody tendencies, off-the-charts aloofness, and detective skills... that are unfathomable. Shen Xisheng has been a devoted superfan of his older half-brother Yin Chenxia since childhood. Hoping to get his brother’s attention, Shen became a fairly well-known detective while attending high school 45Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 40 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
- 41 Fresh Out of the Police Academy, I Solve Cases Like Crazy from the Start 警校刚毕业，实习开局疯狂破案 [No female lead + System + crime-solving] Song Ming transmigrates to a parallel version of China. After the college entrance exam, he binds himself to a Crime Value System and resolutely applies to China's top police academy as the provincial top scorer. After graduating, he is assigned as an intern to the criminal investigation squad in Shaonan City. Starting with an ordinary missing-person case, he goes on to solve the beef noodle case, the human-skin secret identity case, the Silent Lamb case —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Walking Through the Smoke of War 走过硝烟 *Both leads are devoted only to each other!! A fated romance!! Equally matched!! Yuan Xin: “I was born into comfort, yet I’ve never known a single day of happiness.” Yuan Xin, deputy head of the criminal investigation squad in Liaohai City, is decisive and spirited, and famous for working himself to the bone. Zhuang Xingchen is a criminal psychology expert with extraordinary talent and a hidden identity as an undercover agent. How will he face his former love? Dark hands reaching out from the sh 237Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 43 I Became a Criminal Profiling Expert with the System 我靠系统，成为犯罪心理侧写专家 [System] + [No Romance] + [Episodic] + [Criminal Psychology] For Lin Yun, ever since a System calling itself a “master of criminal psychological profiling” crashed into his mind, life has become a case of a tiny cop carrying enormous questions. Is this thing really suitable for a beat cop? 53.4kReads8.4Score7.7kShelves
- 44 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
- 45 Beyond the Fingerprints 指纹之外 Forensic trace expert Lin Du can read any trace, except the ones that lead to himself. At a corpse-burial site in the mountains, the DNA under the victim’s fingernails is a perfect match for Lin Du’s. His partner, Shen Quan, points a gun at him and asks, “Are you here to solve the case, or destroy the evidence?” Lin Du has no answer. He has forgotten more than just his memories: something has also been implanted in his genes. He has no idea that Shen Quan is quietly clenching his right hand into 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Fishing Village’s Bizarre Case 渔村诡案 [Mystery + Criminal Investigation + Strange Encounters and Folklore + Crime + Serial Murders + Rural Secrets] Behind a web of horrifying legends and eerie corpses lie hidden clues. A lone detective cracks one bizarre case after another, bringing long-buried crimes to light. Haifu Village in Qingtan City is an old fishing village by the sea. Most of its original residents are fishermen, yet no one dares to go there to buy seafood. Zhang Dahai is a villager in Haifu. His wife vanished under myster 16.1kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
- 47 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
- 48 The Violet Murder Shroud 紫色凶罩 A woman is found in a cornfield, impaled through the body by a steel bar. Was it revenge, a crime of passion, or torture? Read closely and examine every detail to find the answer. Otherwise, you won’t know the truth until the very end! 220Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Newtown Homicide 新城追凶 In a lively new coastal city, all kinds of bizarre crimes occur amid seemingly ordinary lives. The officers of the Special Investigations Unit rely on their solid professional skills and their determination to solve every major case, sifting through clues until they identify the real culprit. Adapted from a popular, large-scale crime investigation radio drama of the same name, this novel features gripping plots and vivid prose, offering readers an immersive experience that makes them feel as if 497Reads7.7Score110Shelves
- 50 The Rookie Captain Is Surrounded by Criminal Investigation Experts 菜鸟队长身边全是刑侦高手 Good news: I transmigrated. Bad news: This is a world with an extremely high crime rate. San Kou County: the story of Captain Chen Fan and his ace teammates!!!!!! 575Reads8.5Score126Shelves
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