Novels like I Think Backward, Yet I’m Forced to Become a Detective
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- 51 Kunkun’s Wonderful Ninth Book 坤坤的奇妙的第9本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 My Wife, Who Loves Night Jogging 爱上夜跑的妻子 The Wife Who Fell in Love with Night Running —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 You Asked Me to Confess, So You Found the Tiger of the Major Crimes Unit? 让你表白，你找重案组之虎？ [System + One Female Lead + Sweet Everyday Romance + Crime Solving + Comedy + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger] Lu Shen was a police officer in his previous life. After laying down his life in the line of duty, he transmigrated to a parallel world and became a probationary officer reporting for duty once again. I'd already given my life to the country in my last life. Couldn't I enjoy myself this time around? I figured I'd landed a secure job with benefits and great pay, so I could lie flat and be 215Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 54 The Hidden Killer 隐匿的凶手 Fifteen years ago, a devastating explosion destroyed five once-happy families. Fifteen years later, a graceful, confident young woman walks into the police station, and a long-sealed string of numbers is brought back into use. A deadly struggle of love and hate, gratitude and grievance, life and death, good and evil is about to begin... 469Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 55 Crime Solving: From the Start, I Was Examining My Ex-Girlfriend’s Body, and I Lost It! 破案：开局验尸前女友，我怒了！ Domestic abuse, murder... This is the first case Lin Mu encounters after he transmigrates! Faced with such a start, Lin Mu doesn’t back down. He’s determined to catch the culprit and speak for the dead... 177Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 A Mountain of Sin: My Memoir 罪恶滔天：我的备忘录 (Written entirely by hand, not AI, and adapted from real events.) If you can't sleep, why not read a short story based on a real case? I pushed open the bedroom in our newlywed home, expecting to hear my wife laughing as she played with our month-old son. But the laughter never came. Instead... instead... No romance, no idiot characters, and no female lead. Solving the case is the whole point. The book is divided into sections. The first volume is told in first person, while the second is simila 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 The Chaser 追赶者 “Solving a case is like putting together a puzzle. The hardest and most crucial part is often finding the last one or two pieces.” [Standalone cases + criminal investigation + rigorous deduction + no romance] A massive meteor shower is on its way, and a group of enthusiasts gather at a campsite on the outskirts of the city to watch the stars. In the dead of night, a scream rings out. A man has been stabbed to death. The caller tells the police that they may have killed him. But his habit of usin 87Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 58 The Crime Investigation Unit 罪案调查组 Seven years ago, a serial murder case known as the “Campus Poet” killings shocked the entire city. After murdering five people, the killer vanished without a trace. Detective Captain Chen Guodong was caught in an explosion while pursuing the killer, leaving him gravely injured and with amnesia. A legend of the police force had fallen. Seven years later, a body is found in a ritualistic style identical to the old murders. The bloody poem at the scene points unmistakably to Chen Guodong's sealed c 106Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 Born to Be a Cop, Every Skill I Learn Is for Crime 先天警察圣体，领悟全是犯罪技能 Born with the soul of a police officer, but does he only learn criminal skills? Su Chen transmigrates into the body of a rookie police officer who has just started the job. He unexpectedly awakens an ability with heaven-defying comprehension: simply watching a movie lets him master all sorts of skills! But the skills he learns take a rather crooked turn. They're all criminal skills?! After watching Breaking Bad, he learns the art of making deadly drugs, becomes a drug-making master, and infiltra 44Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 60 Showbiz Is Just a Game, Do I Really Need This Many Skills? 娱乐：混圈而已，需要这么多技能 “This is a fictional story, so just enjoy the fun.” Gu Qing, an utterly ordinary fourth-year college student. One day, an explosion sends him into a parallel world, where he's a nobody ranked beyond the eighteenth tier. From then on, He's the one slaughtering pigs and hunting in the wild! He's the one creating timeless hit songs! He's the one cracking jokes and going off the rails! And he's the one who marries the goddess! Netizens: You said you were going to be a washed-up pretty boy. Wh 428Reads8.4Score102Shelves
- 61 A Book by Little Pumpkin 小小南瓜的一本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your follows are what keep me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 170Reads6.9Score101Shelves
- 62 Solving a Case from the Start Rewards Me with a Hundred Million 开局破案奖励一个亿 “Ding! Congratulations on solving the serial murder case in Li Family Village. Reward: SSS-rank ability card: X-ray vision!” “Ding! Congratulations on solving the cheating case at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Reward: SSS-rank item card: 100 million yuan!” On the surface, I'm an utterly ordinary second-grade elementary school student. In reality, I'm the world's greatest detective, and no truth can escape my deductions! 12Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 63 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 80.1kReads8.8Score5.6kShelves
- 64 Criminal Investigation: The Ghost-Hunting Outsider Trio 刑侦：编外三人组猎鬼 Ensemble cast, mind-bending cases | Every case ties into the main plot | A formidable partnership | No romance | No real ghosts | The Rose Garden is buried beneath countless bones, and a blood-soaked woman’s corpse hangs from an ancient tree. Everyone says ghosts are to blame. But there are no ghosts in this world, and some people’s hearts are more evil than any demon’s. A journalist’s timed video bomb brings together MSA’s most unconventional unofficial team: ✦ Team leader Han Yi: A former crim 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 I'm a Death-Row Inmate, Not a Detective 我是死刑犯，不是神探 [Full-cast audio drama now available] [Crime Solving + Deduction] [Cases move at a brisk pace] Xu Tian, a top university student, is wrongly imprisoned. Just before his scheduled execution, his sentence is commuted to death with a two-year reprieve. As long as he’s alive, there’s hope. Xu Tian studies criminal investigation techniques, waiting for the day he can leave prison and clear his name. Then, one day, the criminal police team comes to him for help... After solving one strange case after 3.9kReads8.1Score371Shelves
- 66 The Blind Date We Agreed On Turned into a Murder Scene 说好的相亲竟然变成了凶案现场 After Chen Jian'an transmigrates, the System forces him to go on a blind date. The System activates at the restaurant, awakening the strongest detective skills. He immediately solves a case in which a man murdered his wife at the restaurant. Unexpectedly, the entire investigation is livestreamed by his blind date. He goes viral in an instant! “Next time Chen Jian'an is around, let's not say a word, okay?” “Captain Qin, why not?” “Hearing him analyze everything like a machine gun makes me feel li 69Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 67 Beast-Soul Police Officer: I Can Extract the Skills of Ten Thousand Beasts! 兽魂警察：我能提取万兽技能！ [Feel-good power fantasy] [System] [No romance] [Fast-paced] Su Yun awakens the Beast Soul System from the start. From that day on, he goes farther and farther down the bright path of law enforcement. Eagle Eye awakened: Become a walking radar, and no crime can escape detection! Canine sense of smell: I can sniff out whether your rock candy is pure, and whether you’re a hopeless simp! Shark sense: Everything related to water is under my control… Cheetah speed, black bear strength, fox-like cunni 1.9kReads7.4Score226Shelves
- 68 I'm a Detective: Hunting Down Violent Criminals, Shocking the Provincial Department! 我是刑警：围猎悍匪，省厅震惊！ Qi Chuan returns to 1990. After graduating from the People’s Police Academy, he is assigned to the grassroots level for hands-on training! From the start, he walks straight into a shootout between police and criminals! Ding dong! System successfully activated! Every shot takes a bandit out with a headshot. You call that basic training? Major Crimes Unit! Economic Crimes Unit! Narcotics Unit! From Captain Qi to Director Qi, he rises effortlessly through the ranks and beats the heavens at t 19Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 69 Crime Solving: The Master Detective of a Parallel World 破案：平行世界里的神探 701Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 70 The Day I Joined the Team, I Filled Out the Meritorious Service Record 入队当天，填满立功表 Pei Yuan spent two and a half years training at the police academy. On the day he joined the force, he got a System. Every criminal he apprehended earned him Justice Points, which he could use to redeem mystery boxes. Inside each box were clues about various suspects. On his way to work, Pei Yuan casually caught a wanted criminal. On his first assignment, he immediately arrested a fugitive. While resolving a dispute between doctors and patients, he uncovered an organ-trafficking ring... Less —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 A Hundred Times More Brutal Than Criminals, and You Call Him a Cop? 比罪犯凶悍百倍，你管他叫警察？ Wu Wei transmigrates to a parallel world and decides to become a police officer again. On his first day reporting for duty, he awakens the Tough Cop System. Complete the System's missions or choose one of its suggested plans, and he'll receive a random reward. [Congratulations, Host, you've identified an A-Class wanted criminal. A flying kick straight to their weak point will earn you a clue related to the case.] [Use force against a petty thief, and once you're done, you'll receive “Godlike Str 10Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 72 The Death Code on the Shipping Label 快递单上的死亡密码 A shipping label from three years ago is the key piece of evidence in Su Ming’s murder. Following the invisible writing on it, Lin Ye investigates and gets caught up in a deadly struggle between the “Black Fox” and the “Protection Umbrella Alliance.” 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 Terminally Ill, I Win Over the Internet by Solving Cases 身患绝症，我靠破案感动全网 [Criminal Investigation + System + Mystery + Justice + Livestreaming] Lin Yi is an ordinary police officer on the criminal investigation team, where his only regular duty is sketching portraits of suspects. But when Lin Yi is diagnosed with cancer and falls into a coma, with little time left to live, the Life-for-Crime-Solving System binds itself to him. From then on, his life is turned upside down! Risk your life to solve a case and earn ten extra days of life, plus the permanent Detective’s Ey 272Reads6.7Score107Shelves
- 74 White Terror 白色恐怖 [Wildly Imaginative Twists] + [Extensive Foreshadowing] + [Social Unrest] + [Mystery and the Supernatural] The campus, bustling by day, is eerily quiet at night... A group of girls playing with a spirit board in their dormitory happen upon the body of a woman who fell to her death. Rumors spread that a ghost is responsible. Then another girl is pushed down the stairs by an evil spirit in the teaching building! Panic grips the campus. Before long, a female teacher is killed by a ghost on camera a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 Reborn in 1998: A Young Cop's Rise to the Top 重生1998小警一路逆袭 Pure crime-solving Time flows backward, and fate is rewritten. Through a strange twist of fate, Lin Mo returns to 1998, where everything begins anew. This time, he is no longer the soldier forced to leave the military due to his injuries. Instead, he is a “rookie” armed with memories and wisdom from the future. Faced with a fresh start, he resolutely chooses a career in the police force, vowing to fulfill every ambition left unrealized in his previous life. Cases come one after another, from 4.8kReads8.3Score435Shelves
- 76 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
- 77 One First-Class Merit Every Day, and You Call Me a Police Academy Student? 每天一个一等功，你管这叫警校生 Li Yang transmigrates to a parallel world as a police academy student. He plans to coast through life, but somehow… suspects keep turning themselves in every day. Police academy: What do you mean, you never meant to solve cases, but your rank is already higher than mine after just one year? 5.2kReads8.4Score588Shelves
- 78 Criminal Investigation Division: I Specialize in Bizarre Cases! 刑侦总队，我专攻奇案！ [Focused on solving cases, no female lead] [Hardcore criminal investigation] Su Rui unexpectedly awakens the God of Crime-Solving System. Every time he solves a case, he receives a random reward. As he gains more and more rewards, including keen observation, forensic trace analysis, and autopsy skills... Su Rui's forensic science skills grow ever more impressive. After cracking a series of ordinary cases, he catches the attention of the provincial criminal investigation bureau, which assigns him 1.3kReads8.4Score106Shelves
- 79 Undercover Detective on the Killer’s Trail 暗探追凶 (No System, pure deduction, no female lead, somewhat graphic, mind-bending twists and turns) The darkest corners of human nature harbor the most unspeakable evil in the world. Serial dismemberments, near-perfect high-IQ crimes, and a depraved pervert addicted to mutilating corpses. One bizarre murder after another leads to a fated nemesis... A deeply cunning psychiatrist and an upright, principled police captain join forces to uncover the thought-provoking truth behind these bizarre and baffling 758Reads8.2Score143Shelves
- 80 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 2.6kReads8.4Score252Shelves
- 81 You Empty Your Magazine Right Away, and You Call That an Auxiliary Cop? 上来清空弹夹，你管这叫辅警？ Fresh out of college, Su Ran became an auxiliary police officer. [Ding! Awakened the Berserker Police System...] [Major case lead detected. Use a body slam to claim a reward.] From then on, Su Ran’s approach to solving cases began to change... Criminals resisting arrest? They get a taste of righteous fists! Run into a gang fight? I’ll take down the whole gang by myself with a gun. Come across a pervert? I’ll hit him with a lightning-fast five-whip combo until he can’t get enough! As long as Su R 3kReads7.1Score447Shelves
- 82 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
- 83 Reborn: A Smooth Rise to the Top 重生之平步青云 One day, when the tiger returns to the mountains, I’ll bathe half the world in blood. One day, when the dragon enters the sea, I’ll churn the rivers and overturn the seas. One day, when the eagle spreads its wings, I’ll rule Liang City. A golden-scaled fish is no ordinary creature. When the wind and clouds rise, it becomes a dragon. See how Wei Xianjun, reborn, shakes up the officialdom and soars ninety thousand miles into the sky! 37Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 84 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
- 85 You Set Me Up on a Date, and I Took Down a Wanted Criminal Alone? 让你相亲，你单枪匹马拿下通缉犯？ 182Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 86 Su Yi'an, Junior Minister of the Court of Judicial Review 大理寺少卿苏以安 Su Yi'an, the son of a Tang dynasty official, was raised in the countryside, where he and his grandmother depended on each other. By a twist of fate, Empress Wu Zetian appointed him Deputy Minister of Justice. From then on, he and two friends solved one baffling case after another. As they investigated, the truth behind his father's disappearance slowly came to light. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 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 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 I'm a Police Officer, So Why Do I Have All These Villain Skills? 我是民警啊，怎么全是反派技能？ A new work is here! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 39Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 89 1998: Who Stole the County Magistrate's Donkey? 1998，是谁动了县长的驴？ [Before You Read]: High-octane suspense and wild imagination + sensory contamination + power games Enter the donkey’s abyss at your own risk... [Warning! Consciousness Contamination Index: 81%] I woke up to find myself and four others bound and thrown into a deadly game of the mind > Rule: violently cram the consciousness of all five of us into a donkey’s brain! > And this donkey is said to be the only witness to a string of murders in 1998. > The murders are still happening! The real killer is 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 Reborn in the 1990s: Solving Serial Murder Cases 重生九零刑侦，破获连环杀人案 “Help! Somebody save me!” A feeble cry for help rings out across the playground in the darkness! As the fog clears, a blood-soaked corpse is found nailed to the lawn, its vacant eyes staring straight ahead. The cries for help still echo in the air! Possessing a corpse? After being reborn, Ye Xuan binds himself to the God-Tier Detective System. Every solved case earns him special abilities and all kinds of rewards! From then on, Ye Xuan sets out on an endless path of solving cases! If your crimin 301Reads5.7Score104Shelves
- 91 Crime Solving: I Woke Up at a Crime Scene and Became Stronger 破案：从案发现场睡醒就变强 Crime solving + System + comedy. He wakes up to find a beautiful female corpse in his arms and a bouncy little girl livestreaming nearby. Can someone tell me who I am, where I am, and what on earth I did? A top assassin from his previous life gains a System and is reborn as a criminal investigator, setting out on a path of revenge, only to discover an enormous mystery lurking behind his identity. “Congratulations, Master! You’ve woken up at the crime scene. You’ve received an autopsy lab as a re 20Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 92 The Legendary Case Files of the Female Chief Minister 女首辅的断案传奇 Remember that portly Magistrate Di? Remember those baffling cases that were so hard to crack? Remember... But!! This is a female-oriented mystery, so... hehehe. A legendary detective story set in a fictionalized classical era, starring a chubby female minister! If you love brain-teasing mysteries and solving crimes, come on in, sweeties. You'll find things you can guess and things you can't, as well as things you expect but never saw coming. Of course, there's no romance!!!! This isn't a mindles 69Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 93 Officer, Are You a Lucky Charm? First-Class Merits Keep Landing on Your Doorstep 警官你锦鲤呀？一等功天天送上门 After twenty years of bad luck, Lin Ran became a police officer. On his first day on the job, he awakened the Lucky Cop System. Hailing a cab? He runs into a Class B wanted criminal. Passing by a bank, he happens to catch a gang of bank robbers. He takes a casual stroll down the street, and criminals come to confess to him. From then on, wherever Lin Ran goes, criminals are sure to follow. First-Class Merit? Lin Ran, are you handing those out wholesale? 815Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 94 I Arrested a Wanted Criminal on My First Day at Work 入职当天，我抓了个通缉犯 My new work is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 273Reads7.2Score100Shelves
- 95 The Suspect Came Right to My Door. It’s Fine If I Just Arrest Him, Right? 嫌疑人送上门，我直接抓没问题吧 [Guaranteed no female lead, and guaranteed to finish at a million words!] After Wu Xiaofan transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a police officer, everything changes. He helps a woman passing by carry her child, only to discover she's a human trafficker. He goes to a convenience store to buy ice cream, only to run into a con artist. When he passes a jewelry store, the robbers turn on each other, and he gets to catch them without lifting a finger. He kindly offers to walk an old woman hom 2.6kReads8.7Score242Shelves
- 96 Casework: My Epic Showdown with the Criminal! 探案，我与案犯巅峰对决！ A nightmare from the start: transmigrate into a murder suspect's body, then turn around and teach the police how to solve the case. After transmigrating to a parallel world, Wu Wei becomes a high school senior filling out his college entrance exam application. Before he can finish entering the code for his final school, two police officers show up in his classroom. Officers: We suspect you committed murder! Wu Wei: ??????!!! After merging his memories, he analyzes the bloodstains... The officers 738Reads7.0Score115Shelves
- 97 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
- 98 Dawn Task Force 破晓专案组 (Complete) [Brain-Twisting Criminal Investigation Cases] + [Crime Solving Focus] + [Limited Romance] + [No System] + [Fast-Paced] (Criminal Investigation Captain × Psychological Consultant) 70% cases, 30% romance They join forces to hunt down criminals and unravel the darkest mysteries of human nature. “There are two kinds of justice: the law, and... my gun.”, Ji Ming “A criminal’s mind is often colder than a corpse.”, Jiang Qingci (The romance develops slowly. The main focus is Crime Solving.) 686Reads—Score130Shelves
- 99 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
- 100 I Went Undercover to Bust a Prostitution Ring, Then Knocked a Killer Out with a Brick! 实习去扫黄，一砖拍晕杀人狂！ After transmigrating into the body of a rookie police officer, Yan Xujie gets assigned to his first mission: a raid on a prostitution ring! He thought he'd find scantily clad women, but the burly man he casually knocked unconscious turned out to be a serial killer! Then, while on a weekend blind date, he accidentally discovers a drug deal in progress. And the ringleader is his date? Well, there's nothing more to say! Everyone is equal before justice, especially your blind date! Cuff them! Cuff t 4kReads7.0Score518Shelves
