Novels like The Mission of a Crane
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- 1 She Is the Victim 她是受害者 Just after the Dragon Boat Festival, a brutal murder takes place in a shared apartment in an old residential complex in Yecheng. Zhang Yanran is found dead in her bedroom, her body slashed with more than a dozen deep wounds that expose the bone, identical to the Xu Guilan case from a few days earlier. Blood has streamed out of the apartment, alerting a neighbor to call the police. When officers arrive and examine the scene, they are horrified to find Lin Xi, Zhang Yanran's roommate, unconscious 195Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 2 But I'm Really Not the Killer 可我真不是凶手 Zhao Han had been missing for four years, and no one had found him. The moment his fingerprint turned up at a crime scene, he went to the police station of his own accord. Sitting in the interrogation room, he gave his handcuffs a little shake. “But I really am not the murderer.” 1.7kReads6.4Score—Shelves
- 3 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
- 4 My Book Will Kill You 我的书会杀人 [This is a work of fiction. Don't take it as real.] [No romance × heroine stands alone × high intelligence] “When crime becomes art, the killer stands where the signature belongs.” Lin Zhibai, an acclaimed crime novelist, is the brightest star in the city. Her book signings are packed, her columns dissect human nature with surgical precision, and her paintings fetch record prices at auction. In the public eye, she is the very image of elegance, intelligence, and perfection. She is perfection inc 96Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Fifth Element Pavilion Master's 29th Book 五行阁主第29本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Personality Scam 2: The Backup Detective 人格骗局2：替补侦探 In the early hours of October 17, 2011, Su Yi, a twenty-six-year-old anti-drug police officer, died in an explosion meticulously engineered by a drug-trafficking organization. As a result, his younger brother, Su Ming, developed dissociative identity disorder, and for years he lived in the shadow of the bombing. To uncover who was behind his brother's murder, Su Ming conceals his condition and joins the Criminal Investigation Division of the D City Public Security Bureau as a police officer. His 2Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 7 Everyone Is Committing Crimes According to My Schemes 所有人都在我的计谋中实施犯罪 (Genius-level perfect crimes + revenge + a cast of villains + twists + no survivors) (Extremely mind-bending, so proceed with caution if you lack patience.) The chairman of a business empire is ready to step down, but the seat of inheritance doesn't go to his eldest son. His wife gives birth to a son, yet her husband isn't happy in the slightest. His trusted aide is brutally murdered in a park, and, strangely enough, the killer turns himself in and confesses. Just as everyone eagerly awaits the 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Forensic Doctor Is the Suspect 法医小姐她是犯罪嫌疑人 Lin Chuxi gains a strange ability after her best friend dies: she can see exclamation marks above the heads of people nearing death! She can also share the feelings of the dead. While investigating a string of “vampire” killings, she runs into her ex-boyfriend again. She is even mistaken for a “suspect.” To find the real culprit and unravel the conspiracy of the “Playing Card” organization, she joins him in the fight once more. The Spade suit kills brutally, Hearts ensnare their victims, Diamond 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 True Cases of High-IQ Crime 高智商犯罪实录 As technology advances, criminals use increasingly sophisticated methods to kill, and the number of high-IQ offenders is steadily growing. This poses a major challenge for the entire police force. That is why we have begun documenting real cases involving crimes committed by highly intelligent offenders. 273Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 I Woke Up as the Suspect in a Serial Murder Case 一觉醒来，我成了连环杀人案凶手 Zhou Ye, an emergency room doctor, was attacked by a thief and hit his head. When he woke up, the house was in complete disarray. The only thing playing on his phone, over and over, was a video of someone being murdered and dismembered in a brutal, horrifying way. Zhou Ye grumbled to himself that movies these days were getting more and more extreme. It wasn't until Zhou Ye saw his own face in the mirror that he truly panicked. Wasn't that person in the video him? He had to accept the truth: he h 217Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Righteous Outlaw! 正义暴徒！ [Realistic suspense + All Villains + Multiple Twists + Ensemble Cast] A headless bureau chief, a hanged hospital director, a prosecutor shot dead… At the end of 2024, a series of high-IQ murders erupted in a small county town, bringing hundreds of criminal investigation experts rushing to Jiangzhou. To solve the case, task force leader Zhao Xianshi invited Li Xiang, a double PhD in criminal investigation and criminal law, to join the team. Pregnancy-transfer beads, infant eaters, fountains of y 328Reads8.9Score100Shelves
- 12 Behind the Police Officer’s Mask, a Madman Laughs 警察的面具下，是疯子在狂笑 (Dissociative Identity Disorder + Mystery + Criminal Investigation + No Female Lead) On the surface, he's the youngest criminal profiler in the bureau. Rational, composed, and unemotional. But only Pei Qi knows that a madman lives inside his mind. It's a secret he's kept hidden all along. The cases always get solved. It's just that no one knows he doesn't solve them to save people. “I came to hunt down the killer,” he says. But he knows that sometimes, he seems more like an executioner. 110Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 I Woke Up at a Crime Scene Where a Body Was Buried 一觉醒来，我出现在埋尸现场 When I woke up, I found myself at a scene where a body had been buried??? But I wasn't the one who killed them! This transmigration has gone terribly wrong! I can't die! I can't get caught! 145Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 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
- 15 A Psychopath with a Trillion, Finding Healing Every Day 神经病拥有万亿，每天很治愈 (Mystery + Deduction + No System + No Female Lead) When you open your eyes and find yourself carrying the burden of 51 murders, what would you do? Turn yourself in? Run for your life? Or quietly enjoy yourself? When a huge sum of money appears in your account, what would you do? Pursue your dream girl? Buy a house and a car? Or party the night away? And when you become mentally ill, what would you do? Get treatment? Escape reality? Or become completely insane? Mark Twain once said, “Man is the o 311Reads8.4Score102Shelves
- 16 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
- 17 Accomplices 同谋 Dear Task Force, I am the mastermind behind the crimes. You uphold the law, while I protect morality. This meticulous division of labor has made our cooperation on this case go very smoothly, and I would be delighted to discuss things with you in greater depth. I’ve already sent the details of the next case to your phones. I look forward to us making progress together. P.S. Dear Captain Xia, I’m Jiang Cheng. I’m waiting for you at the crime scene. Dare to come? 530Reads8.9Score109Shelves
- 18 I Serve Last Meals to the Rich in the Powerful Elite’s Kitchen 我在权贵厨房给富豪配断头饭 People say a chef is a magician who holds the secret to happiness. But in Su Ye’s eyes, ingredients are elements, cooking is chemistry, and the dining table is the place closest to death, aside from the operating table. An undercooked mushroom, a cup of overreacted bitter almond tea, a carefully planned dinner of foods that “clash.” In this hospital, some patients’ causes of death can never be determined from an autopsy report. A licensed nutritionist, Su Ye wields a yanagiba that can slice top- 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The Realism of Falling 沉沦的写实性 Song Zheng is a clever, independent detective. Solving a case is like putting together a puzzle: evidence is the pieces. Assembling them is easy, but finding them is a thorny road. Female lead: Xu Sui. Her name means “to follow.” Teetering on the edge of a cliff, she can follow the light or the darkness. Whether someone pulls her up or pushes her down, she can handle it. She believes that sinking into darkness is a kind of liberation. Supporting characters: Zhou Guyu, Song Zheng’s assistant an 109Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 20 Death Erases All Debts 身死债消 [Ensemble cast] [Slightly fictionalized setting] [A heroine who grows over time and isn’t perfect; she’ll suffer setbacks, so don’t read if that’s not for you] A cycling team of 18 is riding across the Sichuan-Tibet route when its leader, Wang Zhengming, a judge at Qinghai City Intermediate People’s Court, suddenly collapses and dies in full view of everyone. The police then find a line of tiny writing at the bottom of Wang Zhengming’s pillbox: “The betrayer will die today.” They suspect his wif 2.4kReads8.8Score293Shelves
- 21 To Hell with Heroes 去他的英雄 “This damn world…” “Some people live in splendor…” “Some people get by on a bowl of rice water…” “With a worthless life like mine…” “I just want to stay alive, that’s all…” “What did I do wrong?!?” “What did I do wrong?!?” “Bah!” “To hell with heroes!" 218Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 22 Leaves Fall Without a Trace, Without a Sound 叶落无痕默无声 (Some content in this book may cause physical discomfort. If you experience symptoms such as dizziness or nausea, stop reading immediately.) A dim, deathly silent chamber, a bizarrely ticking life-and-death watch, a smoke trap that could kill at any moment, six dead-end paths concealing deadly dangers... The screen lit up, and Ye Luo, a boy who had vanished for many years, returned to the world. With a smile, he announced: This death game, named after sin, had been designed just for them. 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Happy Apartment 3: Someday, Somehow 幸福公寓3：有生之年 One rainy night five years ago, seventeen-year-old Yao Hui'er drove without a license after drinking and hit twenty-two-year-old Zhao Jinmo on a country lane. Zhao had escaped from a psychiatric hospital and had been falsely declared mentally ill. Yao Lan, Hui'er's mother, wanted to save her daughter, her precious lifeline, and give Zhao Jinmo, who had been driven to desperation, a chance to live. So she used the organs of Yao Hui'er, who was brain-dead, to save Zhao, whose liver and kidneys had 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Hunting the Killer: Dangerous Little Girl 追凶：危险萝莉 This was the promise Fang Jinghui made to her. “Next time we meet, could you give me another lollipop? Strawberry-flavored.” The little girl’s eyes flickered. She looked completely harmless. “That’s my candy. How could you give my candy… to someone else?” “I killed her and took my candy back. This candy belongs only to me!” It was as if Fang Jinghui had created a demon with his own hands and raised it himself. There was a serial murder case in Huaicheng, and he suspected she was the mastermind 325Reads7.0Score106Shelves
- 25 Happy Apartment 2: No Bones Left Behind 幸福公寓2：尸骨无存 The little landlady is fed up. There’s so much trouble in her apartment building! She thought life would return to normal after the cases in the first book were solved, but then trouble struck again! 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Reasoning Is Useful, but It’s Really Annoying 推理虽然有用但真的很令人讨厌 [Strong heroine + no romance + female detective + real-case investigations + murder mystery games] 1, 2, 3, 4... Number 7. The first time the seven of them saw Number 8, she used her cane to smash the head of the butler holding the key to the villa. After the first murder, Number 8 calmly told them all to stay put. To find the murderer and learn each of their true identities, she had poisoned every one of them. In the cruise ship case, the seven tried to get rid of Number 8 by framing her for a 1.2kReads8.6Score320Shelves
- 27 Prophecy Is No Crime 预言无罪 [Criminal investigations] + [No System, no brainless characters] Ten years ago, a psychopathic killer called Blackface escaped capture. Ten years later, Blackface is back. If I tell you who the killer is, can you figure out how the crimes were committed? Who deserves to die, and who doesn’t? The White Witch’s daughter awakens from the darkness. Faced with the trials of human nature and the law, what will she choose? A series of major cases, each intricately connected. Just how powerful can Black 3kReads8.8Score339Shelves
- 28 The Death Prophet: My Predictions Are So Accurate the Government Has Its Eye on Me 死亡预言家，预言太准被国家盯上 [Death prophet + death designer + spirit medium + protective System + nation that values talent + powerful allies] After being blacklisted across the internet as a top-tier star and abandoned by everyone she knew, Yan Ling jumps into a river and is rescued by Granny Meng, who watches over a cemetery. When Granny Meng passes away, Yan Ling weeps as she inherits her roles as cemetery keeper and spirit medium, then weeps again as she binds herself to the Heavenly Retribution System. From then on, s 41.5kReads8.4Score7.5kShelves
- 29 My Family Are Police Officers, But I'm a Murderer 家人是警察？可我是杀人犯 (Content warning: No female lead, no System, and the protagonist is not a good person. Readers with strong moral sensibilities, proceed with caution.) Being adopted by a wealthy and powerful family might seem like a dream life to anyone: money and influence are there for the taking. But is it really that simple? What if they had ulterior motives from the moment they adopted you? Yan Jue learned from a young age not to romanticize any profession. He also knew that in this family, he was little mo 59Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 30 Watch Your Life 小心你的命 He Li works in e-commerce customer service and depends on her mother for support. The two of them make a living from a single online shop. When she first opened it, He Li did everything herself, from operations and customer service to packing orders. Little by little, the store began to thrive. But fate had other plans: one after-sales complaint destroyed all the hard work He Li had put into it. 31Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 31 Everyone Who Killed Me Died in the End 杀了我的人最后全死了 Li Zongyang was abandoned as a baby. Tang Fang was a mute girl, despised from childhood. Fate made them mother and son, and they became the light in each other's lives. When that "light" went out, when he "died once," darkness became Li Zongyang's world. He became a ruthless, patient assassin, laying plans across the realm and swearing to make everyone who had bullied him pay in blood. 47Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 32 The Heretic of the World 世界的异端 [Dual protagonists + no System + no female lead + no making characters stupid + no formulaic plot + somewhat dark] After that incident, Zhong Qi became a child pitied by the media and the public. He could have become an excellent doctor, but ultimately turned into an infamous serial criminal. Lü Fangxu was a boy-band idol. Because his father was mentally ill, he suffered countless instances of bullying as a child. He gritted his teeth and left the countryside, hoping to make something of himself 129Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 33 [Hope of Blood] 【血之希望】 Elite police officer Xia Xuansheng has solved countless murder cases at a young age, until a criminal organization called Hope emerged. It was the first and only case that ever stumped him. Who is pulling the strings behind the organization, and what story lies behind it? It seems to be connected to a terrifying international crime syndicate. It is up to him to uncover the truth. Who is Kid, the mysterious boy in the clown mask, really? What secrets does he hold? A tangled web of complications r 688Reads9.3Score100Shelves
- 34 Crime Solving: The Perfect Crime That Started It All! 破案：从一场完美犯罪开始！ Behind what seemed like a simple prison break lies a flawless crime. Every deduction points to that perfect man, yet not a shred of evidence can prove it. He became the obsession of police captain Xia Ge, and that obsession became her partner. A murder with no victim, copycats everywhere, an evil bridge club... One baffling case after another, each leaving the police helpless, has made him famous as a consulting detective. Is he an angel or a demon? No one knows. Perhaps he is simply atoning for 5Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 35 Give It a Rest! You're Sending a Psychopathic Killer to Solve Cases? 别闹了！你让疯批杀人魔去破案？ (Two male leads + no harem + ruthless and decisive + comedy + mystery + mind games + twisted + slow burn) He was once a child prodigy, but one day he lost his memory. His father was a police officer who died young, and his grandfather was a police officer who also died young. He became a police officer too. He’s just not afraid of dying. He’s a complete idiot, too stupid to solve cases and useless at just about everything. By day, he’s a police officer. By night, he’s an all-powerful serial kill 16Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 36 Happy Apartment 1: No Evidence of Death 幸福公寓1：死无对证 One rainy night five years ago, seventeen-year-old Yao Hui'er drove without a license after drinking and hit twenty-two-year-old Zhao Jinmo on a country road. Zhao had escaped from a psychiatric hospital and had been falsely diagnosed as mentally ill. To save her precious daughter and give Zhao, who had been driven to the brink, a chance to live, Yao Hui's mother, Yao Lan, used the organs of brain-dead Yao Hui to save Zhao, whose liver and kidneys were damaged. While arranging surgery to repair 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Fang Xiaoxiao 方晓晓 After an impulsive moment, Fang Xiaoxiao, a girl still in eighth grade, accidentally killed a classmate who had bullied her. Terrified, she decided to hide the body. To evade the investigation, Fang Xiaoxiao was forced to cover up the traces of her crime and convince herself that it was all an accident, just a coincidence. People can choose to believe lies, but they can never escape reality. The mind can pretend nothing happened, but the rotting body is real. On the seventh day after the deat 468Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 38 Who Is the Killer? 谁是凶手 The truth behind a series of murders in Baichuan City has been buried for sixteen years, and the killer is still at large. Sixteen years later, the murders begin again. Three people connected to the cold case join forces to uncover the truth, each concealing secrets of their own, as they wait for the truth to come to light... 460Reads9.2Score100Shelves
- 39 A Book by Maladaxi Gua 麻辣大西瓜的一本书 Jiang Ning transmigrates into a crime scene and becomes the scapegoat for the original victim. At the same time, she gets bound to a Crime System. Jiang Ning: Wait, is this right? She didn't kill anyone, so why should she go to prison? She's young and doesn't want to take a fifty-year shortcut to misery, so she has to pull out all the stops to make this look like a perfect crime and clear herself of suspicion. The System lends a hand, too. Not only does it tell her how to dispose of the body, it 16kReads8.6Score1.9kShelves
- 40 I Became a Tutor and Got Caught Up in an Imperfect Revenge 我做家教，卷入了不完美复仇 [Realism] [High-IQ Crime] [Ultimate Battle of Wits] [No Female Lead] [For Logic Lovers] Li Hongjian, a top-tier star influencer with tens of millions of followers, is enjoying a relaxing seaside vacation when an uninvited guest interrupts him: Che Xinggang, the police officer who investigated that serial murder case years ago. Did it all begin with that accidental fall from a building? No. It began even earlier, with an invitation to tutor someone for half a million yuan. A poor-born top stud 108Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The One and Only Pure White Jasmine 唯一纯白地茉莉花 Kui Xiaoka was proud and unyielding, yet she fell into his trap... But she didn't even have the right to cry out in pain. A jasmine in full bloom, pure white as it opens and tragic as it withers. 100Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 42 The Criminal's Code 罪犯密码 I’ve always believed that only works with real depth are worth readers’ time! I hope you can see the characters grow as you read this novel! Some people always think that little people don’t matter, until their retaliation exceeds all expectations. Only then do they realize, too late, how wrong they were! Gao Lei smiled faintly. After taking a few puffs, he asked Shen Che, “What is a police officer’s responsibility?” Shen Che replied, “Fight crime and maintain public order.” Gao Lei stubbed ou 647Reads—Score102Shelves
- 43 Banxia and Qiao An 半夏和乔安 Jiang Banxia won her company a project to renovate a detached villa in the suburbs. She brought her assistant Qin Chao to survey the site. Though the villa was almost abandoned, traces of its former splendor and luxury remained. Jiang Banxia went up to the third floor alone. A room with a broken doorknob inexplicably piqued her curiosity. Just as she was about to push the door open, a cool, unfamiliar male voice sounded behind her: “Who are you?” 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Killing His Wife 杀死妻子 To deal with scumbag men, use their own tactics against them and leave them with nowhere to turn. Lin Xia is busy uncovering the truth, inheriting a fortune worth over a billion, and helping women hurt by their partners. Her enemies are formidable: a scheming man who marries into a wealthy family to exploit it, a crafty tycoon, a faithless husband who murders his wife for insurance money, a manipulative man who scams women out of money and sex, and an elite lawyer who commits sexual violence… 935Reads9.3Score173Shelves
- 45 Atonement 弥罪 I fell through the darkness and saw my own eyes in the reflection. The more someone fears trouble, the more trouble comes looking for them. We are all creatures struggling to survive among the thorns, reaching out our guilty hands in the direction time flows. And now, what can I use to make amends for my sins? 872Reads9.1Score125Shelves
- 46 I Fight Crime in a Dating Sim 我在恋爱游戏里打击犯罪 What’s it like to get sucked into a romance game you made yourself? And all seven romanceable characters are well-dressed perverts. To stay alive, she has no choice but to send all seven of her unruly boys into the game. So the seven once-glorious prodigies end up huddled together in their miserable state, talking about their girlfriends. Then they’re shocked to discover that all their girlfriends look exactly alike. Different personas, but the same style of pinky ring. The only difference is th 622Reads9.3Score108Shelves
- 47 A High-IQ Madman Designs Hundreds of Announced Murders 高智商疯子，设计百起预告杀人案 [High-IQ crime] [Ruthless, cold, calculating, and mad male lead] [Not reborn] [No System] [No female lead] A mysterious murderer who is rarely seen suddenly appears in Jiangcheng, calling himself the Judge. The Judge's days are always full. Monday: He judges a popular young actor who preyed on female college students. What a lovely day. Tuesday: He judges a billionaire who has committed every kind of evil, leaving himself refreshed and invigorated. Wednesday: He calls the task force directly. 5.3kReads—Score400Shelves
- 48 The Overbearing CEO Falls in Love with Me 霸道总裁爱上我 To save her mother, she has no choice but to make an exorbitantly priced deal with a mysterious man. Five years later, she returns as a newcomer to the entertainment industry, only for him to trap her in his car and warn her to stay away from his son. If she takes one step closer, he’ll make sure not a blade of grass grows on her grave! She tries to avoid him, but keeps running into him again and again. Later, he pins her in his arms and demands coldly, “Once was an accident, twice was a coincid 465Reads8.7Score108Shelves
- 49 Dirty Rose 脏玫瑰 A murder case eight years ago cost Wen Li everything, but with crucial evidence missing, the real culprit is still at large. Years later, she meticulously lays her plans, determined to make the killer and the accomplices who turned a blind eye pay for what they did. Xu Changchuan of the criminal investigation squad never imagined he’d end up on a blind date at a breakfast shop, only for his date to become a suspect at a case analysis meeting the very next moment. Using his position to get close 1.2kReads8.9Score159Shelves
- 50 Miss Chuntang's Diary 春棠小姐记事簿 Xing Sili gazed out the window. “Do you know how peaceful Fushui City was before you came here?” Shi Chuntang looked a little wronged. “That was just the calm before the storm. Besides, it's not like I egged everyone on to commit crimes.” Xing Sili looked at the several case reports he had yet to finish. “Please, can you stop going out until I've finished writing them?” Shi Chuntang flashed her gleaming white teeth in a perfect smile. “Nope.” Content warning: The male and female leads have quite 482Reads9.1Score103Shelves
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