Novels like The Yuan'an Chronicles
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Yuan'an Chronicles, best match first.
- 1 Cold Fox Bones: Spring with Embroidered Uniforms and Blades 青狐骨冷：锦衣绣刀春 A frail, sickly fox-like beauty × a ruthless, cold-hearted, money-loving Embroidered Uniform Guard Investigations + everyday life + mutual teasing + secret devotion Guo Ke: Frail and sickly, with a fondness for smiling. When she gets close to the truth, she unconsciously smiles like a little fox. She loves blue-green clothes and wears her long hair loose. (Lu Bing always says she looks like a female ghost.) Lu Bing: Ruthless and cold-hearted, walking the line between good and evil. Their unspoke 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Sharp-Tongued Couple's Everyday Crime Solving 毒舌夫妇的破案日常 “Scheming heiress x sharp-tongued Ministry of Justice official” “Historical mystery in a fictional dynasty + bickering enemies + a mix of sweet and angsty romance.” One word: satisfying! The Sharp-Tongued Couple’s Everyday Casework is a collection of short mystery stories about a bickering married couple! When a cold, aloof vice minister of justice meets a scheming heiress, they solve cases by trading barbs and fall for each other through their verbal sparring! Ming Jing, a vice minister of just 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Peerless Detective of the Tang Dynasty 大唐无双神探 After transmigrating to ancient times, Fang Wushuang discovers that the dynasty in this world is called the Great Tang, but it is not the Tang dynasty from the history he knows. Faced with mysterious and baffling cases and murders shrouded in uncertainty, Fang Wushuang becomes a legendary detective in another world, teaming up with martial artists who can travel to heaven and earth to solve one deadly case after another. Human brains made into elixirs, deadly lotuses, a snake-demon crone, bloods 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Investigative Guard: Framed as a Death Row Inmate, I Solve Cases to Escape a Deadly Trap 察事卫：穿成死囚我靠断案逆死局 [Transmigrate into a book] [Ancient-style Inspectorate] [Hardcore Mysterious Cases] [Comeback from the Brink] Reincarnated as a condemned prisoner, you're due to be executed along with your entire family in three days. Everyone says demons stole the silver, but Wang Ming sees through it at a glance: it was all done by human hands. One case file tears apart the false evidence, and three sentences leave the presiding judge speechless. Seven days to solve the case and live. Fail, and die. A demon c 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Adorable Ming Dynasty Coroner 大明仵作小娇娘 She is a young coroner with unmatched skill in medicine and poison, uncanny precision in examining corpses, and a mysterious past. He is a cold, fearsome officer who abandoned literature for the military, devoted to justice and determined to uncover the real culprit. Together, they solve one strange case after another, striking fear into the hearts of criminals. She conceals her identity and secretly investigates an old case, setting off a struggle for the throne within the palace. He studies un 296Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 6 Strange Tales of the Song Dynasty 宋朝异闻录 Mystery + comedy. Bai Jingjing's mother and father both passed away, and her father died under mysterious circumstances. Alone and with no one to rely on, she has no choice but to accept Xia Ze's kindness. But she never imagined it would draw her into an even greater conspiracy... 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 From Abandoned Slave to Powerful Minister: A Fallen Heiress Is Forced to Solve Cases 弃奴成权臣，落魄千金被迫探案 [Abduction and possession + love and hate + rekindled love + Tang Dynasty supernatural tales + mystery and political intrigue] Historical mystery romance with a happy ending * A cold-hearted, cold-blooded, black-lotus heroine with a snake-like edge x a happy puppy of a hero who has become a bitter, fallen man It was an ordinary day in the sixteenth year of the Zhenguan era. The Crown Prince was once again holding a nighttime banquet for the Turkic chiefs when maggots suddenly poured from the st 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Trace Examination: The Entire Sect Is Hunting Me, So I Investigate Murders in the Immortal Sect 验痕：全宗通缉，我在仙门查命案 My entire family was slaughtered, and I was the only one left alive. So I became the sole suspect. They didn’t examine the blade. They wrote the accusation first. The words “escaped with an evil talisman” were put to paper, and that paper went down the mountain ahead of me, posted in a place I’d never been in my life. I don’t cry injustice. To cry injustice, you need someone to believe you. Evidence doesn’t. The angle of the wounds, the direction of the blood trails, the way the bodies had bee —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Sinan 1: The Divine Mechanism Scroll 司南1：神机卷 [Mystery-solving + suspense + romance] A highly acclaimed new historical mystery novel from Ce Ce Qing Han, author of The Record of Hairpins! A sudden thunderclap splits the sky. Fires erupt across the three halls, and the weight of the realm is reduced to ashes in an instant. That night, the extraordinary meridians of Zhu Yuheng are sealed by blood-red lines. When he awakens, the lands of the Nine Provinces have become a dream, and he has only one year left to live. At the end of his rope, a de 217Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 10 The Great Xuan Secret Records 大宣秘事录 [Historical romance + mystery and case-solving + episodic] [A clever, courageous female investigator burdened by a blood feud × the heir to a marquis's estate] When turmoil suddenly erupted, her mother and Su Su were brutally silenced. Wei Yi was the only one left alive. She returned from hell, shrouded in suspicion, and lay low in silence, determined to scour the land in search of the real culprit. Along the way, she encountered bizarre cases, locked-room mysteries, serial murders... She entere 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Solving Cases to Rise Through the Ranks: From County Magistrate to Powerful Minister 断案升官，从县令到权臣 Chen Qingyun earns top honors in the imperial examinations and is sent out to serve as an official. Dressed in a scholar’s blue robe, he takes up his first post as county magistrate. With a meticulous mind and irrefutable evidence from the scene, he cracks one bizarre, wrongful, baffling, major, and sensitive case after another. He clears the wrongfully accused, punishes the wicked, cleans up officialdom, and brings peace to the people. From a humble seventh-rank magistrate in a blue robe, he ri 828Reads—Score107Shelves
- 12 The Empress Found Me Before I Could Become a Constable 我还未成为捕头就被女帝发现了 Bai Zihuang, a modern criminal investigator, has his soul transported into ancient times. From the start, someone frames him for murder, nearly making him a killer. But he doesn’t panic. It’s only a murder case. How could it stump him? He can not only prove his innocence, but uncover the real culprit as well. He’s better than the coroner at examining corpses, and he outdoes the greatest detective when it comes to solving cases. He thinks that’s the end of it, but it isn’t. His golden finger sudd —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Good-for-Nothing Drops the Act? He Becomes a Master Detective and Cuts a Bloody Path Through Shengjing 废柴不装了？化身神探杀穿盛京 [Mystery Solving + Suspense + Wuxia + Political Intrigue] A locked-room murder from the start. The victim has no wounds or signs of poisoning. They die in full view of everyone. The killer vanishes without a trace. An impossible crime. The people say the Heavenly Dog has come to claim a life. An imperial edict orders: Solve the case within three days, or the entire Su family will be executed! A fortune-teller prophesies: Only your third son can solve this deadly case? My useless third son has su 112Reads—Score106Shelves
- 14 Burning Incense to Honor the Bones 焚香祭骨 A top forensic pathologist opens her eyes to find herself in the body of a dimwitted legitimate daughter. The evidence against her in a locked-room murder is conclusive, so she pretends to be crazy and stupid to stay alive. In the shadows, the legendary Prince Jing, who is said to be able to kill a man with a single cough of blood, leans on his wheelchair and smiles down at her. The ailing, wheelchair-bound Prince Jing, a war god, meets a forensic pathologist hiding behind a sweet, silly facade. 115Reads7.1Score107Shelves
- 15 The Catcher’s Sweetheart 捕快小娇妻 The biggest regret of Constable Huo's life was never having a son to inherit his trade. To fulfill her father's "dream," Huo Xiaoyu was forced to become a low-ranking constable at the county office, where she mostly muddled along. A Lord Yan arrived in Yunwu City, accompanied by a bird. The man looked like an immortal, but the bird was so ugly it was hard to look at. With this otherworldly figure's arrival, one murder case after another followed. The two of them and their bird sought justice for 145Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 16 Detective Bieyang: The Dali Temple Deputy Minister's Personal Advisor 女探别漾，大理寺少卿的私人参军 By a twist of fate, Bie Yang and her adopted younger sister Zhong Ling save Xiao Rui, a former junior minister of the Court of Judicial Review who has been demoted to county commandant of Linglong County. They assume their paths won’t cross again, but when two unidentified skeletons are discovered in a secret room at Xiuwei Pavilion, they are brought together once more. Hoping to solve the mystery quickly and keep it from hurting the pavilion’s business, Bie Yang and County Commandant Xiao join 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Lin Xia, Does This Look Like the Killer to You? 林夏，你看这个像不像凶手 Ever since her father died, Lin Xia has gone down the “wrong path.” That’s not what Lin Xia thinks, but what all her aunts and uncles think. The reason is that she didn’t fulfill her father’s dying wish and quietly marry, support her husband, and raise children. Instead, she chose a path of no return... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 A Small Town of Clear Waters, Kind People, and Countless Murders 小镇水清人善多命案 [Mystery-focused, with a touch of romance, an everyday writing style, and a warning for readers who care about historical accuracy] One night, unnoticed by anyone, Granny Qiao, a widow who had been ill for years, died in Willow Lane in Pingxiang County. Did she die of illness, or was there more to it? What stories lie behind the cases of the corpse in the dry well, the missing girl, and the man of unknown identity? Beneath the seemingly peaceful and harmonious surface of Pingxiang County, how ma 408Reads8.3Score102Shelves
- 19 The Great Yong's Greatest Detective: A Young County Magistrate 大雍朝第一神探小知县 [The latest masterpiece from the original author of The Great Zhou Dynasty's Unrivaled Divine Detective County Magistrate. Join us once more on a journey through bizarre and treacherous cases.] [Mystery and deduction] [Battle of wits] [Ancient crime-solving] [Constant twists] [Scheming male lead] Song Buyi, the newly appointed magistrate of Yunxi County, encounters a bizarre murder case as soon as he takes office: eerie, horrifying paintings made from human skin keep appearing at the crime scene 4.4kReads—Score275Shelves
- 20 The Lichao Mystery 澧朝迷案 A new story is here~ The male lead, Li Qinyichen, is the third prince, neglected by the emperor and all but invisible in the palace. But a conspiracy thrusts him into the eye of the storm. He wants to survive and fight for a chance of his own~ The female lead, Lan Tongyuan, is an illegitimate daughter of a prince's household, where life is especially difficult for her. When she was four, a fortune-teller said her birth chart was too strong and that she would bring misfortune to her parents. The 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Lady Investigator of the Ming Dynasty 大明女提刑 [Female Investigator × Imperial Guard] Shen Zhiwei, a bondservant, is the county magistrate's darkest secret. A corpse from the canal and a handful of green salt force her into an uneasy partnership with Gu Changfeng, the feared Imperial Guard. He uses her as a pawn, while she relies on him for protection. From the salt case in Jiangnan to a regicide at court, every wrongful conviction they overturn becomes a blade aimed at the empire's most dangerous enemy. Until one day, Gu Changfeng corner 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Song Dynasty Ministry of Justice Case Files 2 大宋刑部侦缉档案2 In the early summer of the second year of Shaoxi in the Southern Song, a string of bizarre beheading cases shakes Xiangyang, the city on the border between Jin and Song. The cases draw in both courts, inflaming tensions until war seems imminent. The emperor sends an imperial inspector to Xiangyang to investigate. With the situation proving difficult, he seeks help from Han Zhiyuan, a young gentleman who has retired to Xiangyang after repeatedly helping the court solve major cases and earning a n 54Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 23 The System Makes Me Solve Cases, but All I Want Is to Flirt 系统逼我探案，我却总想撩汉 [A blunt, looks-obsessed office drone who’s forbidden from falling in love vs. a cold-faced, sharp-tongued King of Hell who secretly dotes on his people] [Modern person transmigrates into an ancient setting + fictional world + System + mystery investigations + one-on-one romance, very sweet and angst-free; the romance takes off at lightning speed + a little comedy] Mu Fengge’s romance never got off the ground. She had barely transmigrated when she was falsely accused and thrown in jail. Her hear —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 What? I Traveled Back to the Wu Zhou Era, Solved Crimes, and Fell in Love? 什么？穿回武周破案还谈了个恋爱 [One-on-one romance + transmigration + crime-solving + romance + happy ending] Criminal profiler x Minister of the Court of Judicial Review Miao Chenshuang, a criminal profiler who'd been single for twenty-two years, never imagined that one day she'd transmigrate back to the Tang Dynasty… only to take up her old profession again and become a judicial officer at the Court of Judicial Review! Miao Chenshuang rolls up her sleeves. All right, let's see what I've got! Anyone can solve a case! Mu Bai, 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Zhenfusi Case Files 镇抚司缉凶录 [A reserved, honest heir to a prominent family × a free-spirited, highly skilled heroine, one-on-one romance, detective work and revenge, reunion after years apart] Chu Zhi, a beggar from Ghost City, is the closed-door disciple of the Marquis of Anqing, Chu Qingxuan. The ninth in her generation, she is a peerless martial artist and unmatched in beauty. Bright and gifted, Chu Zhi solves a cold case at fifteen and makes a name for herself in the capital. The Emperor grants her a marriage, and she 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Strange Casebook of the Chongzhen Emperor 崇祯诡事簿 In the fifth year of Chongzhen’s reign, the Ming Dynasty is beset by troubles at home and abroad, while sinister forces stir in the shadows. Su Yebai, a student at the Imperial College who is skilled in forensic techniques, is drawn into the bizarre and terrifying Lantern-Skin Case. He unexpectedly discovers that his family’s massacre is connected to a shocking secret involving the imperial court and the fate of the empire. To uncover the truth, he is forced to become a Night Watchman, walking t 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Cold Palace Empress Goes on a Case-Solving Rampage 冷宫皇后靠破案杀疯了 Shen Yihan, a police captain, falls off a cliff while pursuing a killer. When she opens her eyes again, she has become the most miserable empress in history: the widow of Emperor Jianwen, Zhu Yunwen. The tyrant Zhu Di has usurped the throne, three thousand palace maids have been brutally executed, and danger lurks everywhere in the Cold Palace. She slams a palm onto the imperial desk. “Solving cases is my specialty. Killing people isn’t yours!” Zhu Di flies into a rage. “Seize her!” Who could ha 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Northern Song: I Solve Murder Cases with Medicine 北宋：我靠医术查命案 In the sixth year of Xining, in Mizhou City. The body of a blacksmith exposes a shocking conspiracy. Shen Yang, an eighteen-year-old medical officer, follows in his father’s footsteps, using his medical expertise to examine corpses, investigate cases, and hunt down criminals. Bai Ji, a fifteen-year-old girl disguised as a boy, meets him in Xinghua Village while seeking revenge for her father. The exemption levy was meant to benefit the people, but corrupt officials turned it into a cash cow. Thr 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The County Magistrate's Daily Case Files 女县令破案日常 [Historical Romance + Mystery and Investigation + Ensemble Cast] After dying from overwork, modern-day office worker Jiang Ye is reborn in the womb of a wealthy, carefree family in ancient times. She decides to lie flat and spend her life as a lazy loafer. Unfortunately, bad luck follows her everywhere: her father dies when she is ten, her mother the following year, and then the family falls into decline. Just when she finally reaches eighteen and her twin brother Jiang Ye passes the imperial ex 1.2kReads8.2Score151Shelves
- 30 The Great Ming Detective 大明神探 Kuang Zhong was a renowned official of the Ming Dynasty. He served three terms as prefect of Suzhou and was known as Kuang the Upright. Influenced by his father, Kuang Zhong became skilled in criminal law and judicial cases while still young. Later, he teamed up with his good friend Bai Muting to solve countless strange cases. He then met Gu Shiyun, daughter of the Marquis of Zhenyuan, who had run away from home in a fit of pique. The rebellious, strong-willed Gu Shiyun and the carefree Kuang Zh 211Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 31 The Sinful Buddha's Strange Cases: A Female Imperial Guard Who Kills Buddhas When She Meets Them 罪佛诡案：女锦衣卫办案遇佛杀佛 The Case of the Sinful Buddha: A Female Embroidered Uniform Guard Kills Buddhas and Demons Alike tells a story that opens with a bloody murder at the capital's top embroidery workshop, Splendid Pavilion. Su Axiu, a highly skilled embroiderer, is found murdered in her workshop in an utterly bizarre fashion. Her blood has been used to complete an unfinished embroidery of A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix. Threads and blood vessels intertwine in a horrifying scene of "living threads sti 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 A Rookie Constable’s Case-by-Case Journal 小捕快的案情流水账 Modern lawyer Zhang Wei transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a low-ranking constable. Through his experiences investigating cases and hearing trials, as well as the small cases he handles, the story also reveals how ordinary people lived in ancient times. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Rivalry: The Famous Detectives Face Off, Part Two 宿敌外传二之名捕大对决 A collection of short wuxia stories featuring eight tales: “The Skeleton Painting,” “Cold River,” “The Meeting at Tan Pavilion,” “Broken Dream Blade,” “A Grand Affair,” “Flowers in Bloom and Fade,” “Beating the Tiger,” and “Catching the Rat.” Each story has a different protagonist and a different plot. 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Embers and Shadows of the Embroidered Spring 绣春烬影 During the Jiajing era, the Yan faction held power, and undercurrents swirled through the imperial court. The Northern and Southern Offices of the Imperial Guards had become the henchmen of powerful ministers, and wrongful convictions were everywhere. The protagonists are at the very bottom of the Imperial Guard hierarchy. Framed in a case of utmost importance involving the Eastern Palace, they are wiped out, leaving the survivors to lie low with a blood feud to avenge. With embroidered spring s 99Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Dali Temple Deputy Minister’s Female Coroner: Case Files 大理寺少卿家的女仵作【探案】 [The rating is low because it just opened!] [Lazy, lie-flat coroner x aloof workaholic Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review] Modern forensic pathologist Du Yexin was in a car accident and unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a farmer’s daughter in Sui’an County, where she became entangled in a murder case. To clear her name, Du Yexin had no choice but to use her modern forensic knowledge to find the real culprit. - Xu Mian, son of the Minister of Justice, solved the theft from t 1.2kReads6.6Score175Shelves
- 36 Strange Cases of the Court of Judicial Review 大理寺诡奇案 Mystery and crime-solving. (The male and female leads have feelings for each other, but they will not end up together. They see the world differently and have their own ideas about their futures. The female lead gets far more page time than the male lead. He barely appears in some cases, and there is very little romance. I’m putting this upfront so you can decide whether to read it. Updates are often irregular, and I write wherever the story takes me.) To clear her family’s name, Qiao Lanzhi ent 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Twelve Unsolved Cases in Chang'an 长安十二悬案 Why was the brothel’s most beautiful courtesan found dead in her bedroom? Why does a mysterious man howl like a ghost every night? Why did a bride vanish without a trace just after her wedding? Why are handsome people dying one after another? Why did a shaman suddenly go mad while performing a ritual? And who really stole Old Wang’s sow? Behind it all, is it the dark side of human nature, or… is someone up to no good? Join Li Yu, a brilliant detective and county magistrate of the Tang Dynasty, a 251Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 38 The Tianxi Storm 天玺风云 In the thirty-fifth year of Jingchang, during the Great Yong dynasty, Emperor Jingchang’s illness grows steadily worse, and turmoil grips the court amid internal strife and external threats. At this time, a series of strange, baffling cases takes place in the capital, Tianxi City. From street vendors and commoners to powerful ministers and nobles, everyone is implicated, and the people of Tianxi City are gripped by fear. Bo Ziye, the emperor’s close aide and Earl of Jiayi, is ordered to invest 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Nemesis: Legend of the Famous Detective, Part Two: The East Trembles 宿敌外传二之名捕震关东 A collection of short wuxia stories: Pursuit, On the Run, Dominion, Romance, Crimson Demon, and Tragic Green. Each story has different characters and a different plot. 601Reads—Score100Shelves
- 40 Solving Strange Cases in the Southern Song Dynasty 我在南宋探破诡案 Lin'an, during the Shaoxing era of the Southern Song. A bizarre fire consumes the entire household of Zhou Xianzong, an official in the Revenue Department, killing all twenty-seven members. The case is on the verge of being closed. Yue Lin, a vice minister of the Court of Judicial Review, examines the scene and unearths a twenty-eighth, unidentified skeleton deep beneath the rubble. A unique imperial gold-threaded glass bead is tied around its wrist, and the victim died long before the fire. As —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Archrivals: Side Story Two, The Great Storm of the Famous Constable 宿敌外传二之名捕大风暴 A short martial arts novel featuring seven stories: Snow of Beauty, Wicked Flowers, Carefree Days, Right or Left, Proud Bones, Silent Flight, and Dream of Terror. Each story has different protagonists and a different plot. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Reborn as a Science Girl in Late Qing China 重生之理科女在晚清 With only a month left before the college entrance exams, science-track student Xu Mengxian suddenly became reborn in the late Qing Dynasty as the second young lady of a century-old tea factory. Using what she had learned in high school chemistry, physics, and biology, she helped her friends escape the practice of foot binding, protected her older sister from the harm caused by her opium-addicted brother-in-law, saved her family’s factory from losing a major order, helped the headmistress of a g 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 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 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Cheng'an Case Files 承安推案杂录 Originally titled Brocade Robes and Emerald Sleeves [Daily Life of a Historical Detective: Brocade Robes and Emerald Sleeves, May Every Year Bring Peace] There was a man named Lu Fang at the Court of Judicial Review. He was refined and upright, and solved cases with uncanny skill. As one of the Court’s hardest workers, he found himself pursued by a pampered young lady who insisted on joining him in catching thieves and criminals. Lu Fang regarded her as nothing more than a passing nuisance, neve 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Dali Temple Couple’s Daily Case Files 大理寺夫妇探案日常 Completed [Detective husband-and-wife duo + episodic cases + deduction + fair-play mysteries + everyone's favorite] A transmigrated policewoman obsessed with solving cases VS a Minister of the Court of Judicial Review just as obsessed with solving cases. Bound together by their sense of justice, these two workaholics gradually fall for each other as they investigate. Together, they solve one baffling mystery after another and find a love forged through the bonds of comradeship. 426Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 46 The Chanzhou Mystery 澶州迷案 [Looks-obsessed, talented bandit heroine × smiling, brilliant male coroner] Zhu Hongyun grew up in a bandit stronghold and had planned to make her fortune in the bustling capital. By a twist of fate, however, she ended up in a small county in Chanzhou and became a constable at the local yamen. Chanzhou was remote, and its yamen offices were understaffed and overwhelmed with frequent cases. She had no choice but to team up with the coroner Liu Weinian, pack her bags, and travel around Chanzhou so 168Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 47 A Song of Cicadas Washing the Clear Stream 一曲蝉音漱清流 [Cool on the outside, warm and slightly scheming female detective × steadfast, upright male censor] A period mystery anthology with sweet romance and redemption, fast-paced investigations, classic deduction, and a heroine with a second personality. Qu Chanyin, the adopted daughter of the Empress Dowager, the late head of the Prison Administration, and the only daughter of Prince Jing’an, is the Princess of Jing’an. Paralyzed in both legs since childhood, she is quiet and reticent but exceptional 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Dream Brook's Record of Strange Investigations 梦溪探异录 During the Northern Song dynasty, a boy named Shen Kuo sets out in pursuit of the truth after a strange calamity known as the Black Apparition. This learned man, hailed by later generations as “a landmark in the history of Chinese science,” led a life filled with mysteries far stranger than those recorded in Dream Pool Essays. From his years as a young scholar in Qiantang, Hangzhou, to the treacherous political currents of the court in Bianjing; from the smoke and flames of war on the northwes —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Great Ming Case Files 大明奇案 Modern police detective Liang Fei is caught in an accident and transmigrates into the body of Tang Shaolin, a newly appointed second-place palace graduate, five hundred years in the past, during the Ming Dynasty. He soon becomes a seventh-rank county magistrate and enters the world of officialdom. Reborn as Tang Shaolin, he cracks strange cases, clears wrongful convictions, fears no powerful enemies, and rises steadily through the ranks... 183Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 50 Undercover in Great Ming 我在大明当卧底 An old detective transmigrates into the body of a young Ming Dynasty page. From the start, he's in a deadly predicament: a series of mishaps gets him tangled up in a murder case. He investigates the crime to clear the wrongfully accused while going undercover and playing a double agent... Emperor: “Are you willing to serve me?” Page: “My old ma says I don't have many faults, but I've always been stubborn!” The relationships between the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the eunuch faction, and the civil 46Reads—Score—Shelves
