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- 101 You Think You Can Get Away with the Perfect Crime? No! You Can't Hide Anywhere 你想完美脱罪？不！你无所遁形 [Two male leads, episodic investigations + overarching case, 1v1.] [The story focuses on solving cases, with romance as a secondary element. The romance develops very slowly and subtly. Early on, it's roughly a 9:1 split, with 9 parts investigation and 1 part romance. The romance gets more focus later.] [The male lead, Song Kui, isn't entirely a righteous person.] [Volume One: Song Kui, Tang Yu, Tao Li] [Volume Two: Song Kui, Tang Yu, Li Zeru] [Volume Three bonus stories: Chen Yunning, Rong Chen 2.6kReads8.8Score43614d adds
- 102 The Laid-Back Detective: From the Start, I Show Up with a Robbery Suspect in Tow 咸鱼警探之开局拎着抢劫犯报到 Bu Tongfeng had hoped to lie flat, but somehow ran into an unreliable System. Before long, he found himself caught up in one bizarre case after another. Fine. If you won't let me take it easy, then none of you are getting away unscathed. I'll use the iron fist of justice to teach you that being a couch potato is an attitude, not a lack of ability. 3.5kReads9.2Score33114d adds
- 103 Top-Secret Criminal Case Files 绝密刑事档案 Uncover major criminal cases in China, explore the truth behind them, and reveal the dark side of human nature. This series investigates and analyzes shocking major criminal cases from China in recent years. On a street on a rainy night, a taxi driver kills four people in a row, then sexually abuses and dismembers the bodies, taking photos as keepsakes! A newlywed couple vanishes overnight. What cruel crimes took place during those eight hours of impenetrable darkness? Hong'an, December 26: Eigh 4.8kReads9.5Score37614d adds
- 104 The Tang Dynasty’s Female County Magistrate 大唐女县尉 Tang Dynasty, women-focused suspense, mystery, crime-solving She is a rare female official under the laws of the Tang Dynasty. On her very first night in office, a strange case lands at her door: deep in a rainy alley, night watchman Chen San lies dead, wearing one brand-new red bridal embroidered shoe, while the other has vanished. Rumors that a “fox spirit has taken a husband” sweep through the city in an instant. 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 A Crime Reporter’s Notes: The Ledger of Life and Death in Real Cases 刑侦记者手记：真实罪案的生死簿 Where there are people, there's not only the “jianghu,” but also life and death. How long life lasts, we cannot know. But death comes at its own pace for everyone. One case after another unfolds, and killers spring up like bamboo shoots, piercing the calm surface of the world. As layer upon layer of real evidence is stripped away, their ugly faces are exposed. What happened to the missing young couple during their final eight hours? A pair of lecherous eyes follows a young woman's skirt, trailin 455Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 106 Deadly Scorpion 1: A Male Criminal's Case Files 致命毒蝎1：男子犯罪档案 3.7kReads9.3Score40114d adds
- 107 Fragrant Dust on Purple Paths 紫陌香尘 Drawing on more than a decade of experience as a police officer and my broader understanding of society, I wrote this original social realist mystery novel. This is not a wish-fulfillment story. It spans 20 years from beginning to end, with dozens of clues and echoes woven throughout. I hope to share it with readers who are patient and enjoy thinking things through. There are two cases, but what truth will you see in them? The Fragrance of Purple Dust is divided into four volumes, each named wit 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Notes on a Manhunt [Criminal Investigation] 追凶笔记[刑侦] An elderly passenger dies mysteriously on a bus. A male student vanishes without a trace from his university dorm. A small-shop owner is brutally murdered... The cases are intertwined and baffling. As the criminal investigation team follows the trail to the truth, they uncover even more untold stories of hardship and dark dealings... Open this notebook of murder investigations and join the search for truth and light. May you and I raise the banner of justice, advance side by side, and leave nowh 7.7kReads9.2Score1k14d adds
- 109 Officer, Stop Guessing! I’m Really Innocent! 警官别猜了，我真的是无辜的啊 Everyone thought Jiang Yi was quiet and ill-tempered, but no one expected her to be decisive and cool-headed. When a case came up, she calmly analyzed the situation and offered to act as bait to help the police catch the killer. When they asked what she used to do, Jiang Yi said, "Maybe I was an assassin." Police officer: "?" The word "maybe" really carries a lot of weight. Later, after the police became her colleagues, her talent for solving cases was impossible to miss. Her coworkers nearly we 1.9kReads—Score23014d adds
- 110 The Net of Justice: Part One, The Killer Cannot Escape 天网第一部真凶难逃 “The net of justice may be wide, but nothing escapes it.” Do you think you can get past her keen eye? The Web’s Number One Female Criminal Investigator: The Killer Can’t Escape Ye Bailing is the leader of a criminal investigation squad. Since joining the force, she has never stopped moving forward, come rain or shine. No matter how difficult a case is, she is determined to uncover the truth. This time, however, she faces a murder case beyond anything she could have expected... 123Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 My Days at Bureau 749 我在749局的那些日子 My name is Lin Bai, and I’m a sophomore at Diannan University. I have a secret I’ve kept buried deep inside for a long time. I feel like I might not be an ordinary person, or maybe… I don’t know if I can even be considered human. I can easily do many things ordinary people can’t. At first, I thought it would earn me admiring looks from others. But gradually, I realized it didn’t make me stand out from the crowd. Instead, it made me feel like I didn’t belong in this world. The way they looked at 4.1kReads8.8Score47014d adds
- 112 The Haunted House: The Midnight Wind Chime Murders 凶宅之午夜风铃杀人事件 The Haunted House: The Midnight Wind Chime Murders 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 113 The Great Coroner: Xilai, Another One’s Dead 大仵作：喜来，又死一个 She was a posthumous child pulled from a pile of corpses. She spent her days among the dead, playing with skulls and amusing herself by catching maggots. To uncover the truth behind her adoptive father's death, she even took it upon herself to dissect a corpse. Others mocked her as a freak and kept their distance, but the ruthless commander of the realm's forces doted on her beyond measure. Dismemberment and cremation, for love or for money. In this bizarre world, joy comes from seeing clearly f 5.6kReads8.9Score84214d adds
- 114 The Evil Tale (Complete) 恶谭（全文） [Suspense + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic cases + the depths of human nature + no romance + crime-solving focus] “When a person’s heart is filled with darkness, evil takes root there. The guilty are not the criminals, but those who create the darkness.” A distress call received in the early hours comes from a dead person’s phone number. A murder in a village is reported in the news, with the Wolf God suspected of being responsible! Men in Liangcheng are repeatedly found to have b 1.4kReads8.8Score19714d adds
- 115 One Slip After a Thousand Careful Thoughts 千虑一失 [Criminal Investigation] [Mystery and Deduction] [No Supernatural Elements] A man commits a brazen crime in front of the police and jumps into a river during the manhunt, but the body they find in the water is not the culprit’s. Afterward, new victims appear one after another in an apartment elevator, at a hospital, and outside the Public Security Bureau, setting off a kidnapping crisis as well. Four people die in a single day. Is this a deliberate provocation, or is something else at play? Face 60Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 116 You Were Supposed to Visit the Task Force, and You Solved the Case? 让你慰问专案组，你把案子破了？ Su Mu graduates and is assigned to work as a police officer in the police station’s political affairs office. On his first day, he’s sent to convey the leadership’s regards to a special investigation team, but on the way there, he cracks a case the team had been helpless to solve. He catches a rabid dog, then solves a string of thefts. During a coordinated operation, they find a suspect’s trunk full of junk. Su Mu manages to assemble the junk into a firearm, uncovering and dismantling a gun-runn 16.8kReads9.1Score1.6k14d adds
- 117 Fresh Out of Police Academy, I Crack Cases Like Crazy and Refuse to Be a Rookie 警校刚毕业，疯狂破案，不当新人 [The System plays a minor role + One Heroine + Brainy, with a focus on deduction and solving cases. Not for readers who dislike that.] Han Xu accidentally transmigrated to a parallel world while driving, becoming a rookie police officer and activating the Detective Development System. He made a great haul! On his very first day on the job, he cracked a major case and shocked the task force! Then one bizarre and mysterious case after another followed! The Snow Mountain Case, the Lighthouse Case… 24.7kReads8.8Score2.3k14d adds
- 118 City Detective: The King of Solving Cases, Starting with Summer Vacation 都市神警：从暑假开始的破案天王 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! 15.6kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
- 119 Suspenseful Investigation 悬侦 The city is a vast chessboard, and all living beings are its pieces. He heard the sound of a chess piece falling: a taunt from hell, and a death knell leading to the truth. Every cold case has an ending. He used the dead as a mirror to reconstruct the sins of the living, and the chess game as a ruse to conceal a heart that devoured people. 823Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Livestreaming Fortune-Telling: All My Top Supporters Are in Jail 直播测字：我的榜一全在局子里 A ghost-seeing girl and a genius young detective make the perfect supernatural duo! Jiang Chen: Can you check whether there are any nasty things around us? Su Su: Do you think I'm a ghost-hunting police dog or something?! Ghost: You're the nasty thing! Your whole family is nasty! The supernatural duo always cracks the case! 18kReads9.1Score2.5k14d adds
- 121 The Detective's Glory 刑警荣耀 Wang Wei is a veteran detective with twenty years of police experience and a three-time champion of the Tian Nan Provincial Police Academy’s grappling and combat tournament. By a twist of fate, he is reborn twenty years in the past, just after graduating from the academy and starting his career. From then on, he makes a name for himself. No major case, strange case, cold case, or decades-old case is too difficult for Wang Wei. Give him a moment, and he’ll crack it! If you’re a criminal, no matte 2.3kReads9.0Score27114d adds
- 122 King of Deduction: From the Start, I’m Caught in a Case Within a Case 推理之王：开局就是案中案 [No System + No Golden Finger + Hard-Core Deduction + Criminal Investigations + Female Lead] Getting Shen Mu transferred to the criminal investigation squad was the retiring station chief’s sole request to the authorities. Xiao Ruowu, captain of the criminal investigation squad, couldn’t help wondering: Could someone so refined-looking really handle police work? On his first day at a crime scene, while everyone else discussed the case, Shen Mu wandered around. When everyone was at a loss, he sai 31.2kReads8.8Score2.6k14d adds
- 123 A Murder Buried at the Waterworks for Twenty Years 水厂埋凶二十年 Twenty years ago, in the autumn at the Xichang Waterworks in Qingcheng, three people vanished one after another, leaving no trace, dead or alive. Police officer Qi Xiaojun pursued the lead for half his life, only to be forced out by fate just as he was about to reach the truth. Zhang Youfei, the young factory director, once loved a woman named Jinhua deeply, but he had no idea how many secrets her silence concealed. Twenty years later, another person disappears from the Xichang Waterworks. Sick 4.2kReads8.5Score41814d adds
- 124 Detective Di Renjie, Book Five 神探狄仁杰第五部 In the final years of Emperor Wu of the Tang dynasty, the capital Luoyang had finally begun to settle down. After the brilliant detective Di Renjie exposed the Burning Heaven Fire at the Shanjin Bureau, the rebellion in Youzhou, and the Blood Eagle's chain of murders, he retired from public life and settled in the Southern Market, hoping to enjoy his twilight years in peace. But when all is quiet, trouble is never far away. After a banquet in the Eastern Palace, Crown Prince Li Xian suddenly fa 629Reads8.8Score12214d adds
- 125 Dissociators: The Chronicles of Saint Judas Island 解离者：圣犹大岛纪事 On the picturesque island of St. Judas, a series of locked-room mysteries and cunning murders unfold. The person who comes to solve them is a professional assassin. He understands killing and strategy, using a killer's instincts to unravel one impossible crime after another. Beneath the sunlit island, lies, old grudges, and conspiracies steadily rise to the surface. With classic locked-room mysteries at its heart, an immersive deserted-island atmosphere, and four linked cases, the story asks at 87Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 The Great Song Coroner, Part Three 大宋提刑官第三部 At the end of the Southern Song, Song Ci, the founding father of Chinese forensic science, resigns from office and retreats into seclusion after losing all faith in the court. He devotes himself to completing the work of a lifetime, The Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified. But the tides of the age will not let him stand apart. Mongol cavalry rides south, and the realm is shattered. In his twilight years, Song Ci is forced to return to public life. From a corruption-murder case at the Jianyang 795Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 127 Crime-Solving Group Chat: From the Start, Hannibal Taught Me How to Find Bodies 破案群聊：开局汉尼拔教我找尸体 Shen Ting transmigrates to a parallel world, where he activates the Detective System and becomes the owner of a crime-solving chat group. Hacker Kiko, Tang Tan's Qin Feng, forensic examiner Qin Ming, White Night detective Guan Hongfeng, and even chef Hannibal and educator Jigsaw are all in the group. As long as he solves cases, the group can bring in more detectives and deranged killers. Shen Ting can also earn skill coins to redeem all kinds of crime-solving skills: Anthropometry! Criminal 55kReads8.7Score5k14d adds
- 128 The Assassin Lu Yutang 杀手陆鱼塘 (No transmigration, no System.) Lu Yutang, a professional killer, never imagined that his wealthy landlady would turn out to be a police detective, living right across the hall from him. What a predicament. (Other works in this series are now available. Visit the author’s page.) 38.9kReads9.1Score3.7k14d adds
- 129 Evil Bones 4: Partners in Crime and Love 恶骨4：罪爱同谋 [Mind-Bending Mystery + Case-of-the-Week Stories + Crime + Criminal Investigation + Stunning Twists + Fighting Side by Side] A shadowy hand controls a deadly game. Out on the sea, a white suitcase drifts slowly across the water. When it's opened, it reveals the bloated, headless corpse of a woman! Is the butterfly tattoo on the body a clue to the victim's identity, or a warning from the killer? A blood-soaked coffin appears on a stormy night, its oozing blood horrifying against the darkness! The 1.2kReads9.3Score49414d adds
- 130 The Corpse Reader 读尸人 Standalone cases + criminal investigation + two male leads + mind-bending mystery The Linghai Public Security Bureau established a major crimes unit. Just as everyone was wondering which criminal investigation captain would be given the job, they were told that the provincial bureau had parachuted someone in directly. Everyone was curious about the new head of the major crimes unit. Cases piled up, from opening coffins for autopsies and childbirth after death to missing wives. See how a forensic 50.6kReads9.2Score4.8k14d adds
- 131 Flowers at the Bottom of the Valley 谷底的花 [Slice-of-life mystery + deduction + crime solving + case-of-the-week + serious drama] Main characters: Lu Jun (forensic pathology intern) vs. Chen Zhou (criminal investigation team captain) Six years ago, a family upheaval completely changed Lu Jun's personality, and his family sent him abroad. Six years later, Lu Jun returned to China and voluntarily joined Chen Zhou's workplace. The two are twelve years apart in age. Their relationship shifted from close friends to an awkward “uncle and nephe 1.2kReads—Score13414d adds
- 132 EN Genius Detective 追凶神探 Legendary police officer Song Lang is reborn and goes incognito as a driver named Chen Shi. He had hoped to live quietly, but fate had other plans: Chen Shi gets caught up in another murder case... A company that preaches a ruthless corporate culture and slaughters its employees while everyone stays silent; A wayward young man who skins his childhood sweetheart alive, with tears in his eyes, to get “justice”; A middle-aged couple bound together by a dark secret, each raising a blade against the 6kReads9.1Score74314d adds
- 133 Dawn of Murder 1: Undercurrent 破晓杀机1：暗潮 [Criminal Investigation and Deduction + Criminal Psychology + Stunning Twists + Horror + Wild Imagination] On the square of the Police University, a horrifying corpse lies curled inside a shattered sculpture, its face contorted as if frozen in a silent scream. Even more unsettling, a note found in the victim's stomach eerily foretells the crime scene. Chen Ye has only just become a police officer when he is handed such a difficult case, and this is only the beginning. A string of deaths shatters 761Reads8.9Score13114d adds
- 134 Manhunt Across the City: I'm Really Not a Criminal 全城围捕：我真不是罪犯啊 When he opens his eyes, Chen Mu, a former criminal police officer in his previous life, discovers that he has been reborn in a parallel world. And he has become an escaped convict wanted for an entire family’s murder! Shrill police sirens ring across the city as heavily armed officers close in from every direction. A net of traps leaves no way out. Ding! [Escape System issuing a mission] [Main Mission: Publicly serialize and update the story of your escape] [Side Mission: Find the real culprit b 57.3kReads8.5Score4.6k14d adds
- 135 The Ten Great Mysteries of the Song Dynasty 大宋十大奇案 No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincible protagonist, no System, no golden finger, and no transmigration. This is not a power fantasy, so read at your own discretion! A pure historical mystery set in the jianghu, offering an immersive experience of everyday life in an ancient town and the suspenseful twists and turns as officials use their wits to solve cases… 7.3kReads8.6Score63914d adds
- 136 Lost in You 沉溺 A week ago, An Lan’s criminal investigation unit received a report about a strange kidnapping that had taken place on the night of the twenty-fifth of this month. The people who reported it were Long Jia, a student who had taken a year-long leave from Provincial Normal University, and her mother. During the rescue operation, an anonymous video appeared on the campus video-bulletin website of Xuan City’s famous Provincial Normal University. These two seemingly unrelated exposés would set off the 846Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 137 The Dissociator: The Canary Heist 解离者：金丝雀大劫案 This series focuses on a heist of the century. What seemed like an ordinary day at Collingwood Global Investment Bank is shattered when a gang of armed robbers breaks in. They force the bank employees to follow their orders. In the aftermath, a chief inspector caught in a dilemma races against time, vowing to discover who stole the £3.9 billion and why. 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Torchlight [Criminal Investigation] 炬火【刑侦】 Dozens of high-stakes, mind-bending cases. A detective and a psychologist join forces to solve crimes, uncover the truth, and probe human nature. (Mystery + deduction + psychologist + episodic cases + serial murders + high-IQ crimes + strange tales + revenge plots + perfect partners + light horror + suitable for the easily frightened.) This novel is the second installment in Confession, also known as The Truth About Murder. Once again, it follows detective captain Ti An and psychologist Zhao Yao 7.5kReads9.4Score1.2k14d adds
- 139 Code of the Crime Scene 凶案密码 [Mystery + criminal investigation + dark themes + horror + human nature + crime + serial murders + social issues] This collection brings together five books in the Case Code series: Case Code, Echoes of Death, Vested Interests, The Black Corpse Mystery, and Sleepless Murder Island. Mutilated bodies in the city center, prisoners in a cellar, and urban mysteries return as a veteran cop unravels the truth behind the crimes. A classic crime procedural! The city is shrouded in criminal conspiracies, 41.4kReads9.5Score5.1k14d adds
- 140 I Accidentally Committed a Crime 一不小心犯了罪 In the February chill of Wushi Village, five-year-old Ding Ding lay collapsed in a vegetable patch, her tiny, cold body wrapped in a bright yellow cloak. A rusty nail embedded in her foot, a fatal bruise from a skull fracture at her temple: Detective Jiang Yuan knew at a glance this was no accident, nor a simple act of murder! As the investigation deepened, the case grew shrouded in mystery. Beneath the village entrance’s parasol tree, three black stones had been arranged in a sinister “Three Yi 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 The Dissociator: The Extravagant Prisoner and the Underground Howl 解离者：奢囚与地下啸 New York is split between day and night, two worlds at odds. Hired by a wealthy family to rescue their kidnapped heir, hitman Rick uncovers a sprawling conspiracy. Meanwhile, Roy, a subway veteran worn down by corporate exploitation, launches a fierce rebellion in the underground tunnels. There are no crime investigations or justice here, only struggles for profit and settling scores under a code of gray rules. The victors are free to rewrite the truth. Desire and the cruelty of class are laid b 85Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 The Case Files of Shen Rufeng 沈如风探案录 There's only one truth. Follow Shen Rufeng and his colleagues as they piece together the clues and solve each case. The stories are mainly standalone cases. This is a new book by a new author, so please show your support. 1.4kReads—Score10014d adds
- 143 The Disintegrator: A World of Black and Gray 解离者：黑灰世界 Rick accidentally plunges into the dark abyss of an international drug cartel's deals, confronting the tangled connections between drug crimes and gang forces and witnessing countless bloody battles. Through one man's eyes, the story depicts a gripping, dark struggle for power, steeped in money and murder. 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Officer Lu's Journal 小陆警官的手记 Lu Chengwen: I'm a detective. I only believe in evidence. Lin Xiao: I can feel corpses talking. Lu Chengwen: Say that again? Lin Xiao: The corpse says it wants to go home. Lu Chengwen: ...Fine. Lead the way. Author: If you two keep chatting, the readers will all go next door to read romance ◉‿◉ 325Reads—Score3614d adds
- 145 Major Crime Investigation Files 刑侦大案录 6.5kReads6.9Score42414d adds
- 146 The Female Detective of the Great Song Dynasty 大宋女刑司 [High IQ + mystery-solving + suspense] She transmigrates straight into a murder scene. Framed for the crime and squeezed dry by her gambling-addict parents, she disguises herself as a man to escape trouble, only to be exposed without mercy by a general. Watch as this lowly servant latches on to the general, examines corpses, and deduces the truth behind each case. She punishes princes above and corrupt officials below, all with a loyal friend by her side. From hunting killers in Jiangnan to trek 6.9kReads9.2Score78514d adds
- 147 Dark Tales 5: The Power Game 恶谭5：权势局 [Mystery + Criminal investigation + Deduction + Case-by-case mysteries + The depths of human nature + No romance + Focused on solving cases] [Beneath the power, there is nothing but desire] A dismembered body is found in an alley, its bones and flesh mixed with pork. The brutal method of killing is appalling, and the victim’s wife has vanished without a trace! A popular young star dies mysteriously in a luxury hotel. The crime scene is covered in blood, but a malfunctioning surveillance system l 146Reads9.2Score10014d adds
- 148 Dark Tales 4: Tides of the Sea of Hate 恶谭4：恨海潮 [Mystery + Criminal investigation + Deduction + Case-by-case mysteries + The depths of human nature + No romance + Focused on solving cases] [Love and hate are poison. In excess, they consume flesh and blood and devour the soul.] A student at a foreign studies university carries explosives into a classroom, causing a tragedy that shocks the entire city! A wealthy boy vanishes on a rainy night, and his body surfaces in the river the next day. But the circumstances of his drowning are riddled with 245Reads9.7Score10214d adds
- 149 Dark Tales 3: The Abyss of Desire 恶谭3：欲望渊 [Mystery + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic cases + the depths of human nature + no romance + solving cases] [Desire is a wildfire, hard to contain once it spreads. It burns away reason, leaving only ashes behind.] Young Jiang Tingxu was presumed to have died by suicide, but years later he suddenly reappears and mercilessly kills the family members he once knew. A bizarre family history begins to come to light... The shocking discovery of several skeletons brings Longxue Village, a 202Reads9.2Score9614d adds
- 150 Officer, Stop Guessing. I’m Really Innocent 警官别猜了，我真是无辜的啊 [Don’t read this. Check out the new book with the same title instead.] Everyone thought the young heiress of the Si family was a timid pushover, known in their circle for liking nothing but corpses and barely speaking. But no one expected that after disappearing and returning, the once timid, soft-spoken girl would change her name, become decisive and ruthless, and join the criminal investigation squad. When faced with a case, she calmly analyzes the situation and offers to act as bait to help t 29Reads—Score—14d adds
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