Novels like The Criminal's Code
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- 1 The Case's Watchful Guardian 案中警 I, Jing Yutian, am a criminal investigator who deals with all kinds of crimes in the city. While investigating cases, I meet Lin Mo, whose life has been filled with tragedy, along with several other women, each with a distinct personality. Together, we become entangled in a vast criminal conspiracy... Using my intelligence and investigative skills, I follow the clues and unravel one mystery after another. Along the way, I continue to grow, and in the end, I bring the criminal forces to justice a 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Longhai Mystery 长海谜案 536Reads—Score10314d adds
- 3 The Unsolved Case: The Vanished Life 悬案迷踪之消失的人生 [Suspense + Wild Imagination + Deduction + Crime Solving] A string of baffling cases brings Qin Wen and Jiang Zhuo together to solve them. More than twenty years ago, a series of murders took place. The killer, dubbed the Butterfly Bone Killer, was never caught, and the case was eventually shelved. Many years later, the statute of limitations has expired. So why has the killer suddenly shown up at the police station to turn himself in? What is he really after, and whose past will this case ultim 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 White Dew and Frost 白露寒霜 A mysterious school case spanning ten years, and the complex human nature and youthful confusion behind a series of events. Everyone has secrets of their own, all woven together into a tangled web. Officer Lao Tan investigates step by step, gradually lifting the fog surrounding the past, only for new mysteries to emerge one after another. This is a search for truth, growth, and redemption, as everyone looks for a way out of their own predicament... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Cavities 1 龋齿1 In short, tooth decay means cavities: the progressive destruction of the hard tissues of a tooth, an irreversible form of damage. The human heart is much the same. When it is hurt, the wound takes deep root and cannot be erased, slowly eating away at it... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Witch of the Human Heart: Cell 7 人心之巫，7号隔间 Witchcraft of the Human Heart, Compartment 7 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 One Piece: From the Start, I Marry Kaido's Daughter Yamato 海贼：开局与凯多联姻迎娶大和 The soul of Su Jie, who came from Earth, had an accident and merged with Brad, a severely wounded boy aboard the Ohara evacuation ship. From then on, the world gained a man with a split personality. He formed an alliance by marriage with Kaido and gravely wounded Akainu, repelled Kizaru at the Sabaody Archipelago, and turned the Paramount War upside down. Two years later, the fate of Wano Country had been completely changed. (This book is told neither from the Marines' perspective nor the pirate 111Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The System Makes Me Solve Murder Cases 系统让我侦破杀人案 [Social Mystery + Everyday Life + Comedy] Chen Xiake is a high school detective who has solved countless cases. Little did he expect a System to suddenly appear before him one day. Before he knew it, he’d cleared the beginner mission and completed the first and second tasks in succession. He also met a quirky, chuunibyou girl. But he had no idea that he was already caught up in a massive conspiracy. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Dream Thief 盗梦魅影 After starting university, Yueban, a tomboyish student, finally lets herself relax. She loosens up and starts chasing new and exciting experiences. Little does she know that her sunny disposition will also attract countless pairs of eyes lurking in the dark. Gradually, Yueban encounters a drowned ghost at the bottom of the school lake in her dreams, an upperclassman who keeps jumping from the teaching building, a wronged spirit in the campus radio station who refuses to face the news of her own —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 High-IQ Crime: Who Made Me the Master of Impersonation? 高智商犯罪：谁让我是模仿大师 [System + mystery and deduction + twists + revenge + imitation + crimes] Read with caution if this isn't your thing. Lin Fan grew up in an orphanage and was born with a photographic memory and a gift for imitation. He can recreate every character on screen, and his intelligence far surpasses that of ordinary people. With the orphanage's support, he was about to enter university, and his future should have been bright. But a fire during his winter break in his final year of high school burned ev 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 At Midnight, I Witnessed a Killer at Work 半夜，撞见杀手杀人 After accidentally stumbling onto a crime scene, he becomes a murder suspect. As he tries to clear his name, he realizes he never wandered into the scene by chance at all: someone had led him into a trap… No grand ambitions here, just a story that will uncover the truth. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Distance of Sin 孽之距 This novel is part of a mystery series. After finishing the college entrance exam, protagonist Li Sihang visited his girlfriend’s home to meet her parents for the first time. A murder took place in the house. He was knocked unconscious by a blow to the head and suffered a mild concussion, while everyone in his girlfriend’s family was killed. Afterward, he applied to join the police and eventually became a criminal investigator. He hoped that his efforts would help his girlfriend rest in peace so —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 When the Fog Lifts: The Mystery of the 307 Ghost Ship’s Appearance 迷雾散尽时，307幽灵船现身之谜 When the fog clears, the mystery of Ghost Ship 307’s appearance —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Terror at the Girls’ School: The Mystery of the 307 Fall 女校惊魂之307跳楼之谜 Terror at the Girls’ School: The Mystery of the 307 Jump —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 A Chain of Mysteries 谜案连环 [Crime investigation and deduction + no female lead + episodic stories + light romance] In a corner stands an exquisite, beautiful ice sculpture, but it is made of a corpse. An anime character who seems to have stepped out of another dimension, yet has no breath left. And a blonde beauty asleep on a bench who just won't wake up... What connection do they share? Why did the killer do this? What secrets lie behind it all? The clues they uncover all seem to point to the unsolved case from seven yea 1.3kReads—Score10214d adds
- 16 Night Watch Detective 守夜刑警 Everyone on the Criminal Investigation Team says I'm cursed. Someone died in a case my father investigated, my mother died in front of a mirror, and even my partner nearly lost their life. Then I took on the dismemberment case. The victim had been cut into seven pieces, each incision dusted with sandalwood powder. The forensic pathologist said it was the work of a deranged killer. I said it wasn't. Because in the second-floor window at the crime scene, I saw a woman in a red dress. Rain passed s 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Case Files of the Eerie 诡案录 The Jiangzhou City police force has a mysterious department called P.C.I, dedicated to investigating strange cases that science cannot explain. Its members are a handful of young people with special abilities. Because Qin Lang has a pair of yin-yang eyes that let him see ghosts, he joins the department through a twist of fate, embarking on a journey into the uncanny world of bizarre cases... 101Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 18 My Murder Was the Ending She Had Written 我的凶案，是她写好的结局 The ending to my murder was one she had written. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Mystery Detective Li Jin 悬疑侦探李金 The mystery of the Ghostface Reef treasure The “perfect locked-room” suicide The “ghost” serial cases The mystery of the blood curse at the old mansion The mystery of the Mount Wuyin murders Li Jin, captain of the city criminal investigation team, is a name that strikes fear into the hearts of criminals. To his friends, he is a “master detective”; to his subordinates, he is their “rock”; to criminals, he is a “nightmare.” 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Love and Sin 情与罪 This book tells the story of a crime born from love. To make her his, the culprit kills everyone close to her, leaving no survivors. His methods are ingenious, and every move is meticulously planned. 48Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 21 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—14d adds
- 22 The Sole Suspect 独家嫌疑人 A criminal investigation consultant with extraordinary gifts and a highly skilled surgeon. These two rivals once fought over the same woman. Fate has a way of writing the most unlikely stories, and five years later, they find themselves joining forces over that very same woman. They crack cases and hunt down the real culprits; they infiltrate drug dens and capture kingpins! A song of ice and fire, a duet of law and love: all kinds of criminals will have to raise their hands before the law. 1.3kReads8.1Score12914d adds
- 23 Serial Murder Investigation Unit 连环凶案调查组 [Criminal Investigation + Serial Killer + Case-of-the-Week + Psychological Profiling + High-IQ Crimes + Not for the Fainthearted] Every time she dates a man, he dies. All three of Shi Yike's boyfriends have met untimely ends, and the serial murder case remains unsolved. Her family and friends all think she's bad luck. She also knows that a serial killer with a sick obsession with her is lurking nearby. Should she listen to her family and stay single for the rest of her life so no innocent man ge 659Reads—Score10314d adds
- 24 Murder Case 刑凶 Ghosts aren’t frightening. What’s frightening is the human heart. Twisted human nature is like a black hole, devouring everything. Demons have never come from hell. They come from within people. I’d been working as a criminal investigator for only six months when I witnessed my first case of human nature twisted beyond recognition... 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Case of the Six-Petaled Snowflake 六角雪花迷案 A fire breaks out at a villa, and a dismembered corpse is discovered inside. Yet the scene where the body was cut apart is a hundred li away. How did the killer travel between the two places using an invisible thread? And why are the survivors of the fire dying one after another… As the investigation gradually deepens, more and more clues emerge, yet the case continues to move toward an impossible dead end… 123Reads—Score10214d adds
- 26 Chasing Killers Through Sinful Dreams 罪梦追凶 The rotting corpse of a girl in a dry well on a desolate mountain. A mangled, grimacing head in a classroom. An online celebrity dying in a terrifying livestream... A string of baffling murder cases shatters the city’s peace. A girl who lost her memory in a car accident witnesses crime scenes in her dreams. As she helps the police uncover the truth, she falls in love with a passionate detective. But when he helps her regain her memories, she is plunged into an even greater mystery and deeper ang 2.5kReads8.5Score25414d adds
- 27 The Mystery Town of Mirror Shadows 镜影谜镇 I originally put this novel in the women's fiction category because I thought a bunch of guys probably wouldn't enjoy such a delicate, emotionally nuanced story. But I overlooked the emotional needs of female readers. It's a brain-teasing mystery. By the time I realized my mistake, I'd already signed a contract. Well, it's too late to change it now, so here we are. In Mirror Bay, a town shrouded in sea fog year-round, fishermen have recently been disappearing one after another, and str —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Ultimate Manhunt 绝地追凶 A contemporary criminal investigation mystery, full of unexpected twists and deductive case-solving. Feel free to dive in. The story will never go on hiatus. Entirely original, with a deliberate pace. Take your time and follow the investigation. Pay attention to the casual remarks and gestures of certain people. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Salvation in the Torrential Rain 暴雨救赎 [No System, no golden finger, no romance, mystery + deduction + main plot + standalone cases] Some people receive WeChat messages from their future selves. Some act in a feel-good web short drama and end up dead at the scene. Some think they can sit back and watch the drama unfold after mouthing off online, unaware that someone is watching them from the shadows... In this world, there are always people who use terrifying methods beyond ordinary understanding to murder their fellow human beings. 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 You Were Supposed to Take the Arts Exam, So Why Did You End Up in Criminal Investigation? 让你艺考，你考到刑侦去了？ Li Guan has a secret: everyone looks like an old person to him. People say it’s hard to paint skin and harder still to capture the bones beneath. For him, it’s the other way around. The pretty campus belle looks like an old woman, and a strapping young man looks like an old man, making it remarkably easy for him to draw bones and muscles. He thought he would spend his life this way, different from others but otherwise uneventful. Then a young, handsome female classmate showed up, and with her ca 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Perjurer 伪证者 Jiang Fanyu never imagined that the junior high school classmate he had once been closest to would one day become a trial he could never overcome. A phone call asking for help stirs the long-buried feelings of their youth, bringing them briefly back to life. Before his good deed can be settled, a cold threat wraps around him like a poisonous vine, dragging him step by step into a dark whirlpool. To eliminate the danger to his son, Jiang Nan schemes and calculates every angle. In the end, however 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Someone Calls to You in the Dead of Night. Don't Look Back! 深夜有人叫你，莫回头！ Terrifying incidents from the founding of the nation to the present. If you're having trouble sleeping at night, take a look. You'll sleep even less afterward. If you're lonely, take a look, and you'll start thinking there's someone in the bathroom, someone in the kitchen, someone under the bed... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Urban Doppelganger Files: I Am the Chosen One of the Multiverse 都市伪人异闻录之我是位面之子 Have you ever wished for an invincible System to fall into your lap? Have you ever wondered about the baffling things people around you do, questioned the outrageous news you see online, or feared the demons and monsters of legend? Have you ever dreamed of alien civilizations out in the universe? All around us, countless “impostors” live among us, hiding in human society with all kinds of motives. After an unforgettable camping trip, Wen Ming, a high school graduate about to start college, opene —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 A Box Set of Highly Rated Mystery and Suspense Novels (3 Books) 高评推理悬疑小说套装（共3册） This work brings together three highly rated mystery novels: The Invisible Elephant, Plum Blossom Nail, and The Long Night Is Coming. The Invisible Elephant: Elephant, whose real name is Wu Xing, is a newspaper reporter with an extraordinary sense of smell. He needs eight and a half hours of sleep every day and is afraid of camera flashes. One day, while working, he comes across a bizarre murder. The victim was strangled to death with a rope, dressed in a red bellyband, blindfolded with black cl 15Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 35 Demon Slayer: The Bloodlands 鬼灭之刃：血色内陆 (Based on the original work + a protagonist who grows over time + combat intelligence) This is a serious and deeply tragic Demon Slayer side story. Unlike other fan fiction, the protagonist has no golden finger. All he has is hard work and determination. The story begins when Muzan is defeated by Yoriichi and cut into pieces, which scatter as he flees. During the separation, one of the pieces develops a consciousness of its own. It breaks away from Muzan, crosses the sea to the Central Plains, a 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Dragon Nation: The Buried Truth 龙国：被埋藏的真相 [Mystery + deduction + mind-bending + fictional + one heroine + no System + no transmigration] Amid the neon lights and shadows of Longguo’s Magic City stands an unremarkable detective agency. Its owner, Wu Feng, is only twenty-three, yet he has already become an “urban legend” feared throughout eastern China. He wears his signature black long gown and a dark fedora. His eyes are as sharp as a scalpel, able to cut through the most convincing lies and disguises. With five times the learning abili —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Forbidden Forensic Files: The Poisoned Corpse in the Theater 法医禁忌档案：剧院毒尸 Forensic Files of Forbidden Cases: Poisoned Corpse at the Theater —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Mirror Image Double 镜像替身 253Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Detective Jia 贾案侦探 [Mystery + detective + case-solving + deduction + no System + mind-bending cases + steadily unfolding plot] A locked-room murder leads to an antiques donation case from years ago. A ruthless killer lurking in the shadows carefully assassinates the people who know what the police have discovered, cutting off every lead. But evidence of a crime never disappears, and the law's net may be wide, but no criminal can slip through forever. 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Half the City Beneath the Dark Rain 暗雨半城 In a small city, a mystery surrounding a beautiful young teacher sets off a series of bizarre murders. The brutal truth is beyond anyone's expectations, and reflections on human nature and society plunge people into an endless abyss... 83Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Case Files: Wanted, All Suspects Are Guilty 追凶档案：全员恶人通告 [Criminal Investigations and Crime Solving + Social Maneuvering + Logical Deduction + Support System] 80% criminal investigations and crime solving + 10% scheming and infighting + 10% social maneuvering = 100% exhilarating fun! Note: This book prioritizes logic. The System has a low profile and serves only as an aid! Criminal investigation prodigy Lin Jing was snapped up by municipal police departments across the country just before graduation. To everyone's surprise, Lin Jing turned down a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Perfect Crime 完美犯罪 That night, my girlfriend's head was stolen, only to mysteriously turn up at… 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Global Lord: From the Start, I Got Divine-Level Enlightenment 全民领主，开局获得神级点化 A lordship game descends upon Blue Star, drawing one million gaming enthusiasts worldwide into the World of Warcraft, where they become lords of their own territories. From the start, each gets a small wooden hut and four peasants. Tang Feng draws an SSS-rank talent from the start: Divine Empowerment. He can empower any item or unit, boosting it a hundredfold or even ten thousandfold. His peasants are all empowered into three-to-four-meter-tall Titan peasants. Their productivity is a hundred tim 325Reads5.8Score10014d adds
- 44 The Great Case of Xijin 西金大案 In 1997, a dismemberment case at Xijin University caused a nationwide sensation. The case remained unsolved for 27 years. Against the backdrop of criminal investigation innovation at the Provincial Public Security Department, it has now resurfaced as a landmark case. The case forms the thread running through the whole novel, whose story weaves together suspense and deduction, archaeology, cutting-edge technology, love and family, and documentary realism... It paints a picture of the times from t 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Behind the Twelve Murder Cases 十二道杀人案件的背后 He is just an ordinary office worker. He is just an ordinary police officer. They are classmates and childhood friends. If not for that murder case, they would each have gone on living dull, uneventful lives in their respective jobs. But what kind of sparks could the two of them create? What kind of miracles could they make happen? 2.9kReads—Score11014d adds
- 46 Strange Cases of the Tang Dynasty 唐朝诡案 Set during the Tang Dynasty, this novel tells the thrilling, legendary tale of Li Chang’an, a man of humble origins who becomes a county magistrate through a stroke of fate. From then on, he uses the wit of an ordinary man to crack extraordinary cases and outsmart corrupt officials at every level. 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 We Agreed to Invade Earth Together, So Why Did You Betray Our Race? 说好一起入侵地球，你怎么叛族了 (If you’ve come across this story, you’ve hit the guaranteed pity pull.) [New premise] [New writing style] [Dual storyline] (An imaginary world, unrelated to reality) “Why are we suddenly going to the Mazu Temple?” “What’s this little building? A place where people burn incense and make offerings?” “‘Pray with a sincere heart, and every wish will be granted; once the incense reaches the gods, your prayers will be answered’? That sounds pretty good. What’s in the hole in the middle? Incense?” … 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Ma Long Investigates: The Three O'Clock Mystery 马龙探案之三点的迷案 Revision in progress, The format will be changed to one translation per sentence, with one Chinese sentence followed by one English sentence. Extensive English reading material, suitable for readers with a vocabulary of 3,000 words, and written according to the logic of how to say things in English. Contents Volume One: The Three O'Clock Mystery @ Chapter 1 Volume Two: The Missing Corpse @ Chapter 34 Volume Three: The Wrong Murder Case @ Chapter 68 Volume Four: The Right Murder Case A suspens —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Silent Truth: The Language of Corpses 沉默的真相：尸语 On a stormy night, a woman in white lay curled up at the bottom of an elevator shaft in an unfinished building. There were no fatal injuries on her body, but strange honeycomb-shaped bruises marked her ankles. The faintest curve lingered at the corner of her mouth, as if she were waiting for someone, waiting for an answer. An unjust case buried for twenty-eight years. Three recent deaths. A “ghost” hiding inside the forensic center. As Long Yusheng edges closer to the truth, a threatening call c 129Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Murder in the Golden House: My Opponent Is a Bit of a Letdown 金屋藏凶：我的对手不太行 [Alternate Republic of China setting + episodic mystery-solving + happy ending] During the Republic of China era, the body of socialite Xu Ruolan is discovered in a suburban villa. The police station hastily closes the case as an accidental fall. Officer Jiang Shuyi suspects foul play and continues investigating, only to be dismissed without explanation. Just as the truth is about to be buried, a year later, dancer Dong Yujiao moves into the villa to track down a missing treasure. There, she cro 2Reads—Score—14d adds
