Novels like Ashen Panic
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- 51 The Ghost Hand Murders: Selected Detective Stories of Sun Liaohong 鬼手谜案：孙了红侦探小说精选集 “He climbed out of his grave and strangled the enemy who had framed him with his bare hands!” Sun Liaohong was a bestselling detective novelist during the Republican era. He entered the literary scene in the 1920s and reached the height of his career in the late 1940s. His “The Strange Cases of the Gentleman Thief Lu Ping” series became one of China's best-known detective series, as celebrated as Cheng Xiaoqing's “The Huo Sang Cases.” This collection brings together several of his classic detect 7Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 52 Su Xiaochun 苏晓春 Starting at the end of the story, we’ll work backward, step by step, along the path the heroine once walked. There is no male lead in this story. No romance. Mystery, crime, investigations, deduction. 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 My Dad Demanded Three Million from Me, Claiming I Was a Murderer 我爸勒索我三百万，说我是杀人凶手 My dad suddenly came to me demanding three million yuan. If I didn’t pay, he’d expose me as a murderer. How could he possibly know the truth about what happened back then? Someone must be behind this. So I took him to an abandoned villa in the suburbs. Let’s put an end to those two murders tonight. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 She Walks Beside the Dark of Night 她与暗夜同行 She's a Chinese professor devoted to educating young minds: cool, sharp-tongued, and single for a thousand years. He's a man who walks the edge of crime, a wealthy bachelor, and a lifelong loner. One day, he cornered her outside the school gates. “Professor Cheng, how would you like to get married and rid the world of a menace?” She said nothing, but a crack appeared in her frozen heart. From then on, her life was like opening Pandora's box. Sweetness and thrills wove together into a bizarre, da 162Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 55 The Truth Behind the Perjury 伪证下的真相 I’m a doctor at a clinic. One day, a patient vanished mysteriously after leaving. Two months later, the body turned up in the countryside. Then the police showed up at my door, investigating the patient’s death. The security footage had conveniently been damaged, and the medication records altered. The police kept pressing me with questions, and my younger brother could barely hide his suspicions. But I’d already prepared the perfect story. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 The Returnee from Hell 地狱归客 He once fell into the Inferno, enduring nine near-death trials amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. At last, he returned to the human world bearing the brands of Hell and the power to devour souls. That power can see through the hidden sins of sinners and turn their past misdeeds into pain they must suffer themselves. It is a “gift” Hell bestows upon its judges. The human world is no paradise. Evil lurks in the shadows of neon lights: a hypocritical principal who abused children is still 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Mysteries of the Republic Era 民国谜案 A horrific case rocks Xiaocheng during the Republican era. Detective Qiao Yunxiu teams up with Duan Shi, a psychiatrist who has returned from studying abroad. As a series of cases come to light, the truth is revealed, and Qiao Yunxiu learns the secret Duan Shi has been hiding... One day, Duan Shi suddenly asks the person beside her, “When did you first fall for me?” Detective Qiao takes a sip of hot porridge. “The first time I saw you. Your legs were beautiful, your hands were beautiful, and eve 54Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 58 Once the Dark Moonlight 曾经黑月光 A serial murder case spanning several provinces brings He Zhiqiu, now a PhD in criminal psychology, face to face again with Qi Yu, a former university classmate and current police squad leader. He Zhiqiu says, “Long time no see,” while Qi Yu turns and walks away without a trace of expression. An excited friend asks, “You two seem to have a history. Could you be the white moonlight of Qi Yu, the shining star of the police force?” He Zhiqiu exhales a puff of smoke, thinks for a moment, then repli 354Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 59 She Gazes from the Abyss 她自深渊凝视 [Historical fantasy] + [mystery solving] + [formidable partners] + [suspense] + [geniuses] + [deduction] In the autumn of the fourteenth year of Yongzhao, Song Chen, Vice Minister of Justice, takes on a case involving a set of human remains. In the examination room, he finds a young woman in plain robes cutting into the bones with a knife. Her fingertips are stained with blood, but she precisely extracts half a piece of jade from the victim’s throat. “When poison has reached the vital organs, th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Major Crimes: Keeping Night Watch in the Forensics Lab 重案追凶：我在法医室守夜 The protagonist, Lin Yebai, is the chief forensic pathologist of the Major Crimes Unit at the Jianghai Public Security Bureau. With his exceptional expertise, meticulous reasoning, and keen insight, he leads his team in uncovering the truth behind one seemingly impossible case after another. At the same time, he is investigating the truth behind his father's accidental death ten years ago. 4Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 61 The Chinatown Case Files 唐人街探案实集 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The Thousand-Year-Old Detective 千岁神探 During the Song Dynasty, the Six Fan Gate. At the summit of the Tianshan Mountains, he attains immortality. Demons and monsters all fear him. Dynasties rise and fall, and everyone else is just a passerby. A thousand years rush past. He is merely a visitor to the halls of power. He once discussed old cases with Bao Zheng and often examined corpses with Song Ci. Across a thousand years, he writes the chronicles of history. A single lifetime spent seeking the truth. He is the greatest martial artis 22Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 63 Gulp, Gulp! This Empress Is Seriously Hardcore! 吨吨吨！这女帝画风太硬核了！ Ye Fengzhen opens her eyes and finds herself cast as a miserable cultivation furnace in a melodramatic novel?! ╯‵□'╯‵□′╯︵┻━┻ “Damn it! This script is a complete mess!” Her Muscle Barbie Plus form activates. The Dongfang family? Demolished! The Ximen family? Crushed! The world core? Gulp, gulp, swallowed! She reaches the peak at Emperor rank, 16 stars, and unlocks the freedom to switch between two forms: muscles that make people crumble, a queenly beauty who takes them all down. She’s the poster —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Never-Ending Plum Blossoms 梅完梅了 Years ago, the powerful businesswoman Dong Zhenzhu was brutally murdered in her home. Mei Changqing, who had only just joined the police force, accidentally caught a glimpse of the culprit's back during an emergency assignment, but an unexpected mishap let the killer slip away. In the end, the police closed the case as a suicide. Years later, after weathering all kinds of hardships, Mei Changqing is no longer the inexperienced young officer he once was. He has become a middle-aged man with a bee 2Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 65 The First-Rank Coroner’s Wild Ride 一品仵作狂妃 Modern forensic pathologist Yan Feixue unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of an unloved young lady of a noble marquis's household. The moment she opens her eyes, she is framed for murder and nearly loses her life. She has no choice but to use the professional skills she honed in her previous life to clear her name and save her own skin. But her peerless autopsy skills catch the attention of a certain cold and aloof Lord Beiming. He pins her against the wall and declares domineeringly, “Wom 80Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 66 System Carry: From a Thesis Defense Disaster to Immortalizing My Name in Film History 系统带飞：从答辩翻车到名留影史 [Woman Director + No Romance + Career First + Copying Works] “A woman director? Let her make a romance movie or something. Big projects still need to go to male directors.” “An art film? Giving it a 7% screen share is already generous. Theaters are here to make money, not run a charity. If it loses money, the director takes the blame.” Lin Zhao gripped her pen and jabbed a hole in the script. She was determined to stand out in this prejudice-filled film industry! The film-history database brough 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 67 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
- 68 The Shackles of Misty Alley 雾巷枷锁 A corpse is found in an ancient well, reopening an old case. A butterfly jade pendant binds the fates of Chen Ci, a writer who has spent seven years pursuing the killer, and Lu Zheng, a detective hemmed in by the rules. Symbol-filled notes, torn field records, a second skeleton of unknown identity... Amid the fog of the narrow alleys, the two go from opposition to partnership, closing in step by step on the truth: a loan-sharking gang has colluded with senior figures at the police bureau. As sec —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 The Mystery of the Moxiang Pavilion 墨香阁谜案 The Mystery of Moxiang Pavilion —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 City Detective: Solving Cases Made Me Rich 都市神探：我靠破案致富奔小康 Lin Dong is an ordinary but confident and self-reliant young man who graduated with a civil engineering degree from a disreputable college. By chance, he gains a golden finger: the Wild Detective Training System. While investigating his first case, he awakens a second golden finger: the “Soul Portraitist.” With these two golden fingers, Lin Dong goes from working as a carpenter on construction sites to solving one case after another, earning rewards such as money and skills and building a pros 724Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 71 Strange Cases of the Soul 灵魂破案奇异事 What kind of sparks will fly between a male lead who can leave his body and a female lead who is a brilliant criminal investigator? The male lead uses his supernatural ability to track down the real culprit and help the female lead solve cases. The culprit he seeks is behind not only criminal cases, but also the murder of his childhood sweetheart. Why did the culprit kill? What grand scheme lies behind the truth? The male and female leads investigate together and bring justice to those involved. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Top-Secret Files: Human Nature 绝密档案：人性 Wherever people live, there is darkness, and wherever there is darkness, there will be light. Though the light may come a little late, it will never let the darkness spread. Cases that seem simple at first reveal nothing but raw human nature and desire. A cold case sealed away for five years appears before Lin Feng once again. Is it mere coincidence, or is some unseen hand driving events forward? Watch Lin Feng painstakingly unravel the clues as a shadowy organization that kills for pleasure 131Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 73 At the Crime Scene, This Beautiful Girl Can See Ghosts 凶案现场，我这个美少女能看见鬼 Shen Yaoyao is a socially anxious college student who, by a twist of fate, ends up at the city’s most mysterious “Special Investigations Bureau.” The bureau is packed with top talents from every field: a cold-blooded team leader known as a god of death, a top-tier star of the hacking world, and a forensic pathologist who can read lies like a human lie detector. Nobody has any faith in the soft-spoken Shen Yaoyao, until… Murder victim in the dismemberment case: Officer, the killer is my ex-boyfri 3.1kReads6.6Score52614d adds
- 74 I Wield the Power of Time and Become a True Goddess 掌握时间之力的我做真神女 [Alternate-universe mystery] [Mild horror] [Case-of-the-week] The Moon-Gap Mirror, a mirror that can control time. When its fragments scatter across the world, what will those who briefly gain its powers use them for? To kill? To save someone, or to fulfill a small, lingering wish? Gather the fragments one by one and piece together the truth from ten years ago. 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Disfigured 破相 A mysterious new tenant moves into the apartment above Xu Ying. He leaves early and comes back late every day, sometimes making a terrible racket in the middle of the night. Yet Xu Ying doesn’t seem to mind. Lin Qiao, a young detective, has been haunted for years by the suspicious suicide of his younger sister, Li Wen. His investigation has recently made a breakthrough, but at the same time he has found himself in another predicament. Ten years after Li Wen’s death, another woman’s body is disco 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Ashes of Evil 烬恶 A quirky, mercurial criminal psychology expert and a handsome, wealthy, tsundere, straight-laced criminal investigation team captain Every city has a dark side, but crime here is especially deranged. A criminal investigation captain and a criminal psychology expert were on parallel paths until a series of baffling cases brought them together. A headless woman’s corpse in a field, body parts in a bun shop, a shadow that kills, the truth behind death during sex… The stranger the cases, the closer 1.2kReads7.1Score14114d adds
- 77 Mom Stole My Dowry for My Brother, So I Ruined His Wedding House 彩礼被妈偷给弟，我让他婚房泡汤 Right after getting her engagement certificate, Lin Wan discovers that her mother has transferred the entire 280,000-yuan bride price to her younger brother as a down payment on his new home! And she has the nerve to say, “A daughter should help her brother out.” Her ungrateful brother just lounges back and makes empty promises, saying he’ll definitely pay it back someday. Lin Wan sneers, takes screenshots and recordings, hires a lawyer, and fires back with a legal notice! Her parents favoring s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Three Years After Being Cast Out of the Marquis's Household, the Entire Capital Awaits My Autopsy 被逐侯府三年后，全京城等我验尸 Pei Zhaotang was once the brightest jewel in the Marquis’s household. Skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, she was said to be blessed with good fortune. Then the Marquis’s true-blood daughter was found, and overnight Pei Zhaotang went from treasured child to a sinner accused of stealing another’s place. Her father said nothing, her mother looked on coldly, and her brothers despised her. Even the heir she had been promised to turned around and protected the true heiress. Pei Zhaot 374Reads6.6Score10214d adds
- 79 Those Carefree Days of Youth 那晃晃悠悠的青春 Campus supernatural mysteries + mental disorders + crime-solving! How much can childhood trauma affect a person? What causes psychological problems? An intern's fall from a building, a baby murder by human traffickers, a murder at a hot-spring inn, a body sunk in a river, the bones of a girl buried fifteen years ago discovered beneath the school's banyan tree, and a woman's corpse hanging in an unfinished building, reeking of decay... Behind each case lurk the ugliest, darkest sides of human nat 3Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 80 1368 No scheming green tea. No misunderstandings. No melodrama, no characters getting stupid for the sake of the plot. The heroine wants to find the person who killed her parents. Only later does she realize this isn’t just about getting revenge, and it isn’t just her problem: it concerns the safety of the public. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 The Perfect Murder Plan 完美犯罪计划 My older brother died in an accident. While sorting through his belongings, I discovered it hadn’t been an accident at all. He had been murdered by his business partner. So I devised the perfect murder plan. The only catch was that I wouldn’t be the one to carry it out. The killer who murdered my brother would. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 The Forgotten Petal 被遗忘的花瓣 Article 16 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China [Force Majeure and Accidental Events]: If an act causes harmful consequences in objective terms, but they are not the result of intent or negligence and instead arise from an unavoidable or unforeseeable cause, it is not a crime. Qing Li fell asleep with her head resting on the bright red cover of a copy of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China. The cover was still as eye-catching as ever, though the pages had yellowed 135Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 83 Love and Crime: The Forensic Beauty and Her Obsessive Prince 谈情说案：强迫症王爷的法医美妃 She was a genius forensic pathologist in the 21st century. Her hands had dissected the dead and saved the living; with a turn of her wrist, she could command the winds and clouds. After being murdered, she became the eldest daughter of the Qin family, a foolish beauty whom everyone in Shengjing despised. He was His Highness Prince Jinyang, Gu Yanci, a cold and aloof man with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. A level-ten case, by all accounts. While everyone waited to laugh at her, Qin Yan jo 61Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 84 The Secret Iron Box 秘密铁盒 [Mystery • Deduction • Romance • Dark • Human Nature • Two Male Leads] The owner of a villa suddenly dies. Was it suicide, an accident, or murder? A single murder case dredges up the young men’s and women’s painful, secret pasts. Their love and hate, tangled relationships, and memories of youth stir beneath the surface. A girl’s secret adolescence, hidden in an iron box, and the crimes behind a charity aid program have remained unknown to all. There are more cases behind this one. Who has been w 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 My Rescuer Is a Prince? I'll Make Him Pay! 救命恩人是皇子？讹他！ Xin Lingxuan's life motto: consultations start at a thousand taels. Romance? Not interested! After being heartbroken by Lu Chengde, her aloof, saintly master and the Miracle Doctor of Hundred Flowers Valley, she finally got it: men will leave, but money is dependable! She sets off for a foreign land as the "black-hearted miracle doctor," with one clear goal: a position as an imperial physician, complete with a high salary and a comfortable retirement! On the way to the capital, she casually "sha —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Crime Solving: I Can Pinpoint the Killer, and My Deduction Skills Keep Getting Better 破案：我能锁定凶手，推理就变强 Anning Medical College. Outside the women's dormitory. Bao Jun followed a short-haired girl with a suspicious look, glancing around nervously in case someone suddenly jumped out. If word got out that he'd gone into the women's dorm, his social life would basically be over. “Senior Lu, are you really just asking me to fix your computer?” As they neared the dorm supervisor's office, Bao Jun finally blurted out the question he'd been holding in all the way there. The short-haired senior ahead turne 110Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 87 The Divine Detective 神探 A murder case brings agent Xia Lan back to her hometown, where she becomes the youngest captain of the criminal investigation team in Mengshan City. With the help of private detective Sun Yu, she uncovers the secrets behind one bizarre case after another: serial killers, unexpected culprits, and a mysterious criminal organization. It was he who made the Blue Enchantress bloom once more in the darkness. After darkness is dispelled, the brilliant detective ensures that the light remains. 10Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 88 The Case of the Eroding Color 色蚀谜案 A Case of Sensual Corruption 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 The Court of Causality: Fatal Percentage 因果律庭：致命百分比 I’m Alan Wexler, a former causality investigator and now a down-at-the-heels detective. My daily routine is watching people at the “Court of Causality” argue themselves hoarse over trivial nonsense. For example, when a piece of cheese goes missing, they’ll blame the boss, a robot, a dog, even the constants of the universe! Then I get dragged into Alex’s death case, and all five unlucky nodes insist they’re innocent. Fine, looks like I’ll have to step in again and find the one truly guilty “cause 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Criminal Investigation: A Shocking Bloodbath 刑侦之惊天血案 [A roguish detective X a beautiful mortician. Amid a shocking string of murders, only love can bring us peace.] [Crime investigation + suspense + deduction + mind games + two powerful leads + revenge + redemption] Five years ago, Nan Shu walked away from a shocking dismemberment case. She gave up on herself and has carried a deep-seated grudge ever since, all so she could slay the evil dragon with her own hands. But in this perilous case, Lu Yiheng, the deputy captain of the criminal investigati 2Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 91 Reborn in 1980: A Surgeon’s Road to Renewal 重生1980：外科圣手的涅槃路 Su Wan, a top-tier surgeon, died as a result of a plot by her husband and his mistress. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to 1980, with both legs intact and her family still alive! Her vengeance from her past life remains unfinished. How could she make the same mistakes all over again? Armed with astonishing medical skills and lost Chinese medicine recipes, she vows to make the scum pay for their crimes in blood! Set up a street stall? No, she’ll open Renxin Hall, saving lives wit 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Nine Songs: Please Give Me Back My Things 九歌：请把我的东西还回来 {Two powerful, faithful leads, historical fantasy, scheming, political intrigue, revenge} Jiu Ge is a priceless treasure everyone in the world wants to seize, while he is a ruler turned into a demon and ghost. Jiu Ge had her five senses and eight consciousnesses stolen from her as a child. As she searches for them, she steps further and further into the beautiful world he has woven for her. She feels nothing for heaven and earth, yet makes an exception for him. Their repeated chance encounters a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Surrender: Kiss Me in the Night 沉沦：吻上你的夜 Sinking Into the Night: A Kiss from You —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Apprentice Detective 见习神探 On his third day on the police force, Bai Ziluo faced the biggest challenge of his life: getting the former captain back on the job! Cases that seemed unrelated were linked by a mysterious cross, leading to a murder that had vanished from the record nineteen years ago. Follow a rookie intern as he becomes a star detective’s sidekick and searches for the truth, watching an aspiring detective grow step by step. Bai Ziluo: “Aspiring detective? No, I was born to be one.” Xiao Su: “Hmm?” Bai Ziluo: “ 84Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 95 The Strange Case of South City 南城诡事 A bizarre, inexplicable murder takes place in Nancheng. The case bears a striking resemblance to one Tang Qianyu described on Weibo just two days earlier, drawing her into the investigation. To uncover the truth, she joins forces with Gu Zhiheng, her upperclassman from the same school and captain of Nancheng's criminal investigation team, to hunt down the killer. But she never imagined this was only the beginning... 420Reads7.7Score10014d adds
- 96 Special Criminal Investigation Unit 特殊刑侦小组 [No System + No golden finger + Hard-hitting deduction + One female lead + Special forces veteran + Ruthless and decisive] A special forces veteran was ambushed by the enemy during a special mission. His teammates were tortured and killed, and he barely survived. From then on, his only purpose was to hunt down the killers and exact revenge, but he didn’t even know who his enemies were. After transferring to the police force as a detective, one baffling case after another came his way: Pairs of m 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Northeast of the Silent Woods: The World Beyond Return 哑林东偏北：无回界 [Adventure + Suspense + Light Horror + Two Powerful Leads] There's a saying in Shilin Town: “Enter the No-Return Realm, and even the gods are done for.” Song Zongli is the best “living map” in this forest. She never promises her clients will make it out alive. She only agrees to take them into the central area. After all, none of the teams she's led have ever come back alive. She takes the money and sends people to their deaths. She's done this for seven years, until Liu Song, a forest ranger, c 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Chasing Cases Across Two Cities: An Intern Forensic Pathologist 双城追案：实习女法医 [Modern suspense + episodic case-solving + slow-burn romance + evenly matched leads] Lu Fan is a gentle, quiet-looking forensic intern, but beneath the surface she is bright, strong-willed, and sincere. She is drawn to the light and embraces the same beliefs and aspirations as her brother. Bai Ge looks scruffy, roguishly handsome, and cheerful to those around him, but inside he is insecure and gloomy. With a histrionic personality, he was once a Chinese detective, but he is also the son of a cri 139Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 99 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
- 100 Daisies and a Scalpel 小雏菊与手术刀 Late autumn: why did the conjoined twins suffocate inside the wall? A snowy night: who took the lives of the elderly couple who fell from a building together? On New Year's Eve, as lights glow in homes across the city and families gather, someone lies on the freezing street, their body growing cold... This winter, Hunjiang seems colder than ever. As investigative reporter Fang Jin looks into these cases in pursuit of the truth for the public, she stumbles upon a mysterious organization operating 1Reads—Score—14d adds
