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- 1 The Legendary Detective 传奇警探 Back at the police academy, Li Yihan, Chen Jichuan, Cheng Yueran, and Wang Mian were already famous as the “troublemaker squad.” They topped their professional courses, crushed their classmates in fitness training, and solved mock cases half a step ahead of everyone else. At their graduation dinner, someone yelled, “Let’s do something big together someday!” No one knew who it was, but four years later, the four of them really did reunite and form a major crimes unit. Meet the lineup that gives 113Reads—Score10514d adds
- 2 Criminal Investigation: I Know Who the Killer Is 刑侦，我知道凶手是谁 Shen Mobei has just graduated from the police academy and been assigned as a trainee officer to a suburban police station. In reality, he was a criminal detective in the same public security system in 2026. While pursuing a murderer, he chased the suspect into an alley, where he was unexpectedly attacked and killed. When he wakes up, he discovers he has been reborn in 1999 in the body of a newly graduated trainee officer who shares his name. 24Reads—Score10014d adds
- 3 Testimony in the Cracks of Old Things 旧物缝隙里证词 [Mystery] [Crime Solving] [Imaginative Premise] [Deduction] Qiao Yue, a restorer of antiques, keeps a low profile while running an unmarked restoration shop called Buyuzhai on an old street. Her father mysteriously vanished years ago, leaving no trace of life or death. Everyone was convinced he had died, and Qiao Yue lived with that belief for a long time. She inherited her father's gift: by touching an old object, she can see fragments of memories sealed within it. But the gift also brings ment —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Shh, Don’t Lie to Me 嘘，别对我说谎 What kind of sparks could fly between a wealthy young woman's counselor and a rugged homicide detective? The “Black Swan,” who should have been dancing gracefully, died onstage in full view of the crowd. Cheng Yuanyuan hadn't even started her job yet, but she was forced to report to work early. This is a web woven by malice. Our task is to hack through the thorns. Cheesy pickup-line skit: “Captain Cai, I'm serious. You look a little like someone I know.” “...Who?” “My husband.” 354Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 5 The Sin Punisher: A Bizarre Case of Murder 惩罪者：诡案迷凶 A caged flower of evil, the beginning of the Fuming City case, a Dizang King pendant, and a North Star symbol: each is like a shackle from the abyss, tormenting He Sheng’s soul. The killer is grotesquely twisted and brazen, even mailing death gifts to the police. The terrifying signs left at the scene are like nightmares under a curse. Are these all the work of fate, or deliberate acts of revenge? With no other way forward, He Sheng’s identity as a frontline criminal investigator conceals the fa 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Miss Detective, Who Are You Really? 侦探小姐，你到底是什么人？ [Detective System + Genius Senior + Case-by-Case Mysteries + Showdowns with a Phantom Thief + Slightly Yandere + Everyday Bickering] After transmigrating eighteen years ago, Lu Guan finally activated the Legendary Detective Training System. The System can measure data, compare traces, and issue missions, but it never tells him who the culprit is. To claim his rewards, he must turn every clue into evidence the police can independently verify. To earn money for living expenses, Lu Guan joins a 1.1kReads—Score16614d adds
- 7 Reborn After Death: I Became a Time-and-Space Detective 死后重生：我成为时空侦探 [Big Ideas + Crime Solving + Strong Female Lead + Golden Finger + Supernatural Horror] Ye Ling never imagined that after dying of late-stage cancer, she would be forced into the Time-Space Detective Corps and become its 99th detective. She has to earn enough points to get home! In the blink of an eye, she’s faced with some bloodthirsty body-stitching murder case! Then a dismemberment case. Then cases involving feeding people to pigs and dogs. And even a haunted house case... Best of all, there’s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Waiting for the Case 等案 Mystery Romance + Comedy + Crime Solving The beginning is slow, with a school-life secret-crush storyline. Later, it shifts to mystery and crime solving, so don't give up because of the early chapters. You can jump straight to the cases if you like~ They had secretly loved each other since middle school, all the way through high school graduation. Time and again, they were just one step away from getting together, but for one reason or another, they stopped there. Only later did they realize how 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 From the Start, I Returned to a Crime Scene: Solving Cases Makes Me Stronger 开局穿回凶案现场，破案就变强 Lin Chuan discovers a bizarre newspaper: a missing-person notice appears before anyone has reported the girl missing, and she is wearing a school uniform that will not be issued until the next day. When he opens his eyes again, he is back at a murder scene from 1998. The girl who was supposed to have gone missing is standing at the newspaper office, demanding that they take down her missing-person notice. [Reverse-Time Murder Investigation System activated] Misstep, Swift Step, Guarding Stance, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Shocking Secret Behind the School Beauty's Death 校花之死背后的惊天秘密 [Crime Investigation] [Crime Solving] [Multiple Cases] [Deduction] [No System] On his first day with the criminal investigation squad, Du Kai gets caught up in the case of his former campus beauty classmate's death. He never expected such a huge secret to be hidden behind her case... 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Thirteen Minutes of Nothing 十三分钟空白 When memories can be edited, does the truth cease to exist? Gu Xing, a top memory editor, is faced with a wealthy man's murder case backed by conclusive evidence. The suspect, Shen Jun, has confessed outright, and the crime memory extracted through the Memory Mirror is flawless, with every detail fitting together perfectly. But a memory that is too perfect is itself the deepest lie. Amid the cold streams of data, Gu Xing catches a thirteen-minute blank and a strange flash of blue light. This tin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Shadow Hunter 阴影狩猎者 When a blood-red smiling face becomes the city’s symbol of judgment, a mysterious organization known as the “Revenge Angels” arrives in secret. Taking vigilante justice as their weapon, they punish criminals who escaped the law, unleashing a bloody storm of violence for violence in Jiangcheng. While investigating the organization, detective Han Chen discovers that every clue points to Sun Haoran, a business magnate who always stands in the spotlight yet remains perfectly concealed in the shadow —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Bone Evidence Mystery: Captain Lu Is Under Forensic Doctor Su's Thumb Again 骨证谜局：陆队又被苏法医拿捏了 [Crime Investigation, Sweet Romance] [A Powerful Duo] [Face-Slapping, Exposing Scumbags] [Together for Life] Everyone in Jiangcheng knows that Captain Lu of the Criminal Investigation Unit is a notorious ice-cold tyrant. His face could freeze anyone solid, and he can break a suspect with three questions. No one has ever managed to stir his emotions. That is, until Su Wan arrives at the Forensic Center as its new chief forensic pathologist. On her first day, she points at a corpse and says, "The 16.9kReads—Score2.1k14d adds
- 14 The Lampbearer's Chronicle 执灯记 The original novel Lantern Keeper is a mystery and science fiction story. "In this world, sin and love weep together, but I will sweep it clean, leaving nothing standing." Come and discover their story with us as we explore human nature. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Back to 2001 重回2001 Zhang Ziyang, a veteran detective with twenty years of policing experience, unexpectedly returns as a reborn man to 2001, when he is still an auxiliary officer without a permanent position. From then on, his remarkable career as a detective begins. Cold cases and baffling cases are solved one after another, and major and special cases are all cracked. With a heart devoted to justice, he repeatedly solves major crimes, sweeps away criminals, and strikes with iron fists, invincible wherever he goe 360Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 16 I Said I'd Collect Scrap, Not Solve Cases This Well 说好的收破烂，结果这么会破案 [Two powerful leads + devoted to each other + the supernatural + solving crimes + special affection + a touch of ensemble cast] A beautiful, formidable antique shop owner vs. a beautiful, tragic, formidable, unhinged CEO Wen Ci is the famously eccentric owner of a shop on Antique Street. She only takes goods from the dead. Jiang Yuhuai is the business world’s living King of Hell: signing contracts with his left hand and handling guns with his right. The two people who should never have crossed p 104Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Urban Crime Buster: Extracting Beast Genes 都市悍警：百兽基因提取 Three years undercover brought loneliness and isolation, partings in life and death, tender affections, and cold-blooded slaughter. After returning to city life, Gao Han awakens the ability to extract animal genes. Starting as an ordinary criminal investigator, he steadily becomes a hard-hitting cop. Fugitive thug: Stay back! I have a gun. Gao Han: I’ll bet the bullets 10.2kReads8.5Score88014d adds
- 18 I Told You to Go on a Blind Date, Not Arrest Your Police Chief Father-in-Law 让你去相亲，你把警察岳父给抓了 On his way to propose at a policewoman’s home, he catches a queen of thieves and brings her along as a gift. His future police-chief father-in-law is stunned. At his girlfriend’s home, he finds numerous skeletons sealed inside a clay sculpture. He immediately arrests the suspect, his future police-chief father-in-law. His future father-in-law, the police chief, gives him every kind of obstacle: if he wants to marry his beautiful daughter, he first has to solve the bizarre haunted-house case that 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Jade Joy 瑾忻 A collision of art and reason, a criminal investigation story that begins with a blind date. He Lanxin is set up by her family on a blind date with Gu Jinzhi, the captain of a criminal investigation team. She resists the idea but remains polite. Gu Jinzhi has been “ordered” by his superior to show up. Even in casual clothes, his upright bearing and exhaustion are hard to hide. His mind is on an unsolved case, and he has no interest in the blind date. The date goes nowhere, but the abyss that fol 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 You're a Murder Suspect, So Why Do You Keep Solving Murder Cases? 你个凶杀嫌疑犯，怎么天天破命案 [Hardcore deduction + forensic criminal investigation + must-read masterpiece + no idiot plots + career comes first] What do you mean, the evidence is irrefutable? I really didn’t kill anyone! Lin Ming was once a top detective. After unexpectedly transmigrating to a parallel world, he finds himself in an interrogation room, accused of murder. Finding the crucial evidence and clearing his name becomes his most urgent task. An incorrectly shaped bloodstain leads him to the murder weapon someone tr 4Reads—Score12714d adds
- 21 Shadow of Justice 刑影不离 Standalone cases + mystery and deduction Bi Ran, a talented rookie fresh out of police academy, offends He Jing, the “Living Yama” captain of the criminal investigation squad, with his impulsive candor on his very first day reporting for duty. He thinks his career is over, only for He Jing to recruit him as his personal apprentice. As the “old fossil” and the “new generation” clash day and night, the two become partners who can’t stand each other but can’t do without each other. Together, they s 94Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Tales of the Tang Mysteries: Forensic Doctor Di Wanli 唐诡录：法医狄万里 Di Wanli is a top modern forensic science student and a direct descendant of Di Renjie, with a natural talent for solving cases. After an accidental laboratory incident, he carries all his modern forensic knowledge with him, including DNA testing, bloodstain analysis, toxicology, and facial reconstruction, as his soul travels back to the Wu Zhou era in 690 AD. He becomes a marginalized branch member of the Di clan. At the time, ruthless officials like Lai Junchen and Zhou Xing are running rampan 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Midnight Terror 午夜惊魂 Midnight Terror 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Ferry Archives 摆渡档案 Shen Mo is a criminal psychology consultant with hyperthymesia and mirror-touch synesthesia. He can experience a victim's fear in their final moments, making him the police's only trump card for solving baffling cases, but he must forever endure the endless agony of being unable to forget. Nine unsolvable cases erupt across the city in quick succession: corpses recreated as famous paintings, voluntary confinement in locked rooms, ordinary people having their identities completely replaced, deat 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 25 Emergency! A Husky Has Torn Apart the Crime Scene! 急！犯罪现场被二哈拆了！ My name is Chai Chai. I'm a purebred husky, born with the ability to see the colors of smells. Most importantly, key evidence glows in my eyes. Linhai City seems peaceful on the surface, but beneath it lies a web of crimes controlled by the "Shadow Alliance." I tear up houses like I tear apart murder cases. I've chewed through sofas, floors, and even tombstones, and every "toy" I dig up is a key to solving a case. My partner, Chen Yuan, has a sharp tongue and loves slacking off, while Lin Xue is —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Crows Descend on Sin City 鸦落罪城 (Mystery and deduction + criminal investigation + anti-drug operations + anti-corruption + mind-bending crimes) In Yacheng, Nanhuai Province, in the 1990s, a sensational case shocked the nation: the 712 serial murders. The case reached far and wide. The suspect brutally murdered a family of three, but the Qingsha Syndicate behind the killer controlled Yacheng's police, procuratorate, and courts, keeping justice out of reach. To solve the case, Zhou Zhen of the Nanhuai Provincial Police Departmen 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 I'm a Rookie Cop. Surely Solving a Major Case Isn't Asking Too Much? 我，小警察，破个大案不过分吧？ [No System + No golden finger + Crime-solving prodigy + Photographic memory + Mind palace Rubik’s cube] There’s a romance!!! Has the vibe of a Hong Kong crime movie!!! The story branches into multiple plotlines after 100,000 words, and the cases get more complex!!! Female fan: “You’re a punk, you’re a bad boy, but damn, you’re handsome!!!” Station chief: “I knew it. Our little temple can’t hold a great deity like you!!!” Criminal police captain: “You must come from a rich family!!! But there’s a 347Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 28 The Root of Sin 心罪源 Greed, desire, hatred, loathing, envy, jealousy... These are all the roots of human crime. The human heart is unfathomable; people can commit crimes over the smallest things. Yi Kai studied criminal psychology, but ended up making a living as a detective. An accidental car crash gave him astonishing powers of observation and perception. A chance encounter led Police Captain Xiang Tiange to recognize his abilities and put him to work. From then on, he embarked on a battle of wits against criminal 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 After Meeting My Online Date in Person, My Police Detective Boyfriend Arrested Me 网恋奔现后，被刑警男友逮捕了 Ji Wu meets a boyfriend online. He has a deep, resonant voice and is a gentle, considerate “corporate drone.” On the day they agree to meet in person, Ji Wu makes a special effort to look sweet and innocent. But the person waiting for her at the restaurant isn’t the refined, mild-mannered office worker she expected. Instead, it’s a cold-faced terror in a police uniform, radiating an overwhelming presence. Even worse, he’s the strictest criminal investigation team captain at the agency where she’ 18.5kReads8.8Score3.5k14d adds
- 30 Twelve Murder Cases: A Detective’s Pursuit of the Killer 十二凶案薄：刑警追凶录 [Brain-teasing crime investigation, episodic cases, mystery-solving, no System, fast-paced] (crime investigation captain x genius forensic examiner) Crime investigation captain Lin Shen bears the burden of his mother’s unsolved case, using psychological profiling to strip away criminals’ disguises. Genius forensic examiner Su Wan deciphers the body’s secrets on the autopsy table, giving the dead a voice. Technical expert Lu Chuan wields numbers like a blade, cutting off every trace of the crimin 476Reads—Score10114d adds
- 31 Transmigrate to Solve Crimes 穿越之缉凶 Qin Man had always thought her life was nearly perfect. She had the enviable good fortune of a successful career, a wealthy family, a happy marriage, until an accident sent her tumbling down the stairs from the second floor of her own home and killed her. When she opened her eyes again, she had transmigrated into the body of Qin Weiwei, a young neighborhood police officer who had courageously come to someone's aid. Everyone knew Qin Weiwei had a crush on Jiang Yan, the captain of the criminal in 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Crime Solving: The Forensic Photographer 破案：法医摄影师 Born into a family of forensic experts, Zhong Xiaoxing grew up surrounded by their work and developed a deep aversion to the profession. But his passion for medicine was so strong that he still chose to attend medical school. At his graduation banquet, he spoke boldly to his family about his plans for the future. Little did he know that a twist of fate would grant him a System, leaving him with no choice but to follow his father into one case after another, camera in hand. 126Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 33 A Veterinarian Becomes a Great Detective: Starting with a Million 兽医变神探，开局百万 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 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... 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Reborn: The Long Game of Officialdom 重生：官场纵横 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 248Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 36 My Years as a Ghost Detective 我当鬼侦探那些年 The laws of Heaven are constant, and life and death follow a cycle of reincarnation. Yet some people die unjustly, carrying such deep resentment that they become ghosts and monsters after death, unable to enter the cycle of reincarnation and left to wander the human world. I help them uncover the cause of their deaths, dispel their resentment, and enter the path of reincarnation. What follows are the various horrifying events I have encountered over the years as a ghost detective. Ghost Detectiv 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Young Justice Bao 4: The Sequel to Tianmang 少年包青天第四部之天芒后传 My new work is here! Come read it on Fanqie Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 A Psychopath Joins the Homicide Squad, Murderers Are Nothing 精神病混入刑警队，杀人犯算个球 The baby really does have a mental illness, but the baby isn't stupid. The baby only wants to be a police officer! The baby doesn't want to kill anyone. But if you break the law and act all smug about it, the baby won't mind adding a few more bodies to the count... People say that when the baby investigates a case, even the dogs have to kneel and kowtow. All I can say is, they really do know the baby well. In front of the mentally ill, what good is a murderer? Friends who kill people often, you. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Years on the Police Beat: Setting Out in 1983 警途岁月：从八三出发 Zhou Jianshe had spent his whole life being a pushover. The day after he retired, he suffered a heart attack, and when he opened his eyes, he was back in 1983, once again twenty-one years old and freshly graduated from the police academy. The major cases and cold cases he failed to solve in his previous life, he closed one by one with his own hands this time. In this life, he would no longer be a pushover. 47Reads—Score414d adds
- 40 Crime Solving: My Empathy Lets Me Read Corpses by Touch 破案：我的共情能力能摸尸 This is not one person's legend, but the epic of a team. The formidable and professional Ji Qing, the experienced veteran detective Lao Tan, the rookie Chen Rui... Though their personalities are worlds apart, they form a major crimes unit. They may argue until they're red in the face at crime scenes, but when lives are on the line, they'll take bullets for one another. Faced with taunts from highly intelligent criminals, pressure from their superiors, and the tears of victims' families, they hol —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Reborn Detective: I Understand Crime Better Than the Killer 重生刑警：我比凶手更懂犯罪 An audiobook narrated by a live voice is now available! [Criminal Investigation + Deduction + Crime Solving + Mind-Bending Mystery + No Female Lead + Case-by-Case + Revenge] In his past life, he was a kingpin who moved through the shadows. In this life, he is a criminal investigator feared by criminals. Demolition case, naked body in the bamboo grove, murdered model, serial killings... Behind each murder, he understands crime better than the killer and knows the criminal mind inside out. He re 36.8kReads8.6Score4.2k14d adds
- 42 Numerology: Tracking Down Killers 易数缉凶 [Two powerhouses in criminal investigation and the occult + satisfying episodic cases + rapid-fire twists] No golden finger, no System. Su Wan, the stern-faced captain of the criminal investigation unit, trusts only one rule: "Physical evidence doesn't lie." With her expert forensic skills and investigative logic, she cracks one strange case after another, until she hits a wall in a series of ritualistic murders. Three crime scenes have no fingerprints, no DNA, and no witnesses. The killer has v 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 This Detective Is a Force to Be Reckoned With: Taking on Thugs and Cracking Bizarre Cases 这个刑警有点猛，硬刚凶徒破奇案 Buried alive from the start! Qin Mo: You think I don't have a temper? As someone who transmigrated, my mind is filled with the knowledge and wisdom of my past life. That's what gives me the confidence to cut through every obstacle. System: Host, you're underestimating yourself! Congratulations, you have obtained the skills: World-Shaking Tyrant's Body, Supernatural Sense of Smell, Precise Marksmanship, All-Around Combat, Eyes-Closed Street Racing… Qin Mo: Holy crap, is it this intense r 83Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Three Years as an Auxiliary Police Officer: I Earn a Full-Time Position by Arresting My Fiancée 辅警三年：转正从缉捕未婚妻开始 [Urban + Urban Fantasy + System] Yuan Yi, an utterly ordinary auxiliary police officer, accidentally obtains the strongest detective System in history. At the scene of a jewelry theft, everyone is at a loss. Yuan Yi is also fretting over not having the 300,000 yuan bride price. Just then… Beep beep beep! A suspect has been spotted five meters ahead! What?! Five meters? Isn’t that my fiancée?! Whether to arrest her isn’t even a question! And so begins the overpowered rise of auxiliary police offi 43Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 45 Beyond the Evidence 证据之后 July 19, 1998. Torrential rain. Detective Chen Guodong came out of the archives clutching a freshly photocopied case file. He stopped at the end of the hallway and said something to someone no one could see. A cleaner mopping the floor heard him. Twenty years later, the cleaner was in a vegetative state. Chen Guodong had become a martyr. That case file had become “evidence.” And Chen Mo, the brilliant son who inherited his father's police ID number, still doesn't know that every piece of “ev —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 I Transmigrated into a Crime Scene 我穿成凶案现场了 [Not horror, focused on crime solving; very little romance, with the male lead mostly in the background] As a child, Ye Li dreamed of becoming a great hero, righting wrongs and living by the sword. As an adult, she became a police detective, and thought she had more or less made that dream come true. She never expected that one day she would be forced into another role: Wushi's very own "Batman." The difference is that Batman relies on "money power," while she relies on "nerve power": a strong h 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Candlelight in the Night 黑夜里的烛光 An aspiring police officer fresh out of the police academy is assigned to a grassroots unit. A baffling murder case changes Shi Yi's life forever. The sun sets, and night falls. Beneath its cover, countless human desires slowly take root and bloom. One murder after another, corpse after corpse, evidence hidden in the smallest of details, and the helpless cries of victims' families: all of it drives this newly graduated officer to grow. If criminals' desires are the endless night, then the countl 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 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. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Actually, Forensic Doctor Li Isn't That Cold 其实黎法医没那么冷 Li Man, hailed as a forensic prodigy, had been under special scrutiny by the public security academy for seven years, ever since she enrolled. The truth buried beneath the surface had been concealed for years. The bizarre death of a longtime friend, an infant burned to a charred husk in a fire, the untimely death of her mentor: more and more cases came crashing in, bringing darkness in their wake. Yet from beginning to end, their true target was… Strange fireworks swirled across the city sky. L 58Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 50 The International Sleuth 国际名探 Ahem, ahem... Rise, my beloved ministers. I have an important announcement at this morning's court session. Since I am exceptionally talented and stunningly good-looking, I am currently writing a novel. As the author of this book, I have high hopes for it. I expect all my beloved ministers to read it carefully. Be sure to leave a memorial with every chapter. I will burn the midnight oil, personally read them, and review your memorials. Before writing this book, I read widely, studied world m —Reads—Score—14d adds
