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- 151 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
- 152 The Truth in the Ruins 废墟里的真相 Ganzhou is a city where prosperity and decay intertwine, its secrets hidden in every street and alley, unknown to all. Yu Lin is an ordinary beggar, living a life everyone overlooks and spending his days wandering the city's darkest corners. Yet Yu Lin has extraordinary powers of observation and deduction, often spotting the truth hidden in people's most casual gestures. One cold, snowy night, a bizarre murder takes place in Ganzhou. A man is found dead inside his own wardrobe, wearing a strange 6Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 153 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
- 154 As Night Gives Way to Dawn: The Perfect Case 长夜将明：刑侦之完美破案 [Mind-Bending Mystery · Case-by-Case Crimes · Hard-Hitting Criminal Investigation · Shocking Twists · Warmth Within the Police Force] The setting in this novel is entirely fictional and does not depict any real people or organizations! The night is long, and crime is shrouded in mystery. In Ningzhou, an economic powerhouse, beneath the dazzling splendor woven by neon lights, unknown cruelty and malice lie in wait in the darkness before dawn, growing wildly at the end of the long night. One bizar 141Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Evil Buried Deep 深埋下的罪恶 My new novel, The Silent Boy, is a sequel series to this book. If you’re interested, you can find it on my profile. Many thanks! ♥♥♥ (Mystery + criminal investigation + coming of age + human nature. The male and female leads are drawn into the case because of the people they each love. The investigation takes center stage, with romance as a supporting element.) A scandal-hit actress is found brutally murdered at home, setting off a storm of rumors and a chain of events. The culprit seems to be r 288Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 156 Phantom in the Night Rain 夜雨魅影 A charming little city in the south. A sudden shower of rain. Hidden in the rain-soaked city are secrets no one knows. A lonely soul is often jolted awake by bloody, terrifying nightmares. Now, he is waiting for someone. A shocking murder case has continued for years. When the truth finally comes to light, no one can believe that the killer had been plotting for a full twenty years… 25Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 157 Judging Bloodlines in the Name of Justice 以正义之名审判血脉 Mystery and crime + dark urban drama + My Father Is the Mastermind A prosecutor is forced to call a criminal his father, but vows to bury his family with his own hands! An ordinary fishing boat murder draws Lin Feng, the youngest prosecutor in Binhai City, into an unfathomable darkness. The clues on the victim point to the Zhao Group, a black-money empire that controls the entire city, and bring to light the unsolved mystery of his father's bizarre death ten years ago. As Lin Feng investigates, 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 Reconstructing the Crime Scene: I Can See the Erased Traces 重构现场：我能看见被擦掉的痕迹 [Criminal investigations + trace evidence deduction + cold case pursuit + episodic cases + master-apprentice legacy] Seven years after leaving frontline work, trace examiner Lu Chuan is called back to the scene by a suspicious case on a rainy night. Everyone thinks it is just an ordinary accident. But Lu Chuan crouches down, takes one look at the gray marks on the soles of the shoes, and realizes something is wrong. The trail of mud on the ground is broken, the scuff marks by the window are 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 We Asked You to Be a Traffic Cop, Not the Bane of All Crime! 让你当交警，没让你当罪恶克星！ [Criminal investigation + solving cases + System + golden finger + no heroine] Lin Mo transmigrates into the body of a police academy student. Though the original owner is a student, he's utterly incompetent, looked down on by everyone in the police force, and even assigned to the traffic police department. Then a System falls from the sky. As long as Lin Mo teaches people about the law, he gets a chance to meet a “benefactor” and turn his life around. So while investigating cases, Lin Mo repeat 299Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 160 Crime Puzzle: The Zero-Degree Detective 罪案拼图：零度侦探 Crime Scene Puzzle: The Zero-Degree Detective Synopsis On a rainy night in the old district, a string of locked-room murders rocks the city. The victims are all social elites, and the crime scenes yield no clues, save for a bizarre spade symbol. Reclusive to the point of obsession, Ling Ji, the "Detective Zero," uses uncanny deductive skills to unravel the truth, starting with a single strand of hair or half a fingerprint and stripping away layer upon layer of disguise. At his side are Qin Feng, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 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
- 162 Reborn in 1999: Solving a Cold Case from the Start, Shocking the Entire Bureau 重生99：开局破获悬案，震惊全局 Reborn in 1999, he becomes the youngest fingerprint expert. In his previous life, he solved countless cases. When he opens his eyes again, he’s back on his first day as a police officer. The cases that once went cold are waiting for him to rewrite their endings. A partial fingerprint or an overlooked detail is enough to leave the real culprit nowhere to hide. From murder cases in county towns to manhunts spanning provinces, fingerprints are the king of evidence, and he is the man behind the king 40.9kReads8.1Score4.5k14d adds
- 163 Venus on a Rainy Night 雨夜维纳斯 In 2001, a museum in Linhai City reports a late-night emergency. A damaged statue of Venus stands quietly in place. When its plaster cracks open, a young woman's corpse is found sealed inside. The victim's arms have been severed, and blood streams from her eyes. The scene is identical to the old case from eleven years ago, the Rainy Night Venus murders. In 1990, detective Tang Yuliang paid a terrible price to solve the serial murder case, only to get a resolution that was half true and half fals 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 164 The Night Shift Big Shot 夜班大佬 My mother died of a strange illness, leaving behind nothing but debt and an old bronze mirror. That night, Su Yue's eyes were opened. Beneath the city's neon lights, he could see the uncanny, and the "rules" each of them followed. He was terrified of dying, terrified to the point of trembling. Yet every time he solved a crisis, he did it too cleanly and too decisively. Survivors fell to their knees and worshipped him on the spot. Fake masters went out of their way to avoid him. Even the official —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 The Mirror-Crossing Record 渡镜录 [Historical political intrigue + mystery] The entire army was wiped out. I alone survived, only to be condemned for all eternity as a traitor who colluded with the enemy! Behind the Canglang Valley massacre lay a monstrous plot by the Marquis of Jing'an, who falsified military intelligence and trafficked in weapons. He goes undercover at the marquis’s manor under an assumed name, tearing apart, layer by layer, the outrageous lies woven by the powerful. Undercover agents, forensic examiners, vete —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 Case Files: Irregular Tales from Criminal Investigations 凶案密档：刑侦不规则怪谈 [Mystery + criminal investigation + horror + human nature + crime + serial murders + fast-paced] A horrifying event unfolds inside an old tailor shop: welcome to the world of the Doll Tailor! This collection of bizarre murder mysteries features more than a thousand baffling cases full of twists, including The Doll Tailor, Ghost in the Mirror, The Midnight Bus Mystery, The Soul Possession Case, The Killers' Circle of Friends, and The Wicked Child. Urban mysteries return as criminal investigation 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 Returning from Cultivation, I Become a Detective 修仙归来当神探 Xu Liang was a cultivator who failed his tribulation and returned to his youth. But he soon discovered that although this was still Blue Star, everything around him had changed. Instead of attending a civil engineering university, as he had before, he had graduated from a police university and become a proud trainee detective. 116Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 168 Casebook of the Strange 【诡案笔录】 A mysterious criminal organization calls its members judges, hiding in the dark corners of the city! Executioners carry out ancient punishments, trying to teach the world a lesson through bloody, brutal executions! What lies behind it all? Behind these strange and bizarre murders, is it the devil within, or a righteous revenge? All names in the cases are pseudonyms! Everyone is welcome to read and enjoy: Case Files of the Bizarre. 206Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 169 The Truth Out of Order 失序的真相 [Mystery and criminal investigation + serial murders + standalone cases + no official couple, but ship whoever you like + traditional police work, with a few golden fingers] One corpse has two hearts. One corpse has no heart. A serial killer bent on “destroying hearts” has appeared out of nowhere. Kong Mingyue, deputy head of the Criminal Investigation Division at the Xinmai Branch in Lingjiang, leads her team in a full-scale investigation. But instead of retreating, the killer presses forward, 847Reads8.6Score15114d adds
- 170 Storms Beneath the Dark Night 暗夜无间风云 Tang Xiaoyu is an undercover policewoman. Using her striking looks and exceptional mental fortitude, she goes undercover to catch criminal suspects. Xiong Peng is a narcotics officer who has spent years undercover in drug trafficking rings, gathering intelligence and cracking down on crime as part of his everyday work. The two seem to have nothing in common, until they meet during an undercover operation. It is fate, and it was meant to be. 267Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 Inheriting Billions? But I Want to Be a Cop! 继承百亿遗产？可我要当警察呀！ Reborn Su Wuwei discovers that he has entered a book and become a cannon-fodder character with a tragic ending. Though he had set his sights on becoming a police officer, he inherits a fortune of 15 billion and a Cannon-Fodder Comeback System with a rather bizarre name. Live like a couch potato? Of course not. Even a little shrimp needs big dreams! From the start, he unlocks the Urban Eye skill, which lets him see everyone’s hidden information. God’s Right Hand: Once his right hand comes out, wh 33Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 172 The Versatile Beauty's Transmigration 可盐可甜美人穿 With so many mystery stories out there, why can’t we have one decent female detective? A beautiful police officer transmigrates to an alternate ancient world to solve cases and put together a cyber boy band! A proper ancient crime procedural, with just a tiny bit of nonsense! Solving cases is a must, but so are delicious food, beautiful things, lovely scenery, and gorgeous people. The story boasts four beauties, so naturally, it wants it all! Volume 11, “Special Edition,” has a surprise in stor 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 Yunhu Town 云湖镇 A death-row inmate whose sentence has been suspended opens a livestream with a hidden phone while on his way to receive medical treatment outside prison. Looking into the camera, he says, “I wasn’t the one who killed the little girl in Yunhu Town ten years ago.” The livestream is cut off, but the video has already spread across the internet. Investigative reporter He Zhiyuan recognizes the face in the video, as well as a name long forgotten: retired detective Lin Ge. Ten years ago, Lin Ge point —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 The Housewife Detective Case Files 名侦探主妇事件簿 After her husband cheats, a housewife unexpectedly discovers she has a talent for detective work? Join a famous Japanese high school detective and a certain compensated-dating girl detective to crack a baffling cold case!! Watch me turn my life around and rewrite my destiny against all odds! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 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
- 176 Nine-Pearl Powder 九珠散 During the Republican era, my great-grandfather was lured by members of the Fu family into exploring the Song Dynasty tomb in Luoyang and an underground ancient tomb beneath a temple on Mount Jiuhua. There, he accidentally discovered a mysterious Buddhist bead. Years later, in 2002, the same kind of bead appeared again in a Six Dynasties tomb beneath an abandoned chemical plant in Nanjing. In 2003, I found my great-grandfather's notes and two Buddhist beads back in my hometown. Gradually, I real —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 Double Shadows 双重阴影 Twin Shadows 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 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
- 179 Dreams and Shadows of Wushuang 巫霜梦影 Twenty years ago, Zhang Baisui, an adviser in Tangyuan County, swindled the court out of two hundred thousand taels of silver meant for the construction of the Five Elements Pagoda. He joined forces with the bandits of Wuyin Mountain to rob the pagoda funds at the Du Family Inn. After dividing the spoils, they vanished into the martial world. Linghua, the sole survivor of the great pagoda-silver robbery, grew up plagued by nightmares. When she awoke, she could remember only a beautiful landscape 10Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 180 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
- 181 Dream Deduction: Predicting the Crime Scene from the Start 推理梦境：开局预知案发现场 [Two male leads + suspense + high-IQ crimes + serial cases + precognitive dreams] A decisive, resourceful young man X a police captain who never backs down Densely packed heads hang from the gymnasium ceiling, yet they are laughing... In the mountains, human bodies have become vessels for mushrooms... In a villa, dolls made of human skin are on display... At an inn, a pair of green eyes glows in the darkness... In a village, the statue of a deity sheds bloody tears... 395Reads6.2Score10114d adds
- 182 Criminal Investigation: The Truth About Murder 刑侦：杀人真相 [Mystery + Deduction + Therapist + Case-of-the-Week Mysteries + Serial Killings + High-IQ Crimes + Forensics + Revenge Plot + Bizarre Tales + Light Horror + Suitable for the Easily Frightened] You can skip romance, but you have to read about a case every day. When in love, you take your clothes off one piece at a time. When it's over, you stab one knife at a time. When in love, you stay together forever. When it's over, you hide a corpse in a trunk. When in love, you're stuck together every day. 6.9kReads7.2Score36914d adds
- 183 Genius Detective's Deduction: The Whole Nation Is Blowing Up the Trending Charts! 天才推理神探，全国热搜炸了！ [Mystery] + [Criminal Investigations] + [System] + [No Female Lead] + [Conan-Style Bad Luck] + [Genius Detective] Have you ever heard of solving crimes through telepathy? Yang Fan, a café worker, accidentally obtains the Super Cop System and gradually becomes a brilliant detective, cracking one major and bizarre case after another and shocking the entire country! His telepathy lets him detect emotional fragments lingering on evidence from murder cases. It can’t directly identify the killer, but 2.3kReads6.7Score16214d adds
- 184 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
- 185 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
- 186 Sins at Midnight 午夜十二点罪孽 [Based on real cases, episodic stories, forensic science, no romance] Based on real cases, this is a suspenseful mystery told in episodic stories. Liu Xing, a newly graduated police detective, interns with the major crimes unit in Lingyun City. Alongside his mentor, a forensic examiner, and other colleagues, he solves a series of bizarre murders. Using forensic analysis, DNA technology, and professional investigative techniques, he pursues the killer through bloody crime scenes and the tangled d 919Reads—Score10014d adds
- 187 Chen Zhu at Daybreak 陈竹破晓 A perfect locked-room mystery on a magic-show stage, the remains of an innocent infant in an abandoned brick kiln, a revenge curse from a wedding-dress doll, a string of murders at a resort, a death notice on a takeout box, a sacrificial mystery at a Taoist temple, a bloody livestream… With murders occurring one after another in Nancheng, Lu Xun and Su Wanqing join forces to unravel one mystery after another. They seek the truth amid the depths of human nature and the schemes of criminals, using 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Pursuing the Killer in a Mystery Case 谜案追凶 (Detective with multiple personalities + criminal psychology and deduction + bizarre supernatural abilities + high-IQ criminal organization + graphic content + suspense and horror + not for the faint of heart + an exposé of human nature + sound values + dark themes) Are people born good? No! People are born evil. For the sake of profit, innocent people become wronged souls. Because of mockery, countless beautiful young blossoms wither in an instant. Because of jealousy, warm and happy families f 210Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 The People in Line 排队的人 A long line stretched outside London’s Wolfington Theatre. A man waiting to buy a ticket for a musical was found dead in the queue, with a wicked-looking, gleaming silver dagger sticking out of his back! Strangely, none of the people ahead of him knew when he had been killed. Nor was there anything on the victim that could identify him. The “gentleman detective” Grant personally took on the case, making swift progress and quickly apprehending the suspect. Just as the case seemed solved, the insp 3Reads9.2Score214d adds
- 190 The Long Goodbye 漫长的告别 A chance encounter between a drunk and a detective, A farewell that leads to a murder, A string of killings and the friendship between men, Every time you say goodbye, a little part of you dies. A murder in New York's high society that everyone wants covered up. Only Marlowe insists on pursuing the case to the bitter end and unmasking the real killer! The underworld, the authorities, politicians, and the police all play out tangled, filthy, and corrupt dramas. As the truth draws near, Marlowe re 9Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 191 Crime Solving: The Master Detective of a Parallel World 破案：平行世界里的神探 713Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 192 I Can See Criminal Suspects 我能看到犯罪嫌疑人 Zhang Chi, an outstanding detective in 2025, is reborn in 2000, just as he graduates from the police academy. He had expected to join the city bureau’s criminal investigation team, but instead he was assigned to a suburban police station. After activating the System, he rises from disappointment and uses the System and his knowledge of the future to become a legendary detective! 567Reads6.8Score10114d adds
- 193 Fallen from Grace 坠落失格 Psychological suspense | High-IQ battle of wits | The boundary between reality and illusion collapses | Criminal profiling “My name is Chi Xiaochuan. I’m 26 years old, a hyperthymesia patient, and a full-time writer. Years from now, when I write this book, I’ll still remember that rainy night ten years ago. When the creator becomes the one to solve the puzzle, will the words on the page bring salvation, or lead to an even deeper trap? I’m not a profiler. I’m just someone who writes stories. I do 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 The Truth Buried by Time 被岁月掩埋的真相 The Truth Buried by Time 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 Fog over Jinyang Town 雾锁金阳镇 251Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 I'm a Top-Ranked Criminal, So What's Wrong With Becoming a Detective? 我堂堂头号罪犯，转业刑警怎么了 [Crime Investigation + Crime + Mystery + No Female Lead + Hard-Core Case Solving] Wait, is it really so shameful for a prodigal to turn over a new leaf and become a detective? My name is Su Xu. I was once the world’s most wanted criminal, with a bounty of one billion dollars on my head. I broke into the British Museum alone to steal back cultural relics, infiltrated a terrorist group in a war zone and killed its leader, and posed as someone else to bug the White House and steal its top secrets… 17Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 197 Case Files of a Homicide Detective 缉凶笔记 I’m a college student, and fate has entangled me in one bizarre murder case after another! A woman’s corpse sealed in concrete, an unidentified charred body missing its genitals, a deranged killer who feeds on human brains… One brutal, bloody murder after another, and one appalling mastermind after another! Driven by the fire of justice in my heart, I’m caught up in a series of dangerous, thrilling hunts for the killers… 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 The County Town Murders of 1997 97县城凶案 [Detectives +] [Interlocking Cases] [A Blend of Manhunts and Anti-Corruption] At the end of 1997, a series of murders takes place in a county town in Northeast China. The killer’s first victim is Liu Jing, head of the county’s Culture Bureau. Her uterus is stuffed inside a mannequin and dumped across from the entrance to the county committee offices. The second body part dumped is Liu Jing’s heart, left in the same spot among a crowd of people clearing snow for the county committee. An old scave 2.6kReads8.4Score24514d adds
- 199 Why Is There Always a Murder Case Around Me? 为什么我身边总有命案 A sudden string of serial killings shatters the peace of Ronghua City. Ren He gets caught up in the case by chance and nearly loses her life, but Chen Jingxiu arrives in time. Ren He sets her sights on the man. “There’s an art competition. Can I paint you? If I win the prize money, I’ll give you half.” Chen Jingxiu: “I’m not interested.” Ren He: “Come on, I’ll give you all the prize money.” Chen Jingxiu: “I’m not interested.” Ren He: “Please, Professor.” More murders follow, but with Chen Jingxi 232Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 200 Eyes of the Deep Abyss 1: Evil Like a Hook 凝渊之眸1：恶如钩 I'm a special-case criminal investigator. I'm also the most ordinary one among thousands upon thousands of criminal investigators. This is a collection of criminal cases, and a record of memories. In this novel, you'll find me, my mentor, and my best friends. Like me, they are all unique, yet utterly ordinary. We once blazed with ambition and confidence. We once pieced together clues and chased criminals through the fog. We also knew sorrow and hesitation. My mentor once told me: We walk the lin 591Reads9.3Score10314d adds
