Novels like The Streetwise Detective
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Streetwise Detective, best match first.
- 1 This Monk Wants to Return to Secular Life 贫僧想还俗 When I opened my eyes, I found that I'd become a little monk with an extraordinarily fantastical religious name: Fahai. Fahai has nine scars on his head, but he does things monks aren't allowed to do. So Fahai must be a fake monk! 0Votes2.9kRecs6.4kFans
- 2 Forensic Doctor Su San 女法医苏三 The female forensic examiner's eyes are so sharp, she can see the truth behind a case at a glance... 0Votes1.3kRecs2.3kFans
- 3 Behind the Homicide 凶案背后 Whether good or bad, things always have causes before they have consequences. Behind every murder lies a seed of evil that once began to sprout. Are those who do evil truly beyond redemption? Are those who suffer harm truly blameless? Is it really true that every unfortunate person has something detestable about them, or are some people born carrying the genes of evil? There are all kinds of questions, and no one can answer them until the truth comes to light. To joi 0Votes53kRecs25.1kFans
- 4 Chasing the Killer in a Dream 谜梦追凶 City people, city sickness. Who nowadays doesn’t have at least a little psychological trouble? What happens when the delusions of a naive boy with persecutory paranoia become a series of brutal murders unfolding in real time? Is it coincidence or the work of someone? Is it the coldness of human nature or the loss of morality...? Should everyone turn a blind eye, or investigate to the end? And what should he do? Completed, so feel free to enjoy. 0Votes12.7kRecs25.7kFans
- 5 Living Liver 活肝 The Ripper is back on the streets! Eccentric detective Luo Xiaoxi teams up with a sharp-witted lawyer to catch the killer! 0Votes66.9kRecs12.8kFans
- 6 Prisoner of Tang 囚唐 Chang'an, the ninth year of Wude under the Tang dynasty. A wealthy merchant is murdered in the pleasure quarter. Yan Budu, an eighth-rank county lieutenant tasked with investigating the case, follows the clues and discovers that the killer has countless ties to Prince of Qin Li Shimin. Yan Budu never imagined that one insignificant decision of his would set the Xuanwu Gate Incident in motion, allowing Li Shimin to finally claim the empire... Nor did he imagine that the boy he rescued while inves 0Votes85.1kRecs12.9kFans
- 7 Murder Scene 3 谋杀现场3 Our motto: Long live deduction! 0Votes68.2kRecs29.1kFans
- 8 Beyond Forgiveness 罪无可赦 “My death is not your victory. At most, it proves that mediocrities waged a terrible war against genius... You raised the banner of justice to eliminate dissent and turn right and wrong upside down... The history books you write will say that I swallowed everything in my path, threw my weight around, and oppressed the weak. Years from now, my strengths will be called flaws. Only those who found justice through my hand will remember my achievements.”, From the most celebrated collection of quotes 0Votes98.2kRecs181.3kFans
- 9 Detective Files II 侦情档案二 Evil always cloaks itself in all kinds of disguises, making it impossible to tell truth from falsehood. The truth requires a pair of piercing eyes. When criminal-profiling prodigy Lu Xiangdong meets rookie detective Tian Mi, can he sharpen her vision, and can she melt the heart he has kept frozen for years? VIP group: 200144356 [Exclusive extra chapters included!] [The new book, Deep Crimes, has begun updating. Please add it to your colle 0Votes34.7kRecs66.4kFans
- 10 Murder Scene 2 谋杀现场2 (An entry in the Women Are Just as Good as Men contest) A collection of urban murder-mystery stories, including Beauty and the Beast, Blood Hell, Three’s Company, Blind A Gen, and Buried in the Pond. Please show your support! The reader group 58592446 is full. Join the new group, 68399208 (Deserted Island 2). Everyone is welcome! 0Votes35.7kRecs57.6kFans
- 11 Life Simulation: Starting with Pig Farming 人生模拟：从养猪开始 On March 2, 2010, you returned to your hometown with 150,000 yuan. You planned to raise pigs. Pork was going for just three yuan per half-kilo, but you had still decided to give pig farming a try. On March 10, you rented a pig farm. On March 16, you bought 1,200 piglets. You felt your great enterprise was finally underway. You were going to grow big, grow strong, and make a glorious comeback. On March 25, you took your motorcycle out for 0Votes43.1kRecs150.2kFans
- 12 Super Detective 超级警探 Han Ling was once the arbiter of the night, where bullets were justice and blood wrote the verdicts. After transmigrating and getting a new lease on life, the monsters he once hunted have become mysteries waiting to be solved in case files. An expert in the most sophisticated counter-surveillance techniques, he sees straight into the darkest depths of human nature. Solving cases feels more like reviewing what he already knows. The dragon slayer of yesterday is the shield bearer of today. I’m rea 312Votes95.2kRecs321kFans
- 13 Hot on the Trail 凶案追击 What you hear isn’t necessarily a rumor, and what you see isn’t necessarily the truth. Behind a dazzling mask, there may be a hideous face. To uncover the truth, you must strip away the embellishments people have added. Behind distorted facts lie distorted human nature and twisted hearts. If you want to see through the fog, keep your eyes wide open. To join, message me with any main or supporting character’s name from the book, your reader ID, and your fan rank. 0Votes79.3kRecs29.9kFans
- 14 Detective Files 侦情档案 One is a beautiful overseas-returned expert specializing in criminal psychology, while the other is an upright and incorruptible detective of great wisdom. What kind of sparks will this combination create in the face of one seemingly unsolvable case after another? As they join forces to investigate cases, they uncover the tiniest traces in other people's lives, but there is another thing in this world that is the hardest of all to investigate. That is the human heart. [The new book, Case Files o 0Votes97kRecs28.8kFans
- 15 Cat Paw Entertainment 猫爪演艺公司 This is an entertainment novel with supernatural elements and an unusually long prologue. This is an entertainment novel where the chapter titles and the chapters themselves seem to belong to two different dimensions. One female lead, in honor of a girl group and the memories of an era. For everything else, read the story. 0Votes65.7kRecs25.1kFans
- 16 The Divine Sword Endures Forever 神剑永恒 A fortune worth hundreds of millions? Power over the world? Unmatched beauty? Countless underlings? I need only one sword. Who can stop me? I need only one sword to roam the world! I need only one sword to make eternity! “As long as you have a sword in your heart, just swing it and strike!” Only I, with my divine sword, shall endure for eternity! My completed works include Immortal Pride, Only I Stand at the Peak, The Supreme Advent, The Red-Topped Plane Merchant, and One Book, One Wor 0Votes169.2kRecs284.5kFans
- 17 Murder Scene 谋杀现场 Detective Gao Qingyang's mystery stories: “Night-Wandering Ghost,” “Lost Soul,” “Secret Crush,” “The Bride,” “Haunting,” “Barefoot Angel,” “Perfect in Every Way,” “Dance of the Dead,” “The Murderous Cat,” “Better Late Than Never”... 0Votes60.3kRecs25.4kFans
- 18 I Use Science to Explain the Supernatural 我用科学解释怪力乱神 After shutting off the old air conditioner blasting cold air, tightening the loose light bulb, and pulling the rattling broken window shut, the white dress hanging from the balcony quietly slid to the ground. He turned the rusted water valve the other way, and the incessant dripping in the bathroom stopped. Foul-smelling, crimson rust water flowed down the drain. The dedicated actress on the television, looking ready to leap out of the screen, vanished in a flas 0Votes18.5kRecs132.7kFans
- 19 There Are Ghosts on Friday 星期五有鬼 I'm the host of an online variety show called Ghosts on Friday. It's a paranormal program where I investigate topics and film on location, exposing many things people never knew existed. The world we live in every day is far more complicated than it appears. Behind the scenes, it's so vibrant, so mysterious and terrifying. That's how I entered a world ordinary people would never encounter: a paranormal world. Believe me, what you see on the show is only a small part of it, the things that won't 0Votes101.2kRecs144.5kFans
- 20 Homicide Investigation 凶案调查 As yin is to yang, black to white, good to evil, this is a world of many facets, yet it is also a world of duality. Justice and evil are like twin flowers. Beneath a dazzling facade, the truth is often astonishing. Who can claim to know what the other side of human nature is really like? VIP group: 200144356 [Reader ID and fan rank verification required!] 0Votes107.4kRecs29kFans
- 21 Espionage in the Business World 商海谍影 Qiu Di, a college student trying to make his way in the world, accidentally stumbled into the field of corporate espionage while looking for a job. He took on a trial assignment and infiltrated a film studio to conduct a covert commercial investigation. In this unusual environment, he sold sodas, delivered boxed meals, and worked as an extra, while sabotaging the studio's shady, exploitative operations. After uncovering the information his company needed, he quickly rose to prominence in the wor 0Votes34.9kRecs22.9kFans
- 22 The Memory Peddler 记忆贩卖师 A memory broker is someone who specializes in buying and selling people's memories! Memory brokers can extract memories from people's brains and store them like computer programs. They can also implant those memories into someone else's mind! After memory-brokering technology was invented, a market for memories emerged. Memories became a precious, intangible asset, and with them came far greater risks!!! Xiao Mu believes he is Xiao Mu, a memory broker. At least, that's what his memories tell him 0Votes6.6kRecs13.6kFans
- 23 Legends of a Jianghu Detective 江湖探案传奇 This is a world of intrigue and conflict. Wherever there are people of the jianghu, strange tales abound, and wherever there are unsolved mysteries, he is sure to appear. Su Zhuo is a young man who has just entered the jianghu. Relying on his own wit, he cracks one baffling case after another, yet finds himself unwillingly drawn into the schemes of the mysterious Prince of Yueyang. He is willing to sacrifice himself to bring this opponent down, only to suddenly discover that the Prince of Yueyan 0Votes18.2kRecs30.7kFans
- 24 My Phone Might Have Transmigrated 我的手机可能穿越了 Reborn? No, my phone transmigrated! Oh, the horror! See how Wu Qi, in 2003, makes the most of a smartphone from fifteen years in the future. 0Votes80.3kRecs73.4kFans
- 25 The Antique Book Tycoon 旧书大亨 You’d never believe it... A complete set of the 1991 manga Saint Seiya can sell for 1,000 yuan; A complete set of the 1994 manga Dragon Ball can sell for 3,000 yuan; A 1999 softcover, three-volume edition of The Return of the Condor Heroes can sell for 5,000 yuan; A rare first edition of the modern literary collection Xu Zhimo's Poems can sell for 40,000 yuan; A new poetry collection, The Whip-Wielding Collection, published by Liu Bannong, can sell for 50,000 yuan; And the red literature collect 0Votes65.6kRecs67kFans
- 26 The Escape Room Set 逃生片场 New book: Forged in Fire on the Long Steps Stone steles, blood moons, ancient schools, burning seas… Every bizarre and unpredictable world is full of unknown dangers. Those swept into a blood-red vortex must cast off comfort and light the way forward with courage and wisdom if they hope to seize a slim chance of survival. 6Votes371.4kRecs247.5kFans
- 27 The Yin-Yang Cookbook 阴阳食谱 [The new series, The Strange Objects Recycling Station, is now live! Thank you all for your support!] The most terrifying profession in the world has to be running a restaurant... Otherwise, what do you think is the most terrifying profession? Grave robber? Forensic examiner? Fortune-teller...? But in my opinion, none of those even comes close. Just turn on the TV and see how many people die each year from grave robbing, crime, or robbery. There are some, but not many. Now think about how many p 0Votes37.8kRecs57.7kFans
- 28 The Never-Fading Skull Flag 永不褪色的骷髅旗 This is a world where civilization and barbarism, rudeness and refinement coexist. Skull-and-crossbones flags fly, The smell of gunpowder hangs in the air, And there are gold coins and muskets! There are women and rum! Set sail! For freedom! P.S. This novel was inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean. The author has never watched One Piece!!! 0Votes49.9kRecs51.7kFans
- 29 Speaking for the Dead 为死者代言 Forensic pathologist Zhou Hai takes you inside murder scenes full of mysteries, to investigate strange cases where truth and lies are hard to distinguish, and uncover the true nature of humanity, where good and evil intertwine. Conspiracies! Pursuits! Questions! One bizarre case after another unfolds. Are you ready? 0Votes157.6kRecs124.4kFans
- 30 The Delusional Pokemon Master’s Dream 中二宝可大师梦 Even a chuunibyou can become a Pokémon Master! This is the story of Kyosuke, a friend from Ash's hometown… (Will adding Pokemon, Pokemon, Pokémon, and Pokemon get more clicks?) 1Votes45.2kRecs81.6kFans
- 31 The Maoshan Ghost Catcher 茅山捉鬼人 [The most popular] Ye Shaoyang, a Maoshan exorcist, ventures into the city, battling people, ghosts, demons, and seductive fox spirits. The Corpse King of western Hunan, an undying evil god, a deadly spirit summoned by a dish, and ghost bandits from all four corners. A celebrity who keeps a child ghost, a blood-drinking royal princess, and a female CEO haunted by a fox demon. With Maoshan magic, he takes them all on! (This has been revised back to the original version.) 0Votes155.6kRecs324.4kFans
- 32 I Really Don’t Want to Do This 我真不想这么搞 [The Hottest New Hit] When Xia Feng woke up, he discovered that something called the Strongest Horror System had inexplicably appeared in his mind. This System could not only exchange for all kinds of amazing cards, but also strengthen him, teach him skills, and even… “create worlds.” Now he was unstoppable. From then on, he roamed the city, vanquished demons and ghosts, rose to great heights, and traveled the world. The only awkward thing was, why had all the outrageous things he used to brag a 0Votes107.4kRecs108.2kFans
- 33 Restarting the Soaring Years 重启飞扬年代 Now in middle age, Wu Tao often wondered: if he could stand once more at the crossroads where fate was decided, he would choose a different path and begin a brilliant new life. Then one day, it really happened. Overnight, he was reborn in 1995, just as he was filling out his choices for high school. Faced with that lovely, smiling face, he eagerly made the choice he had dreamed of. Would the road ahead be smooth or strewn with brambles? There was only one way to find out. Come along with Wu Tao 0Votes99.9kRecs176.8kFans
- 34 I'm Not a Supercop 我不是超级警察 “I’m not a super cop. I’m a legend in law enforcement!” Xiao Ran, a police academy graduate, has one little goal: to become the best police officer in the world. And just like that, he makes it happen... 3Votes215.7kRecs208.6kFans
- 35 Reborn in the Three Kingdoms as a Giant Python 回到三国变成蟒 Lin Bei has transmigrated! Lin Bei has transmigrated to the Three Kingdoms. The Three Kingdoms is a chaotic age filled with brilliant strategists and countless mighty generals. Countless transmigrators before him have recruited powerful generals and wooed beautiful women, but none of that has anything to do with Lin Bei, because he’s turned into a giant snake. This is the story of a python leading people to prosperity and a moderately well-off life. Python Across the Three Kingdoms: a very diffe 0Votes26.3kRecs49kFans
- 36 My Fate Is Unbreakable, and Nothing Is Forbidden 我命超硬，百无禁忌 Alone, I guard the eight wastelands from Fuyu Town. What does it matter if I do not worship the Three Pure Ones? I have attained the immeasurable Celestial Venerable's legacy. The azure sky shall never see a land of white bones! A true account of an undertaker's rise. (Previously titled: Ghost Containment Center, Ghost Containment System, Anomalous Creature Containment System) Reader group 2 (VIP group, for helmsmen and above; ver 2Votes367.3kRecs264.2kFans
- 37 Starting With Sitcoms 从拍情景喜剧开始 Zuo Le, an assistant director at Dongshan Television, suddenly gets a golden finger: a video player containing films and shows that have never existed in this world, ready for him to “borrow” from. And so, he makes his debut with The Underground Traffic Station, rises to fame with the two seasons of Stories from the Canteen, and becomes a legend with Home with Kids and My Own Swordsman. His heavily adapted, localized version of The Big Bang Theory makes him the undisputed king of sitcoms. Alongs 0Votes144.6kRecs186.5kFans
- 38 EN Yokai Tea Party 妖怪茶话会 Reclining in a chair, Xiao Xiao rests one hand against his forehead, his eyes half open and half closed. Overhead, crisscrossing branches block the dazzling sunlight. White plum blossoms gleam like crystal, their cool fragrance crisp and clear. A plain sleeve hangs down. From the parasol tree on the other side of the courtyard, “chirp-chirp” and “whimper-whimper” sounds occasionally ring out softly. Now and then, they are mixed with “cackle-cackle” cries, like a young child’s laughter, ye 0Votes87.7kRecs91.1kFans
- 39 EN How Am I Still Alive? 我怎么还活着？ Spiritual qi revival. The gods descend? Disaster after disaster, and all living things suffer? What’s that to me? I’m just a terminally ill patient who’s been given a countdown to death and has given up on treatment. I set out to exorcise demons and slay immortals in this battered body, not to defend my country, but because the hazard pay is too tempting, especially the death benefits... “This evil god’s profession system is cursed. Even if you make good progress at first, anyone who trains in i 13Votes318.8kRecs493kFans
- 40 The Darkest Persona 至暗人格 A super online game that combines survival, horror, puzzles, and asymmetric competition. Players earn points by completing survival trials in the game. In the first season, the top ten players on the leaderboard will split a grand prize of 100 million in cash. 0Votes43.2kRecs47.9kFans
- 41 The World's First Village 全球第一村 New book: Reborn with a Synthesizer, So What if I Go All In? [The Ultimate Industrial-Tech Urban Novel] Fang Bai is reborn in 1990 and, thanks to a stroke of misfortune, gains three genuine golden fingers! After all these years, has your salary gone up? Have you been working hard? In the gold-rush 1990s, getting a job is out of the question! You’re thirty and still don’t have a girlfriend? Fang Bai had one back in high school. Does that make you jealous? From trading in used machine tools and re 0Votes84.3kRecs123.8kFans
- 42 EN My Past Life Simulator 我的前世模拟器 A cash-on-delivery package sent He Zhao down a path he had never imagined. “To all my past lives, I thank your ancestors for eighteen generations!” New book: My Ultimate Modifier. 0Votes100.5kRecs541.6kFans
- 43 The Super Husband-Blessing System 超级旺夫系统 After being reborn as an obese woman who was infertile from birth, Chen Xiaocheng has to face an awkward, proud, and scheming husband with a limp, a mother-in-law who is both a nag and a money-grubber, and the backward rural life of the 1980s. She feels completely overwhelmed. By chance, she gets a super husband-boosting System. Apparently, earning her husband's affection will grant her skills to make a fortune, and becom 0Votes18.2kRecs33.8kFans
- 44 The Southern Song Dynasty Never Coughs 南宋不咳嗽 The protagonist, Hong Tao, is a seasoned professional who has transmigrated and been reborn three times. This time, he has arrived in the Southern Song. Can a modern man who can neither do physical labor nor tell the grains apart survive in the Song Dynasty? Can he repeat the success of his first two transmigrations and rebirths? That is the story this book tells. Let us see how he will find a new way to live well while also lending the Southern Song court a hand, helping it withstand a disaster 0Votes422.8kRecs136.6kFans
- 45 Strange Tales and Unusual Happenings 怪谈异闻 @Strange Tales and Unusual Accounts 2Votes258.2kRecs85.3kFans
- 46 Tomb Guardian Beast 镇墓兽 Tomb guardians are mythical beasts from ancient China, the natural enemies of tomb raiders. They guard the underground palaces of emperors and generals, protecting humanity’s ultimate secrets. In 1900, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing, and Empress Dowager Cixi fled to Xi’an. The heir to the craft of the last imperial tomb artisan was unexpectedly born atop a coffin in an ancient Tang dynasty tomb. In an age of upheaval, from the late Qing dynasty to the Republic and then the world wars, 0Votes287.3kRecs127.4kFans
- 47 Soft, Melt, Things 软，化，物 All kinds of wild ideas in a collection of short stories. The Light, Short, and Scattered Trilogy: Light, Short, and Scattered; Soft, Transformed, and Things; Turn, Leave, and Depart. Part science fiction, all about wild ideas. Soft science fiction, chemistry, and physics. Everything comes down to people’s hearts; even the rarest things are strange. Take things as they come. It all begins in the heart. 0Votes83.8kRecs145.5kFans
- 48 The Founder of Future Games 未来游戏创始人 “Super Black Technology! His Tech Is Fifty Years Ahead of Its Time” “The Greatest Innovator Since the Dawn of the Internet Age” “A Revolution in Gaming, the Pioneer of a New Era” “This Is Not a Game. It’s a Whole New World” “A Mega-Corporation Is Born Today” After this game, which drove the world wild with excitement, was released, every media outlet devoted its front-page headlines to singing Su Li’s praises. They all printed the words he had spoken at the launch event: “This is a spiritual oas 0Votes64.1kRecs41.9kFans
- 49 EN Mount Shu: The Earth Immortal Who Guards the World 蜀山镇世地仙 The vast universe stretches without end, rich and wondrous. The Taoist schools of the East have a long and storied history, while the esoteric schools of Western Shu have risen to prominence. The Northern Quanzhen, the Southern Alchemy School, the Sword Sect, and the Chan Sect all take their turns on the stage, creating a world of myriad splendors. But in this world, a hundred schools contend, and demons and monsters run rampant. The southern factions are cunning, the northern factions fierce, 251Votes488.2kRecs948.7kFans
- 50 Queen of a Reversed World 逆世女王 [Do you want to explore the meaning of survival? Do you want to truly live?] When these words appeared on Qin Rui's computer, she cursed and decisively clicked “No.” After that, her life changed completely. To investigate the truth, Qin Rui entered an infinite world. As she ventured deeper into the infinite world, a vast truth gradually came to light. And so begins the thorny path from an ordinary girl to a queen who defies the world... The worlds include fan 0Votes56.3kRecs45.4kFans
