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- Special Cases Investigation Division 特殊案件调查科 There is no evil without cause, and no one is born a criminal. What turns people into wicked fiends deserving the harshest punishment, and who creates the soil where demons can flourish? 69.4kClicks191Favorites888Recs
- Even If You're Ugly, I Love You to the Bone 即使你很丑我也爱你入骨 Her name was Xu Wan. Her older sister, Dong Liqiu, tricked her into going to prison. Afterward, she fell into Master Dai's trap and signed a contract of indenture to the Marquis. Thanks to her cleverness, she managed to escape, but Dong Liqiu urged the Marquis to drive her into the remote mountains and wilderness. The young master Xie, whom she loved, went into the mountains with her, too. Half a year later, she returned to take revenge, only to learn unexpectedly that Young Master Xie had survi 16.1kClicks267Favorites1.8kRecs
- A Mysterious Adventure: The Destination 探秘奇缘之归宿 This is the sequel to The Mystery Quest I, though it can be read as a standalone, since the two are only loosely connected. A battle of wits and courage leads to an all-out struggle for the ultimate prize. The mysteries from the first book are all explained, one by one. This installment features not only a larger cast, but also far more complicated relationships: honey traps and seduction, feuds within the Wu family, the origins of Ouyang Xiao and Lu Hui, the generations-old feud between the Bai 2.8kClicks2Favorites0Recs
- Dead Fire 死火 A mysterious will from five years ago, a young woman who vanished without a trace, the despairing curse of a series of bizarre portraits, a bloody, frenzied feast of death, and an endless lament that pierces the heart. Can the young detective drawn into the depths of the "Black Death Mansion" dispel the fog and uncover the truth? Can he change the ending where no one survives and save those who remain...? 1.7kClicks16Favorites0Recs
- The Invasion of the Escape Room 入侵密室 A kidnapping and assault take place in S City, followed by the theft of documents from a government research institute. Zhang Yi's daughter is seriously ill and needs treatment. Qin Feng, a police officer, must capture a fugitive suspect. A college student discovers she knows almost nothing about her major. A bus driver thrown out of his home is led by a mysterious woman to a locked room. The suspect who seems insignificant turns out to be everyone's ultimate target. 910Clicks2Favorites0Recs
- The Moon and the Sun 月亮与太阳 A sweet romance. The two leads met years ago but had stayed out of touch ever since. By chance, they go to an escape room together, and their relationship quickly heats up afterward. It's the male lead's first relationship, while the female lead has dated many people. They work at it together, sharing affectionate moments as well as arguments, and stumble their way through an unforgettable romance. Many people bet that they wouldn't last long. But the two of them don't believe it. Their story is 903Clicks2Favorites0Recs
- Home of the Intelligent Legion 智能军团之家园 Under the close surveillance of high-definition cameras, drones, and an intelligent control center, could anyone still commit a crime using a locked-room trick? At least as far as the smart appliances in this house are concerned, that would be completely impossible. And yet something truly unbelievable has happened inside. Can the appliances work together to expose the trick and stop the even greater conspiracy behind it? 758Clicks2Favorites0Recs
- The Red Cloth on the Roof Beam 房梁上的红布 On the night of Old Madam Wan's birthday celebration, her son Wan Sanqian hanged himself, while her grandson Wan Tong disappeared. Chief Constable Kaile investigated with a keen eye and cracked the case. The culprit gradually came to light, and the truth was so horrifying that it left everyone stunned. 678Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- Republican-Era Mystery: Starting with a Murderous Corpse 民国谜案：从凶尸开始 In the fifteenth year of the Republic, torrential rain poured on the Ghost Festival. A murder came to light in a grand mansion, with not a trace left at the scene, forming an unsolvable dead end. Police Chief Liao Che was drawn into an endless fog by this bizarre murder. One strange case followed another, each seemingly unrelated, yet every one hiding clues. Beneath the truth lay decades of grudges and the tangled workings of the human heart... 643Clicks2Favorites0Recs
- Abyss: Nightmare 深渊：噩梦 A bug in the real world? This is no beautiful paradise or refuge from reality. There is only despair that deepens with every level, and deadly entities. In these mysterious, unknown floors, finding the legendary [Exit] is people's only hope of survival. Perhaps you can stay on a relatively safe and stable floor, spending the rest of your life in despair and regret. Or you can pack your bags and set out with a group of Wanderers for other floors filled with unknown threats, sacrificing yourself 177Clicks2Favorites0Recs
- Behind the Blinds 百叶窗的后面 During summer vacation, five members of the Mystery Research Club take part in a special team-building outing at a mountain lodge, where every room has a set of shutters. Four members arrive at the lodge, but the club president, who got there ahead of them, is nowhere to be seen. Just as the four are about to enter, a piercing scream rings out from behind the shutters... 41Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- Graduation Trip and a Sea of Sunflowers 毕业旅行与向日葵花海 It was a graduation trip after the college entrance exams. Even the classmates who had gone abroad to study returned from the other side of the world. Soon, everyone would go their separate ways, and chances to meet again would be few and far between. But a string of murders cast a terrifying shadow over what should have been a memorable trip. Then a mudslide blocked the only road back, forcing everyone to face the truth: both the next victim and the killer were among us. 9Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- Spirit Mirror Manor 灵镜公馆 Six strangers who have never met are kidnapped. After the first victim dies, the "absurd gathering" becomes a battlefield of mutual accusations. Words become lethal blades, while those wielding them hide beneath their edges. The truth before their eyes is exposed amid blood and flames spiraling out of control, and secrets from the past gradually surface. The guilty seek redemption, but what stands in the way is the baseness lurking in human nature. Truth and lies are hard to tell apart, and ever 1Clicks0Favorites0Recs
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- The Forms of Life 生命的形态 The "Thor"-class spacecraft on a scientific expedition discovered a planet suitable for human habitation. But on the return trip, the ship's cook mysteriously died. After overcoming one obstacle after another, security officer Alice uncovered an unbelievable secret. —Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- The Black Swan of the Apocalypse 末世的黑天鹅 In some future year, technology had advanced by leaps and bounds. In a city blanketed with surveillance and managed by artificial intelligence, a murder nevertheless took place: a physicist was found dead in a locked room. Wan Weier, the police officer in charge of the investigation, ran into another beautiful detective, He Ye. The two fought over control of the case, and then... —Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- The Death of Leonardo Da Vinci 达芬奇之死 Synopsis: In the second before Leonardo da Vinci was killed, he should still have been painting. In short: A huge truck sent me crashing straight into the four-dimensional space-time continuum!!? —Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- The Horror Express 惊魂快车 A few people in a high-speed train car wake up groggily and find themselves in a world where reality and illusion are hard to distinguish, and nothing is as it seems. Only by unraveling the mysteries, finding the answers, and facing the final trial can they see the light of day again. —Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- Kill the Arrogant 杀死傲慢者 Fate brings similar people together. If fate has never ruled your life, you won't understand what that means! The long robe Kong Yiji can't take off is a lofty platform built from knowledge by the arrogant. Atop that platform, the arrogant decide to kill the arrogant. A doctor's struggle and destruction. But the only one who can kill me is my younger self! —Clicks1Favorites0Recs
- The Fungus Burst Through the Body 真菌破体而出 At a research institute studying an unusual infectious disease, a bizarre murder suddenly takes place. Before dying, the victim was infected with the unusual fungus under study at the institute. The crime scene is also a perfectly sealed room. At this critical moment, the only one who can see through the fog and uncover the truth is an arrogant, loudmouthed girl with no common sense: The self-proclaimed beautiful girl detective, Luodanhe. A new kind of primetime, classic locked-room sci-fi myste —Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- The Road Between Life and Death 死与生之路 Death and survival. Intertwined by countless threads, they are inseparable. What does each person think of in their final moments? —Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- Sun-Slaying Space 殪日空间 A space gone wrong, a chaotic "reality"! A paradise for the dead, a hell for the living. Corpses revel while the living wail! What kind of place is this? The Eden of an evil god, or an experimental ground for a third kind? And where will the amnesiac go from here? —Clicks1Favorites0Recs
- The Time Traveler's Reversal 时间旅行者的逆转 Author: Yuanju Wan. Publisher: Hayakawa Publishing. Translation: Fat Zebra —Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- Let the Famous Detective Die Sweetly 让名侦探甜美地死去 Let the Great Detective Die Sweetly. Published by Tokyo Sogensha. Author: Takahiro Hojo Translator: Fei Banma What follows is a story about a "game" and a "detective." The protagonist, Toma Kamo, encounters an abnormal situation in a certain mansion and must solve the mystery to survive. In that sense, this is undoubtedly a classic detective mystery. As usual, I'm neither the story's Watson nor its narrator. But the "Ryusen family" has been dragged into it again, so no one is better suited than —Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- Murder in the Locked Room on the Isolated Island 孤岛密室杀人事件 The island owner's hired me as a detective at short notice to solve the locked-room mystery. After searching the crime scene and the victim's home, I deduced the killer's identity. Then I followed the island owner back to the conference room and began presenting my deductions in front of everyone. After a heated debate, I successfully identified the killer, but also exposed the fact that I was having an affair with the island owner's wife. The killer finally confessed. She had wanted revenge on —Clicks1Favorites0Recs
- Devour Summer 噬夏 The mother of a boy with autism nearly breaks down when she discovers that his kidneys have been removed. After her sponsor abandons her, her husband is in a car accident, and relatives show up to extort her, she travels alone to Thailand to investigate the clues, overcoming every obstacle in her relentless search for the truth. A spirited policewoman, raised to be fiercely independent after her relationship with her father fell apart, breaks through her psychological defenses to help her father —Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- White Sheep Forest 白羊森林 Cai Alin is an ordinary junior detective. He has neither Sherlock Holmes's powers of deduction nor any claim to being a famous detective. In the height of summer, he receives a special gift and heads to Chaoshann... Near Chaoshan, abandoned for many years, stands a distinctive mountain villa. A simple birthday dinner is about to begin inside. That night, the villa's owner suddenly suffers an attack and hacks his younger sister with a knife. Everyone plans to take him to a hospital in the city th —Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- Neck's Fantasy 颈之幻想 While traveling to Southeast Asia, Lan Yanxi is kidnapped. Her captors threaten her life and demand that she identify the culprit behind a string of beheading cases. Following the clues, Lan Yanxi and her assistant head to a village near the crime scenes. But the crimes do not stop just because a detective has arrived: More beheading cases, villagers with hidden agendas, a mysterious woman held captive in White Tiger Tower, a mysterious witchcraft ritual, a blue bird with three eyes, an impossib —Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- A Snowstorm Journey to the Mountain View Villa 见山别墅风雪之旅 Unfinished. To be revised. —Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- The Classic Mystery 本格事件 —Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- The Nail Is Still Warm 钉子上有余温 The door to the rental apartment was locked from the inside. There were signs of injury on the head from striking the wall. A nail in the wall had pierced the victim's temple. They crawled to within 35 centimeters of the door before dying. From this, we can tell that after being pierced by the nail, the victim pulled it out themselves and tried to reach the door for help. Threads of blood cling to the nail, which is still warm... —Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- The Swan's Song 天鹅之歌 With its ranks depleted, the police station established a special urban task force to handle major criminal cases. Detectives from all walks of life could join after passing a political background check and an individual interview with senior police officials. Once accepted, they gained access to the station's highest-level resources, and almost all investigative work needed to be reported only to the very top. Members didn't need to work regular shifts. Their sole obligation was to respond imme —Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- The Tragedy of the Ouroboros 衔尾蛇的悲剧 Three schemes, three stories, all woven into one. A tragedy is brewing over the dark blue sea... The ouroboros bites its tail and inches forward, slowly chewing, careful to avoid the blade at its center... "I can admit I did that, but I would never kill someone over it!" —Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- Suzuran Manor 铃兰山庄 In a noble family with a history of over a hundred years, the first heir suddenly dies. Soon afterward, two police officers arrive at a white manor that looks like an ancient castle, only to find themselves trapped there along with everyone else. A blizzard rages outside, cutting the manor off from the world like an isolated island. With no way to escape, its inhabitants die one after another, while the killer vanishes like a ghost, ready at any moment to devour the few lives still left in the m —Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- The Double Sisters' Locked-Room Mystery 双姊密室事件 There are many ways to solve a case, but every case has only one core: logic. Ever since I started high school, my life has taken a strange turn. More often than not, it's not my studies that cause me trouble, but one case after another. All I have to do is uncover the logic behind them and solve each one... —Clicks0Favorites0Recs
