The once wealthy and powerful Ryuuzen clan has been all but destroyed. Their misfortune began in 1960, when a majority of the family was wiped out when their vacation villa was buried under a landslide. However, search and rescue teams discovered something even more shocking: A majority of the bodies they discovered showed obvious signs of having been mu*dered before the landslide.... more>>

As though it were a trigger, what came to be known as "The Curse of the Ryuuzen Clan" spread throughout the descendants of the family's only survivor. By mu*der, by su*cide, by accident... it seemed none who held the name "Ryuuzen" could live to see the age of 35, and now, the family has been reduced to a single woman, lying in a hospital bed, days away from death.

Kamo Touma was once just another of the endless parade of sleazy tabloid journalists looking to exploit a prominent family's tragedy to sell magazines, but Ryuuzen Rena's kindness melted his frozen heart, driving him to quit his old job and become an investigative journalist specializing in overturning cases of false arrest. Eventually, he and Rena were married, but now, the curse threatens to steal away their happiness.

Kamo prays for a miracle, and his prayers are answered by the Hourglass of Miracles, an artifact spoken of in rumors and urban legends, said to grant one wish to anyone who obtains it.

"Meister Hora", a guide for those who obtain the hourglass, tells Kamo there is only one way to break the curse and save Rena: He must travel back in time to the year 1960 and catch the culprit of the original Ryuuzen Family massacre.

Who was the culprit of the mu*ders that took place almost 60 years ago? Why did they steal away the lives of the Ryuuzen clan? What is the true nature of the "Curse of the Ryuuzen Clan?" And perhaps most mysteriously of all... What is Meister Hora's goal in all this?

Winner of the 29th annual Ayukawa Tetsuya Award. <<less

Set in a fictional European country in 1924, a Japanese exchange student meets a mysterious, brilliant girl who only leaves the library to sleep. Her brother, a detective, relies on her mind to solve difficult mysteries, several of which draw her away from the library. With a drop of sweet romance, you will immediately become addicted to Gosick!!!... more>>

The companion series GosickS fills in some of the gaps before and between Gosick volumes. GosickS I takes place before Gosick I, GosickS II between Gosick IV and V, GosickS III between Gosick VI and VII, and GosickS IV between Gosick VII and VIIIa.

Note: Volume 9 is actually Volume 8 Part 2. <<less

After eight long years of being the youngest detective in the Violent Crimes Division, she was reborn as the beloved only daughter of a count. She had lived hoping to win over a handsome, devoted husband and lead a comfortable life, but the untimely death of her cousin changed her path forever.... more>>

Lucy was scouted by Iathellos, a young inspector, for her extraordinary insight, and her reputation as an advisor grew more prestigious by the day.

‘How will I ever get married if my work is so dangerous? I only wanted to have a peaceful life—I never wanted to be called the “Corpse-Combing Lady” or anything like that!’ <<less

Endo Masaki has a special power that can understand lies, and Kawabata Sayuri is a girl who never lies. And the school idol, Sakura Narumi is a girl who always lies.... more>>

One day, Kawabata's best friend, Kobayashi Misa dies. Although rumoured to have committed su*cide, Kawabata said,

"She was killed,"

and Sakura also lied,

"I was the one who killed her."

Masaki, who was asked by Kawabata to find out the truth, learns Sakura's heart that no one with that power knows.

A triangle story where desire, lies and love intersect. <<less

Okitegami Kyouko is a famous detective who solves cases in a single day. In fact, she has to, since her memories only last for one day before they ‘reset.’ However, for important things, she writes messages for herself down on her body with a special pen. One of her common clients is Kakushidate Yakusuke, a man who is often wrongly suspected of committing crimes. There is also a live-action drama adaptation of this story.... more>>

The original novel’s story is about a detective named Kyōko Okitegami who is also known as the forgetful detective. She forgets everything in a day, but solves cases the same day. (Her name has the Japanese word for “today” in it.) An unlucky young man named Yakusuke Kakushidate somehow ends up as the suspect in every case, and he always asks for the detective. <<less

There exist in this world a set of six daggers that carry a terrible curse: the ability to inflict a death beyond time. Those under the daggers' curse shall reincarnate without end, never able to know happiness and always drawn to die once more by the dagger. This is the story of "Raine" and "Marie", two souls bound by the daggers' curse to kill one another, over and over again.... more>>

France, 1243. Lapis Lazuli Castle is the name of an insignificant relay fort nestled away in a forest east of Carcassonne. Its ruler, Count Geoffroy, and his only daughter, Marie, are both believed to be insane. The root cause of their shared madness is the mysterious disappearance of Geoffroy's wife three years ago, which caused Geoffroy to grow detached from humanity and cast Marie into a deep depression. After three years of wandering in a state halfway to nonexistence, Marie works up the nerve to ask her chief bodyguard, Sir Raine, to investigate her mother's death, confiding that on the night of her mother's disappearance, she had witnessed something impossible. However, her investigation only prompts a new tragedy.

The French-German border, 1916. As World War I rages on, Raine and Marie's latest reincarnations live the life of a sub-lieutenant in the French army and a medic with the Red Cross, respectively. The two lovers are reunited at the site of the Battle of Verdun, but no sooner have they met then Raine finds himself faced with a barrage of impossible circumstances. An enemy soldier's head suddenly vanishes, right before his eyes. One of his subordinates reports the same thing happening to an ally. Four more headless bodies vanish from a flooded bunker in the minute he looks away. These baffling events are a prelude to the return of their old tragedy.

Northern Hokkaido, 1989. Kimiyo, age eighteen, is already dying, an inoperable tumor in her hypothalamus leaving her with less than a year to live. Refusing to despair in the face of her tragic circumstances, she spends her remaining days with her friends at "The Library at the End of the World", a private library so called due to its isolated nature. One day, a man named Kito approaches her out of the blue, regaling her with a story about a set of cursed daggers, knights in the 13th century, and the two of them being cursed, fated lovers. Naturally, Kimiyo is intensely skeptical, but the events that come next don't require her to believe in them.

Arriving at the scene of these three tragedies is Snowy, an enigmatic figure of indeterminate gender who claims to be "a detective charged with managing the world's chaos". <<less

Retrovision: An ability to delve into the past of others, which is triggered when he harbors animosity towards them.... more>>

"What were you thinking before you saw 'that'?"

"Something bad. I wanted to kill the culprit."

"...why?"

"They had something I didn't have, and yet they weren't satisfied with it. They killed the people they should've loved."

Must justice always stem from good intentions?

No, he will protect the innocent through inferiority and anger. <<less

A newlywed couple are mu*dered in their bridal chamber on their wedding night leads to open fighting between Ouyang and Sima Manors. Amazing Constable Shen Ying personally takes on the case.... more>>

A gold hairpin holds the key to finally exposing the truth of this mu*der case…

The Bloody Bridal Chamber is Book #4 of Hong Kong author Ximen Ding’s Amazing Hawk Constables wuxia mystery series. <<less

A lackluster detective and devoted mystery aficionado has met his demise. Yet, he finds himself reborn in a classic fantasy realm of swords, magic, monsters, and dungeons, all while retaining his previous life’s memories. He now goes by the name Van, a commoner with an extraordinary talent for magic and a wealth of knowledge from his past life. Despite his lowly status, Van manages to climb the ranks and make a name for himself.... more>>

However, his journey takes a dark turn when an inexplicable mu*der occurs right in front of him. The victim is none other than a Dragon Eater, an immortal transcendent being. Making matters more perplexing, there exists a Prophecy Machine capable of predicting everything, yet this particular mu*der was never foreseen. The baffling question now stands: How was the transcendent being mu*dered in an event that escaped the prophecy? <<less

Shen Lu spent a lifetime trying to get closer to Yan Chenli, and in the end was killed in the line of duty in an operation commanded by Yan Chenli.... more>>

According to the donation agreement he made during his life, he was turned into a human weapon—an Executioner. Because of his guilt, Yan Chenli almost lost his family fortune bearing the costs of a human weapon’s expensive energy consumption, just to keep Shen Lu by his side.

Most of the people turned into human weapons were prisoners given the death penalty, the “incorrigible dregs of society”.

Everyone knows that the operational capabilities of these Executioners are just two hours, and that they’re even stripped of the names they had during life, their mind is weak, incapable of independent thought, and they go madly out of control upon remembering the fact that they are already dead.

Shen Lu, Chief Adjudicator Yan Chenli’s Executioner, is the only exception.

[Don’t treat your Executioner partner like a human being, or you’ll be out of luck.]
Criminal investigation police Adjudicator x Human weapon Executioner

The Executioners are manufactured via the consciousness of the deceased, the standard equipment is uniform x cold weapon, and a bit of an uncontrollable mental defect. <<less

In this world, There are Confucians, Daoists, Buddhists, Demons, and Arcanists.... more>>

Xu Qi'an, a police academy graduate, suddenly finds himself waking up in a prison, set to be exiled to the frontier three days later...

His initial goal was to protect himself in this world with no human rights and to be able to live a leisurely life as a rich man.

...

Many years later, Xu Qi’an looks back on the past, with long-dead enemies and friends, as well as the numerous bones he has left behind.

As the Yangtze River flows eastward, the waves wash away the heroes; right and wrong, success or failure will all turn into nothing but history.

However, just like the sun’s rays gleaming over the towering mountains, after each sunset, a new sun will rise. <<less

If a man is honest, courageous, exceptional, not only can capture attention but also cook, lives across from you, of course you should push him down. ... more>>

If a woman is kindhearted, sharp, smart, quick-witted, not only protective but can also solve cases, lives across from you, of course you should eat her.

Qiao Yin very clearly remembers her first meeting with Xiao Yang. She thought that he looked pretty handsome. They were neighbors for four years, she never thought that one day he would become her man. A lawyer and a policeman, two busy occupations, originally deemed impossible to be together, however due to one case, it started their life of “possibilities.”

One is a foodie and one is a chef, one talkative one quiet. One caring and one cold. <<less

No single thing abides, but all things flow.... more>>

One’s life passes as quickly as a white steed gallops past a slight crack—in a mere instant. <<less

Police officer Han Bin, accidentally got a future police badge.... more>>

He has learned the criminal investigation skills in the future, solved many strange cases and upheld justice, becoming a legend of the police <<less

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the gaming industry has seen an explosion in popularity. One of the most popular games ever released is Mystery Maker, a VR RPG where players can create baffling puzzles in a virtual space and challenge other players to solve them.... more>>

As a promotional stunt for the game's upcoming sequel, eight real life great detectives have been hand chosen by Kurata Chikage, executive director of MegalodonSoft, to challenge each other to a match in a demo of Mystery Maker 2. Among them are Kamo Touma, a magazine contributor well known for his investigative work overturning false convictions, and his wife's cousin Ryuuzen Yuki, a recently debuted mystery novelist.

However, on the day of the demo event, the detectives are all drugged. When they awaken, they find their smartwatches are locked to their wrists and they are shown videos of their families and loved ones being held hostage. They are contacted by a Gamemaster, who tells them that if they wish to save themselves and their families, they must play a death game called "Delicious Death for Detectives".

As scheduled, the eight of them will play Mystery Maker 2's demo, and the Detectives will challenge the mu*der puzzles created by the mu*derer. If the Detectives are not able to reveal the mu*derer and their tricks before the time limit, all players will be killed. However, if the mu*derer is exposed, both they and their hostages will be killed. And if a Detective makes an accusation but gets even the tiniest detail wrong, they will be mu*dered by the Gamemaster's secret accomplice, the Executioner.

Now the only way for the eight detectives to survive is to expose the mu*derer and Executioner lurking among them, even if they must risk their lives and those of their compatriots to do so.

Which is an especially big problem for Kamo, because he's the one who's been chosen as the mu*derer! <<less

Seo Tae Hyuk, jailed after being falsely accused. ... more>>

He will be executed without being able to prove his innocence.

When he opens his eyes, it’s 15 years in the past?

And he's being possessed by a demon mirror!? <<less

"Love eventually ends──" Caught up in the words of his junior, Momose Chiyoda, Tsukumo Nonomura finds himself helping the 'Heartbreak Detective'. Operating from the Mystery... more>> Research Club's room as their base, this unofficial school detective activity investigates the truth behind heartbreaks. Clients, each harboring their own woes of lost love, come to them seeking answers.
This is the story of a girl detective who hasn't experienced love, solving the sweet and bitter story of love's end. <<less

It’s been three years since I signed up as a tester for my employer’s detective action game and got stuck.... more>>

On the verge of becoming stagnant, rotten water, I was transferred to a dating simulation game.

Just as I was about to celebrate the end of a life chasing after the tails of criminals and screaming at the top of my lungs, a torn and shattered crimson system window appeared in my mind.

[system: The player’s passive skill ‘Quality of a Detective’ has been activated. Crime rate within a radius of 1km increased by 5%.]

What should I do with this?

It feels like I’ve brought disaster to the peaceful world of dating simulation.

*

“Let me ask you one thing. Why do you dislike me so much?”

“I don’t dislike you.”

[♥SYSTEM: Evan Sylvester’s favorability rating is -10 ♥]

“Ah, yes~! the noble one is putting up with me, so I should just disappear.”

Now, I must never see this person again.

As I made up my mind and grasped the doorknob, it happened.

‘Ding.’

[♥Affection Event:

‘Hope to Get Closer’ Event Triggered! ((っ´ω`)♥(´ω`⊂ )) Heart pounding!

Spend time with him in the secret room and increase your affection! Increased likability opens the chamber exit!]

Crazy, what is this, let me out, what did I do wrong!!! <<less

Beneath the peaceful façade of the modern world, an undercurrent of shocking crimes roils in the underbelly of society. Follow Song Yang, the last Traditional... more>> Coroner of China, as he navigates through this underworld of violence and debauchery, and uses seemingly common everyday objects like an umbrella, squid ink, and magnets to hunt down serial killers, s*xual predators, real-life vampires, necrophiles, and others who prey upon the innocents and hide behind the fog of supernatural mystery. There is no mystery too enigmatic for Song Yang to solve, and there is no depth too deep for him to venture into to uncover the truth! <<less

As an extraordinarily handsome young character, rookie police officer Akechi, along with middle-aged Kobayashi and other amusing companions, faces challenging cases. Will Akechi be able... more>> to solve these cases successfully? <<less

I woke up to find myself as an investigator in a Dystopian Cyberpunk Game.... more>>

A world filled with violence and control.

For a 21st-century native Korean like me, every day is hell. <<less

After the disappearance of his parents, Chen Ge inherits the family-run haunted house attraction at an amus**ent park. Struggling to bring in customers, he discovers a black phone that grants him the chance to improve his haunted house with expanded scenarios, mastery of skills, the possibility of inviting supernatural inhabitants, and even clues as to what happened to his parents—but first, he must complete terrifying and dangerous haunted quests within 24 hours.... more>>

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The hearse with the weird odor slowed to a stop before the entrance. The sound of pebbles could be heard bouncing on the ceiling. There were footsteps coming from the corridor, and there seemed to be someone sawing next door. The door knob to the room rattled slightly, and the faucet in the bathroom kept dripping even though it had been screwed shut. There was a rubber ball that rolled on its own underneath the bed. Wet footsteps started to surface one after another on the floor.

At 3 am, Chen Ge held a cleaver in his hand as he hid beside the room heater. The call he was trying to make was finally answered. “Landlord, is this what you meant by ‘the house can be a little crowded at night’‽” <<less

The investigation of a severed limbs case was stalled. Lu Junchi, captain of the Major Crimes Unit, went to the Chinese police academy to ask for advice. Captain Lu originally thought he would get the advice of a respected old professor. Unexpectedly, he met the sick and weak beauty, Su Hui, who gave him some advice.... more>>

Before the reasoning, Lu Junchi belatedly wondered if this Beauty Su was just a pretty face. After the actual evidence, Lu Junchi belatedly thought that this Beauty Su wasn’t a pretty face, he was the one who was silly and foolish.

Lu Junchi was grateful for Su Hui’s help in this case. He appreciated Su Hui’s talent but was afraid that the weak and sick Su Hui wouldn’t be able to live a convenient life. Therefore, he became a Daddy Long Legs uncle and sent warmth to Su Hui day and night. He sent and sent…

Later, he took the big beauty home.

Captain Lu didn’t know that this crippled beauty Su Hui, who had extremely poor eyesight, was deaf in one ear and could run 200 meters in three minutes, would turn out to be a criminal psychology profiling expert who scared criminals. He didn’t know that Su Hui had multiple identities or that he was an old acquaintance…

Su Hui was proficient in criminal psychology portraits and had extremely meticulous reasoning ability. He went deep into the hearts of the criminals to reveal their secrets. He had the courage to go into extreme danger and walked through a hail of bullets with no fear. His heart was like a rock as he fought against evil, like a reed that couldn’t be defeated. He looked so weak while actually being so tough.

No one knew that his world was actually a foggy mess on the verge of collapse. The surrounding liveliness was like a silent movie to him. This was until he met the person who helped him put everything together, retrieving his lost memories and finding the truth of everything to put him back on the road of life.

Su Hui: Do you know what ‘hope’ is in my dictionary?

Lu Junchi: ?

Su Hui: It is you. <<less

He Wei took over a mu*der case in an abandoned mansion, and the deceased Cheng Zesheng, Male, a pianist, was killed by gunshot.... more>>

At the same time, in the same mansion, Cheng Zesheng was leading a team to inspect the scene. The deceased, He Wei, male, a company employee, died of suffocation.

Different worlds, and different professions, the only thing in common was that they had died in each other’s world.

What was it that connected the protagonists of the mu*der investigation in the two parallel worlds? With the collision of time and space, the two parallel spaces had quietly changed. He Wei gradually found that this was an unsolvable situation. Struggling in the cycle of fate, how could Cheng Zesheng be saved?

Without meeting, there would be no beginning.

When the clock strikes zero, would he still stand the opposite? <<less

A girl who calls herself a demon appeared before a timid student named Fumio Kijima. The girl claims to be a campaign girl from the demon world and she gives him the ability to "summon a room" from nothing but thin air.... more>>

At first he doesn't abuse his power and uses it as a convenient ability in his every day life. But one day he is bullied by his classmates under a false pretext and is made to suffer. In the past he would have wallowed in misery and cried himself to sleep, but now he had a power to call upon.

"I will make them regret it!"

Using his powers to summon his "room", he begins his era of confinement and brainwashing to achieve his goals. <<less