best 1st person crime novels

Crime Prison Island

After the nuclear war, the world was controlled by twenty mega-corporations that established a global government. Governed by AI, it judged everything. Gao Xin, who had only wished to live a peaceful life, inexplicably became a scapegoat for the elite and, unable to pay the imprisonment fee, was sentenced to ten years of exile on Crime Prison Island! On this island, there were no laws, no constraints, the only order being the numerous game arenas set up by the officials. The criminals could only participate like racehorses for the entertainment of the elite. Yet, on this prison island filled with Radiation, cyborgs, and many powerful villains, Gao Xin had no strength, no talent, and no background—like a sheep thrown into a crocodile pool, no different from being on death row. How could an ordinary person like him survive under the oppression of the strong, the geniuses, and the wicked? Unless in this world, there was a path, a path that allowed even the weakest to continuously break their shackles.

Demonic Blue Moon · Urban

Once, I wanted to be a good person

Fang Ze transmigrated to a world filled with superpowers and became a police. Initially, he planned to carry out his duties diligently. However, by chance, he discovered that his true identity was actually a criminal who had been arrested. The police faked his identity and made him believe that he was one of them. Then, they utilized his remaining memories to solve the case and identify his accomplices. They had set up a huge operation and were ready to capture him and his accomplices at any time! Fortunately, he acquired a superpower called the Midnight Investigation Room. At midnight every day, he could conduct an investigation on a chosen target. During his investigation, not only could he hear the actual thoughts running through the head of his subject, he could also acquire different items based on the value of the information he collected. Some of the items he acquired included: a mushroom that could sustain its host’s beauty forever; a credit card that allowed its users to loan from the future unlimitedly; a loyal assassin troop that lurked in the shadow; a demon eye that allowed its user to pry into the other world; a kobold that could learn and train with double efficiency on behalf of its master; seeds that could be attached to enemies’ bodies to make them puppets; and tapes that could transform human bodies into rocks when applied. In order to resolve his crisis, he collected information and investigated the case while improving his ability and expanding his influence. Unfortunately, he uncovered an even bigger scheme after solving his case. This entire world turned out to be a scheme! Many years later, Fang Ze sat on the throne of the King of Darkness. Accumulated beneath his throne were the countless skulls of his enemies.

Endless World · Games

Gene Fusion System: Crime Hunter

Luo Fei is a rookie police officer but has a system that can empower him with different abilities of animals including dogs' sense of smell through gene fusion. When helping a lady to find her cat, he smells a stench from the neighboring apartment's balcony. It smells like... the stench of a rotting corpse!

Murderer Li Si · Horror

Full-Level Fierce Person

Ordinary Archer·Full Level Conditions: 1, Hit the bullseye at least fifty meters away ten times; 2, Any kind of mixed grains 100 pounds; 3, Meat 50 pounds. Elite Archer·Full Level Conditions: 1, Become a Full Level Ordinary Archer; 2, One eye from three different animals each; 3, Any kind of mixed grains 300 pounds; 4, Meat 200 pounds. …… …… If you're not ruthless, you can't stand firm! If your heart isn't venomous, it's hard to establish a foothold! "I just wanted to live a peaceful life, why do you all force me?" Looking at the enemies in front of him, Fang Zhixing's eyes became fierce. This is the story of an ordinary person who transmigrated into a mysterious world, rose from obscurity with the help of Full Level Cheats, and gradually climbed to the pinnacle, fiercely contending against all adversaries.

Buddha does not save · Eastern

Invincible! This person has lived for a billion years

A billion years ago, every god fell in the War of Origin. Only one immortal remained. His name was William Johnson. He buried the gods, ended the divine era, and erased his existence from history. Empires rose and vanished beneath his gaze, while the men who followed him gained wealth and power beyond imagination. Then William disappeared. For fifty years, his five former servants ruled from the shadows, becoming some of the most powerful tycoons in the world. Now, their master has returned. But time has changed more than the world. Some of his former servants still kneel before him, terrified of the power they once witnessed. Others have grown too attached to the fortunes William allowed them to possess. Fearing that he has returned to reclaim everything, they begin plotting betrayal—and even assassination. Another sees a different opportunity. If his granddaughter can win William’s affection, his family may stand above all others for generations to come. Soon, the descendants of the five great families are sent to William’s side. Some look down on the seemingly ordinary young man and refuse to believe the legends surrounding him. Some compete desperately for his attention, hoping to secure his protection, his favor—and perhaps something far more intimate. And among them is a woman whose face William has not seen for countless ages: the reincarnation of the lover he once lost. Yet William has little interest in wealth, influence, or the ambitions of his former servants. After enduring a billion years of war and solitude, he chooses to hide among ordinary people and begin a new life as a student. But peace was never waiting for him. Beyond the boundaries of the world, powerful beings are crossing dimensions. An invasion from another realm is approaching, and only William remembers the truth behind the War of Origin—the secret that caused the gods to fall and the enemy that should never have returned. Old loyalties are breaking. Ancient grudges are awakening. Technology, immortality, and powers from beyond the world are about to collide. The divine era ended with William Johnson. The next one may begin with him as well.

IvyWoods · Fantasy

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She's a live-in son-in-law in a rich family

Handsome and rich, overbearing CEO, greedy wolf in the business world, unscrupulous. These were Ye Lin's labels. However, she also had an unknown label-her gender was female. She was the dignified president of the Imperial Group, but she had somehow been reborn into a weak son-in-law of a wealthy family. President Wei, whom she had coveted for his family property and descendants, looked at her gently… The whole world recognized that President Yu of the U.K Corporation was well-dressed, noble, and elegant… (Reader group 1:232886807; Reader group 2:820600380. Which one can enter which one)

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Group pet fake daughter explodes in the entertainment circle

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Bao Ruirui and the Endless Bookcase

Bao Ruirui was a 13-year-old boy who found himself sealed in his bookcase one day! First, he was chased by Javert on the streets of the tragic world, then Mr. Crusoe, who had forgotten his language on a deserted island, and then the Great Sage, Heaven's Equal, who had fallen from the clouds... What was going on? Bao Ruirui gradually realized that the only way to leave this maze-like magical bookcase was to travel through the stories and adventure. The brain human-computer interface in the New Era, the terrifying endless bookcase challenge mode, Yuan Yiyi who helped him at the critical moment, the mysterious professor who manipulated everything behind the scenes, the smart and brave squad, the NPCs who did not want to repeat their lives in the story…When Bao Ruirui walked through the entire bookcase and faced the truth behind it, what would his choice be?

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