About the author

Chen Meng is a male post-80s suspense writer born in Hebei and a member of the Hebei Writers Association. He formerly served as a frontline criminal police officer and began writing suspense fiction in 2009, becoming known for crime and investigation stories that are commonly categorized as suspense mystery and social fiction. His work often draws on the perspective of frontline police casework, emphasizing the progression of investigations and the situations of the people involved, while also reflecting on social reality within crime narratives. Representative works include the Tongxiao Changdu Mystery Collection series, the Criminal Police Chen Meng: Eyes of the Abyss series, Cao Jie Zhi Ci, Special Case Investigation Unit 2, and Night Tales titles such as Night Tales: Criminal Police Chen Meng's Record of Pursuing Cold Cases and Night Tales: Black. Publicly available biographical information remains limited, but he has accumulated more than twenty works and has gained a certain readership among suspense and mystery fans.

Written (22)

Detective Chen Meng: Gaze of the Deep Abyss Season 2 (3 Volumes) cover
Rating 3.6
Detective Chen Meng: Gaze of the Deep Abyss Season 2 (3 Volumes) Chen Meng 天津博集新媒科技有限公司 · 2026 This set consists of 3 volumes, including Eyes of the Abyss: Season 2, Volume 1: River of Beasts and Eyes of the Abyss: Season 2, Volume 2: Cold Blood…
All-Night Reading of Secret Cases Collection (25 Volumes) cover
Rating 3.6
All-Night Reading of Secret Cases Collection (25 Volumes) Chen Meng / 张未 / 向林 / Liang Miaomiao 天津博集新媒科技有限公司 · 2026 A collection led by Jiu Dishi, Chen Meng, Zhang Wei and other leading Chinese crime and mystery authors, including the Corpse Case Investigation Unit …
Special Case Investigation Unit 2 cover
Rating 3.5
Special Case Investigation Unit 2 Chen Meng Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 Four deeply bizarre and extraordinary cases; four haunting criminal recollections. Rainy Night Butcher: Young girls, gentle wives, and urban white-col…
Eyes Gazing into the Abyss: Twelve Secret Major Cases of Criminal Police Officer Chen Meng (3 Volumes) cover
Rating 3.5
Eyes Gazing into the Abyss: Twelve Secret Major Cases of Criminal Police Officer Chen Meng (3 Volumes) Chen Meng 天津博集新媒科技有限公司 · 2026 I am a homicide detective. And the most ordinary one among thousands like me. This is a collection of crimes, and a record of memories. In this book t…
Night Tales: Homicide Detective Chen Meng's True Account of Pursuing Perpetrators in Unsolved Cases (7 Volumes) cover
Rating 3.5
Night Tales: Homicide Detective Chen Meng's True Account of Pursuing Perpetrators in Unsolved Cases (7 Volumes) Chen Meng 天津博集新媒科技有限公司 · 2026 This seven-volume boxed set comprises "Startling Accounts," "Hair-Raising Love," "Crime Marks," "Other People's Hell," "Stranger Things," "Vortex," an…
Night Tales: Black cover
Rating 3.4
Night Tales: Black Chen Meng 天津博集新媒科技有限公司 · 2026 Black, in fact, is the most terrifying color. This color has a mouth: any color, endlessly layered, will in the end turn black. And not only colors—an…
The Eye of the Condensed Abyss. Season 2, Part 1: River of Beasts cover
Rating 3.4
The Eye of the Condensed Abyss. Season 2, Part 1: River of Beasts Chen Meng 天津博集新媒科技有限公司 · 2026 I am a special-case detective. I am also the most ordinary one among thousands of detectives. This is a collection of crimes, and also a collection of…
Hidden Dreams: Chasing the Murderer Series (3 Volumes) cover
Rating 3.3
Hidden Dreams: Chasing the Murderer Series (3 Volumes) Chen Meng 天津博集新媒科技有限公司 · 2026 “That's right—I did do something I shouldn't have. Without their consent, I saw their dreams.” Wang Lang, a moderately well-known psychological counse…
Dream Diver cover
Rating 3.3
Dream Diver Chen Meng Guizhou People's Publishing House · 2026 The truth may be late, but it will not be absent; reality and dreams are unraveled thread by thread! "Yes, I did do something I shouldn't have. Withou…
Criminal Police Officer Chen Meng's Astonishing Special Cases (3 Volumes) cover
Rating 3.3
Criminal Police Officer Chen Meng's Astonishing Special Cases (3 Volumes) Chen Meng 天津博集新媒科技有限公司 · 2026 Shocking cases, one after another—readers of a nervous disposition, proceed with caution! This set contains three volumes: "Special Case Investigation…
Special Case Investigation Team cover
Rating 3.2
Special Case Investigation Team Chen Meng Surveying and Mapping Publishing House · 2026 A case of dismemberment while still alive reaches back to a grisly massacre of twenty years ago, and the real culprit of that year has now become fres…
Notes on Chasing Killers through Dreams cover
Rating 3.2
Notes on Chasing Killers through Dreams Chen Meng Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 Wang Lang is a psychological counselor with the paranormal ability to enter other people's dreams. He has kept this secret carefully guarded—until Wu …
Gaze of the Condensed Abyss 3: Embers of Sin cover
Rating 3.2
Gaze of the Condensed Abyss 3: Embers of Sin Chen Meng 天津博集新媒科技有限公司 · 2026 I am a special-case criminal police officer. And the most ordinary one among thousands of criminal police officers. This is a collection of criminal c…
Eyes of the Gazing Abyss Season 3 2: Daylight Crack cover
Rating 3.2
Eyes of the Gazing Abyss Season 3 2: Daylight Crack Chen Meng 天津博集新媒科技有限公司 · 2026 [Crime investigation + serial homicides + crimes by acquaintances] A new work by crime-fiction author Chen Meng! Behind major cases, the third season …
Eyes of the Condensed Abyss, Season 3, Vol. 3: Hot Rain in the Sky cover
Rating 3.2
Eyes of the Condensed Abyss, Season 3, Vol. 3: Hot Rain in the Sky Chen Meng 天津博集新媒科技有限公司 · 2026 The final installment of the frontline investigator's memoir, Gaze into the Abyss. "Human selfishness has never changed." I am a special-case detectiv…
Gaze of the Abyss 2: Soundless Darkness cover
Rating 3.0
Gaze of the Abyss 2: Soundless Darkness Chen Meng 天津博集新媒有限公司 · 2026 I'm a special-case detective. And the most ordinary one among countless others. This is a collection of crimes, and also a collection of memories. In …
The Sin-Dream Catcher 1: Flight of the Dreadful Night cover
Rating 3.0
The Sin-Dream Catcher 1: Flight of the Dreadful Night Chen Meng 天津博集新媒科技有限公司 · 2026 A 2025 fully revised edition of The Dream Diver, a signature work by crime novelist Chen Meng! A brilliant psychological counselor and a tough special…
Criminal Police Officer Chen Meng: Collection of Major and Special Case Novels (22 Volumes) cover
Rating 2.8
Criminal Police Officer Chen Meng: Collection of Major and Special Case Novels (22 Volumes) Chen Meng 天津博集新媒科技有限公司 · 2026 This boxed set contains 22 volumes: the Dream Diving series, the Night Tales series, the Strange Shaped Shop series, and the Mystery Nest series; the …
Gaze of the Frozen Abyss, Season 2, Part 3: A Hidden Heart in a Perilous Night cover
Rating 2.8
Gaze of the Frozen Abyss, Season 2, Part 3: A Hidden Heart in a Perilous Night Chen Meng 天津博集新媒科技有限公司 · 2026 [Criminal Investigation + School Bullying + Revenge Killing + Human Nature] Secret Cases of Detective Chen Meng, the Finale of the Second Season of th…
The Thorn of the Grass cover
Rating 3.6
The Thorn of the Grass Chen Meng Taihai Publishing House · 2025 During a playground renovation, workers unearthed three bags of bones—an adult male, an adult female, and an underage male. Police suspect this may be…

Publishers

Taihai Publishing House天津博集新媒有限公司天津博集新媒科技有限公司Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing HouseSurveying and Mapping Publishing HouseHunan Literature and Art Publishing HouseGuizhou People's Publishing House