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Forensic Bone Evidence

Rating 3.4
Word count
164K words
Chapters
55

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Summary

A heavy rain triggered a landslide, and a young girl's hip bone was washed out of a vegetable field in Dongjia County. Su Tianyi, a forensic bone-evidence expert at the Public Security Department, finds marks of dismemberment by electric saw on the bone. Together with Miao Xiaoyu, the county's female forensic doctor, he excavates the remaining three bags of remains at the scene, but the skull is missing. The prime suspect, the owner of the vegetable field, suddenly hangs himself, plunging the case into fog—yet it also pulls an old cliff-fall case into the light. As the case advances, the skull of the hip-bone's owner is found in an underground chamber, but there is also a male corpse at the scene, and two girls are missing, their fate unknown... The ending is chilling.

Editor's review

This forensic suspense novel opens with a hip bone washed out by rain, weaving bone-evidence examination, crime-scene investigation, and a long-cold case into layers of connection; professional detail forms the most solid foundation of the narrative. Author Wu Lilong makes the forensic gaze the core engine driving the case forward: the electric-saw marks, the reassembly of the remains, and the whereabouts of the skull are not ornaments but key links that genuinely participate in the chain of reasoning. Following Su Tianyi and Miao Xiaoyu's collaboration, readers feel the power of physical evidence speaking. The case is structured around multiple reversals: the vegetable-field owner's suicide, the surfacing of the old cliff-fall case, the male corpse and the missing girls in the underground chamber—the clues keep escalating, the pace is tight, and it suits reading straight through to the end. A caution: the story involves dismemberment and a corpse in a sealed room; the atmosphere is cold and grim, and the ending leaves a disturbing aftertaste. As genre fiction it values suspense and professional atmosphere over the deep social critique of the social-school mode. It suits concentrated reading on a weekend or while traveling, and works as an entry-level genre read for those curious about the details of forensic work.

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • Genre readers who enjoy forensic and criminal-investigation suspense novels
  • Readers curious about the details of physical-evidence examination and crime-scene investigation
  • People looking for a tightly paced story to finish in one concentrated weekend read
  • Adult readers comfortable with a grim atmosphere and descriptions of corpses

Not a good fit for

  • Readers sensitive to dismemberment and corpse descriptions, who are easily unsettled
  • Readers who prefer warm, healing, or light everyday themes
  • Readers seeking deep social-school analysis rather than suspense-driven plotting

Reading tips

  1. Read in chapter order and watch for echoes between bone-evidence details and later clues; there is no need to flip ahead to the ending.
  2. When the old case surfaces, pause and look back at earlier foreshadowing to savor the pleasure of clues clicking together.
  3. The atmosphere is strong at night; those sensitive to thriller descriptions may prefer reading in daylight.

About the publisher

Tianjin Boji Xinmei Technology Co., Ltd. is a publisher focused mainly on literature and general reading. Public information about the company is limited, but its catalog of nearly one thousand titles indicates publishing directions that include mystery and detective fiction, foreign literature, classic works, health, and Eastern philosophy. Representative publications include The Complete Dark Stories of Edgar Allan Poe, the works of Jo Nesbø, Nobel laureates John Steinbeck and Yasunari Kawabata, the collected works of Shi Tiesheng, and the healing books of neurologist Oliver Sacks. Its author resources combine foreign classics such as Poe, Steinbeck, and Kawabata with contemporary mystery writers like Nesbø, supported by translators including Cao Minglun and Lin Liren, reflecting a publishing profile that balances retranslated classics with genre reading.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 第一卷 心锯
  3. 第1章 白骨
  4. 第2章 骨证科
  5. 第3章 女法医
  6. 第4章 养蛆人
  7. 第5章 埋尸地
  8. 第6章 嫌疑人
  9. 第7章 多个疑点
  10. 第8章 女记者
  11. 第9章 风流韵事
  12. 第10章 开棺验尸
  13. 第11章 交代
  14. 第12章 地下魔窟
  15. 第13章 女孩
  16. 第14章 艳照
  17. 第15章 电锯实验
  18. 第16章 精神病院
  19. 第17章 恐怖回忆
  20. 第18章 三人行
  21. 第二卷 鳄鱼的眼泪
  22. 第1章 头颅
  23. 第2章 颅腔怪声
  24. 第3章 救救我
  25. 第4章 抓蟹
  26. 第5章 画骨大师
  27. 第6章 抛尸地
  28. 第7章 画像
  29. 第8章 解剖鳄鱼
  30. 第9章 水落石出
  31. 第10章 中药店
  32. 第11章 急诊医生
  33. 第12章 凶器
  34. 第13章 证人
  35. 第14章 第二嫌疑人
  36. 第15章 铁笼
  37. 第16章 人质
  38. 第三卷 寂寞精灵
  39. 第1章 尸变
  40. 第2章 蛆舞
  41. 第3章 鱼群
  42. 第4章 梦境
  43. 第5章 湖底捞尸
  44. 第6章 断指
  45. 第7章 旧案
  46. 第8章 母狗
  47. 第9章 情诗
  48. 第10章 顶罪
  49. 第11章 老尸骨
  50. 第12章 湖底验尸
  51. 第13章 灰瓮
  52. 第14章 大水牛
  53. 第15章 画骨
  54. 第16章 女知青
  55. 第17章 证明

FAQ

I've never read forensic fiction—can I start with this one?
Yes. The story is driven by the case, and technical terms are naturally introduced through dialogue and on-scene procedure; no prior knowledge of forensic science is needed. Following Su Tianyi and Miao Xiaoyu's investigative steps, readers gradually understand the basis of bone-evidence judgments, so the entry threshold is low.
Where does the suspense mainly come from?
Mainly from layer upon layer of reversal in the physical-evidence clues: electric-saw marks on the hip bone point to dismemberment, the remains lack a skull, the prime suspect commits suicide, an old cliff-fall case is pulled in, and finally the skull is found in an underground chamber—along with an extra male corpse. The suspense rests on scene work and examination rather than simply withholding information.
Is the ending open or closed?
The material indicates a chilling ending: the clues converge explosively in the chamber scene, and the fate of the two girls is unknown. Overall it is a closed structure, but the closure is grim and leaves a psychological impact. Read to the end before deciding whether it suits your taste.

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About the author

五里珑 Author

Wuli Long is a suspense and mystery author with limited publicly available information. Three of the author's works are currently held in the collection, with representative titles including *Shelter*, *Mind Hunt*, and *The Forensic Bone Evidence*. Judging from the titles and the category, the writing tends to center on case investigation, psychological pursuit, and forensic examination, combining mystery plotting with professional detail to build tension. *Shelter* emphasizes setting and the characters' circumstances, *Mind Hunt* points toward psychological pursuit, and *The Forensic Bone Evidence* involves forensic and material-evidence reasoning. Although the author's biography, nationality, and English name are not clearly recorded, so the personal background cannot be confirmed, the existing works suggest an interest in the logical chain behind a case and the complexity of human nature, with narration that leans on plot momentum and evidential reasoning, giving the author a certain recognizability among mystery readers.

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