The Reaper's Token: Five Shocking Murder Cases of the Republic

At dawn on June 4, 1928, a thunderous explosion at Huanggutun reduced the Northeast King, Zhang Zuolin, to a bloody mess. Before breathing his last, he pulled a copper button from his collar, engraved with two characters: "Nanman." This was no ordinary button. It was a Reaper's Token. From then on, like a ghost, this button wandered the land of the Republic, and each time it appeared, it claimed a life. This book employs a mixed style of reverse chronology, plot twists, dialect, short sentences, jokes, and long sentences without punctuation. The language is gritty, humorous, satirical, and fiery. Northeastern bandit slang, Shandong rustic speech, Shanghai alleyway dialect, and Nanjing official jargon take turns on stage. The pace is lightning-fast: an explosion in the first three seconds, a twist in fifteen, a climax in thirty; each chapter ends with a bombshell that leaves you unable to sleep without reading the next. The scenes are highly visual, characters are clearly distinguished, and conflicts are dense—naturally suited for adaptation into suspense films, TV dramas, short series, and audio dramas. This is not an ordinary historical suspense novel. This is a Reaper's Token. Open it, and you take the copper button. And on the back of the button, your name is engraved. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: The Reaper's Token: Five Shocking Murder Cases of the Republic — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠