Livenow beautytruthsleuth series#

Nonetheless they companionably squable their way through a number of well constructed cases and become a likable and effective crime solving team. She snidely calls him a merman in a tone that implies fish face or worse, dead fish and bristles when he affectionately refers to her as his foxy lady. This gives her the means to escape an unwanted marriage arranged by her indifferent father and cliche evil stepmother and half-sister. Yet this sharp tongued vixen is distrustful of and lashes out inexplicably and ungratefully at Xiao Song, who appreciates her talents immediately and employs her as his coroner. She is almost immediately and recklessly infatuated with the thrillingly inscrutable Su Fu and is unquestioning of his motives. I was only able to identify the ultimate mastermind by elimination there were not enough clues or hints along the way to figure out their identity or motives.Īs a big fan of strong, smart female characters, I was baffled by how difficult I found it initially to like newbie Zhou Jieqiong's Ran Yan. The drama maintains an exciting pace, with danger and intrigue lurking around every corner and builds to a strong finish on a high note with a surprise reveal. They are both tasked by different masters to recover Marquis Sui's pearl, which is part of a larger conspiracy that is the drama's overarching plot. This tosses her right into the crosshairs of both Xiao Song, a nobleman and the emperor's trusted investigator and fixer and Su Fu, a mysterious assassin who saves her life. The drama starts with a bang by establishing Ran Yan's credentials as a brilliant forensic analyst as she is extorted to solve a murder by the criminal underworld in exchange for her shifu's gambling debts. As she helps solve cases, unearths Marquis Sui's legendary pearl and unveils a grand conspiracy she also finds herself and discovers the truth of her heart's desires. The drama is about a talented and adventurous young lady coroner's journey of self discovery.

Nonetheless it is a short and very enjoyable watch that really stands out in its repudiation of common tropes. Indeed all of the gory props are almost cartoonishly fake and any macarbe detail is rather cursorily handled. While set in Tang dynasty, the story-line barely acknowledges the main historical characters and events of the day. I was both disappointed and relieved that this drama does not dive into the forensic aspects of the cases with the chillingly thrilling gruesome detail of my beloved novels.

Like Miss Truth, the novel is about a strong and smart woman, ahead of her time in both forensic knowledge and life attitude.

Livenow beautytruthsleuth series#

I was excited by this drama because the backstory sounds like a Chinese version of a favorite mystery series 'Mistress of the Art of Death' which is also about a medieval female crime solving coroner who teams up with a sexy man to solve cases.