Others dread the chill of the autopsy room, but Pei Zhaochuan loves going there just to watch Shen Zhibai’s cool, almost abstinent composure during an autopsy.
“Dr. Shen, what do you make of these lividity marks?”
“Detective Pei, take your hand off my shoulder first.”
Shanghai’s star detective and Beiping’s brilliant forensic examiner are bound together by a murder at the Xuanzi Hall. He protects him, and he helps him solve cases. From corpses at the docks to military and political conspiracies, from testing each other to clasping hands, the suspense keeps building and the sweetness is off the charts. They stand side by side through turbulent times, bound together through life and death!
