Constable Yan

A wok in her left hand, cooking up delicacies for the world; a knife in her right, uncovering injustices. From modern forensic pathologist to coroner in an ancient city, to the greatest female constable under heaven, Yan Jiao writes her own legend. And the man behind this successful woman, the Duke of Dingguo, finally gets to enjoy a quiet, retired life, tending to his wife and children and looking after the home. [No, cross that out!!] A modern female forensic pathologist and a semi-retired general eat, drink, and solve cases together. Husband-and-wife partners: work is never tiring! The story takes place two years and one month after the previous book ends. Recommended imperial examination and court intrigue novel: Great Nation, Little Fresh (Imperial Examinations) Recommended completed food-and-mystery novels of a similar type: The Great County Magistrate and the Little Coroner, The Great Lu Detective's Casebook, and The Kaifeng Prefecture Foodie Casebook Food novels: Food in Every Way, The Little Scholar Next Door, The Wish Restaurant Doesn't Want to Go Viral, and The Little Restaurant Currently serialized court intrigue novel: Climbing High (Court Intrigue) Blurb: Yan Tongguang was born a poor scholar. After several twists and turns, he ended up as a lowly clerk at the county office. He had no grand ambitions. He only hoped to earn a salary of three taels and five qian, avoid the misery of two meals a day through all four seasons, and spend six qian and seven fen at the end of the year to buy his elderly mother a steaming, delicious pork knuckle... Who could have guessed that one day his superior would make a mistake and put his livelihood at risk?! Perhaps there was never any such thing as a lifetime of peace and security. If you don't want to be knocked down, you have to climb, higher and higher... Theme: Speak with the dead and restore the justice they were denied!