The Moon Hangs Over the Misty River

She is the ill-omened ghost woman of the funeral parlor, stubborn and openhearted, unyielding and tenacious. He is the walking embodiment of Song law, casual yet fierce, impartial and incorruptible. She steps into a maze of mysteries to speak for the dead; he presses onward in pursuit of the truth. A newly appointed county magistrate dies under strange circumstances, and his body vanishes without a trace. Why has a frail old woman become a corpse thief? A young prodigy dies by the river, leaving behind a painting that reveals the Jiang family curse. Why is a bride-to-be’s face smeared with blood? …What stories lie hidden in the mist-shrouded river port? What song, concealed in the night sky, does the bright moon overhead hear?