Kusursuz Kiraci

I really did love this series from the very beginning, it was unique and unlike any other Turkish series I have seen. The most unique thing about it was the fact that it was a mystery! Not only was there one mystery...but several mysteries inside of the mystery. In addition there was great comedy and quirky characters. This was the show that I was most excited about for the fall 2022 season, the one I was looking the most forward to each week, and the one I was curious about how the Turkish audience in Turkey was perceiving it. (I guess I got my answer since it was canceled after just six episodes, to my disappointment!)

The story is about Monolya "Mona", who is a beautiful young investigative reporter. She grew up in an orphanage because when she was young she found the dead body of her mother and told the police who had done it, her father. While in the orphanage, she befriends a fellow orphan named Layla. We see Layla as an undercover cop, but when they were young she was a bit of a delinquent-skilled at things such as pickpocketing. Mona in her youth was very fond of Agatha Christie and has honed her skills into being a good investigator, which comes in handy when she ends up living in a building of very suspicious characters with her fellow journalist Yakup. Yakup has returned to Istanbul from abroad and living in his grandfather's apartment, in his grandfather's building which is how he has a place for Mona to stay when she is thrown out of her apartment. Yakup and Mona meet because they are both on the case of an arsonist who is setting fires around the city. Mona quickly discovers that things are going on in the building...maybe even murder!

This was so wonderful, there was a hate to love romance, psychological stuff going on, several stories from the past...comedy, quirky characters and some really good mysteries. I am very disappointed that it was canceled and wrapped up so abruptly. I was kind of wondering if her father hadn't really killed her mother, but Mona herself...maybe even when she was sleep walking accidentally? It was a theory anyway.

I loved the two main actors, Dilan Çiçek Deniz and Serkay Tütüncü. They had wonderful chemistry together and played off of one another very well. (When I saw Serkay in Bey Yanlis I thought, he should be the star...so I was happy to see him get the lead in this series, I am just sad it is over.)

I highly recommend this series. I think it appeals to a much bigger audience than the usual Turkish market and I am really hoping that they will try a series like this again...and that Serkay Tününcü gets the lead on another series!