The new must-read cozy crime mystery from the bestselling author of Dial A For Aunties

Book blurb

Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective?

Sixty-year-old self-proclaimed tea expert Vera Wong enjoys nothing more than sipping a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy ‘detective’ work on the internet (AKA checking up on her son to see if he’s dating anybody yet).

But when Vera wakes up one morning to find a dead man in the middle of her tea shop, it’s going to take more than a strong Longjing to fix things. Knowing she’ll do a better job than the police possibly could – because nobody sniffs out a wrongdoing quite like a suspicious Chinese mother with time on her hands – Vera decides it’s down to her to catch the killer.

Nobody spills the tea like this amateur sleuth.

My thoughts

A very quick comment as I’m catching up on a number of books read towards the end of December 2023!

Set in San Francisco Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice For Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto is a lovely cosy mystery murder story full of humour and wonderful characters. I enjoyed this book.

Book: Purchased

This was a Virtual Crime Book Club read for January unfortunately the club was cancelled but the book was read in December in preparation for January and from what I have seen it was enjoyed.

Information

Published: HQ (16 Mar. 2023)

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Author: Jesse Q. Sutanto is the author of adult, YA, and children’s middle grade books. She has an MSt in Creative Writing from Oxford University and a BA in English Lit from Berkeley, though she hasn’t found a way of saying that without sounding obnoxious. The film rights to her women’s fiction, Dial A for Aunties, was bought by Netflix in a competitive bidding war. Her adult books include Dial A for Aunties, its sequel, Four Aunties and a Wedding, and Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers. Her YA books include The Obsession, The New Girl, and Well, That Was Unexpected. Her MG books include Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit and its sequel, Theo Tan and the Iron Fan.

Find her on Twitter @thewritinghippo | Instagram @jesseqsutanto.

Books

The Aunties series: Dial A For Aunties | Four Aunties and a Wedding

YA: Well, That Was Unexpected | The Obsession | The New Girl

Middle Grade: Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit | Theo Tan and the Iron Fan