Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
von Jesse Q. Sutanto
A USA Today bestsellerEdgar Award Winner for Best Original PaperbackAudie Award Winner for MysteryLibby Award Winner for Best MysteryA lonely shopkeeper takes it upon herself to solve a murder in the most peculiar way in this captivating mystery by Jesse Q. Sutanto, bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties.Vera Wong is a lonely little old lady—ah, lady of a certain age—who lives above her forgotten tea shop in the middle of San Francisco’s Chinatown. Despite living alone, Vera is not needy, oh no. She likes nothing more than sipping on a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy detective work on the Internet about what her Gen-Z son is up to.Then one morning, Vera trudges downstairs to find a curious thing—a dead man in the middle of her tea shop. In his outstretched hand, a flash drive. Vera doesn’t know what comes over her, but after calling the cops like any good citizen would, she sort of . . . swipes the flash drive from the body and tucks it safely into the pocket of her apron. Why? Because Vera is sure she would 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 knows the killer will be back for the flash drive; all she has to do is watch the increasing number of customers at her shop and figure out which one among them is the killer.What Vera does not expect is to form friendships with her customers and start to care for each and every one of them. As a protective mother hen, will she end up having to give one of her newfound chicks to the police?
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Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
von Jesse Q. Sutanto
A USA Today bestsellerEdgar Award Winner for Best Original PaperbackAudie Award Winner for MysteryLibby Award Winner for Best MysteryA lonely shopkeeper takes it upon herself to solve a murder in the most peculiar way in this captivating mystery by Jesse Q. Sutanto, bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties.Vera Wong is a lonely little old lady—ah, lady of a certain age—who lives above her forgotten tea shop in the middle of San Francisco’s Chinatown. Despite living alone, Vera is not needy, oh no. She likes nothing more than sipping on a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy detective work on the Internet about what her Gen-Z son is up to.Then one morning, Vera trudges downstairs to find a curious thing—a dead man in the middle of her tea shop. In his outstretched hand, a flash drive. Vera doesn’t know what comes over her, but after calling the cops like any good citizen would, she sort of . . . swipes the flash drive from the body and tucks it safely into the pocket of her apron. Why? Because Vera is sure she would 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 knows the killer will be back for the flash drive; all she has to do is watch the increasing number of customers at her shop and figure out which one among them is the killer.What Vera does not expect is to form friendships with her customers and start to care for each and every one of them. As a protective mother hen, will she end up having to give one of her newfound chicks to the police?
Aktuelle Rezensionen(5)
Rezension von Sadisuch a letdown
Rezension von Eva SpringethThis book was absolutely wholesome yet a little hurtful to read at the same time. My absolute favorite part about the book is definitely how all of them found each other. And that way became a little family. They all started out in a pretty dark place in their life, hopeless and stuck. However something as "tragic" as Marshall's death led to something so positive. I found it so interesting to get to know these characters better and experience, how they got their life back together. In which Vera actually played a not so irrelevant part. Making sure everybody's well fed of course, while also kind of forcing them to spend time together over and over again . The murder - mystery aspect made the book even more enjoyable to read and I honestly did not expect the end at all!
Rezension von Lisa SI am and always will be a sucker for found family. The mystery aspect was smaller than I thought it would be. I figured out who the killer was before the reveal but I still enjoyed it a lot.
Rezension von mineandotherstoriesCozy murder mystery mit Charakteren und Orten zum Wohlfühlen. Obwohl die Ausgangslage des Buches auf einen eher ernsteren Inhalt schließen lässt, war das tatsächlich nicht der Fall. Ja, es wird stellenweise ernster, alles in allem ist die Stimmung jedoch eher locker und ausgelassen. Die Charaktere sind zu Anfangs sehr mysteriös und geheimniskrämerisch, nach und nach werden jedoch ihre Geheimnisse aufgedeckt, wodurch man jeden einzelnen von ihnen irgendwie ins Herz schließen muss. Die Auflösung zum Schluss kam für mich völlig überraschend, für die vollen 5 Sterne hat mir trotzdem irgendwie der letzte Funke gefehlt.
Rezension von mineandotherstoriesCozy murder mystery mit Charakteren und Orten zum Wohlfühlen. Obwohl die Ausgangslage des Buches auf einen eher ernsteren Inhalt schließen lässt, war das tatsächlich nicht der Fall. Ja, es wird stellenweise ernster, alles in allem ist die Stimmung jedoch eher locker und ausgelassen. Die Charaktere sind zu Anfangs sehr mysteriös und geheimniskrämerisch, nach und nach werden jedoch ihre Geheimnisse aufgedeckt, wodurch man jeden einzelnen von ihnen irgendwie ins Herz schließen muss. Die Auflösung zum Schluss kam für mich völlig überraschend, für die vollen 5 Sterne hat mir trotzdem irgendwie der letzte Funke gefehlt.