Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
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4.0 • 94 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The must-read cozy crime from the bestselling author of Dial A For Aunties
Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing…
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.
Knives Out meets Kim’s Convenience for anyone who loves solving mysteries by Richard Osman and Janice Hallett, and watching Death in Paradise and Marlow Murder Club.
‘Jesse Sutanto has created a great comic character in Vera. If you thought murder couldn’t be warm-hearted, hilarious and have a twist, think again’ Fiona Leitch, bestselling author of A Cornish Christmas Murder
‘A really heartwarming read’ Faith Martin
‘I thoroughly loved it. With a Vera in your life nothing bad can ever happen!’ J. M. Hall, bestselling author of A Spoonful of Murder
About the author
Jesse Sutanto is an author of books for children and adults. She received her Masters from the University of Oxford and a BA in English Literature from Berkeley. She grew up in Indonesia and Singapore and currently lives in Jakarta with her husband and two daughters. The film rights to her women’s fiction, Dial A for Aunties, was bought by Netflix in a competitive bidding war.
You can find out more about Jesse on her website www.jesseqsutantoauthor.com and follow her on Twitter @thewritinghippo and on Facebook and Instagram @JesseQSutanto
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Normally, when a brutal murder happens in a quaint town in a book or a TV show, it spells the end of the quaintness. In Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, everything remains extremely cosy even after the discovery of a body in the titular Mrs Wong’s San Francisco tea shop. Vera decides its time to flex her sleuthing muscles and investigate the murder herself—after all, who better to hunt down the culprit than a woman who knows everyone’s business? Over the course of the story, she manages to form connections with people who knew the dead man, while secretly investigating them herself. The ‘found family’ trope can sometimes be a little trite, but the majority of the characters here (including the suspects) are very likeable people. None though can compare to Vera herself, who is stubborn, endearing, hilarious and worthy of her own series.
Customer Reviews
Made me smile
I laughed and smiled continuously reading this. Just a lovely read
Cosy Crime
An easy read that is perfect for a rainy day. It’s not going to win any literary prizes but I was surprised at how I enjoyed it.
Funny, meaningful, suspenseful
Jesse Sutanto manages to write in a way that draws you in, muddles you up, and finally gives you the answers you crave. She makes you laugh, bite your nails and cry all in one sentence.