Hot and Sour Suspects: A Noodle Shop Mystery (A Noodle Shop Mystery, 8)
Lana Lee returns for another delectable cozy set in a Chinese restaurant in Vivien Chien's Hot and Sour Suspects.
"Pair your noodles with this steaming mystery, and you have the perfect chilly night combination!"--PopSugarAt the Ho-Lee Noodle House, murder is on the menu. When Lana Lee's best friend, Megan Riley, asks her to help host a speed dating contest at Ho-Lee Noodle House, she doesn't see the harm in lending a hand. The night goes better than anticipated, and both Lana and Megan are beyond thrilled with the results. But before they can break out the champagne, Rina Su, fellow Asia Village shop owner and speed dating participant, calls to inform Lana that the date she's just matched with has been murdered. Under suspicion of foul play, Rina enlists Lana's help in finding out what really happened that night. Without hesitation, Lana begins to dig into the man in question. To her dismay, she quickly finds that Rina's date has a rather unsavory past. There's a long line of slighted women, angry neighbors, and perturbed co-workers--all of whom seem to have a motive. As Lana continues to spiral down the treacherous path of scorned lovers and mistreated acquaintances, she can't help but dwell on how quickly an innocent evening filled with hope and positivity could turn so sour. When the media gets in on the case, Lana must rush to find the killer before more dates turn deadly.
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3.75 stars!
I really enjoyed the mystery in this one. I mean, I often enjoy the mystery in the other ones as well, but a lot of the recent mysteries have been like /eh it's fine/ whereas this one I was more actively into. I also enjoyed the conflict between Lana and Adam where he was actively working on the case and couldn't help her with her own investigation, since we haven't had that issue come up for a while now. And he gets all mad and protective at the end which is always my jam. c:
There are things about Lana that definitely frustrate me, especially when she acts impulsively. It felt like she was more impulsive in this book than in previous books. Still, while she doesn't get a ton of character development, I loved getting a deeper glimpse into Lana's sister. We don't know a ton about her from the previous books, but in this one, we get to explore a situation that she gets caught up in and see a different part of her/develop her relationship with Lana. There's also some characters I really want to come back from previous books who were mentioned in this book, especially the PI she worked with a couple books ago. Since they still mention her, I'm holding out hope that she's going to make an appearance at some point in the future.
Also, I pointed this out to Rachel, but after all the hostage taking, almost shootings, and other traumatic situations that Lana has been in, it feels weird that she doesn't have any psychological effects. I mean, I know this is a cozy mystery, so they're not going to go into detail about PTSD symptoms or any of that, but Lana is just going through life like nothing happened at all which feels weird to me (as a psychologist lol).
I can't believe I have to wait till the summer for the next book in the series to come out! :(
I really enjoyed the mystery in this one. I mean, I often enjoy the mystery in the other ones as well, but a lot of the recent mysteries have been like /eh it's fine/ whereas this one I was more actively into. I also enjoyed the conflict between Lana and Adam where he was actively working on the case and couldn't help her with her own investigation, since we haven't had that issue come up for a while now. And he gets all mad and protective at the end which is always my jam. c:
There are things about Lana that definitely frustrate me, especially when she acts impulsively. It felt like she was more impulsive in this book than in previous books. Still, while she doesn't get a ton of character development, I loved getting a deeper glimpse into Lana's sister. We don't know a ton about her from the previous books, but in this one, we get to explore a situation that she gets caught up in and see a different part of her/develop her relationship with Lana. There's also some characters I really want to come back from previous books who were mentioned in this book, especially the PI she worked with a couple books ago. Since they still mention her, I'm holding out hope that she's going to make an appearance at some point in the future.
Also, I pointed this out to Rachel, but after all the hostage taking, almost shootings, and other traumatic situations that Lana has been in, it feels weird that she doesn't have any psychological effects. I mean, I know this is a cozy mystery, so they're not going to go into detail about PTSD symptoms or any of that, but Lana is just going through life like nothing happened at all which feels weird to me (as a psychologist lol).
I can't believe I have to wait till the summer for the next book in the series to come out! :(
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