Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (A Vera Wong Novel)
A USA Today bestseller
Edgar Award Winner for Best Original Paperback
Audie Award Winner for Mystery
Libby Award Winner for Best Mystery
A 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?
Edgar Award Winner for Best Original Paperback
Audie Award Winner for Mystery
Libby Award Winner for Best Mystery
A 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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Readers say *Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers* is a quirky, humorous cozy mystery featuring a lovable, chaotic protagonist running a tea h...
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers was such a fun read. The mystery had several genuinely surprising plot twists that kept me guessing, but the real heart of the story was the characters. Vera is nosy, chaotic, and impossible not to love, and the supporting cast slowly coming together into a “found” family was incredibly comforting and satisfying. Watching these lonely, struggling people find the support they were missing made the story feel warm even alongside the murder investigation. A cozy mystery with humor, heart, and great character dynamics.
Had to read this for a class. I didn’t like it at all. It markets as a cozy mystery but it definitely should not be in that category.
I love a comedic cozy mystery! I kept seeing this one pop up as a suggestion on Audible so I decided to finally pick it up. Vera is a very unique and different lead character and she is really brought to life. She was hilarious and I found myself laughing out loud several times. I also found it fairly cute when it came to her growing relationship with all of her “suspects.” Speaking of suspects... yes this is a murder mystery so that kept me guessing and trying to put together all the pieces with Vera. Although it is third person, we do get the story from multiple perspectives so we are provided a very full picture which I enjoyed. This was a fun read and I’ll have to check out more of Vera Wong!
It was cute, good twist and unique story line! After many failed mystery read this one was a fresh change
Another instance when Goodreads needs to offer half stars! If they did I would give this novel 3 1/2 ⭐️ The main character was amusing and I well written. The plot dragged a little. Fun, quick read.
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