On this weeks Manuscript Monday Sarah recommends Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto.
This book was excellent. I wasn’t sure at first at my rating, but it was an excellent cosy murder mystery that had all the right ingredients for a 5 Star rating. It’s about Vera a widowed senior Chinese woman living alone over her run down tea shop in Chinatown. Her life completely changes when she finds a dead body in her tea shop one morning and she is determined to solve the murder. Vera’s character is delightful. She actually reminds me of a friend of mine; brutally honest, assertive and loving. All the characters or “suspects”are lovable as well and the character development was suburb. I was rooting for each one and had sympathy for each of their stories. Also, it really makes you crave good tea, you’ve been warned. I’m so glad that a sequel is coming out next year I will definitely read it. I wasn’t ready to let Vera go.
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