Series Sunday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie. I encourage all of my fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.
- Read an installment of a series.
- Share your review/recommendation below.
- Include the title, author and series name.
My Series Sunday pick is Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, the first book in the Vera Wong series by Jesse Q. Sutanto. It was chosen as the April selection in our Sistahs Be Readin' Book Club. I have been looking for a new funny series so this was perfect timing.
Jesse Q. Sutanto met my expectations and more with this one! In this first installment, we meet Vera Wong: a 60-year-old tea shop owner. The business doesn't get much traffic so she spends most days checking on her busy son, meddling in his adult life. But one day, Vera wakes up to find a dead man in the middle of her tea shop. Convinced that she can do a better job than the police ever could, this Chinese woman with nothing but time on her hands becomes an amateur sleuth to sniff out the killer. Her first task? Hilariously outlining the dead body with a Sharpie!
"Hey, ma'am, who drew the outline around the deceased?" ~ pg. 29
The story introduces us to a colorful, entertaining cast of diverse characters. Like most cozy mysteries, there is a plethora of suspects in a small community. However, the author did not make it too predictable. There is nothing like a suspects-turned-found-family trope.
The best part were the teas. I thought I was a tea expert (also self-proclaimed) but Ms. Vera knows her teas! By the end of the book, I had a list of tea leaves flavors to blend. I am looking forward to brewing a pot while reading the next book in the series. Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) is already queued on my Kindle!
Jesse Q. Sutanto delivers the laughs, suspense, character development and plot to readers looking for a fun cozy mystery series. Need I say more? Add to your bookshelf now.
Please visit www.patreon.com/sistahspeak if you are interested in joining the Sistahs Be Readin' Book Club. ~Sistah LM
Author: Jesse Q. Sutanto
Published: March 2023
Pages: 339
Edition: Hardcover
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Rating: 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤
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