On the surface Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials seems like just an entertaining mystery. And though that is true and I look forward to reading more of the series, there are some interesting issues that are part of the mystery that can lead to a larger discussion and get the reader thinking on a deeper level.
Aunty Lee is this wonderfully colorful character who lives in Singapore and owns a delightful and delicious cafe. She is a widow with two step children and her step son Mark is selling his wine cellar business to Lee's new business partner Cherril. Cherril will be Aunty's partner in detection. Aunty also has a sort of sidekick, her assistant, Nina who looks out for Lee's best interest.
When two people end up dead at a catering event that Aunty Lee and Cherril have cooked for and are serving, they must work with the police to help solve the crime before their business gets closed down.
While trying to solve this mystery other people are turning up missing and there is talk of people selling their organs for money. Organ donation is illegal in Singapore. This book gives the reader a chance to think about how one feels about organ donation, or selling body parts like a kidney for money.
If you thought that you could save someone's life with a cadaver body part, how far would you go to get one? There is also the rumor that the dead woman's business is in trouble. How far would you go to save your business? Or could it just be as simple as badly cooked food? The chicken dish they ate just could have been cooked improperly... was it just food poison?
Author, Ovidia Yu is off to a great start with this clever mystery series
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