Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murders

 Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murders is a new delightful novel written by Jesse Q. Sutanto.

Vera Wong is a sweet little Asian woman living in San Francisco's Chinatown.  Her husband has passed and her son is a very busy lawyer.  He does not listen to her motherly advice and is always too busy to answer her text messages and phone calls.  Vera Wong owns and runs the Vera Wang Famous Teahouse.  She brews just the correct tea mixture for every person and every occasion.

When a dead body is found in her tea room one morning, Vera's quiet life is turned upside down. Vera decides to take matters into her own hands and investigate the death of the young man found on her tearoom floor.

In the course of her investigation she meets four very nice young people.  They all have a connection to the victim. They all have secrets they are keeping.  Slowly Vera tries to solve the crime as she cooks her way to being friends with these young people.  The victim's wife and daughter, Julia and Emily ar in need of some loving care.  Sana and Riki are looking for love and also benefit from Vera's delicious meals. Oliver needs some love and the protection and support of a Chinese mother.

This is a funny, warm story of how lonely people find each other and support each other.  The food description make your mouth water.  Sutanto is the author of the Dial A for Auntie mystery series.  I thin k I will look those up and try reading that series also.