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Ever since a man was found dead in Vera's teahouse, life has been good. For Vera that is. She’s surrounded by loved ones, her shop is bustling, and best of all, her son, Tilly, has a girlfriend! All thanks to Vera, because Tilly's girlfriend is none other than Officer Selena Gray. The very same Officer Gray that she had harassed while investigating the teahouse murder. Still, Vera wishes more dead bodies would pop up in her shop, but one mustn't be ungrateful, even if one is slightly...bored.
Then Vera comes across a distressed young woman who is obviously in need of her kindly guidance. The young woman is looking for a missing friend. Fortunately, while cat-sitting at Tilly and Selena's, Vera finds a treasure trove: Selena's briefcase. Inside is a file about the death of an enigmatic influencer—who also happens to be the friend that the young woman was looking for.
Online, Xander had it all: a parade of private jets, fabulous parties with socialites, and a burgeoning career as a social media influencer. The only problem is, after his body is fished out of Mission Bay, the police can't seem to actually identify him. Who is Xander Lin? Nobody knows. Every contact is a dead end. Everybody claims not to know him, not even his parents.
Vera is determined to solve Xander's murder. After all, doing so would surely be a big favor to Selena, and there is nothing she wouldn't do for her future daughter-in-law.
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- ISBN: 9780593546260
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- ISBN: 9780593546260
- File size: 2639 KB
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November 1, 2024
Sutanto offers a sequel to the award-winning and bestselling Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers. After solving a murder in her teahouse, Vera's life has been good, if boring. When she encounters a young woman looking for her missing friend, who's a jet-setting social media influencer, Vera is on the case. Prepub Alert.
Copyright 2024 Library Journal
Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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February 1, 2025
Prodigious Sutanto presents a second delicious serving of her Vera Wong mysteries, spotlighting the eponymous sprightly sexagenarian tea caf� proprietor whose meddling is driven as much by relentless kindness as by insatiable curiosity. Vera began extending her family in Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (2023) and continues to lure, and nourish, more lost souls into her toothsome fold. The lynchpin here is Thomas, aka Xander, a young man with a (social media-ed) perfect life who turns up dead, allegedly by suicide. His friend Millie misses him most. His girlfriend, Aimes, seems well, aimless. His manager TJ's business is tanking. His grandfather Qiang Wen is lonelier than ever. Vera's heartstrings--and her irresistible pork buns--reel them in, not only for her unconditional care, but they also happen to be her primary suspects. Meanwhile, Vera's next-door nemesis Winifred has claimed a Korean ancestor in order to justify her Chinese bakery's transformation into a K-destination for kimchi croissants. Not everything is delicious (there are elder-targeting scams, toxic social media, and modern slave trafficking) but Sutanto manages to craft another sumptuous, mysterious feast.COPYRIGHT(2025) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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