Author: Vivien Chien
Published: March 9th 2021 by St. Martin's Press
Format: Kindle, Paperback, 320 pages
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: A Noodle Shop Mystery #7
There is something about this series, maybe it is the Mahjong Matrons, maybe it is the relationships within the Lee family, maybe it is how friends come together, I don’t know, but this series works for me.
Lana Lee, manager of her family’s Chinese restaurant, Ho-Lee Noodle House, in Asia Village doesn’t want to admit that she can’t cook. She has never needed to since she had no intention of running the business in the first place. But things haven’t worked out on that front and now she finds herself in desperate need of cooking lessons. The local adult learning center is offering a course and with any luck, she can learn and no one will be the wiser. Since this is the seventh book in the series, faithful readers know that luck doesn’t always favor Lana so on the first night of the class after everyone has gone home, Lana needs to return to the classroom to pick up a forgotten shopping list, there she finds instruction, Margo Chan, dead on the floor.
Lana is the prime suspect since she found the body, so to save her name and find the killer, all the while trying to not let her family know that she was taking a cooking class, Lana sets off with her best friends to track down a killer without becoming the next victim.
Seven books in and I am not bored with Lana Lee, Ho-Lee Noodle Shop, the matrons – definitely not the matrons, Asia Village, or Det. Adam Trudeau who always seems to be a bit late to the party. There is enough humor, twists, and good food to keep me eager for what these friends will be up to next.
Lana Lee, manager of her family’s Chinese restaurant, Ho-Lee Noodle House, in Asia Village doesn’t want to admit that she can’t cook. She has never needed to since she had no intention of running the business in the first place. But things haven’t worked out on that front and now she finds herself in desperate need of cooking lessons. The local adult learning center is offering a course and with any luck, she can learn and no one will be the wiser. Since this is the seventh book in the series, faithful readers know that luck doesn’t always favor Lana so on the first night of the class after everyone has gone home, Lana needs to return to the classroom to pick up a forgotten shopping list, there she finds instruction, Margo Chan, dead on the floor.
Lana is the prime suspect since she found the body, so to save her name and find the killer, all the while trying to not let her family know that she was taking a cooking class, Lana sets off with her best friends to track down a killer without becoming the next victim.
Seven books in and I am not bored with Lana Lee, Ho-Lee Noodle Shop, the matrons – definitely not the matrons, Asia Village, or Det. Adam Trudeau who always seems to be a bit late to the party. There is enough humor, twists, and good food to keep me eager for what these friends will be up to next.
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