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Loading... Dim Sum of All Fears (A Noodle Shop Mystery) (edition 2018)by Vivien Chien (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Another fun mystery in the Noodle Shop Mystery series. There were a lot of new characters in this mystery and they were all "interesting" people that seemed more worried about their own interests then the murders. ( ) this is the second book in the series, the first was Death by Dumpling. And Lana Lee is back but this time she is (gasp!) put in charge of the restaurant while her parents visit her grandmother in Taiwan. She’s not exactly thrilled about that. But worse news are to come - her friend Isabelle, who works at the new business next door, and her husband are found dead. An enjoyable read with some interesting twists that I wasn’t expecting! The different characters that are involved in the series (set in a strip mall full of Asian-owned businesses in Ohio) are what make this series for me. I did however find the romance part a bit awkward, maybe it will be discussed more in the next book? A fun cozy mystery that will make you want to eat some dim sum and drink tea Well, how many murder s can occur in the exact same location before this formula becomes a strain on credibility. A bit tiresome repetition of heroine’s personality flaws- indecisive, unaware of real danger to the extend that as a reader, you are literally sighing, ditsy. Same old. Same old. Why did I read two of these you ask? Well. It’s a pandemic and I’m ordering books willynilly from the library and reading them. What can I say. This sat around for a year until I finally got to it and it was worth the wait. I fully enjoyed the multicultural setting of the lively Asian Plaza on the eve of Chinese New Year, and encountering Lana's many Asian colleagues and friends. Lana is at once a likable if insecure millennial determined to find justice for her new friend Isabelle, who was murdered in her souvenir shop next door. no reviews | add a review
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HTML: Welcome back to Ho-Lee Noodle House, where you can get fantastic take-out...unless you get taken out first. Dim Sum of All Fears is the second book in a delicious new cozy series. Lana Lee is a dutiful daughter, waiting tables at her family's Chinese restaurant even though she'd rather be doing just about anything else. Then, just when she has a chance for a "real" job, her parents take off to Taiwan, leaving Lana in charge. Surprising everyone - including herself - she turns out to be quite capable of running the place. Unfortunately, the newlyweds who just opened the souvenir store next door to Ho-Lee have turned up dead...and soon Lana finds herself in the midst of an Asia Village mystery. Between running the Ho-Lee and trying to figure out whether the rock-solid Detective Adam Trudeau is actually her boyfriend, Lana knows she shouldn't pry into the case. But the more she learns about the dead husband, his ex-wives, and all the murky details of the couple's past, the more Lana thinks that this so-called murder/suicide is a straight-up order of murder... .No library descriptions found. |
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