The gripping, fresh and funny cozy crime mystery
The must-read cozy crime from the bestselling author of Dial A For AuntiesPut the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing…Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective?
The gripping, fresh and funny cozy crime mystery
The must-read cozy crime from the bestselling author of Dial A For AuntiesPut the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing…Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective?
The must-read cozy crime from the bestselling author of Dial A For Aunties
Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing…
Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective?
Vera Wong is perfectly content as a teashop owner. She is definitely not seeking opportunities for amateur sleuthing. But what else is she to do when a distressed woman called Millie asks for her help?
Okay, perhaps Vera wheedled the story out of her. And maybe the case file for Millie’s missing friend Thomas didn’t exactly fall into her lap. Everyone knows a locked briefcase is just asking to be opened by someone handy with a hairpin.
Not even the aroma of chrysanthemum tea can stop Vera from catching the scent of this mystery. However dangerous it is, Vera intends to uncover the truth in the only way that this Chinese mother knows how: by spilling the tea.
Knives Out meets Kim’s Convenience for anyone who loves solving mysteries by Richard Osman and Janice Hallett, and watching Death in Paradise and Marlow Murder Club.
‘Jesse Sutanto has created a great comic character in Vera. If you thought murder couldn’t be warm-hearted, hilarious and have a twist, think again’ Fiona Leitch, bestselling author of A Cornish Christmas Murder
‘A really heartwarming read’ Faith Martin, bestselling author of Murder by Candlelight
‘I thoroughly loved it. With a Vera in your life nothing bad can ever happen!’ J. M. Hall, bestselling author of A Spoonful of Murder
Praise for Jesse Sutanto:
’Feisty and smart, Vera makes for a fun and quirky sleuth’Heat
‘Had me laughing aloud within its first five pages. Charming, hilarious and heartfelt’ Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read
‘A dazzling debut full of humour and love. A comedy caper, doused in black humour, comical references, mixed with romance – fans of Crazy Rich Asians will love it’ My Weekly
‘Brilliant, wicked and dead, dead funny’ Andi Osho, Asking For A Friend
‘A gloriously screwball crime caper (with a dusting of romance) which will have you snort-laughing’ Red
‘This smart, funny charming novel has all the right ingredients to make you laugh out loud… A heartfelt rom-com’ Platinum
‘A tightly-plotted, highly comic romp, Dial A For Aunties keeps you guessing till the very last twist’ Lauren Ho, Last Tang Standing
‘Has redefined what “page-turner” means with laugh-out-loud humour and delightful twists and turns at every corner’ Buzzfeed
‘A rip-roaring treat! Dark comedy at its finest and a set of catastrophes that had me roaring’ Abigail Mann, The Lonely Fajita
‘This laugh-out-loud read is a real breath of fresh air’ Fabulous
‘Dark humour at its best. We had such a laugh reading through’ Magic Radio Bookclub
‘The comedy jackpot! Fresh, funny and fabulous’ Kirsty Eyre, Cow Girl
‘A laugh-out-loud read’Bella
‘Genuine laugh-out-loud funny’ Frost
’A comedy of errors, by turns macabre and romantic, hilarious and affectionate’Saga
Jesse Sutanto is the award-winning, bestselling author of adult, YA, and children's middle grade books. She has a master's degree in creative writing from Oxford University, though she hasn't found a way of saying that without sounding obnoxious.Her debut adult novel, Dial A For Aunties won the 2021 Comedy Women in Print Prize and the film rights were bought by Netflix in a competitive bidding war.Find Jesse on Twitter @thewritinghippo, TikTok @authorjesseqsutanto and Instagram @JesseQSutanto
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