Death by Dumpling

A Noodle Shop Mystery

By: Vivien Chien

Narrated by: Cheryl May

Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

Welcome to the Ho-Lee Noodle House, where the Chinese food is to die for....

The last place Lana Lee thought she would ever end up is back at her family’s restaurant. But after a brutal breakup and a dramatic workplace walkout, she figures that helping wait tables is her best option for putting her life back together. Even if that means having to put up with her mother, who is dead set on finding her a husband.

Lana’s love life soon becomes yesterday’s news once the restaurant’s property manager, Mr. Feng, turns up dead - after a delivery of shrimp dumplings from Ho-Lee. But how could this have happened when everyone on staff knew about Mr. Feng’s severe, life-threatening shellfish allergy?

Now, with the whole restaurant under suspicion for murder and the local media in a feeding frenzy - to say nothing of the gorgeous police detective who keeps turning up for takeout - it’s up to Lana to find out who is behind Feng’s killer order...before her own number is up.

“Vivien Chien serves up a delicious mystery with a side order of soy sauce and sass. A tasty start to a new mystery series!” (Kylie Logan, best-selling author of Gone with the Twins)

"Deathby Dumpling is a fun and sassy debut with unique flavor, local flair, and heart.” (Amanda Flower, Agatha Award-winning author of Lethal Licorice)

©2018 St. Martin's Paperbacks (P)2019 Journalstone

Potential

This book definitely has potential the storyline was decent I couldn’t tell who the killer was until the end. I don’t know if it was the narration but the voice over for the male characters and the Asian women was just so off to me. I found it extremely difficult to finish this book.

Death by Dumpling cozy mystery

Loved it. story line and all keep writing Vivien Chien I enjoyed your book will keep reading

So good !!

So amazing!! The story fantastic and the narrator was soo good !! Now on to the next !!!

lot's of fun

i really enjoyed the mesh of culture and mystery in a light-hearted narration. good summer listening.

So Enjoyable

I wanted something lighthearted that was an easy listen. This was it. The performance was ok. Not the best but not the worst. I'm immediately going to purchase the next book in the series!

It was okay

The story line was pretty predictable to me as it is very similar to another series I've read. The narrator was not my favorite as she pauses often and in the wrong places, so that was distracting from the story line to me.

Gray first book in the series

I really enjoyed this book. The story line was so well done. The is narrator is excellent!!! Loved it and I am ready to read book 2 ❤️

Fun murder mystery with good twists and turns

Fun story that takes place in Cleveland's China Village. Nice to hear a story about my home town :) Good character development and twists and turns to keep the story interesting

Noodles

I really enjoyed this book. It had great characters and story line. Looking forward to reading her second book.

Killer Dumplings

Lana Lee is working at her family restaurant Ho-Lee Noodle House. Landing there after a tough break up followed by a falling out at work, it's tough with her mother constantly trying to bring up her love life, but it's not too bad of a gig. Things are pretty lax there for the most part. That is until Mr. Feng, the property owner ends up dead. Even more shocking is that it seems he was intentionally given dumplings containing shrimp replacing his ordered specifically from Ho-Lee Noodle House causing him to go into anaphylaxis shock. Everyone at the restaurant knew about Mr. Fengs severe shellfish allergy, so how did he end up with an order of shrimp dumplings? All fingers point to Lana and Peter, a cook at the restaurant. Lana doesn't believe for a second that Peter did it. Determined to clear her family's name as well as her own, Lana, along with her best friend Megan, set out to investigate what really happened. During her investigation, secrets begin to surface, lengthening the suspect list. Can Lana and Megan uncover the truth before someone else gets hurt?
I have been eying this cozy mystery for a while now. I finally decided to pick it up over the weekend and honestly would have finished the same day I started, but well, life lol. I got the audio version of this book and I really enjoyed it. The narrator did a pretty good job. I really enjoyed this book. It was cute, entertaining, the perfect amount of mystery, and a dash of romance. I love cozy mysteries like this to break up the more intense books I read. I would definitely recommend this book, which is actually the first book in a series. So if you're looking for a new cozy mystery series, try this one out. I'll keep you posted! Happy reading! I rate this ⭐⭐⭐⭐