Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

De: Jesse Q. Sutanto

Narrado por: Eunice Wong

A USA Today bestseller
Edgar Award Winner for Best Original Paperback
Audie Award Winner for Mystery
Libby Award Winner for Best Mystery


A lonely shopkeeper takes it upon herself to solve a murder in the most peculiar way in this captivating mystery by Jesse Q. Sutanto, bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties.

Vera Wong is a lonely little old lady—ah, lady of a certain age—who lives above her forgotten tea shop in the middle of San Francisco’s Chinatown. Despite living alone, Vera is not needy, oh no. She likes nothing more than sipping on a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy detective work on the Internet about what her Gen-Z son is up to.

Then one morning, Vera trudges downstairs to find a curious thing—a dead man in the middle of her tea shop. In his outstretched hand, a flash drive. Vera doesn’t know what comes over her, but after calling the cops like any good citizen would, she sort of . . . swipes the flash drive from the body and tucks it safely into the pocket of her apron. Why? Because Vera is sure she would do a better job than the police possibly could, because nobody sniffs out a wrongdoing quite like a suspicious Chinese mother with time on her hands. Vera knows the killer will be back for the flash drive; all she has to do is watch the increasing number of customers at her shop and figure out which one among them is the killer.

What Vera does not expect is to form friendships with her customers and start to care for each and every one of them. As a protective mother hen, will she end up having to give one of her newfound chicks to the police?

Better than my first impression!

The title is a little decieving from what the story actually is, and it’s a great story! Kept me guessing the whole time until the very end! Heartwarming, funny, unexpected turns. The narrator did a FABULOUS job with her different voices for so many characters. Couldn’t stop listening!

Super cute book!

Great narrator, quick listen, entertaining, sweet and interesting. Really liked it. Would definitely recommend to anyone.

Great cozy mystery!

Great narration, great story. I figured out what happened to the guy who was killed, but I enjoyed listening to the story unfold anyway. Sutanto’s other books have been a little juvenile but fun. This one has a bit more depth. I have enjoyed her writing so far and hope she keeps giving us funny but poignant mysteries for years to come. Definitely worth a listen if you want a lighthearted feel good story with characters you will love.

Lovely

This is a great mystery with themes of found family and Vera is absolutely hilarious. There is a good amount of cursing which I wasn’t expecting but I still loved this book.

Funny

Super funny. I liked this a lot, but wanted more Vera and less of everyone else. And I didn’t care who did it at the end, but wish they would have just decided to not tell anyone so that person didn’t go to jail.