Join us for an in-person Book Club Discussion &/or Tea Tasting at TeaLula in Park Ridge on Sunday, October 8th, starting at 4:00 pm! This adventure features Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto, BUT PRE-READING IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT…

Our friends at TeaLula (a local tea shop in Park Ridge) will be brewing loose-leaf teas that compliment characters in the featured story. You'll get to taste a sampling of each flavor and ask any questions you might have too! NOTE: A percentage of the proceeds for this event will directly support this talented small business.

Psst... You can join us for either or both events!

If you've already paid for a Book Tastings Experience or Subscription, the Book Chat is FREE - no need to buy a ticket - just show up for our discussion!

If you'd like to join us for the discussion, please pick up a physical copy or Book Box with curated reading pairings from the dropdown menu above, or an audiobook from the link below before the event OR join us for the workshop before you dive into the book - your choice!

CLICK HERE FOR AN AUDIOBOOK COPY

BOOK SYNOPSIS

A lonely shopkeeper takes it upon herself to solve a murder in the most peculiar way in this captivating mystery...

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?

RECOMMENDED FOR: Grown-Ups

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ADDITIONAL DETAILS:

Publisher: Hardcover - Berkley Books / Paperback - Penguin Publishing Group

Publish Date: Hardcover - September 06, 2022 / Paperback - March 14, 2023

Pages: 352

Dimensions: Hardcover - 5.57 X 8.22 X 1.28 inches | 0.9 pounds / Paperback - 5.12 X 7.87 X 1.02 inches | 0.6 pounds

Language: English

Type: Hardcover or Paperback

Condition: NEW