Ovidia Yu

Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials

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Produktbeschreibung

Rosie "Aunty" Lee, the feisty widow and amateur sleuth and proprietor of Singapore's best-loved home-cooking restaurant, is back in another delectable, witty mystery involving scandal and murder among the city's elite Few know more about what goes on in Singapore than Aunty Lee. When a scandal over illegal organ donation makes news, she already has a list of suspects. There's no time to snoop, though?Aunty Lee's Delights is catering a brunch for local socialites Henry and Mabel Sung. Rumor has it that the Sungs' fortune is in trouble, and Aunty Lee wonders if the gossip is true. But soon after arriving at the Sungs', her curiosity turns to suspicion. Why is the guesthouse in the garden locked up?and what's inside? Where is the missing guest of honor? Then Mabel Sung and her son, Leonard, are found dead. The authorities blame it on Aunty Lee's special stewed chicken with buah keluak, a local black nut that can be poisonous if cooked improperly. She's certain the deaths are murder?and that they're somehow linked to the organ donor scandal. To save her business and her reputation, she's got to prove it?and unmask a dangerous killer.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 133mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 483g
• ISBN-13: 9780062338327
• ISBN-10: 0062338323
• Artikelnr.: 40335956

Autorenporträt

Ovidia Yu is one of Singapore's best-known and most acclaimed writers. She has had more than thirty plays produced and is also the author of a number of mysteries. She received a Fulbright Fellowship to the University of Iowa's International Writers Program and has been a writing fellow at the National University of Singapore.