Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto (2023): A Review
Author: Jesse Q. Sutanto
Publication Year: 2023
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐💫
Pages: 339
Source: audiobook @storytel.tr
Genre: Thriller, crime fiction, Mystery, Suspense, comedy
Awards: Edgar Award Winner for Best Original Paperback; Audie Award Winner for Mystery; Libby Award Winner for Best Mystery
When the real world and your TBR pile are tag-teaming your mental health, “Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers” becomes less a book and more an emotional support. You’ll be laughing or smiling, sure—but also busy mentally yanking your own hair out one strand at a time because of Vera, the nosiest granny in the history of tea and crime.
A dead body shows up in her nearly empty tea shop, and suddenly she’s Sherlock Holmes, Asian Auntie Edition: labeling evidence with sticky notes, interrogating people over dumplings, and aggressively adopting every suspect like they’re on sale at Costco.
It’s unbearably hilarious and gloriously annoying—an old lady shoving her nose into every single moment, then force-feeding everyone soup, boundaries, and unsolicited life advice. Honestly, if someone offered me 24/7 delicious food, overprotective grandma energy, and a side of murder-solving? I, too, would happily become part of her accidentally adopted family. Or, not! No thank you.
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