Vivien Chien has returned with the latest installment of the Noodle Shop Mystery series! MISFORTUNE COOKIE is book nine and in this mystery story, Lana has been promoted as the official manager of her family’s restaurant, Ho-Lee Noodle House. Along with her sister, Anna May, they set out to California to attend a restaurant convention.
However, during their stay with their Aunt Grace, one of Aunt Grace’s friends dies as she falls from the hotel rooftop. To determine what really happened, Lana must find the killer.
As always, I enjoy the Asian influences that this series has. It’s always been the prominent aspect that keeps me coming back to this series. In MISFORTUNE COOKIE, we see more of Lana’s family and her dynamics with them. Sometimes, I do still think that Lana acts immaturely with her family, but somehow she pulls through in the end. I guess what’s what makes her charming. She’s not always someone that is on top of things, but you can’t help but want to root for her anyway.
For readers looking for a book with strong Asian influences and a foodie theme, then you definitely don’t want to miss out on MISFORTUNE COOKIE.
In Vivien Chien's Misfortune Cookie, Lana Lee returns for another delectable cozy set in a Chinese restaurant in Cleveland, OH.
They say fortune favors the bold, and Lana Lee is determined to prove that true.
Lana, now officially manager of her family’s restaurant, the Ho-Lee Noodle House, is headed to sunny Irvine, California to attend a restaurant convention with her sister, Anna May, along for the ride. The girls’ very Americanized Aunt Grace has asked them to stay in her posh rental, and as the trip begins, it seems to be just what they both needed. Even the restaurant convention proves to be worthwhile and entertaining, especially when Lana witnesses a dramatic cat fight between a fortune cookie vendor and a journalist.
Lana and Anna May can’t imagine things getting any better until they learn their aunt has yet another surprise in store for them—a swanky cocktail party hosted for the freelancers of Southern California. But on the night of the party, things go south when a close journalist friend of Grace’s mysteriously plunges from the roof top of the hotel. Even more suspicious is the fact that Aunt Grace’s friend is the same journalist Lana saw getting into a screaming match with the fortune cookie vendor at the convention.
The police rule the death a gruesome accident, but Aunt Grace refuses to accept that explanation and begs Lana for her help uncovering the truth. Lana, Anna May, Aunt Grace attempt to keep up appearances as they search for answers, but unwanted attention from suspicious colleagues and convention attendees starts to surface, causing Lana to wonder if they’ll find the killer in time…or if they’ll be the next ones pushed over the edge.
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