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Title details for Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge by Ovidia Yu - Available

Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge

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by Ovidia Yu
Emily Woo Zeller
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Slightly hobbled by a twisted ankle, crime-solving restaurateur Aunty Lee begrudgingly agrees to take a rest from running her famous café, Aunty Lee's Delights, and turns over operations to her friend and new business partner Cherril.
The café serves as a meeting place for an animal rescue society that Cherril once supported. They were forced to dissolve three years earlier after a British expat killed the puppy she'd adopted, sparking a firestorm of scandal. The expat, Allison Fitzgerald, left Singapore in disgrace, but has returned with an ax to grind (and a lawsuit). At the café one afternoon, Cherril receives word that Allison has been found dead in her hotel—and foul play is suspected. When a veterinarian, who was also involved in the scandal, is found dead, suspicion soon falls on the animal activists. What started with an internet witch hunt has ended in murder—and in a tightly knit, law-and-order society like Singapore, everyone is on edge.
Before anyone else gets hurt—and to save her business—Aunty Lee must get to the bottom of what really happened three years earlier, and figure out who is to be trusted in this tangled web of scandal and lies.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Singaporean Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    September 22, 2020

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781977367259
      • File size: 260385 KB
      • Duration: 09:02:28

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      As performed by Emily Woo Zeller, this audiobook gives listeners a sensory experience as they smell the scents, taste the foods, and see the unique sights of Singapore. Aunty Lee, owner of one of the most beloved restaurants in the country and an animal lover, learns that someone has murdered Allison Fitzgerald. Five years earlier Allison became notorious for having killed a puppy she'd adopted from an animal welfare group. When Allison's sister stays with Aunty Lee while being detained in Singapore, Aunty Lee takes advantage of her presence to investigate Allison's murder. While the audiobook's volume is distractingly uneven, Zeller ensures that listeners empathize with senior citizen Aunty Lee. V.M.G. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 15, 2016
      Yu’s savory third Singaporean mystery (after 2014’s Aunty Lee’s Deadly Specials) finds Rosie “Aunty” Lee in a grumpy mood since she twisted an ankle and can’t actively run her cafe, Aunty Lee’s Delights, which is now being supervised by Cherril, Aunty’s new business partner. Meanwhile, Allison Fitzgerald, an expat English woman who left Singapore years before after a dispute over a dog she and her then-husband adopted, has returned to the island nation intending to sue Aunty, Cherril, and a friend of Cherril’s for breaking up her marriage. When Allison turns up dead in her hotel room, Aunty once again shifts into sleuthing mode. Yu feeds her elaborate plot with abundant red herrings, but fans of culinary mysteries may wish she had made more of the restaurant setting and provided recipes for the lovingly described cuisine. Similarly, the paucity of local color may disappoint armchair travelers. Still, fans of Miss Marple and Jessica Fletcher will find much to enjoy. Agent: Priya Doraswamy, Lotus Lane Literary.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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