Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials: A Singaporean Mystery (The Aunty Lee Series, 2)

ISBN: 0062338323

Author: Yu, Ovidia

Condition: New

Rosie Aunty Lee, the feisty widow, amateur sleuth, and proprietor of Singapores best-loved home cooking restaurant, is back in another delectable, witty mystery involving scandal and murder among the citys elite.Few know more about what goes on in Singapore than Aunty Lee. When a scandal over illegal organ donation involving prominent citizens makes news, she already has a list of suspects. Theres no time to snoop, though-Aunty Lees Delights is catering a brunch for local socialites Henry and Mabel Sung at their opulent house.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 house, her curiosity turns to suspicion. Why is a storage house she discovers locked? What is the couple arguing about behind closed doors? Where is the guest of honor who never showed up?Then, Mabel Sung and her son Leonard are found dead. The authorities blame it on Aunty Lees special stewed chicken with buah keluak, a local black nut that can be poisonous if cooked improperly. Aunty Lee has never carelessly prepared a dish. Shes certain the deaths are murder-and that theyre somehow linked to the organ donor scandal.To save her business and her reputation, shes got to prove it-and unmask a dangerous killer whose next victim may just be Aunty Lee.