# Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

By Jesse Q. Sutanto · A Vera Wong Novel, book 1

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Vera Wong finds a dead man in her struggling San Francisco tea shop and quietly pockets his flash drive. Certain she can do better than the police, she watches the customers who might have a reason to retrieve it. Getting attached to her suspects makes her task more complicated.

## What makes it funny?

Vera texts her son at 4:31 a.m. to tell him he is sleeping too late. Her warning that late dinners killed Uncle Lin earns an inconvenient reply: he died because a bus hit him.

### The comedy at work

Vera’s confidence survives facts that ought to trouble it. Her son and the third-person narrator supply corrections, while she continues to treat her own opinions as useful instructions for everyone else.

### Try this if…

The friendships matter as much as the suspects’ secrets. Readers drawn to gentle character humor, elaborate meals and a lonely person finding company have much to enjoy here.

### Good to know

The third-person narration moves among the central characters, giving the suspects lives beyond Vera’s view of them.

## What to expect

- Genre: Mystery
- On the shelf: Amateur sleuth · Cozy mystery
- The atmosphere: Warmhearted
- Story ingredients: Found family
- Format: Novel
- Length: 352 pages
- Audiobook: 10 hr 41 min
- Published: 2023

## More in A Vera Wong Novel

- Book 2: Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man)

## A few distinguishing details

- A tea-shop owner befriends the people she suspects

## Sources & further reading

- Publisher: [Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto | Penguin Random House](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707475/vera-wongs-unsolicited-advice-for-murderers-by-jesse-q-sutanto)
- Book information: [Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Unabridged) by Jesse Q. Sutanto on Apple Books](https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/vera-wongs-unsolicited-advice-for-murderers-unabridged/id1632350482)
- Publisher: [Publisher series order](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/VWN/a-vera-wong-novel)
- Publisher: [Publisher, edition & excerpt](https://penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/book?isbn=9780593549223)
- Review: [Kirkus review](https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jesse-q-sutanto/vera-wongs-unsolicited-advice-for-murderers)