My sister chose our last book club pick, and she went with Jesse Q. Sutanto's follow-up to Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, which is -- what else? -- Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man). Still revved up from finding a body in her teahouse, Vera is ripe to solve another whodunit. So, in true Vera fashion, she snoops in her son's detective girlfriend's files in search of a fresh felony.
Influencer Xander Lin has been found dead by what appears to be suicide. But Vera's Spidey senses are tingling, telling her that there's more to the Instagram story. So what if she herself just got scammed from a robocall? She knows that she's smarter than most, just as she knows she cooks the crispiest pork belly in San Francisco. Armed with this arrogance confidence -- and food -- she ingratiates herself with the suspects, just as she did in her sleuthing debut. Sometimes irritating and always entertaining, Vera stops at nothing to get to the truth, even if it means pulling back the curtain on online life and rising to social media stardom.
I enjoyed Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) even more than the original. Sutanto makes us care about Vera, an intrusive old lady who emerges as somehow endearing. What's more, she infuses laugh-out-loud humor into what shapes up to be a dark drama while also delving into what it really means to be an influencer. Indeed, the theme of perception vs. reality is as relevant as it is chilling, giving anyone who posts anything a lot to think about long after Vera swoops in to ingeniously, preachily, save the day.
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Oh, she does sound like quite a character. I have wanted to read this. I love the cover and I am glad the second is better than the first in the series. So good to hear! Love seeing your review! 🌸🌸🌸🌸🐤🐤🐤🐤🐤💗💗💗💗💛💛💛💛🌸🌸🌸🌸🐤🐤🐤🐤 Hope you are gearing up for a wonderful Easter. Brunch here. We did have concerts to go to this week for the little ones and that was sweet and wonderful. Hopefully, someone will sing at the brunch because he does have an amazing voice and the heart of a performer. Maybe they will harmonize more. It used to be a contest of who can sing the loudest. While he has a great memory for remembering words, and he usually has to tell her what comes next in the song. Hopefully, we will be hearing Here Comes The Sun...oh, and the saga of my left hand..just gets more interesting.
Oh, I will have to look into this series for sure. Such a cool cover! I did not finish Alex's novel yet..since there were so many holds...and the Adult reading program started. Recently we went to the new Barnes & Nobles..so high end..more high end than I am used too, in fact..not a bargain book, anywhere. After a look through..I high tailed it to ROSS to see what treasures I could find.
"So what if she herself just got scammed from a robocall?" LOL!!! Vera sounds like quite the entertaining character to follow along with! I love the way she's literally snooping on the front cover! 🔍👵🏻❤️
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