Episode 237: Mystery Set in Chinatown
Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviewed Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of the novel VERA WONG'S UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR MURDERERS. In the novel, Vera Wong, an elderly but energetic widow, opens her tea shop in San Francisco's Chinatown one morning and discovers a dead body on the floor. Rather than leave the investigation to the police, she embarks in amateur sleuthing, luring the suspects one by one to her shop. In the wide-ranging interview, among the things Jesse discussed were the inspiration for the novel, how her mother was the model for the protagonist, and her journey as a…
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