Meddling and Murder: An Aunty Lee Mystery

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A delightfully warm and witty mystery from one of Singapore's best-known and most acclaimed writers, perfect for fans of Alexander McCall Smiths NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY.
Aunty Lee is on the case!

There is nothing Rosie Aunty Lee, amateur sleuth and proprietor of Singapores best-loved restaurant, loves more than solving other peoples problems. So when Beth Kwuan, an ambitious businesswoman, tells Aunty Lee her maid has disappeared, Aunty Lee is happy to let her own maid, Nina, help.

Only as the weeks go by, little clues make Aunty Lee worry. And as she digs into what is really going on behind the closed doors of Beths grand house, she starts to wonderdid Beths maid just run away, or did she meet a darker fate

Now the race is on for Aunty Lee to get to the bottom of the mysteryand save Nina before its too late!

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Praise for Ovidia Yu:

A delicious debut! Aunty Lees Delights is no mere whodunnit it sparkles with insight into the traditions and moral complexities of modern Singapore. Rosie Lee is a terrifically original heroine. Louise Penny, author of The Beautiful Mystery

Engaging . . . Fans of Alexander McCall Smiths No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series will find a lot to like. Publishers Weekly

This delightfully anachronistic series debut from playwright and occasional novelist Yu (Miss Moorthy Investigates, 2012, etc.) boasts buoyant prose and a colorful cast, led by the lovably unstoppable sleuth herself. Kirkus Reviews

In Yus energetic second Singaporean mystery . . . Aunty Lee and her social circle are as vibrantly colorful as the locale. Publishers Weekly

This delicious sophomore entry in Yus sassy series has the quaint accessibility, colorful characters and quotidian detail of a traditional cozy but also a slyly bracing edge. Kirkus Reviews

For her second Aunty Lee novel, Yu has cooked up another tasty mystery. New York Post

Author Bio

Ovidia Yu is one of Singapore's best-known and most acclaimed writers. She has had more than thirty plays produced and is also the author of a number of mysteries. She received a Fulbright Fellowship to the University of Iowa's International Writers Program and has been a writing fellow at the National University of Singapore.