{"product_id":"aunty-lees-delights-ovidia-yu-9780062227157","title":"Aunty Lee's Delights: A Singaporean Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis delectable and witty mystery introduces Rosie \"Aunty\" Lee, feisty widow, amateur sleuth and proprietor of Singapore's best-loved home cooking restaurant.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter losing her husband, Rosie Lee could easily have become one of Singapore's \"tai tai,\" an idle rich lady devoted to an aimless life of mah-jongg and luxury shopping. Instead she threw herself into building a culinary empire from her restaurant, Aunty Lee's Delights, where spicy Singaporean home cooking is graciously served by Rosie Lee herself to locals and tourists alike. But when a body is found in one of Singapore's beautiful tourist havens, and when one of her wealthy guests fails to show at a dinner party, Aunty Lee knows that the two are likely connected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe murder and disappearance throws together Aunty Lee's henpecked stepson Mark, his social-climbing wife Selina, a gay couple whose love is still illegal in Singapore, and an elderly Australian tourist couple whose visit--billed at first as a pleasure cruise--may mask a deeper purpose. Investigating the murder is rookie Police Commissioner Raja, who quickly discovers that the savvy and well-connected Aunty Lee can track down clues even better than local law enforcement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWise, witty and unusually charming, Aunty Lee's Delights is a spicy mystery about love, friendship and home cooking in Singapore, where money flows freely and people of many religions and ethnicities co-exist peacefully, but where tensions lurk just below the surface, sometimes with deadly results.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ovidia Yu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062227157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062227157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/08\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2013 pg. 88","brand":"Ovidia Yu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048731930879,"sku":"9780062227157","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9279f125-1909-4874-849b-1951f279620c.jpg?v=1684997497","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aunty-lees-delights-ovidia-yu-9780062227157","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}