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reviewed Death by dumpling by Vivien Chien (A noodle shop mystery)

Vivien Chien: Death by dumpling (2018)

"The last place Lana Lee thought she would ever end up is back at her …

Solid Cozy Mystery

A cozy mystery set in the suburbs of Cleveland, a mall owner is killed and there are a bunch of suspects. Lana Lee, a waitress at her parent's implicated noodle shop, starts investigating.

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I don't read a lot of cozies, but I did enjoy this one. There is some flair of locale, but not too much that I had to constantly look things up. The mystery wasn't too hardboiled, but wasn't super obvious either. No scooby-doo ending, which is good. The romantic subplot, if it was rated by spiciness, would be a packet of pepper from a fast food joint. Which is fine by me.

I don't think it was anything revolutionary, but I enjoyed it.

Hopefully there's enough meat on it for a two hour discussion for the book club I arranged this around Monday.