I'm just not sure I could take an entire series of Aunty. I certainly would recommend it to readers who like new and exciting settings, descriptions and recipes of good food, and a cast of crazy quirky characters. I liked the setting and the premise did offer some opportunities for mysterious undertakings. It was obvious from the beginning what was going on (illegal organ harvesting), and the machinations of Aunty (a nosy old lady if ever there was one) and her friends to out-solve the authorities (or convince them that a crime had been committed) got to be boring after a while. The food descriptions were certainly enough to make me want to call my travel agent to book an immediate flight, but the murder mystery was a bit bland (OK, it's a cozy). I couldn't tell if it was a poorly edited e-galley or if it was the author's attempt to replicate 'pidgin' English ( or its Singaporean version). The choppy dialogue was very disconcerting. There are numerous characters with similar names, and I needed to actually write down names and relationships to keep them straight.

Singapore is one of my favorite cities and if you asked me why, I'd say without a second thought 'The Food.' So when I saw a story set in Singapore about a little old lady who ran a restaurant and a catering business I was in.I enjoyed the story, but found it to be a bit hard to follow. I'd never heard of Rosie 'Aunty' Lee before TLC Blog Tours offered me a review copy of Ovidia Yu's latest volume in this series. To save her business and her reputation, she’s got to prove it-and unmask a dangerous killer whose next victim may just be Aunty Lee. She’s certain the deaths are murder-and that they’re somehow linked to the organ donor scandal. Aunty Lee has never carelessly prepared a dish. The authorities blame it on Aunty Lee’s special stewed chicken with buah keluak, a local black nut that can be poisonous if cooked improperly. Then, Mabel Sung and her son Leonard are found dead. Why is a storage house she discovers locked? What is the couple arguing about behind closed doors? Where is the guest of honor who never showed up? But soon after arriving at the Sung’s house, her curiosity turns to suspicion. Rumor has it that the Sung’s fortune is in trouble, and Aunty Lee wonders if the gossip is true. There’s no time to snoop, though-Aunty Lee’s Delights is catering a brunch for local socialites Henry and Mabel Sung at their opulent house. When a scandal over illegal organ donation involving prominent citizens makes news, she already has a list of suspects. Rosie “Aunty” Lee, the feisty widow, amateur sleuth, and proprietor of Singapore’s best-loved home cooking restaurant, is back in another delectable, witty mystery involving scandal and murder among the city’s elite.įew know more about what goes on in Singapore than Aunty Lee.

Aunty Lee's Delights by Ovidia Yu