The Vera Wong series - Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) (The Vera Wong series, Book 2)

By Jesse Sutanto

The follow-up to the bestselling Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice to Murderers

Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective?

Vera Wong is perfectly content as a teashop owner. She is definitely not seeking opportunities for amateur sleuthing. But what else is she to do when a distressed woman called Millie asks for her help?

Okay, perhaps Vera wheedled the story out of her. And maybe the case file for Millie’s missing friend Thomas didn’t exactly fall into her lap. Everyone knows a locked briefcase is just asking to be opened by someone handy with a hairpin.

Not even the aroma of chrysanthemum tea can stop Vera from catching the scent of this mystery. However dangerous it is, Vera intends to uncover the truth in the only way that this Chinese mother knows how: by spilling the tea.

‘I thoroughly loved it. With a Vera in your life nothing bad can ever happen!’ J. M. Hall, bestselling author of A Spoonful of Murder

‘Had me laughing aloud within its first five pages. Charming, hilarious and heartfelt’ Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read

‘A dazzling debut full of humour and love. A comedy caper, doused in black humour, comical references, mixed with romance – fans of Crazy Rich Asians will love it’ My Weekly

‘Brilliant, wicked and dead, dead funny’ Andi Osho, Asking For A Friend

Readers love VERA WONG…

I’ll be recommending this one to all my friends.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Vera Wong is my favourite fictional character in the world.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘A mystery with heart and humour’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘What a brilliant follow up to the first Vera Wong mystery’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Vera Wong is honestly the best character I’ve read in crime fiction’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Fast paced and addictive’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Format: Paperback
Release Date: 10 Apr 2025, 01 Apr 2025 (Export Date)
Pages: 336
ISBN: 978-0-00-855888-8
Price: £9.99, €None
Jesse Sutanto is an author of books for children and adults. She received her Masters from the University of Oxford and a BA in English Literature from Berkeley. She grew up in Indonesia and Singapore and currently lives in Jakarta with her husband and two daughters. The film rights to her women’s fiction, Dial A for Aunties, was bought by Netflix in a competitive bidding war.You can find out more about Jesse on her website www.jesseqsutantoauthor.com and follow her on Twitter @thewritinghippo and on Facebook and Instagram @JesseQSutanto

Praise for Jesse Sutanto: -

”’Feisty and smart, Vera makes for a fun and quirky sleuth” - Heat

‘A gloriously screwball crime caper (with a dusting of romance) which will have you snort-laughing’Red -

‘This smart, funny charming novel has all the right ingredients to make you laugh out loud… A heartfelt rom-com’Platinum -

”'A tightly-plotted, highly comic romp, Dial A For Aunties keeps you guessing till the very last twist” - Lauren Ho, Last Tang Standing

”'Has redefined what 'page-turner' means with laugh-out-loud humour and delightful twists and turns at every corner” - Buzzfeed

”'A rip-roaring treat! Dark comedy at its finest and a set of catastrophes that had me roaring” - Abigail Mann, The Lonely Fajita

‘This laugh-out-loud read is a real breath of fresh air’Fabulous -

”'Dark humour at its best. We had such a laugh reading through” - Magic Radio Bookclub

”'The comedy jackpot! Fresh, funny and fabulous” - Kirsty Eyre, Cow Girl

”'A laugh-out-loud read” - Bella

”'Genuine laugh-out-loud funny” - Frost

”’A comedy of errors, by turns macabre and romantic, hilarious and affectionate” - Saga