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Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
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Vera is a 60 year old woman who, despite owning a tea shop and being in great health, is incredibly lonely.
And bored.
She misses her husband who died years ago, and she misses her son who doesn't call her back often enough. <--but that doesn't stop her from leaving unwanted messages telling him what time he should be getting up in the morning, going to bed at night, or that he needs to settle down with a nice girl.
So when she wakes up one morning to discover that a man crashed through the front door of her shop (with his body!) and then died on her floor?
Well, she isn't one to let a good opportunity go to waste.
She's going to help the police investigate!
And what does Vera Wong's idea of help look like?
Well, it looks like she will go ahead and draw a chalk outline...in Sharpie. And it also looks like she might have to take a teeny bit of evidence out of his hand before the police get there.
BECAUSE SHE'S HELPFUL.
Ok, this is less about a murder and more bout a quirky character introducing the reader to other quirky characters, and then all of those oddballs forming a quirky little family.
It was a sweet story about lies, healing, love, and (of course) murder.
I will say Vera read like she was quite a bit older than 60 to me. BUT! That's just my opinion and maybe that has been the author's experience with women that age. Or maybe I'm freaking out because I'm edging closer to 60 myself and I still think I'm cool.
Then again, I do have a visor...
Recommended!
And bored.
She misses her husband who died years ago, and she misses her son who doesn't call her back often enough. <--but that doesn't stop her from leaving unwanted messages telling him what time he should be getting up in the morning, going to bed at night, or that he needs to settle down with a nice girl.
So when she wakes up one morning to discover that a man crashed through the front door of her shop (with his body!) and then died on her floor?
Well, she isn't one to let a good opportunity go to waste.
She's going to help the police investigate!
And what does Vera Wong's idea of help look like?
Well, it looks like she will go ahead and draw a chalk outline...in Sharpie. And it also looks like she might have to take a teeny bit of evidence out of his hand before the police get there.
BECAUSE SHE'S HELPFUL.
Ok, this is less about a murder and more bout a quirky character introducing the reader to other quirky characters, and then all of those oddballs forming a quirky little family.
It was a sweet story about lies, healing, love, and (of course) murder.
I will say Vera read like she was quite a bit older than 60 to me. BUT! That's just my opinion and maybe that has been the author's experience with women that age. Or maybe I'm freaking out because I'm edging closer to 60 myself and I still think I'm cool.
Then again, I do have a visor...
Recommended!
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Jun 25, 2023 12:05PM
Thanks for the review. This is on my TBR and I'm glad to see I should bump it up some.
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Oh, I'm glad! Hope you enjoy it, Calista!
I've been meaning to get to this one! It sounds so cute - I love little old ladies. 😂
It's heartwarming, Southern Lady.
THURSDAY MURDER CLUB! I'm fixated on those books.
I'll take a selfie today at the pool and send it to you.
Anne wrote: "I'll take a selfie today at the pool and send it to you."Make sure you send it Alex's way too.
He doesn't have Messenger! And he'll just make fun of my age spots.
Anne wrote: "He doesn't have Messenger! And he'll just make fun of my age spots."I wanted to hear his snarky comments.
I loved this book, and I love the Thursday Murder Club books!
Oh, and Killers of a Certain Age was pretty good, if you haven't read it yet.
Sheila wrote: "I loved this book, and I love the Thursday Murder Club books!"YES!!!
Karen wrote: "Fantastic review! This sounds great!🙂"It's really cute, Karen.
I can't unsee you with a visor now Anne! And I second Killers Of A Certain Age!
I look ridiculous in a visor. BUT! I recently purchased a floppy hat with a ponytail holder! So. Perhaps I can look like one of those cool middle-aged hiking women now.
Nothing wrong with 60 Anne!!! Anyway, great review and a quirky character - excellent!!
Mark wrote: "Nothing wrong with 60 Anne!!! Anyway, great review and a quirky character - excellent!!"Thank you! I'm hoping I'll be solving murders at 60, honestly. lol
Mark wrote: "It's important to stay immature too 🤣"That won't be a problem for Anne. ;)
It really won't. True story: I made sure I had the child window locks on in the car the other day before I farted. Swear to god, I don't know what's wrong with me!
I agree that she definitely is made out to sound way older than 60
I think she seemed so much older than 60 because she had such batty/kooky old lady energy, but I think she actually had that more because of how isolated she had become that she lived so much in her own head that she believed what she did and said was perfectly reasonable to her and would automatically assume it would be to everyone else, which is also why she was always so dumbfounded by people's shocked reactions to what she did and said.
She definitely felt more Golden Girls era 60 than current day 60. My mom is older than Vera and I definitely don't think of her as a little old lady.
