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Rosie Aunty Lee the feisty widow amateur sleuth and proprietor of Singapores best-loved home cooking restaurant is back in another delectable witty mystery involving scandal and murder among the citys eliteFew know more about what goes on in Singapore than Aunty Lee When a scandal over illegal organ donation involving prominent citizens makes news she already has a list of suspects Theres no time to snoop thoughAunty Lees Delights is catering a brunch for local socialites Henry and Mabel Sung at their opulent houseRumor has it that the Sungs fortune is in trouble and Aunty Lee wonders if the gossip is true But soon after arriving at the Sungs house her curiosity turns to suspicion 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 upThen Mabel Sung and her son Leonard are found dead The authorities blame it on Aunty Lees special stewed chicken with buah keluak a local black nut that can be poisonous if cooked improperly Aunty Lee has never carelessly prepared a dish Shes certain the deaths are murderand that theyre somehow linked to the organ donor scandalTo save her business and her reputation shes got to prove itand unmask a dangerous killer whose next victim may just be Aunty Lee.
About the Author
Ovidia Yu is one of Singapore's best-known and most acclaimed writers. As well as award winning short stories and a children's book, she has had over thirty plays performed and is author of the Aunty Lee books, featuring a crime solving Tai Tai, and the Colonial Crime series set in Colonial Singapore.
