Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for MurderersVera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
What it's about
Vera Wong, a lonely sixty-year-old widow who runs a quiet tea shop in San Francisco's Chinatown, walks downstairs one morning to find a dead man on the floor. Convinced the police will bungle the case, she decides to solve the murder herself, and the suspects she brings into her shop become her new family.
Why it's worth reading
It was a Goodreads Choice finalist. It's a funny, heartwarming cozy mystery.
You'll love it if you liked
The Thursday Murder Club
We Solve Murders
Remarkably Bright CreaturesGood to know
It's light and comic.
By the numbers
- Readers36 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Bestseller26 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 10%
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero. The parts combine into the Must-Read Score, shown on a scale where the best book we found scores 99 and the last book to make the ranking scores 50.
On our reserve shelf: it's well reviewed, but isn't currently a prize winner, a lifetime bestseller or a book everyone's talking about, so we don't rank it. We check again every month, and it can still turn up in your 50 once you've read most of our ranked books.
Why it made the list
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Quick answers
Is Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers worth reading?
It was a Goodreads Choice finalist. Its Must-Read Score is 59.4 (the best book we found scores 99).
What is Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers about?
Vera Wong, a lonely sixty-year-old widow who runs a quiet tea shop in San Francisco's Chinatown, walks downstairs one morning to find a dead man on the floor. Convinced the police will bungle the case, she decides to solve the murder herself, and the suspects she brings into her shop become her new family.
How long does it take to read Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers?
About 9 hours (368 pages), or about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day.
What should I read after Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers?
If you liked it, try The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, We Solve Murders by Richard Osman or Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt.