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Murder Lo Mein

de Vivien Chien

Séries: Noodle Shop Mystery (3)

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Fiction. Mystery. HTML:Lana Lee's stake in her family's Chinese restaurant is higher than ever now that she's been made manager. So when she enters Ho-Lee into Cleveland's Best Noodle Contest, Lana makes it her business to win?at all costs. But when a local food critic receives a threatening note in a fortune cookie and is later found dead, face-down in a bowl of lo mein, all bets are off. . .
Now, along with her sweet-and-sour boyfriend Detective Adam Trudeau, Lana decides to take matters into her own hands and dig into the lives of everyone involved in the contest. But when she receives an ill-fated fortune, Lana realizes that in order to save the reputation of her restaurant, she needs to save herself first. . .
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Another fun installment in the Noodle Shop Mystery series. This was a great mystery, I loved the reveal! ( )
  Shauna_Morrison | Mar 4, 2024 |
This is another fun installment of the Noodle Shop Mysteries, and I enjoyed reading it. There was less suspense in this one than I remember from the prior books. I blame it on this book having a larger cast of characters than earlier installments, but that could also just be where my mind was when I was reading it. Still, this was a fun read and we got more backstory from Adam, Lana's maybe-boyfriend. I'm hoping that the way their relationship is headed at the end of this books means that Freddie won't turn into a love-triangle-interest the way it was hinted in this book. Lana did turn him down eventually, and I hope that sticks.

I do appreciate that everyone both tells Lana to keep her nose out of the investigation and yet also acknowledges that she isn't likely to do that. It gives this cozy mystery series a nod at common sense, while still leaving the whole "amateur sleuth" cozy standard room to play.

I'm definitely going to be continuing with this series. It's still a lot of fun, and I really appreciate the mostly-Chinese cast of characters being shown as completely normal. Such a nice change from the token Chinese characters that I've been used to. ( )
  ca.bookwyrm | Dec 18, 2021 |
Who doesn't love a cozy mystery? In the third book of the Noodle Shop series, Lana is back at it once again. Cleveland's Best Noodle Contest has come to Asia Village. After coming in 2nd place last year, Ho-Lee Noodle House is looking for a win. Norman Pan a local food critic receives a strange fortune cookie at the first event and then is found face down in a plate of noodles. Of course, Lana (along with her best friend Megan) decides she has to investigate because this murder happened at the plaza. What starts at asking a few question could end up with Lana being a target for murder once again.....

Lana Lee is adorable. I love that she wants to protect those around her and that she feels so much loyalty Asia Village. The interactions with her maybe boyfriend Adam Trudeau are great. I am already anticipating the next book and can't wait to read it. ( )
  i.should.b.reading | Oct 29, 2020 |
This series continues to delight! Strong mystery, strong characters, lots of laugh moments, lots of twists and turns and red herrings, and sleuthing that’s clever and believable without it feeling like Lana’s nosy or super-talented. (Both traits have put me off cozies in the past.)

I liked the sheer number and range of suspects in this, and the way Chien manages to do double-duty with them. They’re not just there to be suspects or to throw suspicion on other people—or at least, not all of them are. And there were people being suspicious or 100% innocent who I also suspected of being involved. Add Lana’s frequent, “why ask questions when you could just google them” method, and the absolutely wonderful restaurant names, and yeah, I had fun.

Not to say this is totally perfect. I think Chien’s about reached her limit for cast size in this. She balances it well, but with so many suspects, the employees of the Noodle House didn’t get as much attention and were reduced to walk-on roles and one-note characters, which made me sad. Hopefully in the next one, there’ll be more of a focus on them again? And we finally learn why Lana’s not-a-boyfriend is so cautious and I’m not quite sure I buy it as much as Lana does.

Still, I enjoyed this quite a bit, I’m still hooked on the series, and I’m still trying to convince everyone that this is the cozy series to pick up if you’re on the fence about them. (No, seriously, it’s strong on everything and #ownvoices.) I’m going to be on this train for a while yet, I can tell.

7.5/10

To bear in mind: Will probably make you hungry. ( )
  NinjaMuse | Jul 26, 2020 |
The main reason why I am giving this four stars is that it seems Chien is dabbling with a love triangle or possibly rectangle now and I want no part of it. I like the core couple of Lana and Adam and I hate it that a lot of cozy mystery's have now started to do this. I was glad that the "Liz Talbot Mystery" books moved away from that after the first couple of books. Hopefully "A Noodle Shop Mystery" does as well.

"Murder Lo Mein" finds Lana as the manager of her family's restaurant. She is wondering if her mother really will live things up to her, but so far so good. Her family's restaurant and others are now entering the annual Cleveland’s Best Noodle competition. Lana's family and others feel like they were cheated out of winning last year and that one of the judges was possibly fixing things so that the former contestant won. When one of the judges is found strangled, all eyes turn to who could have done it and why. Lana of course goes investigating and gets warned off by her boyfriend, Detective Adam Trudeau. Making matters a bit more complicated is that a new face has appeared in the plaza and he appears focused on asking out Lana. With Lana wondering where she and Adam's relationship is going, she starts to wonder what if while also trying to track down a murderer.

Lana is a good character and I keep rooting for her. She's more comfortable in going around and questioning people in this one and is still managing her family's restaurant. She and her sister have come to a truce of sorts so it appears that is working out well now too. She is left wondering about Adam though since he barely seems to have time for her these days.

I love the continuing development of Lana’s best friend and roommate Megan though I wish she get a love interest too. It was also nice to see some backstory into Adam and why he was previously so tight lipped about his past.

I think this was a solid installment and shows the cozy mystery genre in a good light. There's not any swearing (that I can recall) and there seems to be a subtle fade to black when you can imagine that a love scene may have occurred. ( )
  ObsidianBlue | Jul 1, 2020 |
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Fiction. Mystery. HTML:Lana Lee's stake in her family's Chinese restaurant is higher than ever now that she's been made manager. So when she enters Ho-Lee into Cleveland's Best Noodle Contest, Lana makes it her business to win?at all costs. But when a local food critic receives a threatening note in a fortune cookie and is later found dead, face-down in a bowl of lo mein, all bets are off. . .
Now, along with her sweet-and-sour boyfriend Detective Adam Trudeau, Lana decides to take matters into her own hands and dig into the lives of everyone involved in the contest. But when she receives an ill-fated fortune, Lana realizes that in order to save the reputation of her restaurant, she needs to save herself first. . .

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