Egg Drop Dead: A Noodle Shop Mystery (A Noodle Shop Mystery, 5)

In the fifth in Vivien Chien's Noodle Shop delectable mystery series, Egg Drop Dead, the Ho-Lee Noodle House takes its business to the next levelonly to end up in hot water. It was supposed to be a fancy, intimate dinner party by the pool. Instead, Lana Lees first-ever catering event turns into full-course madness when a domestic worker is found dead. Is the partys host Donna Feng, the sweet-and-sour owner of the Asia Village shopping plaza where Ho-Lee is situated, somehow to blame? Thats what Lanawhose plate is already plenty full with running the restaurant, pleasing her often-disapproving mother, and fretting over her occasionally-serious boyfriend Detective Adam Trudeaumust find out. Before the police arrived at the crime scene, Donna had entrusted an odd piece of evidence to Lana: a thumb drive shaped like a terra-cotta soldier. Now its up to Lana to lead her own investigation, digitally and in real life, into a world of secrets involving Donnas earlier life in China, whether the victim had a dark agenda, and if the killer is still out there. . .and plans to strike again. Endearingwill appeal to fans of Chris Cavenders Pizza Lovers mysteries.Booklist