Bibliomaniacer

I was after a bit of light reading this week after a pretty intense book and I found this novel in my TBR list. Cute. That was the first word that came to my mind when I started reading this book. The plot is pretty simple. Vera Wong owns a teahouse in Chinatown which has seen better days. She lives alone and has a very disciplined routine which she follows religiously. She is smart as a whip, set in her ways and considers herself to be knowledgeable about almost everything. Until one day, when her routine is interrupted because she finds a dead body in the middle of her teahouse. Thus begins Vera's quest to solve the murder because the cops don't do much and don't like her tea, therefore leading her to believe that they are pretty incompetent. Vera is smart. She purposely names her shop Vera Wang's world famous Teahouse because she wanted customers to make a connection to the famous dressmaker, be curious and visit her shop. Vera has many quirks. Some are e...