Vivien Chien

The launch of a scrumptious new cozy series. After a brutal breakup, Lana Lee is back at her family's Chinese restaurant, the Ho-Lee Noodle House. When the restaurant's property manager, Mr. Feng, turns up dead after eating shrimp dumplings from the restaurant, it's up to Lana to find out who is behind Feng's killer order. Original.

A Noodle Shop Mystery

Death by Dumpling

Sarah Sammis

I love that Chien avoids so many of the cozy tropes while setting up her world and her characters. For instance, Lana as the protagonist and one of the last people to see Mr. Feng alive could be a prime suspect, the detective in charge isn't set up as the antagonist who is going to do everything in his power to prove that she did it. There is no violent ex-boyfriend for Lana. Her parents aren't bugging her to find a husband. Lana has a good, healthy relationship with her family.



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Ariel

It was well thought out and i throughly enjoyed it however, i felt like the book could have been shorter and did not feel as much chemistry as i had hoped with the main character lana and said love interest adam.

Izza

4 stars | this was actually very entertaining. I really enjoyed it and I'm looking forward continuing with the series.

Isabela H 

I don't read a lot of a mysteries so I didn't come in with very high expectations. Let me just say, I would absolutely love watching a tv show following Lana's attempts to solve a murder. As mysteries go, I had a lot of fun meeting all the characters and watching them all interact. I will say though, for a solid middle third of the book, I lost all interest in all the information we were collecting about the various murder suspects. Can't wait to see how Lana inserts herself into more murder mysteries XD

KADY BURNS

I picked up this book because of the cover art. It was pretty good cozy mystery. I didn't call the ending at all, which is a nice change of pace from other books I have been reading lately.

Amanda J 

Pretty good start to cozy mystery. I really like the MC, Lana. I feel like her reactions were very similar to how I would react in the situation. The secondary characters were solid. I liked the setting of the restaurant. 
I didn't guess the villian until when the Lana did. So they story felt on pace.
The burgeoning romance is there, but I felt it was tell than show. Hopefully that changes in the future ones.

Welcome to the Ho-Lee Noodle House, where the Chinese food is to die for. . . The last place Lana Lee thought she would ever end up is back at her family’s restaurant. But after a brutal break-up and a dramatic workplace walk-out, she figures that helping wait tables is her best option for putting her life back together. Even if that means having to put up with her mother, who is dead-set on finding her a husband. Lana’s love life soon becomes yesterday’s news once the restaurant’s property manager, Mr. Feng, turns up dead—after a delivery of shrimp dumplings from Ho-Lee. But how could this have happened when everyone on staff knew about Mr. Feng’s severe, life-threatening shellfish allergy? Now, with the whole restaurant under suspicion for murder and the local media in a feeding frenzy—to say nothing of the gorgeous police detective who keeps turning up for take-out—it’s up to Lana to find out who is behind Feng’s killer order. . . before her own number is up. “Vivien Chien serves up a delicious mystery with a side order of soy sauce and sass. A tasty start to a new mystery series!” —Kylie Logan, bestselling author of Gone with the Twins "Deathby Dumpling is a fun and sassy debut with unique flavor, local flair, and heart.” —Amanda Flower, Agatha Award--winning author of Lethal Licorice

Death by Dumpling A Noodle Shop Mystery

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