Murder Lo Mein: A Noodle Shop Mystery

Written by Vivien Chien

Narrated by Cheryl May

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. . .

• Language: English
• Publisher: JournalStone Publishing
• Release date: Jan 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781987138016

Vivien Chien

VIVIEN CHIEN (she/her) was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio where she grew up in a mixed-race home, making for some very interesting cultural experiences. She found her love of books and the written word at an early age while writing short stories about her classmates in elementary school. When she’s not writing, Vivien enjoys frequenting local Asian restaurants, frolicking in bookstores, and searching for her next donut. She is the author of the Noodle Shop Mystery series, including Death by Dumpling and Misfortune Cookie, which was nominated for the Lilian Jackson Braun Award.

Reviews for Murder Lo Mein

[Becky Baumgartner · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Hanging out with Lana and solving murders is always a great time, though she always makes me hungry.

[jill schulman · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I loved this book. It was the first I had reAd from this author. It kept me thinking, laughing and hoping that the book would go on forever.

[Sarah W · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This series keeps getting better! The first book is a little clunky, but you should read them in order, as the later books contain spoilers to the previous ones. I like that we stay around the same characters!

[Susan Terendy · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is such a fun, light cozy series. The copious descriptions of delicious food always make me hungry and if you can get through this one without a serious craving for noodles then you are stronger than I am! The story was just as charming as the previous books in the series. I've came to know all the the characters at the mall which makes all the drama so much more engaging. It's quite amazing how many murderers can populate a single Asian mall! It's not especially realistic or deep but the bad guy is always caught in the end and that is somehow comforting.

The narration was good. I like this series in audio to hear the proper pronunciations of the dishes and character names. It's a fairly straightforward mystery so it was easy to follow and a relaxing listen.

[Sharon Lewis · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Great narrator! Easy to follow and held my attention.

[Mari Melting · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Fun cozy mystery series. Enjoyable characters and mysteries. Good narration.