Dear Fellow Reader,

Vera Wong meddles and likes attention. In this second book of the series, we find that Vera misses the attention that she had during a murder investigation in her tearoom. She is happy about her son and his love, Officer Selena Gray, the police investigator for the tearoom murder. Her business is going well, and her family is attentive, but Vera wants more.

As the book opens, we meet Vera. She is happy with her son’s romance (she wants grandchildren) and her circle of friends that she made during the homicide investigation. She is up early to start her day. She hears her phone ring, and a voice tells her that her credit card has been compromised and supposedly connects her to the police. She tells all her confidential information and then when she tries to contact them again, she finds that the email she was given is not a real email. She contacts Selena, who tells her she has been scammed and asks her to come down and make a police report.

On her way into the station, she encounters a distressed-looking girl. She tells her to come in with her, but the girl runs away instead. Then, on her way out, she sees the girl again and takes hold of her and takes her to her tearoom to find out what is bothering the girl. The girl’s name is Millie, and when she came to the US, she met Thomas, and they developed a friendship. Thomas has disappeared, and Millie wants to know where he is as she misses him.

And this is the start of the story and Vera’s hunt for Thomas (if that is really his name) and it turns into a much bigger story. I’m not sure how much I can say without giving away too much of the plot. Let’s just start by saying that Millie’s name isn’t Millie and the whole story involves much more than just a disappearance. Vera finds out that Thomas also had a variety of names and was a social media influencer. But how can that be when no one seems to know him? As the plot twists, Vera’s life is at risk along with others she loves.

I liked the book. You have to get used to Vera being a bit pushy, but once you are over that, it is a tangled web of a story that will keep your interest. The description of the book does not do justice to the plot, but I think the whoever wrote the description had the same problem that I have – you can’t tell very much without giving away too much.

I will say that I am glad that Vera is not my mother-in-law.

Thanks for reading!