{"id":27110,"date":"2021-03-29T10:45:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T14:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=27110"},"modified":"2022-10-11T16:57:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T16:57:35","slug":"review-fatal-fried-rice-by-vivien-chien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/29\/review-fatal-fried-rice-by-vivien-chien\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \ud83d\udd0d Fatal Fried Rice by Vivien Chien"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-27110\" data-postid=\"27110\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-27110 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_bbbcac8 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_49667e8 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7036296 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fatal-fried-rice-vivien-chien-scaled.jpg?w=640\" title=\"Review \ud83d\udd0d Fatal Fried Rice by Vivien Chien\" alt=\"Review \ud83d\udd0d Fatal Fried Rice by Vivien Chien\">\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a1982ef customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Lana Lee runs her family\u2019s Chinese restaurant in Cleveland\u2019s Asia Village like nobody\u2019s business. When it comes to actual cooking, however, she\u2019s known to be about a step up from boiling rice. So Lana decides to go to culinary school on the sly\u2014and prove that she has what it takes in the kitchen after all. But when course instructor Margo Chan turns up dead after class, Lana suddenly finds herself on the case, frying pan in hand.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Since she was the one who discovered the body, Lana must do double duty in finding the killer and clearing her name. Now, with or without the help of her boyfriend Detective Adam Trudeau, Lana launches her own investigation into Margo\u2019s life and mysterious death. Doing so leads her on a wild goose chase to and from the culinary school\u2014and all the way back to the Ho-Lee noodle shop, where the guilty party may be closer than Lana thinks.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_23787e9 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2d1ea91  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25881 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png?resize=296%2C72\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> Mar 9, 2021<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>A Noodle Shop Mystery<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>7<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Macmillan<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> St. Martin&#8217;s Books<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $7.99<\/p><hr \/><p><br \/><br \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Lana Lee<\/strong> has a talent for running her family\u2019s restaurant, the Ho-Lee Noodle House. She\u2019s a great manager, but knows nothing about preparing the Chinese dishes they serve to their customers. To escape her family\u2019s teasing, Lana enrolls in a cooking class in a nearby town to learn to cook Chinese food. The first class gets off to a good start, but Lana forgets the materials she will need for the next class and returns to the classroom after it has ended. She is shocked to discover the body of Margo Han, the instructor, who has been fatally stabbed. The detective assigned to the case declares Lana to be his prime suspect in the murder so it\u2019s up to Lana and her friends to find out who really killed Margo.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Fatal Fried Rice<\/strong> is the seventh book in this series, but new readers can enjoy it as much as those who have read the prior books. There is a detailed description of all the shops in Asia Village where the Lee family\u2019s restaurant is located that really helped me picture the area and provides a nice tutorial for new readers. Lana\u2019s boyfriend is a police detective and warns her to let the police and her lawyer handle things. However, Lana feels her best chance of keeping her freedom and getting justice for Margo is to investigate things herself. When her roommate Megan is working and can\u2019t assist, Lana enlists her friend Kimmy Tran to help gather clues. In the past, Kimmy has been a hard character to take to, but in this outing her outspoken ways of handling things are refreshing and humorous. Their scenes in a different cooking class they take together are hilarious, while also moving the investigation forward.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The case takes several turns with more than a few believable suspects before a dramatic conclusion involving both Lana and Kimmy uncovers the killer. I wish Lana wouldn\u2019t take so many risks during her sleuthing, but she is an appealing main character. She doesn\u2019t always make the best decisions, but always has the best interest of her friends and family in all she does. This is a fun, quick cozy read that fans of the series and new readers will enjoy.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Christine<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_eb0616c customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/31tLYNk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/fatal-fried-rice\/id1521273805?itsct=books_toolbox&amp;itscg=30200&amp;at=11l88k&amp;ct=books_fatal_fried_rice&amp;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/fatal-fried-rice-vivien-chien\/1136846490?ean=9781250782601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/fatal-fried-rice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Vivien_Chien_Fatal_Fried_Rice?id=ndLtDwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lana Lee runs her family\u2019s Chinese restaurant in Cleveland\u2019s Asia Village like nobody\u2019s business. 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When it comes to actual cooking, however, she\u2019s known to be about a step up from boiling rice. So Lana decides to go to culinary school on the sly\u2014and prove that she has what it takes in the kitchen after all. But when course instructor Margo Chan turns up dead after class, Lana suddenly finds herself on the case, frying pan in hand.<br \/><br \/>Since she was the one who discovered the body, Lana must do double duty in finding the killer and clearing her name. Now, with or without the help of her boyfriend Detective Adam Trudeau, Lana launches her own investigation into Margo\u2019s life and mysterious death. Doing so leads her on a wild goose chase to and from the culinary school\u2014and all the way back to the Ho-Lee noodle shop, where the guilty party may be closer than Lana thinks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> Mar 9, 2021<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>A Noodle Shop Mystery<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>7<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Macmillan<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> St. Martin's Books<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $7.99<\/p><hr \/><p><br \/><br \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Lana Lee<\/strong> has a talent for running her family\u2019s restaurant, the Ho-Lee Noodle House. She\u2019s a great manager, but knows nothing about preparing the Chinese dishes they serve to their customers. To escape her family\u2019s teasing, Lana enrolls in a cooking class in a nearby town to learn to cook Chinese food. The first class gets off to a good start, but Lana forgets the materials she will need for the next class and returns to the classroom after it has ended. She is shocked to discover the body of Margo Han, the instructor, who has been fatally stabbed. The detective assigned to the case declares Lana to be his prime suspect in the murder so it\u2019s up to Lana and her friends to find out who really killed Margo.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Fatal Fried Rice<\/strong> is the seventh book in this series, but new readers can enjoy it as much as those who have read the prior books. There is a detailed description of all the shops in Asia Village where the Lee family\u2019s restaurant is located that really helped me picture the area and provides a nice tutorial for new readers. Lana\u2019s boyfriend is a police detective and warns her to let the police and her lawyer handle things. However, Lana feels her best chance of keeping her freedom and getting justice for Margo is to investigate things herself. When her roommate Megan is working and can\u2019t assist, Lana enlists her friend Kimmy Tran to help gather clues. In the past, Kimmy has been a hard character to take to, but in this outing her outspoken ways of handling things are refreshing and humorous. Their scenes in a different cooking class they take together are hilarious, while also moving the investigation forward.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The case takes several turns with more than a few believable suspects before a dramatic conclusion involving both Lana and Kimmy uncovers the killer. I wish Lana wouldn\u2019t take so many risks during her sleuthing, but she is an appealing main character. She doesn\u2019t always make the best decisions, but always has the best interest of her friends and family in all she does. This is a fun, quick cozy read that fans of the series and new readers will enjoy.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Christine<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/31tLYNk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/fatal-fried-rice\/id1521273805?itsct=books_toolbox&amp;itscg=30200&amp;at=11l88k&amp;ct=books_fatal_fried_rice&amp;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/fatal-fried-rice-vivien-chien\/1136846490?ean=9781250782601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/fatal-fried-rice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Vivien_Chien_Fatal_Fried_Rice?id=ndLtDwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}