Arsenic and Adobo (A Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery)
ライラ・マカパガルは失恋の痛手から戻った故郷で、レストランの立て直しに追われるうち、死んだ批評家をめぐる殺人事件の容疑者になってしまう。家族と近所の助けを借りながら、彼女は自分で真相を追う。
作品情報
料理、家族、そして殺人事件が混ざり合う、軽快なコージーミステリー。
失恋から立ち直ろうとする若い女性が、家族経営のレストラン、コミュニティの人間関係、そして殺人事件の捜査に同時に向き合う。ユーモアと食の描写が軽快に重なるシリーズ第1作。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Penguin Publishing Group
- 発売日
- 2021-05-04
- ページ数
- 336ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 13.9 x 1.8 x 20.8 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780593201671
- ISBN-10
- 0593201671
- 価格
- 3320 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Mystery & Thrillers/Mystery/Women Sleuths
A RUSA Award-winning novel! The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes—one that might just be killer.... When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes. She's tasked with saving her Tita Rosie's failing restaurant, and she has to deal with a group of matchmaking aunties who shower her with love and judgment. But when a notoriously nasty food critic (who happens to be her ex-boyfriend) drops dead moments after a confrontation with Lila, her life quickly swerves from a Nora Ephron romp to an Agatha Christie case. With the cops treating her like she's the one and only suspect, and the shady landlord looking to finally kick the Macapagal family out and resell the storefront, Lila's left with no choice but to conduct her own investigation. Armed with the nosy auntie network, her barista best bud, and her trusted Dachshund, Longanisa, Lila takes on this tasty, twisted case and soon finds her own neck on the chopping block…
Mia P. Manansala is a writer from Chicago who loves books, baking, and bad-ass women. She uses humor (and murder) to explore aspects of the Filipino diaspora, queerness, and her millennial love for pop culture. She is the winner of the 2018 Hugh Holton Award, the 2018 Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award, the 2017 William F. Deeck - Malice Domestic Grant for Unpublished Writers, and the 2016 Mystery Writers of America/Helen McCloy Scholarship. She's also a 2017 Pitch Wars alum and 2018-2019 mentor.
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Funny, diverse cozy mystery
Arsenic and Adobo is the debut novel by Mia P. Manansala. This is the first book in a series called "Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mysteries". In this book, Lila Madricapal has returned home from Chicago after spending a few years trying to escape from the small-town she grew up in. After not being able to finish college and a recent breakup, she finds herself trying to help her aunt save the failing family restaurant. As soon as she is trying to unravel how she has gotten herself in this situation, she finds herself as the main suspect in a murder of her ex-boyfriend who also happened to drop dead right in front of her as she is in the middle of her work shift at the restaurant. Along with her best friend, her dog, and a group of nosy aunties, we later continue on a journey to investigate and find out who the real culprit is. This book was wonderful. As soon as you open the book, you are greeted by several terms and definitions of words that you will encounter in the book. I was instantly intrigued by the cultural fest that I was going to embark on. FYI, at the end of the book, you are also given some of the recipes for the meals that you hear about within the book. As a fellow woman of color of African-American, Latinx, and Caribbean descent, I was highly fascinated to read about a culture other than my own and to see a cozy mystery that veered away from the stereotypical white female middle-class sleuth from a community lacking any diversity and who knows it all. Lila was far from perfect in this novel but was very relatable as she stumbled through her novice detective madcap adventures. The community that this novel is set in also is rather multicultural and I enjoyed hearing about the different types of families and their relationships with each other in the community. It was also great to see the similarities with the families and traditions that I know/have despite coming from a different culture. Of course, this dog lover was happy to hear about Lila's dachshund and see it as being part of the story. This was a very cute and entertaining book. However, it also covered some serious topics/concepts such as murder, drug abuse, and police dishonesty. I sped through this book in a very short time and laughed throughout. I am already highly anticipating the next installment in the series.
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Super livre cosy mystery
J'ai vraiment aimé ce livre
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Culinary suspense murder
If you love culinary and mystery, this one is for you.. this suspense / murder with friendship goals, diverse read, oh love the calendar crew 😄 Get to know philipino dishes and thanks for recipes attached.
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Loved it! Already preordered the next one
Good read, enjoyed the scenery, the characters and could not put it down because it was so nicely written. Already preordered the next one. Only downside: be prepared to get really hungry due to the mouthwatering food descriptions
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Great read!
Love the book, got the sequel 10/10 would read again
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