A new director. Budget cuts. And a fire. The senior center will never be the same again. As the new director for the senior center, Raina Sun thought organizing a few events for the geriatric crowd would be fairly easy. Until the center’s biggest donor dies in a fire, and her grandma’s arch nemesis becomes the prime suspect. As the body count piles up, Raina is drawn into another murder … murder investigation. Can she solve the case, or will her grandma’s arch nemesis spend the rest of her golden years in prison?
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Fair Cronies and Felonies the 10th book in Anne R. Tan’s Raina Sun Mystery Series. Even though this is the 10th book in this series it can be read as a standalone but I would highly recommend reading the rest of the series. It’s been a while between books and I was happy to read this but now I want to go back and reread the rest. I did not want to put this book down and read well past my bedtime. I loved how the author described everything so vividly I was able to visualize and feel everything that was going on. This is very well written has well developed and likable characters that you can’t help but fall in love with. I felt like I was right there with the characters. It is a wonderful book that will have you laughing and help give you some reprieve from this 2020 pandemic. Another wonderful mystery that will keep you guessing. I can’t wait for the next BOOK.
The latest book in the Raina Sun series is quite a puzzle. A friend and member of the senior center where Raina is employed as Director is discovered dead after a fire breaks out in the kitchen. It is soon found to have been a murder. Raina, whose husband Matthew is in China on family business, tries to help detective Joanna Hopper find out who the murderer is. Because Alonso, the murdered man, was very wealthy the ones who are in line to inherit his money are the obvious suspects. However, it looks like someone is intent on killing the heirs, and since the Senior Center is a residual legatee, Raina as Director of the center becomes a suspect as well. When she thinks she has narrowed the suspects down to the obvious killer Raina plans to trap the killer with Po Po, her grandmother, and the posse of elderly residents’ help. But the killer is certainly not who she expected.
Raina and Po Po don’t get up to as many antics as usual, but the puzzle of the killer keeps the reader turning pages to find out who it is. I love this series and all the familiar characters. I highly recommend it and think you will enjoy learning about Chinese culture in this cozy series that offers intriguing mysteries without graphic violence, sex or bad language.
amateur-sleuth, cultural-heritage, family-dynamics, friendship, senior-citizens, situational-humor, verbal-humor, murder-investigation, suspense, bad-puns*****
Raina Sun Louie is a Chinese American married to a police detective (who is away visiting relatives in China) and PoPo is her Chinese grandma who has no filters and gets into more trouble than a group of grandsons. Raina is the director of the Senior Center where her PoPo and all her cronies hang out (which is challenge enough!). One of the nicest gentlemen gets murdered just when the facilities water system is out of service and it seems that he died in a fire in the community kitchen. The man was very wealthy, so the suspects come crawling out of the woodwork and PoPo takes on the business of dragging Raina into solving the case. Let the madness intensify! LOVED it!
Fair Cronies and Felonies: A Chinese Cozy Mystery is the 10th book in the Raina Sun Mystery Series. I have read every book in the series and this one is just as good and as much fun as all the others in the series. Raina and her Grandmother, PoPo, (still my favorite character!) have another murder to solve, this time the victim is a favorite visitor and benefactor to the town’s senior rec center.
Raina, PoPo and the Posse Club are on the case… where the chaos never ends! So grab your copy because the characters are so colorful and delightful. Anne also does a magnificent job of weaving the Chinese culture all throughout her stories. Plus this crime solving crew is so hilarious that you laugh out loud!
I believe this tenth outing is the best in the series. The plot and characters are more complex.
With Matthew in China with his family, Raina and Po Po are on their own to solve the murder of a wealthy member of the senior center. And there is no shortage of suspects, that include an ex wife, a former business partner, natural son, adopted daughter, the housekeeper, and a ‘secret’ girlfriend of the diseased who is also a friend of Po Po’s.
As the new director for the Seniors’ Centre, Raina is expected to keep thing s running smoothly – no matter what. Apart from Po Po and her arch nemesis arguing as usual, it was going well until their biggest financial donor is found dead in the kitchen after a fire is started in that kitchen. After the and autopsy reports come in, it turns out that he died from a blow to the head and the fire was set as a cover-up. Seemingly, Janice (Po Po’s arch nemesis), had been dating the deceased secretly and everyone personally involved with the man were on the suspect list. Raina was asked to help on the case by the newly minted detective, who wanted to prove herself to her boss. As she always liked to investigate anyway, Raina agrees. However, as the case goes on, Raina finds that things may be complicated than she anticipated.
Raina and Po Po are in the midst of another murder! This time someone has caused damage to the Senior Center too and the hot meals program is at risk. While Matthew is away fulfilling family duty, they need to help the new police detective catch this killer. A well written, clean story. Lots of humor and fun characters with some Chinese traditions to keep your interest.