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Dial A for Aunties

Dial A for Aunties

Mystery
Pages
352
Published
2021
Language
English

Synopsis

"What happens when you mix 1 (accidental) murder with 2 thousand wedding guests, and then, toss in a possible curse on 3 generations of an immigrant Chinese-Indonesian family? You get 4 meddling Asian aunties coming to the rescue! When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome mother calls for her even more meddlesome aunties to help get rid of the body. Unfortunately, a dead body proves to be a lot more challenging to dispose of than one might anticipate--especially when it is accidentally shipped in a cake cooler to the over-the-top billionaire wedding that Meddy, her Ma, and her aunties are working, at an island resort on the California coastline. It is the biggest job yet for their family wedding business--'Don't leave your big day to chance, leave it to the Chans!'--and nothing, not even an unsavory corpse, will get in the way of her aunties' perfect buttercream-cake flowers. But things go from inconvenient to downright torturous when Meddy's great college love--and biggest heartbreak--makes a surprise appearance amid the wedding chaos. Is it possible to escape murder charges, charm her ex back into her life, and pull off a stunning wedding, all in one weekend?"--

Genres

Mystery

About the author

J
Jesse Q. Sutanto

Jesse Q. Sutanto is a Chinese-Indonesian author of humorous mysteries and contemporary fiction, best known for the Vera Wong series, including Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, and for Dial A for Aunties, winner of the 2021 Comedy Women in Print Prize. She holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Oxford, and grew up between Indonesia and Singapore. She now lives in Jakarta.

Characters

Meddelin ChanProtagonist
General MaSupporting
AuntiesSupporting
All characters in Dial A for Aunties

Frequently asked questions

  • Is this book part of a series?

    This novel is the first installment in the Aunties trilogy, which continues with Four Aunties and a Wedding and concludes with The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties.

  • What inspired the characters of the aunties?

    The author drew inspiration from her own large, meddlesome family and the witches from Terry Pratchett's Witches series, who similarly assume they are always right and frequently interfere in the lives of others.

  • Is there a film adaptation of this book?

    Netflix and producer Nahnatchka Khan have teamed up to develop a film adaptation of the story.

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