Fatal Fried Rice A Noodle Shop Mystery

Lana Lee manages the family's Chinese restaurant, the Ho-Lee noodle shop, in Cleveland's Asia Village, and she runs it with confidence. The kitchen is another matter: her cooking is barely a step above boiling rice. To fix that, she quietly signs up for culinary school without telling anyone.

The plan goes wrong when Margo Chan, the course instructor, is found dead after class. Lana is the person who discovers the body, which puts her under suspicion. She has to find the killer and clear her own name at the same time.

Lana starts her own investigation into Margo's life and death, with or without help from her boyfriend, Detective Adam Trudeau. The search sends her back and forth between the culinary school and the noodle shop, and the culprit may be much nearer to her than she assumes.

This is a cozy mystery in the Noodle Shop Mystery series, with Lana as the amateur sleuth. The tone is light and food-centered, and the setting stays close to the restaurant world of a Cleveland community.