It is a truth universally acknowledged that when a protagonist states that she will definitely not get involved in the investigation of the death du jour, a nice person will ask them to clear a loved ones name. It's like Murphy's Law.  Killer Kung Pao: A Noodle Shop Mystery (A Noodle Shop Mystery (6)  is an absolute banger. From the opening with Lana's confrontation with her sister until the end, I was breathless. I really loved the previous book, Egg Drop Dead, but this book took everything I enjoyed and improved it. Lana runs a noodle shop and is witness to a woman (June Yi) rear-ending Millie Mao, a dedicated Mahjong player. Lana experiences another run-in with these two when she has her hair dyed and one of the women is electrocuted! With a nail lamp! Lana is determined to stay out of it per the request of her cop boyfriend, Adam, but a sister asks her to look into things and Lana can't refuse. There's also something possibly hinky with her sisters newest relati