Too comfortable for me today

Murder Lo Mein
by Vivien Chien

After reading this and before writing this review, I started reading another murder mystery. This one suffered greatly by comparison and I'm sorry.

It's very much a "cozy" and although the characters have an interesting ethnic identity, Ms. Chien didn't do much with it. The lead character flares up a little when an old enemy harps on her for not being "Chinese enough." There are mentions of mother-daughter tensions, but they're all happily resolved. And there are various other interesting issues which I can't detail because they give away plot elements. But they, too, turn out all peaches and cream.

There are times when you need a good cozy under the quilts--if so, this is it. But don't expect any cold to creep through the cracks. And while it is lightly humorous, it's never snort-your-coffee funny.