Airy Allies and Enemies (A Raina Sun Mystery): A Chinese Cozy Mystery

Anne R. Tan

Feb 2022 · A Raina Sun Mystery Book 11 · Rusty Chicken Books

About this ebook

A free honeymoon, an old ally, and a kidnapping.

 

Raina Sun is enjoying her belated honeymoon with her husband, far away from her nosy family. When her grandma shows up to help a friend on a kidnapping case, it's bye-bye smooching time. Her husband gets volunteered to do the ransom drop, and an old ally from the Nine Dragons Triad, a multi-generational criminal organization, barges in for a visit.

 

Things go from bad to worse when a body is found at the luau. Her husband is right. There's no such thing as a free honeymoon. Someone has to pay the piper one way or another. Will Raina find the devious killer, or will she become the next victim?

For readers who like fun cozy mysteries, quirky characters, and a dash of humor.

 

Keywords: cozy mystery, amateur sleuth, traditional mystery, mystery, small town mystery, female protagonist mystery, murder mystery, cozy mysteries, interracial, female sleuth, humor, series, college, funny, female protagonist, novel, secret, suspense, Christmas mystery, holiday, Xmas, holiday mystery, Chinese-American literature, Chinese culture, mystery detective stories, mystery humor, mystery romance books clean, mystery romance suspense, mystery suspense murder, mystery with women, mystery women books, mystery romance

Ratings and reviews

A fun entry in the series. When Raina Sun goes on her honeymoon in Hawaii she discovers the trip comes with strings. The resort is owned by relatives and she gets sucked into a kidnapping and murder plot. Along with her husband, Po Po, and other characters she has to determine not only whodunit but also how to prove it. A story full of humor and quotable lines it combines the best of mysteries along with humor and plays fair with the reader. It is solvable if someone pays enough attention. I highly recommend the book and even though I got an ARC copy, I bought the book because I enjoyed it and wanted to support the author.

This clean, well written mystery is full of intrigue, great characters and laugh out loud humor. Raina is finally on her honeymoon with Matthew and surprise visitors show up. They are staying at a family resort for a discount and the family pulls Raina into a kidnapping, murder and mayhem! This is a well developed story that will leave you loving the deep family ties while laughing out loud at some of the situations.

About the author

Anne R. Tan is a USA Today bestselling author. She writes the Raina Sun Mystery series and the Lucy Fong Mystery series. Her humorous cozy mysteries feature Chinese-American amateur sleuths dealing with love, family, and life while solving murders.

 

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FIVE THINGS ABOUT ANNE

 

1. I can't resist ice cream. 

2. I started my first book a month after I had my first baby.

3. And now that she's seven, I brainstorm story ideas with my girl.

4. Instead of reading to my children, I make up stories round-robin style with my children at bedtime.

5. I secretly want Raina Sun's life.

 

A NOTE FROM ANNE:

 

My books are my legacy to my children. Unfortunately, they won't grow up in the San Francisco Bay Area as I did. Without a cultural hub to keep the language and philosophies alive, our family will lose this part of our heritage in one generation. My children will be visitors to this rich culture just like my readers. I hope you'll enjoy your time with Raina Sun and her large dynamic family.