Dim Sum Dead: A Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery (Madeline Bean Mysteries (Paperback))

Mah-Jongg' Yep. In hip Hollywood, that kitsch old game is fast becoming the next "new" obsession -- and that calls for a party! Madeline Bean and her charming partner Wesley Westcott are determined to throw a gonzo Chinese New Year banquet. But among the hot mah-jongg tiles, the steamy dim sum, and the frosty Singapore slings, no one expects to find one of the players ice-cold dead! Meanwhile, in one of the historic celebrity mansions that Wesley is restoring as a sideline, a well-aimed crowbar uncovers a stash of precious objects -- including an antique mah-jongg set. As Madeline pieces together how these two events are connected, she must separate the yin from the yang to uncover a killer. It doesn't take a fortune cookie to spell it out. There is always a price to pay ... whether gambling at mah-jongg -- or murder Party planner and part-time sleuth Madeline Bean tries to make the connection between a murder at a Chinese New Year banquet and the discovery of an antique mah-jongg set in a historic celebrity mansion being restored by Madeline's partner Wesley