DIAL A FOR AUNTIES

Murder and mayhem crash the wedding of the year.

Meddelin “Meddy” Chan thought she knew all about her mother’s meddlesome ways. She’s spent her whole life surrounded by the strong-willed women in her Chinese Indonesian family—including her four aunties—and she’s learned better than to fight what they think is best. In fact, it’s their influence that made Meddy break up with her secret college boyfriend, Nathan, and stay at home to join her family’s wedding business as a photographer. But when Meddy finds out that her mother has been posing as her on a dating app for weeks—and has set her up with a guy—she’s still shocked. Even more so when she meets Jake, a hotelier who turns out to be self-centered, rude, and the exact opposite of her type. When Jake tries to attack her and Meddy accidentally kills him, she’s suddenly grateful to have five women in her life who are willing to help her hide the body. Things get complicated, though, when a cooler containing the body is accidentally shipped from her aunt’s bakery to the wedding of billionaires Tom Cruise Sutopo and Jacqueline Wijaya—and Nathan turns up as part owner of the resort where the ceremony is taking place. But this is the biggest gig her family has ever had, and they’re certainly not going to let a corpse get in the way. Comparisons to Crazy Rich Asians are apt, as the author details the wild spending and luxurious lifestyles of the superrich. But this story is filled with mistaken identity, a gaggle of intoxicated groomsmen, five lovably hilarious sisters, and slapstick humor that leans more toward the film Clue.

Readers will die for the delightfully absurd hijinks in this dark comedy.