I'm sorry, and will do my best to make sure it doesn't happen again. Manansala 4.0 (42) Paperback 17.00 Paperback 17.00 eBook 11.99 Audiobook 0. Thank you to those who brought this to my attention, who were kind enough to let me know that I could and should do better. It was extremely insensitive and I apologize. *it's been brought to my attention how hurtful and wrong a 'joke' (I realize now that it's NOT a joke) I made about diabetes is on page 114. It's got everything I've always wanted in a cozy mystery and more: a tenacious amateur sleuth main character with a take-no-prisoners attitude, small town vibes, charismatic locals, meddling aunties, a multicultural cast of characters, and mouth-watering food. Armed with the nosy auntie network, her barista best bud, and her trusted Dachshund, Longganisa, Lila takes on this tasty, twisted case and soon finds her own neck on the chopping block…Ĭontent Warning: fatphobia, drug abuse, evidence planting, police intimidation, (implied) domestic violence, racism, fatphobia/ableism/misinformation about diabetes* 'Arsenic and Adobo is pure murder mystery fun with a hefty dose of humor and heart. With the cops treating her like she's the one and only suspect, and the shady landlord looking to finally kick the Macapagal family out and resell the storefront, Lila's left with no choice but to conduct her own investigation.

Find her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram THE INTERVIEW The road to publication is twisty at besttell us about some of your twists. But when a notoriously nasty food critic (who happens to be her ex-boyfriend) drops dead moments after a confrontation with Lila, her life quickly swerves from a Nora Ephron romp to an Agatha Christie case. Her debut novel, ARSENIC AND ADOBO, came out with Berkley/Penguin Random House and is the first in the Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery series.

She's tasked with saving her Tita Rosie's failing restaurant and has to deal with a group of matchmaking aunties who shower her with love and judgment. When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes. A RUSA Award-winning novel The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of. The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes-one that might just be killer.

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