About the author:
\nVivien Chien (she/her) was born and raised in Cleveland\, Ohio w here she grew up in a mixed-race home\, making for some very interesting c ultural experiences. She found her love of books and the written word at a n early age while writing short stories about her classmates in elementary school. When she&rsquo\;s not writing\, Vivien enjoys frequenting local A sian restaurants\, frolicking in bookstores\, and searching for her next d onut.
\nIn And Then There Were Bun\, with the help of Lana&rsquo\;s parents and close friends\, Megan packs the fami ly restaurant with a guest list that includes friends&mdash\;both old and new&mdash\;to help celebrate her best gal&rsquo\;s birthday. But when one of their guests brings an unsavory plus one that Lana just happened to dat e back in her college days\, tensions build between her old beau and her c urrent boyfriend\, Detective Adam Trudeau.
\nAfter a heated exchange of words between the two men\, the evening returns to the smooth and enjo yable party that Megan had originally hoped for. But relief is short lived when Lana&rsquo\;s ex is found in the dumpster outside of Asia Village.\n
As if the circumstances and tragedy taking place on Lana&rsquo\;s b irthday aren&rsquo\;t enough\, the gang gets an even bigger surprise when Adam is the main suspect under scrutiny. Not only are there several witnes ses confirming the verbal confrontation between the two men earlier in the evening\, but it&rsquo\;s also reported that Adam disappeared from the pa rty for a considerable amount of time. And unfortunately for him\, not eve n Lana can back up his whereabouts. With Adam in the hot seat\, his own pa rtner\, Matthew Higgins\, must investigate the crime alongside their boss& mdash\;the Chief of Police\, Tom Riceton\, who wants speedy results to kee p away the threat of Internal Affairs knocking on their door.
\nAs A dam struggles with the dynamic shifts in his personal life\, being on susp ension and shut out from his resources at the police department\, he must rely solely on his skills as a detective and the ingenuity of Lana&rsquo\; s amateur sleuthing capabilities to solve the case and clear his name defi nitively.
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