A monthly discussion on crime novels featuring amateur sleuths, quirky characters and homey communities. This month's novel, Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala, follows baker Lila Macapagal as she investigates the murder of her ex-boyfriend, the town's too-mean food critic, after he dies over a meal in her aunt's flailing Filipino restaurant. Armed with her network of aunties, her barista best bud and her trusted Dachshund, Longanisa, Lila takes on this tasty, twisted case.