Vancouver writer
Writing mysteries about family, food, and the particular weight of being a Vietnamese-Canadian daughter in a city full of secrets.
Book one of the Lý Family Mystery series
Selena Lý arrives for her first day as a paralegal at one of Vancouver's most prestigious law firms to find a dead partner and her detective brother already at the scene.
Davis wants her nowhere near the case. Selena cannot help herself.
A mystery told in two voices — one with a badge, one without — and held together by Sunday dinners, bitter melon soup, and a family that loves each other in the sharpest possible way.
"Mật ngọt chết ruồi, những lời cay đắng là nơi thật thà."
Sweet words can be dangerous, but bitter words are where the truth lies.
Adeline Huynh is a Vancouver-based writer working on her debut novel, The Detective's Sister: A Lý Family Mystery — a mystery grounded in the Vietnamese-Canadian community of Vancouver, where food is how love is delivered and family dinners are where the truth comes out.
She is a participant in the 2026 Banff Crime Writing Residency, working with bestselling author Nita Prose.
Following along as the novel takes shape.