It’s scones and scandal for Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning in this Tea Shop Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs. Normally Theodosia wouldn’t attend a black-tie affair for all the tea in China. But she can hardly say no to her handsome boyfriend, Max, who directs public relations for the Gibbes
It’s scones and scandal for Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning in this Tea Shop Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs.
Normally Theodosia wouldn’t attend a black-tie affair for all the tea in China. But she can hardly say no to her handsome boyfriend, Max, who directs public relations for the Gibbes Museum in Charleston. Max has organized an amazing gala opening for an exhibit of a genuine eighteenth-century Chinese teahouse, and the crème de la crème of Charleston society is invited.
Max even rented a photo booth to give guests a memory of the occasion. But Theodosia makes a grim discovery behind the booth’s curtains: the body of museum donor Edgar Webster. When Max becomes a suspect, it’s up to Theodosia to examine the life of the fallen philanthropist and find out who really wanted him to pay up…
INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS!
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Sadly, have been disappointed lately with this series. I want to like it. I hate giving the Teashop mysteries a bad review, but I feel like I need to and am disappointed in what has happened to this series of books. Overall, I have really liked the series, the characters, the tea shop, and the whole idea of it. But, the latest few books have shown some unfortunate continuity problems. Earlier books had a strong sense of continuity and every book seemed dedicated to make sure that the reader could pick any one book up and start reading without losing a beat of what…
WHO WROTE THIS BOOK?! Who are these characters? I was so distracted, and dismayed, by the changes in ALL the characters that I didn’t even want to finish the book. And the descriptions of the tea shop and the food being served has always made me want to be there, immediately. Not so this time. Theodosia does not scream her head off because she found a dead body; Delaine does not say “whack job”, especially in public; Max would not be allowed to say “Holy crap!” inside the tea shop. And on and on. I…
I love Indigo Tea Shop Writing and plot and trite phrases are so mediocre. I love Indigo Tea Shop. But even the beloved characters were given such adolescent lines. There was also a mild 4 letter word used repeatedly for no reason. There is an abundance of attempts to use current slang, I guess, which comes across so immature. “beefed up the sound” “knock down the swelling” ” flipped a left” Really? flipped a left. And how about ” won’t take hardly”? Theodosia has regressed from the…