Synopses & Reviews
Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning heads to a winery where she is about to learn the true meaning of terroir
Steeped in Evil
Theodosia has never considered herself a wine connoisseurtea has always been
well, her cup of tea. But that doesnt mean shes going to pass up an invitation to a fancy wine-tasting party at the upscale Knighthall Winery, just outside of Charleston, South Carolina. Unfortunately, a sweet evening takes on a bitter aftertaste when a dead body is discovered in one of the wine barrels. The son of proprietor Jordan Knight has been murdered.
Dissatisfied with the police investigation, Knight turns to Theo for help. Shes heard through the grapevine that there are both family and business problems at Knighthall. They say in vino veritas, but everyone at the winery seems to be lying through their teeth. Sorting through the guest list as well as family and staff, Theo has her pick of suspects. It may look like the killer has her over a barrel, but cracking tough cases is vintage Theodosia Browning.
INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS!
Review
Praise for the Blackbird Sisters Mysteries “Smart intrigue dressed in cool couture.”—New York Times bestselling author Susan Andersen
“Martin knows the inner workings of blue-blooded Philadelphia.”—New York Times bestselling author Margaret Maron
“Its always a joy to see what those flawed and feisty Blackbird sisters are up to.”—Agatha and Anthony Award-winning author Rhys Bowen
“A fizzy, entertaining adventure.”—Publishers Weekly
Review
“Charming.” —
Publishers Weekly
“Humor, plenty of action, and a tantalizing array of teas and recipes…[An] enjoyable whodunit.”—Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
Savor the latest from the New York Times bestselling author of The Teaberry Strangler.
Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is lured into attending the Heritage Society's Pirates and Plunder soiree. But it's an antique diamond skull ring that gets plundered by someone who murders a history intern in the process. Theodosia knows she'll have to whet her investigative skills to find the killer among a raft of suspects.
Synopsis
Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is attending the Heritage Society's Pirates and Plunder show when a histroy intern is murdered amidst the gold earrings and doubloons. Even with that on her plate, Theodosia still has to attend Charleston's Food and Wine Festival, where she's hosting a tea and cheese tasting. But as her thoughts keep drifting to the victim, Theodosia knows she'll have to whet her investigative skills to find the killer among a schooner of suspects.
Synopsis
Not much is going right these days for once rich, now impoverished Nora Blackbirdwhat with her lover under house arrest and her best friend in the slammer. Then Nora and her sisters receive word of a million-dollar inheritance.... Great-aunt Madeleine Blackbird has died in a volcanic eruption on an Indonesian island and left her fabulous Bucks County estate to the three Blackbird sisters. But when Nora and her scandal-ridden sisters, Libby and Emma, go to claim their windfall, they find the house in decay and all of their aunts to-die-for treasures gone. They also find a womans body....
Nora feels compelled to seek out the truth, but even with help from her mobster boyfriend, Mick Abruzzo, who provides distractions both dark and delightful, solving this case proves challenging. Relatives are circling to claim a share of Madeleines property, the suspect list is growing, and Noras wild and wacky sisters are adding one surprise after another. Its enough to put Noras couture undies in a serious twist!
About the Author
Laura Childs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, the Scrapbooking Mysteries, and the Cackleberry Club Mysteries. She is a consummate tea drinker, scrapbooker, and dog lover, and travels frequently to China and Japan with Dr. Bob, her professor husband. In her past life she was a Clio Awardwinning advertising writer and CEO of her own marketing firm.