Diese charmante Serie entführt die Leser nach Charleston, South Carolina, wo Theodosia Browning, die Besitzerin des Indigo Teahouse, in eine Reihe faszinierender Mysterien verwickelt wird. Jeder Teil verbindet gemütliche Schauplätze mit fesselnden Kriminalfällen, ideal für Liebhaber eines Hauch von Südstaaten-Charme und anspruchsvoller Amateurermittlungen. Folgen Sie Theodosia, wie sie lokale Intrigen aufdeckt und Geheimnisse enthüllt, die unter der Oberfläche des Alltags verborgen liegen. Es ist eine entzückende Reise voller Spannung, Witz und dem beruhigenden Duft von Tee.
Theodosia Browning eröffnet einen Teeladen in Charleston, doch nach einem Mordfall bei einer Teegesellschaft steht ihr Traum auf der Kippe. Um den Ruin abzuwenden, begibt sich Theo auf die Suche nach dem Mörder.
Theodosia Browning ist stolz und glücklich: Ihr kleiner Teeladen ist inzwischen zu einer festen Einrichtung in dem Hafenstädtchen Charleston geworden. Dieses Jahr kommt ihr sogar die Ehre zu, das Picknick zur alljährlichen 'Isle of Palms'-Regatta auszurichten. Als sich die Boote dem Ziel nähern, zerreißt ein Schuss die gespannte Stille – das traditionelle Signal, dass die Regatte zu Ende ist. Doch dann sinkt der wohlhabende und angesehene Geschäftsmann Oliver Dixon getroffen zu Boden, und Theodosia kommen bald Zweifel, es hier mit nichts weiter als einem schrecklichen Unfall zu tun zu haben …
Ein charmanter Kriminalroman mit Humor und nostalgischem Flair. Bei der Verlobungsfeier von Camille Cantroux kommt es zu einem Unglück: Der Bräutigam stirbt beim Einsturz des Gartenzimmers. Hobbydetektivin Theodosia Browning ist misstrauisch, da der Trauring plötzlich verschwunden ist. Enthält Rezepte und Tee-Ideen.
The national bestselling author of Dragonwell Dead returns with a mystery proving that the price of fame can be murderously steep. The Charleston Film Festival has brought Theodosia Browning and the staff of the Indigo Tea Shop a busy week of catering jobs. First up is the opening night gala at the historic Belvedere Theatre. Tinseltown and local luminaries seem to be mingling happily in the glamorously renovated lobby, but Theo notices that the atmosphere backstage is tense. Then famous director Jordan Cole is shot on his way to the podium, and the entire audience witnesses his death silhouetted across the scrim. Never has a festival started off with this big a bang.
It was the Dickensian evening Theodosia Browning had been hoping for. Charleston shop-owners dressed in cloaks of yore threw open their back doors to visitors, who took advantage of bargains and Theodosia's delicious teas.But later, the alleys clear except for one body- which a horrified Theodosia discovers. It's Daria, the map store's owner. Locals have shown interest in buying her shop-but enough to kill? Plus there's been a customer hell-bent on acquiring a not-forsale map. Most alarming of all theories, however, is Detective Tidwell's: the killer mistook Daria for Theodosia. And if that theory holds, the killer's work isn't done.
At the grand opening of Charleston's Neptune Aquarium, caterer Theodosia Browning finds herself in a crisis when she discovers her former boyfriend, Parker Scully, drowned in one of the tanks.
In the latest Tea Shop Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs, Theodosia Browning attends a “Rat Tea,” where the mice will play...at murder. When Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is invited by Doreen Briggs, one of Charleston’s most prominent hostesses, to a “Rat Tea,” she is understandably intrigued. As servers dressed in rodent costumes and wearing white gloves offer elegant finger sandwiches and fine teas, Theo learns these parties date back to early twentieth-century Charleston, where the cream of society would sponsor so-called rat teas to promote city rodent control and better public health. But this party goes from odd to chaotic when a fire starts at one of the tables and Doreen’s entrepreneur husband suddenly goes into convulsions and drops dead. Has his favorite orange pekoe tea been poisoned? Theo smells a rat. The distraught Doreen soon engages Theo to pursue a discreet inquiry into who might have murdered her husband. As Theo and her tea sommelier review the guest list for suspects, they soon find themselves drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse... INCLUDES RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS
Theodosia Browning investigates a Charleston steeped in tradition and treachery in the latest Tea Shop Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs, now in paperback. While viewing the harbor's Gaslights and Galleons Parade from the widow's walk of Timothy Neville's Charleston mansion, local banker Carson Lanier seemingly tumbles over a narrow railing, then plunges three stories to his death. But a tragic accident becomes something much more sinister when it's discovered that the victim was first shot with a bolt from a crossbow. At the request of the mansion owner, Theodosia investigates the tragedy and is soon neck-deep in suspects. An almost ex-wife, a coworker, a real estate partner--all had motives for killing the luckless banker, but one resorted to murder to settle accounts. INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS!
Tea Maven Theodosia Browning brews up trouble in the latest Tea Shop Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs, now in paperback Tea maven Theodosia Browning and her tea sommelier Drayton Conneley are guests at a bird hunt styled in the precise manner of an English shooting party. Which means elevenses (sloe gin fizzes), gun loaders, the drawing of pegs, fine looking bird dogs, and shooting costumes of tweed, herringbone, and suede. But as gunshots explode like a riff of Black Cat firecrackers, another shot sounds too close for comfort to Theodosia and Drayton. Intrigued but worried, Theodosia wanders into the neighbor's lavender field where she discovers their host, Reginald Doyle, bleeding to death. His wife, Meredith, is beside herself with grief and begs Theodosia and Drayton to stay the night. But Theodosia awakens at 2:00A.M. to find smoke in her room and the house on fire. As the fire department screams in and the investigating sheriff returns, Meredith again pleads with Theodosia for help. As Theodosia investigates, fingers are pointed, secrets are uncovered, Reginald's daughter-in-law goes missing presumed drowned, and Meredith is determined to find answers via a séance. All the while Theodosia worries if she's made a mistake in inviting a prime suspect to her upscale Lavender Lady Tea. INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS!
In the week leading up to Halloween, Theodosia Browning, owner of the Indigo Tea Shop, and her tea sommelier, Drayton, head to the old Bouchard Mansion, known as the Gray Ghost. Recently donated to the Heritage Society, the mansion is hosting a literary-themed haunted house for its grand opening. Despite Timothy Neville, the Heritage Society's patriarch, being skeptical about the fundraising event, it serves as the perfect backdrop for his grandniece, Willow French, to promote her new book, *Carolina Crimes & Creepers*. However, the festive atmosphere turns grim when Willow's body is discovered hanging from the third-floor tower. The police arrive, and Theodosia's boyfriend, Detective Pete Riley, is shot while investigating Willow's apartment. Timothy implores Theodosia to look into the murder, and shaken by the attack on Riley, she agrees. As she interviews various suspects, including Heritage Society members, Willow's publisher, and her fiancé, Theodosia juggles hosting a Sherlock Holmes tea and catering other events. The Gray Ghost conceals numerous secrets, complicating the investigation as the murder mystery unfolds on Halloween's eve.