Saturday, March 25, 2017

"Pekoe Most Poison"

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


My Thoughts....


As always I can depend on Laura Childs to satisfy me when I'm in a cozy frame of mind. The story flowed along nicely making the time fly by as I quickly turned the pages to see how Theo would solve yet another drastically murder mystery.


Laura's books are always a delight to read...there is humor and plenty of Southern charm to go around. Anyone for a cup of tea? This cozy mystery makes for a leisurely and enjoyable read.

Thank you Laura Childs for gifting me this book to read and review. I did not receive any type of compensation for reading and reviewing this book. While I receive free books from publishers and authors, I am under no obligation to write a positive review.

1 comment:

  1. This book sounds lovely, Gigi Ann. I enjoyed reading your review.

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