Tea maven Theodosia Browning brews up trouble in the latest Tea Shop
Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs.
It is the week before Halloween and Theodosia Browning, proprietor of
the Indigo Tea Shop, and her tea sommelier, Drayton, are ghosting
through the dusk of a cool Charleston evening on their way to the old
Bouchard Mansion. Known as the Gray Ghost, this dilapidated place was
recently bequeathed to the Heritage Society, and tonight heralds the
grand opening of their literary and historical themed haunted house.
Though Timothy Neville, the patriarch of the Heritage Society, is not
thrilled with the fund-raising idea, it is the perfect venue for his
grandniece, Willow French, to sign copies of her new book, Carolina
Crimes & Creepers.
But amid a parade of characters dressed as Edgar Allan Poe, Lady
Macbeth, and the Headless Horseman, Willow's body is suddenly tossed
from the third-floor tower room and left to dangle at the end of a rope.
Police come screaming in and Theodosia's boyfriend, Detective Pete
Riley, is sent to Willow's apartment to investigate. But minutes later,
he is shot and wounded by a shadowy intruder.
Timothy begs Theodosia to investigate, and shaken by Riley's assault,
she readily agrees. Now, she questions members of the Heritage Society
and a man who claims the mansion is rightfully his, as well as Willow's
book publisher and her fiancé, all while hosting a Sherlock Holmes tea
and catering several others.
But the Gray Ghost holds many secrets, as do several other key suspects,
while this murder mystery plays out on the eve of Halloween.
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