In national bestselling author Vicki Delany's second delightful Tea
by the Sea mystery, Cape Cod tearoom proprietress and part-time sleuth,
Lily Roberts, stirs up trouble when she unwittingly serves one of her
grandmother's B&B guests a deadly cup of tea...
Lily has her work cut out for her when a visit from her grandmother
Rose's dear friend, Sandra McHenry, turns into an unexpected--and
unpleasant--McHenry family reunion. The squabbling boils over and soon
Tea by the Sea's serene afternoon service resembles the proverbial
tempest in a teapot. Somehow, Lily and her tearoom survive the storm,
and Sandra's bickering brethren finally retreat to Rose's B & B. But
later that evening, a member of their party--harmless Ed French--dies
from an apparent poisoning and suddenly Tea by the Sea is both scene and
suspect in a murder investigation!
Mercifully, none of the other guests fall ill. They all ate the same
food, but Ed insisted on bringing his own special blend of herbal teas.
So it seems, amid the whining and dining, someone snuck up to one of
Lily's cherished teapots and fatally spiked Ed's bespoke brew, but who?
Was it Ed's long-estranged sister-in-law? Did teenage troublemaker Tyler
take a prank too far? Or perhaps the family's feuds have been steeping
for longer than anyone realizes? It's up to Lily, Rose, and their
friends to get to the bottom of the poisoned pot and bag the real
culprit behind the kettle murder plot.
