THE READING CORNER......A TEA SHOP MYSTERY

Laura Childs is a best selling author of the Tea Shop Mystery series! Would you like to feel as if you just shared a warm cup of tea on Church Street in Charleston? Caution........do not read this mystery if you are the least bit hungry, because the mouth watering recipes will only aggravate your stomach growls! I knew when I read that this mystery was placed in Charleston and contained delicious recipes.....it only took one look!

The streets of Charleston, South Carolina are alive with music, dancing and art as the Spoleto festival gets underway. Theodosia, the Indigo Tea Shop owner, feels far from being festive when the inaugural Poet's Tea is caught in an unexpected downpour. The tea members are forced into one of the Heritage's Society's austere halls to continue. This is where affluent society mingles with high artists!

A huge "thud" is overheard during the soiree and the guests are horrified to discover a respected auction house owner has plummeted to his death from the high balcony. Although there were no witnesses, there exists a wealth of suspects that perhaps gave him a "push!"

The mystery revolves around Miss Theodosia developing her own investigation that leads her into the murky swamps of the South Carolina Low Country. She smells deceit in every nook and cranny. She soon discovers a thriving criminal enterprise of art forgery from high society patrons. along with fraud and murder........

Among the Recipes Cashew Chicken Salad Haley's Strawberry Biscuits Cranberry Orange Bread Lifesaving Sweet Tea Fireside Tea and Theodosia's Secret for Drying Hydrangea's