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| | Binding: | Mass Market Paperback | | Publisher: | Berkley | | Page Count: | 256 Pages | | Publication Date: | January 07, 2003 | | Sales Rank: | 21,300st |
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Product Description
Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is finally invited to a social event that she doesn't have to cater-but trouble is brewing at the engagement soiree of the season... |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 24 reviews)
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SEE LAURA CHILDS - TEA SHOP MYSTERIES by KickingSixtyChick (New Mexico, USA)  5 Stars
March 25, 2009
Shades of Earl Grey (A Tea Shop Mystery)
HAVE THE WHOLE SERIES - GREAT!
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Okay Mystery - DO NOT follow every recipe! by Artemis (Black Diamond, WA)  3 Stars
February 14, 2009
Before I review:
RAISINS ARE TOXIC TO DOGS.
For this reason, one paragraph in the story should be edited out! The author suggests making a kibble for her dog using raisins. And yes, grapes are bad, too. If you question me, google it.
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I found the lengthy descriptions of tea parties, settings, and preparations dull. However, since they seem to have been inserted after the outline of the actual mystery was completed and added no important information for solving the mystery, they were easy to skim through.
I rather enjoyed the actual mystery.
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Tea & Murder! by One from Circle of Friends (St. Paul, MN USA)  4 Stars
November 17, 2008
I really enjoy Laura Child's writing style. Enough detail to paint the scene but no overkill. Like the settings. Mysteries are believable and keep you guessing. A quick read and enjoyable. Prefer her tea novels to the scrapbooking novels.
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Shades of Earl Grey by E. Pompey 5 Stars
September 21, 2008
I have enjoyed reading all the books in this series and hope to reread them at a later time.
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Mixed feelings about the book by J. Bass (SF Bay Area) 3 Stars
September 11, 2008
I have mixed feelings about the book. Yes, it's a cozy book; just right for a bit of light reading before going to bed, but as I move through each book in the series, I'm getting increasingly annoyed at Theo the Amateur Sleuth. She seems to operate without regard to official police process, which in real life could potentially jeopardize the police's work.
On the other hand, I like Theo the Tea Proprietor and would love to "visit" her tea shop. I enjoy that she has a dog named Earl Gray, a type of tea. And I also like how the author ties each book's title to a type of tea and to an element of the book's plot. Some of the tea information seems a bit off, but I can be forgiving of that.
On the other hand (my third hand?), I was appalled at how the author ended this story. I'm not talking about the "who" of the who-dun-it (which I guessed early on), but about where the story actually leaves us. It would never happen this way in real life. I'll say no more lest I spoil the story.
I will keep reading the series for the time being, having already bought them all, but I do hope that Theo is less annoying.
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SIMILAR PRODUCTS |
| Gunpowder Green (A Tea Shop Mystery)
by Laura Childs (Author)
In this second Tea Shop Mystery, shop owner Theodosia Browning knows that something's brewing in the high society of Charleston: murder.
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| The English Breakfast Murder (A Tea Shop Mystery)
by Laura Childs (Author)
It is a truly exhilarating experience for Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning-helping Charleston's Sea Turtle Protection League shepherd hundreds of tiny green loggerheads safely into the sea. But just as she's about to celebrate all her hard work, she spots a dead body bobbing in the waves. Now it's up to Theo to get to the bottom of the murder before the culprit's greed stirs him to kill again.
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| Death by Darjeeling (A Tea Shop Mystery)
by Laura Childs (Author)
When a man is poisoned by tea, Theo is the prime suspect. Now she has to prove her innocence and track down the real killer-before someone else takes their last sip. Just the right blend of cozy fun and clever plotting. Tea lovers, mystery lovers, [this] is for you. (Susan Wittig Albert, author of Mistletoe Man)
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| The Jasmine Moon Murder (A Tea Shop Mystery)
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Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is catering a Charleston benefit, a "Ghost Crawl" through Jasmine Cemetery, when the organizer drops dead--and it looks like foul play. Theodosia stirs things up with her own investigation, and gets into hot water up to her neck.
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| Chamomile Mourning (A Tea Shop Mystery)
by Laura Childs (Author)
At Charleston's Spoleto Festival, Theodosia Browning's Poet's Tea is forced indoors by rain--which is the least of her problems after a local auction house owner plummets from the balcony to his death. With a full kettle of suspects, Theodosia finds herself chasing a criminal who plans on showing her just how dangerous it is to stick her sensitive nose where it doesn't belong.
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