Death by Darjeeling
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.
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.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781101099940 (1101099941)
Publish date: May 1st 2001
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Food And Drink,
Food,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Adult,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Southern,
Cozy Mystery,
Murder Mystery,
Tea
Series: A Tea Shop Mystery (#1)
I am a tea drinker, so I was predisposed to like this book and want to read this series, which I do and probably will do. I love the concept of this wonderful group running this cozy tea shop. Theo, the boss lady and Drayton, the know-all of tea, are the two really bright stars in this universe. I h...
Conversely, this is a book I fully intend on recommending to my mom. Full disclosure: it's not good. Like, really not great. The writing is terrible, the plot lines are predictable, there's so much fawning over "the South" that it's hard not to write the whole thing off as racist. ...But it's also t...
Screening Christmas gifts for family. I don't think this one will make the cut.The concept had potential as far as "cozy" mysteries go, but it fell flat on its face pretty early on. Exchanges between the characters had me cringing, and I couldn't even get into the tea shop part of it.The resolutio...
I tried all weekend to find the spark that would give me the motivation to finish this book. Spark decided to take the weekend off. So I am done. I have two print library books to finish this week and I just borrowed an e-book from the base library today (and I am almost to the page count that I...
Cute, light mystery. Loved the characters.