Blood Orange Brewing by Laura Childs

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: Laura Childs
• Title: Blood Orange Brewing (A Tea Shop Mystery Series)
• Publisher: ‎ Berkley Publishing Group; BPC Hardcover Edition (April 4, 2006)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover – 292 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎  0425208079
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0425208076
• Item Weight: ‎ .86 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 5.36 x 1.07 x 8.34 inches
• Reading age: ‎ 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher
• Book Condition: Used – Very Good (shows some discoloration on pages / page edges)
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Edition: BPC Hardcover Edition

Synopsis:

The New York Times bestselling author of the Cackleberry Club and Scrapbooking mysteries serves up the seventh novel in “the perfect series for tea and mystery lovers” (The Tea Caddy).

 

When social darling Delaine Dish throws a lavish benefit for the restoration of a rundown Victorian home, Theodosia Browning donates tea and treats from her Indigo Tea Shop. But the grand unveiling of Theo’s spread proves a gruesome scene when a beloved local politico falls dead with a jagged piece of metal in his neck. Anyone at the event could be the culprit, but the police have few leads—and no suspects. Try as she might, Theodosia can’t help but wonder who the murderer is. But her investigation will lead her into places darker than the blackest tea…

 

Includes a delicious recipe and teatime tips!

About the Author:

Laura Childs is a pseudonym for Gerry Schmitt and she is the best-selling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, the Scrapbook Mysteries, and the Cackleberry Club Mysteries.

Laura Childs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, Scrapbook Mysteries, and Cackleberry Club Mysteries. In her previous life she was CEO/Creative Director of her own marketing firm and authored several screenplays. She is married to a professor of Chinese art history, loves to travel, rides horses, enjoys fund raising for various non-profits, and has two Chinese Shar-Pei dogs.

Laura specializes in cozy mysteries that have the pace of a thriller (a thrillzy!) Her three series are:

The Tea Shop Mysteries – set in the historic district of Charleston and featuring Theodosia Browning, owner of the Indigo Tea Shop. Theodosia is a savvy entrepreneur, and pet mom to service dog Earl Grey. She's also an intelligent, focused amateur sleuth who doesn't rely on coincidences or inept police work to solve crimes. This charming series is highly atmospheric and rife with the history and mystery that is Charleston.

The Scrapbooking Mysteries – a slightly edgier series that take place in New Orleans. The main character, Carmela, owns Memory Mine scrapbooking shop in the French Quarter and is forever getting into trouble with her friend, Ava, who owns the Juju Voodoo shop. New Orleans' spooky above-ground cemeteries, jazz clubs, bayous, and Mardi Gras madness make their presence known here!

The Cackleberry Club Mysteries – set in Kindred, a fictional town in the Midwest. In a rehabbed Spur station, Suzanne, Toni, and Petra, three semi-desperate, forty-plus women have launched the Cackleberry Club. Eggs are the morning specialty here and this cozy cafe even offers a book nook and yarn shop. Business is good but murder could lead to the cafe's undoing! This series offers recipes, knitting, cake decorating, and a dash of spirituality.