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LEMON CURD KILLER

Lemon Curd Killer, March 2023
A Tea Shop Mystery #25
by Laura Childs

Berkley
336 pages
ISBN: 0593200926
EAN: 9780593200926
Kindle: B0B3HQFB3N
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LEMON CURD KILLER
Laura Childs

Reviewed by Annie Tegelan
Posted May 8, 2023

Mystery Amateur Sleuth

Laura Childs doesn’t play around with LEMON CURD KILLER, the 25th book in the Tea Shop Mystery series. This time, Theodosia is hosting a Limon Tea party. However, when the fashion designer ends up dead, things get serious as her daughter asks Theodosia to find the killer.

I’ve always enjoyed the way Childs writes her stories because she doesn’t wait to get to the good stuff. Within the first few pages of the book, she dives right into the mystery and the first murder, which then sets the pace for the rest of the book. Expect lots of interesting hints and a fast pace with this book. I think many readers will enjoy this one due to the lemon orchard theme and the fashion fusion it has. It definitely kept me reading all through the night.

Normally, the main heroine sticks out to me often in these Cozy Mystery novels. But Theodosia’s tea sommelier, Drayton, is always fun to read about as well. I think that’s why I find myself coming back to this series again and again. There are a lot of fun and interesting characters in the main cast and the secondary cast, so there’s a lot to love.

LEMON CURD KILLER by Laura Childs is definitely a hit! You definitely don’t want to miss out on this one!

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SUMMARY

High tea and high fashion turn deadly in this latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series.Tea shop entrepreneur Theodosia Browning has been tapped to host a fancy Limón Tea in a genuine lemon orchard as a rousing kickoff to Charleston Fashion Week. But as fairy lights twinkle and the scent of lemon wafts among the tea tables, the deadly murder of a fashion designer puts the squeeze on things. As the lemon curd begins to sour, the murdered woman’s daughter begs Theodosia to help find the killer. Tea events and fashion shows must go on, however, which puts Theodosia and her tea sommelier, Drayton Conneley, right in the thick of squabbling business partners, crazed clothing designers, irate film producers, drug deals, and a disastrous Tea Trolley Tour. INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS!

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BOOK SERIES

Tea Shop Mysteries

Death by Darjeeling
DEATH BY DARJEELING
#1.0 โ€ข May 2001
Gunpowder Green
GUNPOWDER GREEN
#2.0 โ€ข March 2002
Shades of Earl Grey
SHADES OF EARL GREY
#3.0 โ€ข January 2003
The English Breakfast Murder
THE ENGLISH BREAKFAST MURDER
#4.0 โ€ข August 2003
Jasmine Moon Murder
JASMINE MOON MURDER
#5.0 โ€ข July 2005
Chamomile Mourning
CHAMOMILE MOURNING
#6.0 โ€ข February 2006
Blood Orange Brewing
BLOOD ORANGE BREWING
#7.0 โ€ข March 2007
Dragonwell Dead
DRAGONWELL DEAD
#8.0 โ€ข March 2007
The Silver Needle Murder
THE SILVER NEEDLE MURDER
#9.0 โ€ข March 2008
Oolong Dead
OOLONG DEAD
#10.0 โ€ข March 2009
The Teaberry Strangler
THE TEABERRY STRANGLER
#11.0 โ€ข March 2010
Scones & Bones
SCONES & BONES
#12.0 โ€ข March 2011
Agony Of The Leaves
AGONY OF THE LEAVES
#13.0 โ€ข March 2012
Sweet Tea Revenge
SWEET TEA REVENGE
#14.0 โ€ข March 2013
Steeped in Evil
STEEPED IN EVIL
#15.0 โ€ข March 2014
Ming Tea Murder
MING TEA MURDER
#16.0 โ€ข May 2015
Devonshire Scream
DEVONSHIRE SCREAM
#17.0 โ€ข March 2016
Pekoe Most Poison
PEKOE MOST POISON
#18.0 โ€ข March 2017
Plum Tea Crazy
PLUM TEA CRAZY
#19.0 โ€ข March 2018
Broken Bone China
BROKEN BONE CHINA
#20.0 โ€ข March 2019
Lavender Blue Murder
LAVENDER BLUE MURDER
#21.0 โ€ข March 2020
Haunted Hibiscus
HAUNTED HIBISCUS
#22.0 โ€ข March 2021
Twisted Tea Christmas
TWISTED TEA CHRISTMAS
#23.0 โ€ข October 2021
A Dark and Stormy Tea
A DARK AND STORMY TEA
#24.0 โ€ข August 2022
Lemon Curd Killer
LEMON CURD KILLER
#25.0 โ€ข March 2023
Honey Drop Dead
HONEY DROP DEAD
#26.0 โ€ข August 2023
Murder in the Tea Leaves
MURDER IN THE TEA LEAVES
#27.0 โ€ข March 2024
Peach Tea Smash
PEACH TEA SMASH
#28.0 โ€ข August 2024
High Tea and Misdemeanors
HIGH TEA AND MISDEMEANORS
#29.0 โ€ข March 2025
Death at a Firefly Tea
DEATH AT A FIREFLY TEA
#30.0 โ€ข March 2026

 

 

 

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