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High Tea and Misdemeanors

High Tea and Misdemeanors, March 2025
Tea Shop Mystery #29
by Laura Childs

Berkley
Featuring: Theodosia Browning; Drayton Conneley
320 pages
ISBN: 0593815440
EAN: 9780593815441
Kindle: B0D66RG6JG
Hardcover / e-Book
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"Another Top-Notch, Tea-Filled Mystery in this Long-Running Fan Favorite Series"

Fresh Fiction Review

High Tea and Misdemeanors
Laura Childs

Reviewed by Sandra Martin
Posted March 4, 2025

Mystery Cozy

HIGH TEA AND MISDEMEANORS by Laura Childs is the twenty-ninth book in the Charleston-based Tea Shop Mystery series. Prepare for a wonderfully tea-filled adventure packed with Charleston low-country charm, Halloween festivities, elegant tea parties, a shocking murder, and a top-notch mystery.

What could be more perfect than a wedding at the picturesque Foxtail Flower Farm, catered by the Indigo Tea Shop? As the celebration begins, a bridesmaid and the groom enter a greenhouse, only for it to collapse in a violent shower of glass and metal. The groom, Jamie Wilkes, survives with minor injuries, but the bridesmaid, Celeste, is tragically killed. When Theodosia tries to pull Celeste from the wreckage, she realizes the situation is far from accidental. Was Celeste—or Jamie—the intended victim? When Theodosia’s friends, Delaine and her niece Bettina, ask for her help in solving the mystery, she dives headfirst into the investigation. With her tea sommelier, Drayton, by her side, Theodosia embarks on a wild journey, from breaking into apartments and investigating haunted sawmills to tracking down a drug dealer and traveling to an abandoned location where a crafty killer awaits their next move.

HIGH TEA AND MISDEMEANORS delivers everything fans of this long-running, New York Times bestselling series crave: the elegance of tea events, the atmosphere of Charleston, a bit of entrepreneurial spirit, and plenty of headfirst sleuthing with a side of mischief. Theodosia, Drayton, and Haley work tirelessly to keep the teashop running smoothly, interrogate suspects, and ensure the guests are happy. The fast-paced action, short chapters, and clever misdirections lead readers through Charleston’s Halloween happenings, including a Victorian Halloween Tea, the Cemetery Crawl, and the Vampyre Ballet. With plenty of colorful suspects, suspense, and unexpected twists, HIGH TEA AND MISDEMEANORS is a thrilling ride that’s steeped in danger, intrigue, and of course, tea. It also includes Tea Time Tips, Recipes, and Resources for readers to enjoy.

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SUMMARY

When a wedding is tragically averted by the death of the bridesmaid, Theodosia is determined to prove that it was murder in the latest entry in this New York Times bestselling series.

Theodosia Browning and her tea sommelier, Drayton Conneley, are tapped to cater the elegant wedding of Bettina and Jamie. Theodosia and Drayton are setting up when they hear a crash from the greenhouse. Shockingly, they discover that part of the roof has collapsed trapping a bridesmaid and the groom. He will pull through but the bridesmaid is no more. Theodosia is convinced it was murder.

INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS!


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