Dragonwell Dead (Tea Shop Series #8) by Laura Childs
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- Pub. Date: March 2007
- 304pp
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- Pub. Date: March 2007
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Format: Hardcover, 304pp
- Series: Tea Shop Series, #8
- ISBN-13: 9780425213865
- ISBN: 0425213862
Synopsis
It's springtime in Charleston and just about every species of South Carolina's flora is in full and glorious bloom at the Spring Plantation Ramble. Once a year, the upper crust open their sprawling gardens to the public, the site of flower shows, rare plant auctions, and a contagious spring fever. Although Theodosia Browning barely knows a Phalinopsis from a Bog Rose, she still enjoys the Ramble, especially since she can pour tea and promote her Indigo Tea Shop-and her latest concoction, Dragonwell Sweet Tea.
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In the enjoyable eighth installment of Childs's tea shop series (after 2006's Blood Orange Brewing), Mark Congdon, commodities broker and co-owner of a Charleston bed and breakfast, drops dead after sipping a glass of sweet tea at the Spring Plantation Ramble. This was no simple heart attack—Mark was poisoned. Eager to help out Mark's grieving widow, tea shop proprietress and gumshoe Theodosia Browning offers to collect his belongings from his office. There, she discovers that a surprising number of co-workers, including a spurned lover and a professional rival, had reason to want Mark dead. Yet again, Childs proves herself skilled at local color, serving up cunning portraits of Southern society and delectable descriptions of dishes like cheesy crab casserole (recipe included). (Mar.)
Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information. More Reviews and RecommendationsBiography
Laura Childs is a former owner/CEO/Creative Director of a marketing and advertising firm in Minneapolis.
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Cozy cup of teaby CheliD
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August 01, 2009: Theodosia and her faithful friends of the Indigo Tea shop - Drayton and Haley - are confronted at an orchid auction they are catering with the untimely death of their friend Mark Congdon. Drayton is particularly affected since Mark and he were both Orchid collectors. As in the past, Theodosia doesn't set out to investigate the murder, but gets sucked in by circumstances. This mystery was the most action packed of the series so far, and a delightful read.
Fine Tea Shop Mysteryby harstan
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December 30, 2006: In Charleston, South Carolina, the annual Spring Plantation Ramble gala begins as the city?s affluent open their gardens to the public. A festive atmosphere permeates the entire town as flower shows and rare plant auctions are everywhere. Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning loves the annual event that symbolizes spring to her and not just because business booms which it does during the festivity. She just loves the flowering of Charleston that the Ramble represents. This year she has the added pleasure of selling her new brew, Dragonwell Sweet Tea. --- Theodosia and her master tea blender Drayton provide the tea stand as a favor to the Broad Street Garden Club at the Carthage Place Plantation where a rare plant auction occurs. Commodities broker Mark Congdon has the high bid for a rare monkey-face orchid for $900. Mark is euphoric over his win, but almost immediate his body goes into a violent fit with foam coming out of his mouth. In spite of Theodosia?s CPR efforts he dies. Everyone assumes it is a fatal heart attack until Sheriff Billings? report states cause of death is unspecified toxin. Mark?s widow Angie asks Theodosia, who has solved some mysteries, to investigate her husband?s death she reluctantly agrees as her tea is considered the prime suspect by many. --- As always with a Tea Shop Mystery, readers will appreciate Theodosia?s investigation as this time she has the motive of clearing her tea?s reputation. The story line is fast-paced as the heroine makes inquiries including out of state that frighten a killer who believes the shop owner may be getting to close to reading the tea leaves. Fans of the series will enjoy this amateur sleuth?s latest exploits while savoring the Indigo Tea Shop?s recipes with some tips to improve your brewing techniques. --- Harriet Klausner
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