In the latest Tea Shop Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs, Theodosia Browning attends a "Rat Tea," where the mice will play...at murder. When Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is invited by Doreen Briggs, one of Charleston's most prominent hostesses, to a "Rat Tea," she is understandably intrigued. As servers dressed in rodent costumes and wearing white gloves offer elegant finger sandwiches and fine teas, Theo learns these parties date back to early twentieth-century Charleston, ...
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In the latest Tea Shop Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs, Theodosia Browning attends a "Rat Tea," where the mice will play...at murder. When Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is invited by Doreen Briggs, one of Charleston's most prominent hostesses, to a "Rat Tea," she is understandably intrigued. As servers dressed in rodent costumes and wearing white gloves offer elegant finger sandwiches and fine teas, Theo learns these parties date back to early twentieth-century Charleston, where the cream of society would sponsor so-called rat teas to promote city rodent control and better public health. But this party goes from odd to chaotic when a fire starts at one of the tables and Doreen's entrepreneur husband suddenly goes into convulsions and drops dead. Has his favorite orange pekoe tea been poisoned? Theo smells a rat. The distraught Doreen soon engages Theo to pursue a discreet inquiry into who might have murdered her husband. As Theo and her tea sommelier review the guest list for suspects, they soon find themselves drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse... INCLUDES RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS
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Berkley Books
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2017
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English
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New York, Berkley Prime Crime, 2017, hardcover, 303 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, New, Signed and inscribed by the Author to the original owner (named) on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in new, unclipped dustjacket bearing original price. The bestselling author of The Scrapbooking Mysteries and, The Cackleberry Club Mysteries, returns with a new story in her popular Tea Shop Mystery Series as Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning attends an historic Charleston 'rat tea' where the hostess' husband turns up dead. Appended are a selection of Indigo Tea Shop recipes, some Tea Time tips, and a section of Tea Resources. ISBN 9780425281680
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