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"Delightful amateur sleuth"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 2, 2005

In Charleston, South Carolina, Theodosia Browning's Indigo Tea Shop is a smashing success and is now very much one of the in places. Theodora's contribution to the first Poet's Tea is moved indoors to the Heritage Society when the weather turns nasty. During a presentation given by Drayton Read more...

"You don't have to love tea to love this mystery"
Reviewed by Dawn Dowdle
Posted July 11, 2005

Theodosia Browning's Indigo Tea Shop in Charleston, South Carolina, is a great success. The Poet's Tea is forced inside. Auction house owner Roger Crispin falls off the balcony and onto Theodosia's cake when a shot rang out during a presentation given by Drayton Conneley. Since Theodosia was the last Read more...

Summary

At Charleston's Spoleto festival, teashop owner Theodosia Browning is far from festive when the Poet's Tea is forced indoors by rain. But rain proves to be the least of her problems after a local auction house owner plummets from a balcony to his death—and it looks like someone helped him over the edge.

With a full kettle of suspects, Theodosia investigates and uncovers a criminal enterprise of art forgery, fraud—and murder—that leads her into the murky swamps of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Now, she's hot on the heels of a criminal who plans on showing her just how dangerous it is to stick her sensitive nose where it doesn't belong.