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  • Published: 3 April 2024
  • ISBN: 9780593200988
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $75.00

Murder in the Tea Leaves



It’s Lights, Action, Murder as tea maven Theodosia Browning scrambles for clues in this latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series.

It’s Lights, Action, Murder as tea maven Theodosia Browning scrambles for clues in this latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series.

When Theodosia Browning reads the tea leaves on the set of the movie, Dark Fortunes, things go from spooky to worse. Lights are dimmed, the camera rolls, and red hot sparks fly as the film’s director is murdered in a tricky electrical accident.

Or was it an accident? Though the cast and crew are stunned beyond belief, nobody admits to seeing a thing. And when Theodosia’s friend, Delaine, becomes the prime suspect, Theodosia begins her own shadow investigation. But who among this Hollywood cast and crew had murder on their mind? The screenwriter is a self-centered pot head, the leading actress is trying to wiggle out of her contract, the brand new director seems indifferent, and nobody trusts the slippery-when-dry Hollywood agent.

Between hosting a Breakfast at Tiffany’s Tea, a Poetry Tea, and trying to launch her own chocolate line, Theodosia doggedly hunts down clues and explores the seemingly haunted Brittlebank Manor where the murder took place. And just when she’s ready to pounce, a Charleston Film Board member is also murdered, throwing everything into total disarray. But this clever killer will go to any lengths to hide his misdeeds as Theodosia soon finds out when she and her tea sommelier, Drayton, get caught up in a dangerous stakeout.


INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS!

  • Published: 3 April 2024
  • ISBN: 9780593200988
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $75.00

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Praise for Murder in the Tea Leaves


Praise for the New York Times bestselling Tea Shop Mysteries

"Murder suits [Laura Childs] to a Tea."—St. Paul (MN) Pioneer Press

"Tea lovers, mystery lovers, [this] is for you. Just the right blend of cozy fun and clever plotting."—New York Times bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert

"A delight for mystery mavens and foodies, with Charleston providing the suitably spooky background."—Kirkus Reviews