Laura Childs

"It's tea for two hundred or so at the annual historic homes garden party. And Theodosia, as event caterer, is busy serving steaming teas and blackberry scones while guests sing her praises. But the sweet smell of success turns to suspense when an esteemed guest is found dead--his hand clutching and empty teacup. All eyes are on Theo...who is now trying desperately to save her reputation and track down the real killer. If only she can make sense of...

"The Christmas season at the Cackleberry Club cafe is marred by murder in the latest book in the New York Times bestselling series. Some say that casting crusty attorney Allen Sharpe as Scrooge in the Kindred Players production of "A Christmas Carol" is just playing to type. He's not the most beloved man in town. In fact, you'd have a dickens of a time finding someone who liked him. Still it's a shock when the Ghost of Christmas Past stabs him during...

After a particularly successful evening of sales, Charleston's Theodosia Browning discovers the body of map store owner Daria. Locals have shown interest in buying her shop--but enough to kill? Plus there's been a customer hell-bent on acquiring a not-for-sale map. Most alarming of all theories, however, is Detective Tidwell's: the killer mistook Daria for Theodosia. And if that theory holds, the killer's work isn't done.

Tea shop owner and bridesmaid Theodosia Browning investigates when the groom is literally late on the couples' big day.

The author of Shades of Earl Grey and The English Breakfast Murder serves up a suspenseful new whodunit simmering with suspects, and spiced with danger ... With a sensitive nose for trouble, Theodosia starts stirring things up with her own investigation to find the do-badder behind this most uncharitable act. But before long, chasing down the culprit gets her in hot water up to her neck ... Includes a delicious recipe and tea-making tips. -- jacket....

Theodosia Browning and the staff of the Indigo Tea Shop are busy catering the opening night gala of the Charleston Film Festival, but the festivities are interrupted when famed director Jordan Cole is shot while on his way to the podium.

"The streets of Charleston, South Carolina, are alive with music, dancing, and the arts as the Spoleto festival gets underway. But Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning feels far from festive when the inaugural Poet's Tea is caught in a surprise downpour and forced into one of the Heritage Society's austere halls - where high society proceeds to mingle with high art. And when it rains, it pours ... as proven when a respected auction house owner...

"While Petra handles the breakfast rush at the Cackleberry Club, the café's other two owners, Suzanne and Toni, head to Memorial Cemetery to help prepare for its 150th- anniversary celebration. But as they search the winding paths for the historical society tent, they discover something else out of place: the body of ex-prison warden Lester Drummond lying facedown in someone else's freshly dug grave. In the small town of Kindred, everyone knows everyone,...

Scrapbooking-shop owner Carmela Bertrand is on her way home from a party when she discovers the body of a beautiful model behind a dumpster. In the days that follow she must sift through a number of strange clues, like the horrifying tooth marks found around the victim's neck.

"Design-wise Carmela Bertrand of Memory Mine scrapbook store is tapped to create spooky set decorations for Medusa Manor, a new haunted house attraction in New Orleans. But a flaming body hurled from the third-floor tower might just put a damper on the project" -- from author's web site.