Chamomile Mourning (Tea Shop Series #6)

Boring

As an avid reader,this book failed to keep me interested. Too many cliches,too many characters with strange names made the plot unreal & a bore. This was one the few books I didn't finish reading.

You don't have to love tea to love this mystery

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 one to see Roger alive when she took a cup of tea to him up in the balcony, she is questioned. The police also question Grace Venable who is opening a store near the tea shop. Haley, a co-worker of Theodosia¿s, is friendly with Grace and is upset when Grace becomes a suspect because she had been having an affair with Roger who was married. Theodosia and friends begin investigating as Roger¿s wife is putting lots of pressure on the police to look at Grace. Theodosia does not believe Grace did it, but she isn¿t positive. The investigation leads her into the swamps of South Carolina where she uncovers art forgery, fraud, and murder. Can she escape with her life to be able to alert the authorities. This was the first I have read in this delightful series. It won¿t be the last. Even though I¿m not a tea drinker, I really enjoyed this book. I found the information about tea enjoyable. The author didn¿t describe it in such depth that non-tea drinkers would be bored. I really like Theodosia and her friends. They are great characters and having it set in Charleston was great. I have visited there once. She really has the ambiance down. I highly recommend this book and look forward to reading more.

delightful amateur sleuth

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 Conneley, a shot rings out and a man falls off the balcony and lands on Theodosia¿s cake. The killer escapes and the gala obviously ended early. --- She was the last person to see auction house owner Roger Crispin alive when she brought him a cup of tea in the balcony. The police question her and Gracie Venable who is just about to open a millenary story near the Indigo Tea Shop. Haley another co-worker of Theodosia¿s is friendly with the woman and is upset that the police are looking at her as a suspect because she was having an affair with the much married Roger. His wife, a mover and Shaker in Charleston, is putting pressure on the police to look at Grace as the killer, leaving it to Theodosia and company to find the real killer just like they have five times before. --- The protagonist is one of the most realistic and likeable characters to grace the pages of a mystery novel. Her investigative techniques are all within the realm of possibility so readers feel that anyone could do what Theodosia is doing. This delightful amateur sleuth mystery is entertaining and keeps the audience interested from the time the victim falls into the heroine¿s cake. Laura Childs knows how to create the ambience that makes this series so special because one of the main characters is the city of Charleston.--- Harriet Klausner

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