"Death by Darjeeling" is a charming little murder mystery set in Charleston, South Carolina. A despised property developer keels over dead after drinking a cup of tea from the Indigo Tea Shop at Charleston's annual Lamplighter Tour, an evening walking tour of quaint, historic Charleston held in late October. After a friend and occasional assistant at the tea shop becomes a suspect, Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning decides to do some investigating of her own.
This tea shop mystery pretty much stuck to the usual plot points, writing
style and atmosphere of most amateur sleuth novels. While I know this series
won't become my favorite of the genre (that honor goes to Donna Andrews' Meg
Langslow series) I'll definitely read more of these easy, inviting tea-themed
murder mysteries. The cast of characters is likeable, there's a dog involved,
and these days I'm all about tea. Maybe I'll save the rest of the series to
read once we've moved to Ohio this winter and I can curl up next to the
fireplace on a snowy day. Isn't that the ideal setting to read one of these
cozy mysteries?
Happy reading!
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