Monday, August 14, 2023

Virtual Book Tour & Giveaway: Honey Drop Dead (A Tea Shop Mystery, #25) by Laura Childs

 

Honey Drop Dead
A Tea Shop Mystery
by
Laura Childs

Cozy Mystery
25th in Series
Setting – South Carolina
Publisher: Berkley
Publication Date: August 8, 2023
Hardcover page count: 320 pages
ISBN-10: 0593200950 / ISBN-13: 978-0593200957
Digital ASIN: B0BLTT3TCN

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SYNOPSIS:

The murder of a political bigwig at a Honey Bee Tea sends Theodosia Browning buzzing for answers in this latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series. 

Theodosia’s Honey Bee Tea was an elegant affair set in Charleston’s new Petigru Park amid newly planted native grasses and a community beekeeping project. But when a phony beekeeper shows up and sprays toxic smoke at the guests, the party erupts in chaos. Worse yet, a shot rings out and Osgood Claxton III, candidate for state legislature, falls to the ground—dead. Holly Burns, the gallery owner who asked Theodosia to cater the tea, is understandably heartbroken. A man is dead, her guests are angry and injured, and the paintings that were on display are left in tatters. When the police don’t seem to have a clue, when old-line politicos don’t want questions asked, Holly begs Theodosia to run a shadow investigation and help restore her gallery’s good name. Between hosting a Wind in the Willows Tea and a Glam Girl Tea, Theodosia questions everyone that had a bone to pick with Claxton. This includes Booker, an angry outsider artist; Lamar Lucket, Claxton’s political opponent; and Mignon Merriweather, the dead man’s soon-to-be ex-wife. But the investigation becomes a political hot potato following a second murder, the revelation of a messy affair, a chase through a swamp, and a vandalized shop. 

INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS!

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Laura Childs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, Scrapbook Mysteries, and Cackleberry Club Mysteries. In her previous life she was CEO/Creative Director of her own marketing firm and authored several screenplays. She is married to a professor of Chinese art history, loves to travel, rides horses, enjoys fundraising for various non-profits, and has two Chinese Shar-Pei dogs.

Laura specializes in cozy mysteries that have the pace of a thriller (a thrillzy!) Her three series are:

The Tea Shop Mysteries – set in the historic district of Charleston and featuring Theodosia Browning, owner of the Indigo Tea Shop. Theodosia is a savvy entrepreneur, and pet mom to service dog Earl Grey. She’s also an intelligent, focused amateur sleuth who doesn’t rely on coincidences or inept police work to solve crimes. This charming series is highly atmospheric and rife with the history and mystery that is Charleston.

The Scrapbooking Mysteries – a slightly edgier series that take place in New Orleans. The main character, Carmela, owns Memory Mine scrapbooking shop in the French Quarter and is forever getting into trouble with her friend, Ava, who owns the Juju Voodoo shop. New Orleans’ spooky above-ground cemeteries, jazz clubs, bayous, and Mardi Gras madness make their presence known here!

The Cackleberry Club Mysteries – set in Kindred, a fictional town in the Midwest. In a rehabbed Spur station, Suzanne, Toni, and Petra, three semi-desperate, forty-plus women have launched the Cackleberry Club. Eggs are the morning specialty here and this cozy cafe even offers a book nook and yarn shop. Business is good but murder could lead to the cafe’s undoing! This series offers recipes, knitting, cake decorating, and a dash of spirituality.

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TOUR PARTICIPANTS:

August 8 – Baroness Book Trove – REVIEW
August 8 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW
August 9 – Christy's Cozy Corners – REVIEW
August 10 – The Mystery of Writing – SPOTLIGHT
August 10 – The Plain-Spoken Pen – REVIEW
August 11 – Hearts & Scribbles – SPOTLIGHT
August 11 – The Book Diva's Reads – AUTHOR GUEST POST
August 12 – Maureen's Musings – SPOTLIGHT
August 12 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
August 13 – #BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee – SPOTLIGHT
August 13 – Cassidy's Bookshelves – SPOTLIGHT
August 14 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT
August 14 – Guatemala Paula Loves to Read – SPOTLIGHT
August 15 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR GUEST POST
August 15 – Diane Reviews Books – REVIEW
August 16 – Angel's Guilty Pleasures – SPOTLIGHT
August 16 – Novels Alive – REVIEW
August 16 – Ruff Drafts – SPOTLIGHT
August 17 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
August 17 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT
August 18 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW
August 18 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT
August 19 – Sapphyria's Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
August 20 – The Mystery Section – SPOTLIGHT
August 21 – My Reading Journeys – SPOTLIGHT

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