Childs, Laura
Summary: "It is the week before Halloween and Theodosia Browning, proprietor of the Indigo Tea Shop, and her tea sommelier, Drayton, are ghosting through the dusk of a cool Charleston evening on their way to the old Bouchard Mansion. Known as the Gray Ghost, this dilapidated place was recently bequeathed to the Heritage Society, and tonight heralds the grand opening of their literary and historical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2021
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Summary: "A haunted house with a real-life corpse land tea maven Theodosia Browning in hot water in this latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series. Tea maven Theodosia Browning and her tea sommelier, Drayton Conneley, are catering a Victorian Christmas party at a swanky mansion in downtown Charleston for Drucilla Heyward, one of the wealthiest women in town. As the champagne flows and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "Tea maven Theodosia Browning and her tea sommelier, Drayton Conneley, are catering a Victorian Christmas party at a swanky mansion in downtown Charleston. Drucilla Heyward, the hostess, is one of the wealthiest women in town. As the champagne flows and the tea steeps, Drucilla is so pleased with the reception by her partygoers that she reveals her secret plan to Theodosia. The Grande Dame has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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Summary: It is Sunday afternoon, and Theodosia and Drayton are catering a formal tea at a hot-air balloon rally. The view aloft is not only stunning, they are also surrounded by a dozen other colorful hot-air balloons. But as the sky turns gray and the clouds start to boil up, a strange object zooms out of nowhere. It is a drone, and it appears to be buzzing around the balloons, checking them out. As...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2019
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Summary: "Tea shop owner Theodosia Browning's life heats up when a gala at a local jewelry store serves up heists and homicide alongside her herbal teas ... Catering a high-class trunk show at Heart's Desire Jewelry is a shining achievement for Theodosia and the Indigo Tea Shop. After all, a slew of jewelers, museums, and private collectors will be there to showcase their wares and sip some of Theo's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2016
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Summary: Normally Theodosia wouldn't attend a black tie affair for all the tea in China. But she can hardly say no to her hunky, handsome boyfriend, Max, who directs public relations for the Gibbes Museum in Charleston. Max has organized an amazing gala opening for an exhibit of a genuine eighteenth century Chinese teahouse, and the creme de la creme of Charleston society is invited. In the exotic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2015
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Summary: "As the proprietor and head pastry chef of Tea by the Sea, a tearoom on the picturesque bluffs of Cape Cod, Lily Roberts has her hands are full. But nothing keeps her busier than steering her sassy grandmother, Rose, away from trouble. Rose operates the B & B adjacent to Lily's tea shop ... for now. Real estate developer Jack Ford is pushing hard to rezone nearby land, with an eye toward...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023
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Summary: "Caring for her recently widowed grandmother, Bailey King plans to honor her grandfather's memory by entering the annual Amish Confectionery Competition in Harvest, Ohio. When a candy maker from a neighboring town who wanted Englischer Bailey disqualified for being an outsider dies from an allergy to an essential licorice ingredient, Bailey becomes a suspect"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC FLOArcher, Winnie.
Summary: "Beloved Mexican bakery Yeast of Eden has scored the catering deal at the annual Santa Sofia, California, art car parade and ball. But when a contestant turns up dead, making bread will be the yeast of their problems . . . Apprentice baker Ivy Culpepper sees art cars everywhere she turns. Besides helping prepare the bread and pastry for Santa Sofia's annual spring event, she's the official...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018
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Summary: "The Black Sheep Knitters are on the case when a club member's ex-boyfriend is accused of murder at the Plum Harbor Farmers and Crafts Market in the fourth installment of New York Times bestselling author Anne Canadeo's knitting-themed Black Sheep & Co. Mystery series. Romantic entanglements and handcrafted murder tie the Black Sheep knitters in knots when the local farmers' market becomes a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
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Summary: "Beth McKenzie, owner of the Dixie Dew Bed and Breakfast, is enjoying an exciting affair with her new love, Scott. Meanwhile, the town of Littleboro, North Carolina is abuzz with gossip about Crazy Reba's upcoming nuptials. Most brides go crazy at some point, but Littleboro's resident homeless lady has had a head start: she's beloved, indulged, and most of all, eccentric. But at almost 60 or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2016
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Summary: "Marine biologist and former government agent Doc Ford is sure he's beyond the point of being surprised by his longtime pal Tomlinson's madcap tales of his misspent youth. But he's stunned anew when avowed bachelor Tomlinson reveals that as a younger man strapped for cash, he'd unwittingly fathered multiple children via for-profit sperm bank donations. Thanks to genealogy websites, Tomlinson's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2020
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Summary: "Marine biologist and former government agent Doc Ford is sure he's beyond the point of being surprised by his longtime pal Tomlinson's madcap tales of his misspent youth. But he's stunned anew when avowed bachelor Tomlinson reveals that as a younger man strapped for cash, he'd unwittingly fathered multiple children via for-profit sperm bank donations. Thanks to genealogy websites, Tomlinson's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC WHIAtherton, Nancy
Summary: "On a dull and dreary October day, Lori Shepherd and her husband Bill set off for the historic town of Rye, on the southeast coast of England, for a quiet weekend together without the kids. Bill must first pay a visit to a reclusive client--but after Lori drops him off, a powerful storm drives her off course and leaves her stranded in an ancient, rambling inn called The King's Ransom. When Lori...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018
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Summary: "Murder, sunken treasure, and pirates both ancient and modern send Doc Ford on a nightmare quest in the thrilling new novel in the New York Times-bestselling series. Marine biologist Doc Ford has been known to help his friends out of jams occasionally, but he's never faced a situation like this. His old pal Carl Fitzpatrick has been chasing sunken wrecks most of his life, but now he's run afoul...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2018
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Summary: "Doc Ford has long lived a double life. This time, it may finally have caught up to him. The electrifying new thriller from the New York Times-bestselling author. "I'll make an example of someone close to you." On a moonless night on Sanibel Island, Florida, marine biologist Marion "Doc" Ford carefully watches a video of a hooded man executing three hostages. The man is an American working with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: MYSTERY WHIThompson, Victoria (Victoria E.)
Summary: "When a murder hits close to home, Frank finds himself in an unusual position--the prime suspect in the latest installment of the national bestselling Gaslight Mystery series ... Frank and Sarah Malloy are enjoying married life and looking to make their family official by adopting Catherine, the child Sarah rescued and has been raising as her daughter. The newlyweds soon discover, Parnell...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2018
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Summary: "Sasha and her sister Maddie are thrilled that the Silver Bear Shop and Factory has won the Teddy Bear Keepsake Contest, which means they get to produce a holiday specialty toy, a wizard bear named "Beary Potter." Promising to be just as magical is Silver Hollow's annual tree-lighting ceremony and village parade. Only one hitch- the parade's mascot, Santa Bear-played by Mayor Cal Bloom-is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale Cengage Learning 2019
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Summary: "In the latest in this New York Times bestselling series, matrimony and murder collide as San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright walks down the aisle... Brooklyn has it all covered. She's triple-checked her wedding to-do list, and everything is on track for the upcoming ceremony with the love of her life, security expert Derek Stone. Not everyone has been as lucky in love as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2018
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Summary: "The picturesque town of Alpine in the foothills of Washington state's Cascade Mountains--home to Emma Lord and her weekly newspaper The Alpine Advocate--has long charmed and enthralled mystery lovers. Now, with The Alpine Zen, Mary Daheim has at last reached the anticipated letter of Z. Her legion of avid armchair sleuths will relish this deliciously gripping novel. As an early summer heat...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2015
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Summary: "After being accused of reckless endangerment and forced to answer to the U.S. Congress, master sniper Bob Lee Swagger must protect political hostages in a once-in-a-lifetime standoff"-- Summoned to court by the United States Congress, Swagger is accused of reckless endangerment by a hardheaded anti-gun congresswoman. What begins as political posturing soon turns deadly when the auditorium...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Emily Bestler Books/Atria 2022
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Summary: The chili in Texas is red-hot ... and so is murder! Phyllis, Sam, Carolyn, and Eve head for West Texas to compete in a Fourth of July chili cookoff. Thousands of people have descended on a sleepy little ghost town, turning it into a boomtown for chili mavens, gamblers, musicians, and media. Raucous excitement fills the air, but so does chili when a sabotaged propane cooker explodes, killing the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing 2018
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Summary: When all are gathered at Marguerite Dumaney Ladson's gala combination Xmas/birthday bash, she announces that she's leaving her fortune to Dr. Emory Swanson and his Evermore Foundation. The subsequent murder is attributed to Annie Darling's errant father who's just shown up after a twenty-five year absence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 2000
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Summary: Lawyer Andy Carpenter and his wife, Laurie, enjoy walking their dogs, Tara and Sebastian. By this point in their marriage, it's routine. When out for one of their strolls, their simple ritual isn't so simple anymore. Across the street, a man is mistreating his dog. Three things happen at once: Andy yells, Laurie runs to stop the abuse, and so does a closer passerby, who so thoroughly beats the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021