Indigo Tea Shop

Sometime in late 2002 or early 2003, I found a "cozy" that I liked,

Death by Darjeeling

It had me at the title -- it was about tea!

A tea and a tea shop!

A murder mystery!

The author was Laura Childs

And I was entranced by Theodosia Browning, her tea shop, The Indigo Tea Shop,

and her cohorts, Drayton and Haley

And a dog -- Earl Grey

And a boyfriend, of course!

It was a paperback and as were the next two, Gunpowder Green and Shades of Earl Grey

I found out that she had just come out with a fourth book,

The English Breakfast Murder

But it was only in hardback, but I bought it too

I loved the setting -- Charleston

I loved the characters

But unlike an established author, I have to wait a whole year for the next book

Every March I eagerly awaited the next installment of the Indigo Tea Shop mysteries

And they did not disappoint

Laura has now written 18 tea shop mysteries.

And if you haven't read them, it would be fun to read them straight through

And you wouldn't have to wait a year between books!

Her release date has always been in March

It's March

It's release date

TODAY!

I preordered and in my mail box . . . 

Pekoe Most Poison

Tea time today was in the breakfast room,

with daffodils on the table 

A pot of Earl Grey tea and some Easter Biscuits for a nosh

I'm sure the book (like all the others) will be devoured in a day or two.

I so enjoy keeping up with the antics of Theodosia and Company

And another good thing about the books?

They come with recipes --

Like Low Country Black Bean Soup and Sweet Potato Muffins

or 

Cinnamon Raisin Biscuits

The newest book has a recipe for Chicken Tetrazzini that I'm dying to try.

Perhaps for the next Lunch Bunch Lunch!

Between my love of the books and the recipes in the back, they have their own shelf in my special bookcase.

I highly recommend Laura Child's Tea Shop Mysteries

if you haven't read them, you should!