by Laura Childs
Part of Tea Shop Mystery, book 25
First published 2023
Theodosia Browning hosts an elegant Limon Tea in a lemon orchard to launch Charleston Fashion Week. Fairy lights illuminate the tables as guests sip tea surrounded by citrus trees. The celebration turns deadly when someone murders a fashion designer. The victim's daughter pleads with Theodosia to find the killer. Fashion shows and tea events continue despite the crime. Theodosia and her tea sommelier Drayton Conneley navigate feuding business partners and volatile clothing designers. They encounter angry film producers, drug transactions, and a chaotic Tea Trolley Tour. The investigation forces them into Charleston's fashion world where creative tensions run high. Theodosia must solve the case while maintaining her tea shop business. The murder threatens both Fashion Week and her carefully planned events. She faces pressure from multiple directions as suspects multiply and motives remain unclear.
Genres: mystery, cozy-mystery, fashion, amateur-sleuth
Vibes: cozy, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, found-family
Setting: Charleston, Lemon Orchard
Period: Charleston Fashion Week
336 pages · Hardcover · Berkley