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Tea Shop Mysteries #09: The Silver Needle Murder

by Laura Childs

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The national bestselling author of Dragonwell Dead returns with a mystery proving that the price of fame can be murderously steep.

The Charleston Film Festival has brought Theodosia Browning and the staff of the Indigo Tea Shop a busy week of catering jobs. First up is the opening night gala at the historic Belvedere Theatre. Tinseltown and local luminaries seem to be mingling happily in the glamorously renovated lobby, but Theo notices that the atmosphere backstage is tense. Then famous director Jordan Cole is shot on his way to the podium, and the entire audience witnesses his death silhouetted across the scrim. Never has a festival started off with this big a bang.

Review:

"In Childs's diverting ninth Tea Shop cozy (after 2007's Dragonwell Dead), Theodosia Browning, proprietor of Charleston's Indigo Tea Shop, is in the audience of the recently restored Belvedere Theater when someone shoots celebrated movie director Jordan Cole on stage during Charleston's first film festival. Theodosia glimpses the murderer escaping in the theater's old dumbwaiter, but doesn't see enough to identity the culprit. Cole, a handsome rake, had more than his share of enemies, including his recently ditched girlfriend, Isabelle, granddaughter of curmudgeonly Timothy Neville, the festival's organizer, who asks Theodosia to fill in for a judge who quits. Despite being burdened with catering duties as well, Theodosia feels compelled to investigate the crime, much to CPD Det. Burt Tidwell's consternation. The savory recipes at the end will leave readers hungry for more." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

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When the Charleston Film Festival opens with the real-life murder of a famous director, Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is pulled into an investigation as perilous as any big-screen thriller.

About the Author

Laura Childs is also the author of the Scrapbook mystery series. In her past life she was a Clio Award-winning advertising writer and CEO of her own marketing firm.

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ISBN:
9780425219461
Author:
Childs, Laura
Publisher:
Berkley Prime Crime
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - General
Subject:
Motion picture producers and directors
Subject:
Women detectives
Subject:
Mystery fiction
Subject:
Charleston (S.C.)
Edition Description:
Hardcover
Series:
Tea Shop Mysteries
Series Volume:
09
Publication Date:
March 2008
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
274
Dimensions:
8.32x5.48x1.03 in. .79 lbs.

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