Grabbing her cup and saucer, Theodosia stands up and walks into the kitchen. After exchanging goodbyes, Theodosia hangs up. Theodosia intuits that Delaine wishes for Drayton to speak to Hughes. Picking up the phone, Theodosia listens to Delaine talk about Hughes Barron, a real estate developer that had just recently made an offer on the Peregrine Building. Haley Parker- the shop's baker- pops in to announce that Delaine Dish is calling. In addition to these dilemmas is the fact that preparations for this year's Lamplighter Tour were still incomplete.Īt that moment, the phone rings.
There was also the question of setting up and maintaining a website for the shop, as well as a last minute call for Drayton Conneley- her resident tea expert- to host a tea tasting. She has just received bad news: three cases of tea from India had been left out in the rain on a New Jersey dock. In her office at the Indigo Tea Shop, Theodosia Browning enjoys a cup of Lung Ching tea. "This book is dedicated to Peg Baskerville,Īnd enjoy all the time heaven allows for reading." And Barron's unsavory partner might very well profit from a cleverly written buy-sell agreement!" Dedication Timothy Neville, the octogenarian major domo for the Heritage Society, opposed Hughes Barron's election to the board. Tanner Joseph, the fiery environmentalist, held a grudge against the developer for his misuse of land.
Aided by her friends and fellow tea shop entrepreneurs, Theo sets about to unravel the mystery of the deadly Darjeeling and encounters a number of likely suspects. Theodosia's reputation is suddenly on the line.
Never mind that it's Hughes Barron, a slightly scurrilous real estate developer. But when tea shop owner, Theodosia Browning, caters the annual Lamplighter Tour of historic homes, one of the patrons turns up dead. "Ordinarily, Charleston's Indigo Tea Shop is an oasis of calm.
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