{"product_id":"lavender-blue-murder-9780451489678","title":"Lavender Blue Murder","description":"\u003cb\u003eTea Maven Theodosia Browning brews up trouble in the latest Tea Shop Mystery from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Laura Childs\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003enow in paperback\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTea maven Theodosia Browning and her tea sommelier Drayton Conneley are guests at a bird hunt styled in the precise manner of an English shooting party. Which means elevenses (sloe gin fizzes), gun loaders, the drawing of pegs, fine looking bird dogs, and shooting costumes of tweed, herringbone, and suede. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut as gunshots explode like a riff of Black Cat firecrackers, another shot sounds too close for comfort to Theodosia and Drayton. Intrigued but worried, Theodosia wanders into the neighbor's lavender field where she discovers their host, Reginald Doyle, bleeding to death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis wife, Meredith, is beside herself with grief and begs Theodosia and Drayton to stay the night. But Theodosia awakens at 2:00A.M. to find smoke in her room and the house on fire. As the fire department screams in and the investigating sheriff returns, Meredith again pleads with Theodosia for help. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Theodosia investigates, fingers are pointed, secrets are uncovered, Reginald's daughter-in-law goes missing presumed drowned, and Meredith is determined to find answers via a séance. All the while Theodosia worries if she's made a mistake in inviting a prime suspect to her upscale Lavender Lady Tea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eINCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Childs\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, Scrapbooking Mysteries, and Cackleberry Club Mysteries. In her previous life she was CEO of her own marketing firm, authored several screenplays, and produced a reality TV show.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Berkley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50553738002706,"sku":"9780451489678","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_301b867b-6cc8-4b37-a52d-8aa2ab7aa64e.jpg?v=1731702978","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lavender-blue-murder-9780451489678","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}