TY  - BOOK
AU  - Childs,Laura
TI  - Twisted tea Christmas
T2  - Tea shop mystery
SN  - 9780593200865
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Berkley Prime Crime
KW  - Tearooms
KW  - South Carolina
KW  - Charleston
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Browning, Theodosia (Fictitious character)
KW  - Wealth
KW  - Murder
KW  - Women detectives
KW  - Investigation
KW  - Caterers and catering
KW  - Rich people
KW  - Charleston (S.C.)
KW  - Detective and mystery stories
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Christmas stories
KW  - gsafd
N1  - "Includes recipes and tea time tips"--Front cover
N2  - "A haunted house with a real-life corpse land tea maven Theodosia Browning in hot water in this latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series. Tea maven Theodosia Browning and her tea sommelier, Drayton Conneley, are catering a Victorian Christmas party at a swanky mansion in downtown Charleston for Drucilla Heyward, one of the wealthiest women in town. As the champagne flows and the tea steeps, Drucilla is so pleased with the reception by her party goers that she reveals her secret plan to Theodosia. The Grande Dame has brought the cream of Charleston society together to reveal that she is planning to give her wealth away to various charitable organizations. However, before she can make the announcement, Theodosia finds her crumpled unconscious in the hallway. It looks like the excitement has gotten to the elderly woman--except that there is a syringe sticking out of her neck"--Provided by publisher
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