Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for Peach Tea Smash (A Tea Shop Mystery) by Laura Childs! Today we are featuring a review of the 28th book in this culinary cozy mystery series! Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews, and more! There is also a Rafflecopter Giveaway for 2 Hardcover Copies of Peach Tea Smash (A Tea Shop Mystery) by Laura Childs, US only. ENTER HERE! 

Peach Tea Smash (A Tea Shop Mystery)

Cozy Mystery
28th in Series
Setting – South Carolina
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (August 6, 2024)
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593201019
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593201015
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CLKSY4GV
Audiobook ASIN B0CVLG7ZGL

About the Book:

Murder at an Alice in Wonderland–themed event threatens to send Theodosia Browning through the looking glass in the latest entry in this New York Times bestselling series.

During the Mad Hatter Masquerade, a fundraiser hosted by the Friends of the Opera on the grounds of the old Pendleton Grist Mill, Harlan Sadler, husband of Cricket Sadler, the chairwoman, is killed. He’s been hit in the head with a croquet mallet, and his body hung on the chains and paddles of the grist mill. Nobody can figure out why since Harlan was much beloved by everyone. It’s only after Cricket and Delaine beg Theodosia to investigate that she realizes the killer might have mistaken Harlan for his crazy son, Duke. After all, Duke is a slum landlord and recently injured a woman in a boating accident.

INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS!

 My Review:

This is such a fun series with wonderful characters in a great setting. Theo continues to be a fearless sleuth, unafraid and unrelenting in her search for the truth. As with previous books in the series, the ending of this mystery was especially breathtaking and had me on the edge of my seat. Suspects abound in this installment and I did not figure it out until the very end! 

I do love the side-characters and I, along with many fans, adore Drayton – he is wonderful. Maybe we need a Drayton spin-off?!

I wish so much I could attend a tea party at Theo’s shop. The recipes included at the end are mouth-watering. Readers can easily pick this cozy mystery up as a standalone, but I encourage everyone to dive into the backlist for even more charming reading. 

About the Author:

Laura Childs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, Scrapbook Mysteries, and Cackleberry Club Mysteries. In her previous life she was CEO/Creative Director of her own marketing firm and authored several screenplays. She is married to a professor of Chinese art history, loves to travel, rides horses, enjoys fundraising for various non-profits, and has two Chinese Shar-Pei dogs.

Laura specializes in cozy mysteries that have the pace of a thriller (a thrillzy!) Her three series are:

The Tea Shop Mysteries – set in the historic district of Charleston and featuring Theodosia Browning, owner of the Indigo Tea Shop. Theodosia is a savvy entrepreneur, and pet mom to service dog Earl Grey. She’s also an intelligent, focused amateur sleuth who doesn’t rely on coincidences or inept police work to solve crimes. This charming series is highly atmospheric and rife with the history and mystery that is Charleston.

The Scrapbooking Mysteries – a slightly edgier series that takes place in New Orleans. The main character, Carmela, owns Memory Mine scrapbooking shop in the French Quarter and is forever getting into trouble with her friend, Ava, who owns the Juju Voodoo shop. New Orleans’ spooky above-ground cemeteries, jazz clubs, bayous, and Mardi Gras madness make their presence known here!

The Cackleberry Club Mysteries – set in Kindred, a fictional town in the Midwest. In a rehabbed Spur station, Suzanne, Toni, and Petra, three semi-desperate, forty-plus women have launched the Cackleberry Club. Eggs are the morning specialty here and this cozy cafe even offers a book nook and yarn shop. Business is good but murder could lead to the cafe’s undoing! This series offers recipes, knitting, cake decorating, and a dash of spirituality.

Author Links: Website –  Facebook

Purchase Links: – Amazon – B&N – Kobo – Bookshop.org – PenquinRandomHouse 

TOUR PARTICIPANTS:

• August 6 – The Plain-Spoken Pen – REVIEW
• August 6 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
• August 6 – story.book.lady – REVIEW
• August 7 – Mystery, Thrillers, and Suspense – SPOTLIGHT  
• August 7 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT
• August 8 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
• August 8 – Lady Hawkeye – SPOTLIGHT
• August 9 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW
• August 9 – The Mystery of Writing  – SPOTLIGHT
• August 10 – Reading Is My SuperPower – AUTHOR GUST POST
• August 10 – Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
• August 11 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
• August 12 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT
• August 12 – Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
• August 13 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW
• August 13 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
• August 14 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
• August 14 – Ruff Drafts – AUTHOR GUEST POST
• August 15 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
• August 15 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
• August 16 – Baroness Book Trove – REVIEW
• August 16 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
• August 17 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT
• August 17 – StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
• August 18 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books – REVIEW
• August 19 – Angel’s Book Nook – SPOTLIGHT

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