The Silver Needle Murder (A Tea Shop Mystery, #9): A Tea Shop Mystery

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. Enter Series Index : 09 of 16 Calc Series Group : Tea Shop Mystery Test Search : Silver Needle Murder / Laura Childs Test Compare Series to Entered: eq Formats : EPUB ES Cover Quality : ICBF Quick Search : Laura Childs Tea Shop Mystery ABook : E_Only Has Cover : Yes All Identifiers : amazon:042522676X, ff:c/laura-childs/silver-needle-murder, goodreads:1283394, google:TvCANwAACAAJ, isbn:9780425226766 Test Text Series Index: 9 Single Author : Laura Childs Have or Need : Have Raw Title : Silver Needle Murder Compare Author : eq Sorted Author by LN, FN: Childs, Laura ES Group : Serified_E Title Length : 20 Title Parm A : Silver Needle Murder Calc ESI Combined : 09 of 190 Record ID : 1148 Enter New Series (Calced): Serified_E.Tea Shop Mystery.Mystery.09 of 16..ICBF ES Name : Tea Shop Mystery EBook : Have Uncomma Author : Laura Childs Number of Words in Auth: 2 ES Genre : Mystery Calc New Series : Tea Shop Mystery.... Calc ESI Part 3 : 16 Calc ESI Part 2 : of Calc ESI Part 1 : 09 Num of Aut : 1

When the Charleston Film Festival opens with a bang—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.

Publishers Weekly

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. (Mar.)

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With the Charleston Film Festival in full swing, Theodosia Browning and the staff of the Indigo Tea Shop are busy catering the opening night gala, but the festivities are interrupted when famed director Jordan Cole is shot while on his way to the podium Theodosia Browning and the staff of the Indigo Tea Shop are busy catering the opening night gala of the Charleston Film Festival, but the festivities are interrupted when famed director Jordan Cole is shot while on his way to the podium