Chamomile Mourning (A Tea Shop Mystery)
by Laura Childs
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Author: Laura ChildsEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-03-07
ISBN: 0425206181
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Berkley
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- ISBN13: 9780425206188
- Condition: New
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Book Review: Rigor Mortis
Summary: 3 Stars
"Chamomile Mourning" is the sixth installment in Laura Child's Tea Shop Mystery series. While Childs has certainly created a unique blend of mystery and recipe in her series, no improvements have been made in the way she approaches her subject matter. While some have praised this as the strongest installment in the series, it is littered with amateur mistakes that slow down the plot and aggravate the reader.
As usual, Theodosia Browning, owner of the Indigo Tea Shop, finds herself sniffing out clues in another murder mystery. When the body of Roger Crispin falls onto her tea table during the annual Spoletto arts festival, Theodosia instantly sets out to find his killer and clear a newfound friend from a charge of murder. Intermingled with Theodosia's snopping efforts are the usual scenes at the tea shop, which make one want to eat more than read, and relationship problems with her long-time beau. And also as usual, Theodosia manages to solve the crime ahead of the police, putting herself in danger as she always does. Yet the denouement is rather rushed and incredible, offering a too quick wrap-up to the wayward clues that came before.
The Tea Shop Mystery series offers readers a nice escape, offering tea lovers a chance to learn more about tea, and mystery-lovers a chance to solve quaint and rather simple yarns. But what is maddening about the series is that Childs' is not a good writer, and has not improved the stiffness of her descriptions. Her stories are littered with mistakes such as spelling errors, but "Chamomile Mourning" abounds in sentence fragments that are just grammatical errors, not stylistic choices in writing. I cannot believe an editor allowed it to be published in this manner. While I may read another Tea Shop Mystery, I definitely will not be expecting much from the novel.
Summary of Chamomile Mourning (A Tea Shop Mystery)
At Charleston's Spoleto Festival, Theodosia Browning's Poet's Tea is forced indoors by rain--which is the least of her problems after a local auction house owner plummets from the balcony to his death. With a full kettle of suspects, Theodosia finds herself chasing a criminal who plans on showing her just how dangerous it is to stick her sensitive nose where it doesn't belong.Literature & Fiction Books
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