The English Breakfast Murder (A Tea Shop Mystery) (Paperback)

~ (Author) "STARS TWINKLED IN the indigo sky as dusk settled over South Carolina's Halliehurst Beach like a blanket of spun silk..." (more)
Key Phrases: oyster pendants, tea baskets, tiny turtles, Harper Fisk, Lawrence March, Gordon Sargent (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Review

A delightful series. -- Mystery Reader

Just the right blend of cozy fun and clever plotting. -- Susan Wittig Albert

Murder suits Laura Childs to a Tea. -- St. Paul Pioneer Press

Product Description

It is a truly exhilarating experience for Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning-helping Charleston's Sea Turtle Protection League shepherd hundreds of tiny green loggerheads safely into the sea. But just as she's about to celebrate all her hard work, she spots a dead body bobbing in the waves. Now it's up to Theo to get to the bottom of the murder before the culprit's greed stirs him to kill again.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (August 5, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 042519129X
• ISBN-13: 978-0425191293
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #37,334 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

• This is item 4 in The Tea Shop Mystery Series.

Customer Reviews

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107 of 115 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Sip, January 16, 2004

By	Sissalou "sissalou" (SAINT CLAIR, MI USA) - See all my reviews

I've read four of Laura Childs' books in the Tea Shop series: Death by Darjeeling, Gunpowder Green, Shades of Earl Grey, and The English Breakfast Murder. I purchased the first one in her scrapbook series, but haven't read it yet. So far, Ms. Childs skills as an author are growing decidedly better with each book.

If you are new to the Tea Shop mysteries, Ms. Childs books are refreshing, entertaining mysteries in light of how horrific real-life has become over the past decade.

I prefer mysteries with more substance and greater character development, but I gladly read Ms. Childs' books because I can expect them to be clean, wholesome, and entertaining. To date, Ms. Childs' books are not gruesome or down-right wicked. Again, this is a welcome relief from the majority of mysteries being sold today.

The main character is a young woman who balances her business success and yet makes time for a real life besides. I am not a tea-drinker, but I love to read about the tea shop and wish it were a real place. I'd travel all the way to Charleston just to visit her shop if it were real.

I heartily recommend you try Laura Childs' books.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fourth Tea Shop Mystery, January 4, 2006

By	Karen Potts (Lake Jackson, Texas) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Theodosia Browning decides to help out with the turtle-hatching project on a Charleston beach. She spots something in the water and when she investigates she discovers to her horror that it's a dead body. The body is that of Harper Fisk, a local art dealer who had a hobby of looking for treasure in some of the many ships which had been sunk in Charleston harbor.
He was also friends with a group of men known as The English Breakfast Club. When Theodosia begins checking, she finds that many of the members of the group have motives for murdering Fisk. Reading this series is like visiting old friends such as Theo's employees, Drayton and Haley, and Delaine, the overly-dramatic owner of a neighboring shop. As usual, this book contains lots of background about Charleston and about the tea which Theo dispenses in her shop. It's a pleasing combination and makes for an enjoyable read.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I am beginning to love tea!, November 28, 2005

By	Tonya Speelman "Hoarder of books" (Goldendale WA) - See all my reviews

I love these books. They are wholesome, entertaining and I love all the tea and food talk. The recipes are to die for and I can't stop picking up copy after copy of these books.

Once again our heroine gets caught up in a murder, and tries to solve it. Who is it and did they want something that Mr Fisk was on to, or what was their motive? All kinds of other things happen to throw you off, but could you guess it without reading the ending? I couldn't!

Way to go Ms Childs and please don't quit!