01934cam a2200313 4500 513960307 TxAuBib 20211115120000.0 210318s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021012426 9780593200865 HRD 26.00 0593200861 HRD 26.00 TxAuBib Childs, Laura, (pen name of Gerry Schmitt.) Twisted tea Christmas [BOOK] / Laura Childs. New York : Berkley Prime Crime, [2021] 328 pages ; 21 cm. Tea shop mystery ; 23 "Includes recipes and tea time tips"--Jacket. "A haunted house with a real-life corpse and 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 partygoers 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. 20211115. Christmas stories. Tearooms Fiction. Recipes. Charleston (S.C.) Fiction. Mystery fiction. Cozy mysteries. Tea shop mystery ; 23.