Murder in a Cup

By Lauren Elliott and Lauren Elliott

Book Overview

As the descendant of an Irish witch and the owner of a New Age tea shop, intuitive gemologist Shay Myers has been living her most authentic life since moving home to California's scenic Monterey Peninsula. But in the latest Crystals & CuriousiTEAS Mystery from USA Today bestselling author Lauren Elliott, not even her heightened senses can predict how to run a business--or catch a killer...

Self-taught "seer" Shay has much to learn as autumn hits the quaint coastal town of Bray Harbor. Since attempting the art of blending herbs at her popular shop, Crystals & CuriosiTeas, she's set on growing ingredients in the mysterious greenhouse on the second floor--if only she can separate the medicinal plants from the deadly ones. Her new skills are put to the test when she meets pub owner and ex-detective Liam Madigan's Gran. A psychic from Ireland known for interpreting tea leaves and people, Gran encourages Shay to build upon her natural talents and hold her own group reading . . .

Despite Shay's reservations about putting herself in the spotlight, the evening goes off without a hitch. At least, until she does a reading and a customer goes from chatty to dead in a flash, poisoned after sipping a toxic substance recently grown in the greenhouse. Worse, Shay's assistant is suspected of intentionally serving the lethal brew and committing cold-blooded murder. Now, aided only by Liam and her dog Spirit, Shay must exonerate her employee and save the future of Crystals & CuriosiTeas. But when clues start lining up like leaves in a teacup, she'll need to understand the signs right in front of her to catch the manipulative murderer before it's too late . . .

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496739078
• ISBN13: 9781496739070
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Kensington Cozies
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful cozy mystery

I received this book as an ARC with no expectation of a positive review. Ms. Elliott's second book in A Crystals and CuriosiTEAS Mystery series had me on the edge of my seat. This is a must read for all cozy mystery fans. Shay, Jen, Dean,Tassi and Liam set to discover the murderer of a death that occurred too close to home.