The Jasmine Moon Murder

by Laura Childs

Book Overview

Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is catering a Charleston benefit, a "Ghost Crawl" through Jasmine Cemetery, when the organizer drops dead--and it looks like foul play. Theodosia stirs things up with her own investigation, and gets into hot water up to her neck.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 042519986X
• ISBN13: 9780425199862
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Well written - easy read - good ending

Larua Childs is becoming one of my favorite authors. Jasmine Moon Murder was well written with tidbits about tea and tea shops inserted well. There is a surprise ending but book has a great finish!

Just keeps getting better ....

I love this mystery series and they keep getting better and better. I have often noticed that after about the fourth or fifth book in a mystery series, they often start losing their "punch". That is not the case with this one. In fact, I think this is the best book in the series. The tea info is enlightening, the characters are well-developed and the setting of Charleston intriging. What a gem of a book !!!! Anyone who enjoys "cozy" myteries should definitely give this series a try .... it doesn't get better than this.

Tea and murder

This is another of my favorite series. I love Theo and the cast of characters and I enjoy reading about Charleston, S.C. The plot is not as tightly constructed as previous offerings, but I thoroughly enjoyed the book and would recommend it to any mystery lover.

Another great read!

This was another winner from Laura Childs. Her characters are so likeable and add so much to her great plots! The tea lore is also fascinating! I can't wait for the next installment of the teashop mysteries!

delightful tea and murder mystery.

Theodosia Browning, owner of the Indigo Tea Shop in the historic downtown district of Charlotte, South Carolina, agrees to cater the "Ghost Crawl" society tour of the Jasmine cemetery sponsored by Charleston's Medical Triad. The host is Dr. Jasper Davis, the uncle of Theodosia's boyfriend Jory. Uncle Jasper and his team developed the Novalaser, a less invasive way of performing angioplasty. All of a sudden Dr. Davis keels over and is dead; Theodosia finds a syringe near the body. Jory asks his girlfriend to investigate his uncle's death since she has a history of solving homicides. She plunges into the investigation with plenty of enthusiasm and everyone who knows her believe she is on the trail of the killer. When she is out horseback riding, someone tries to shoot her and shortly thereafter somebody throws a rock through her window warning her to stop her inquiries. Theodosia becomes even more determined to find the killer since she doesn't let her fear interfere with keeping her promise to Jory. The latest Tea Shop Mystery is a delectable and delicious amateur sleuth mystery with mouth watering recipes that are worth the price of the book. The description of tea and the meals that The Indigo Tea Shop serves will make readers salivate. The heroine out does herself in this homicide investigation because she is investigating homicides without empirical evidence. Laura Childs serves up a delightful tea and murder mystery. Harriet Klausner