The English Breakfast Murder (A Tea Shop Mystery)

This was such a delight to read. The author makes you care about the characters immediately. I had not read any of the others in this series and was able to get involved in the history easily. The murder mystery was interesting and the workings of the tea shop proved fascinating.

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!

I have thoroughly enjoyed all four of the Laura Childs' tea mystery books. The English Breakfast Murder defines the characters to an even greater level. The plot is intense as always and the subplots ever present. As always, I really enjoyed the recipes.I have especially loved reading about Charleston and the various bits of information about teas.

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.

I found this book just as good as the previous Indigo Teahop mysteries and read it in two days flat. The characters are nicely drawn and beautifully described, there is the usual information and discussion about tea and the suspense is kept going right to the very end. We are given more of an insight into the characters of Theo, Haley and Drayton as well as Delaine Dish, although I found Delaine a little irritating this time round. The only character I really did not like was Delaine's sister Nadine. The receipes at the end sound just gorgeous and Ms Childs describes the atmosphere and culture of Charleston so well that she has made me want to visit the place. I just wish I could visit the Indigo Teashop!