Death with the Darjeeling — The Thornwick Tea Shop Mysteries, Book 2

In Thornwick, even a perfect cup can hide a killing.

Bea Hawthorne came to the little Kent village of Thornwick to keep her late aunt's tea shop — not to catch a murderer. But when the village's beloved hero drops dead over his afternoon Darjeeling, Bea is the only soul who sees the truth: the symptoms are wrong, the cup is too clean, and the grief is for a man who was never what they thought.

A botanist knows her poisons. And Bea knows this one came from the hills of India — along with a secret the Colonel buried thirty years ago, and a name someone refused to let disappear.

To prove a saint was a murderer, she must decide the hardest question of all: what you owe the dead, and how far you'll go to keep faith with them.

A cozy 1920s English village mystery — with tea, secrets, and a poison hiding in plain sight.

Book 2 of The Thornwick Tea Shop Mysteries.