Tea Shop Mysteries · Book 24

A Dark and Stormy Tea

Published
1 January 2022
Pages
320
ISBN-13
9780593200896
Type
novel
Cover of A Dark and Stormy Tea

About this book

"A Dark and Stormy Tea" (2022) continues the series at number 24, and comes in at 320 pages. Like its neighbors in the series, it's a self-contained mystery -- Theodosia's relationships and the tea shop's cast evolve gently, but there's no ongoing whodunit spanning multiple books.

Key facts about A Dark and Stormy Tea

Laura Childs wrote A Dark and Stormy Tea, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2022. The book has 320 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780593200896 to find the main one.

A Dark and Stormy Tea is book 24 of 30 in the Tea Shop Mysteries series. The series has 30 published books. However, the series starts with Death by Darjeeling (2001).

Death at a Firefly Tea is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 10 March 2026. Meanwhile, Buttermint Bomb comes next, with an announced date of 2 March 2027.

Additionally, Laura Childs writes Scrapbooking Mysteries and Cackleberry Club Mysteries as separate series. Those series sit on our cozy mystery shelf. Meanwhile, Death at a Firefly Tea is the latest published Laura Childs book on file, from 10 March 2026.

About Laura Childs

Laura Childs is the pen name of Gerry Schmitt, an American author of cozy mysteries best known for the long-running Tea Shop Mysteries, set in a Charleston, South Carolina tea shop run by amateur sleuth Theodosia Browning. See every Laura Childs book in order.

Its place in Tea Shop Mysteries

A Dark and Stormy Tea is book 24 in the Tea Shop Mysteries series. It follows Twisted Tea Christmas. It is followed by Lemon Curd Killer. See the full Tea Shop Mysteries reading order.

Theodosia Browning owns the Indigo Tea Shop on Church Street in historic Charleston, South Carolina, where she brews specialty blends, hosts elaborate themed tea parties, and — with alarming regularity — trips over dead bodies at those same genteel events. With her tea sommelier Drayton Conneley and baker Haley Parker at her side, Theodosia turns amateur sleuth every time Charleston's high society, tourist trade, or historic preservation circles turn up a corpse, working her contacts and her nose for gossip…

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