Death by Darjeeling
- Published
- 1 January 2001
- Pages
- 313
- ISBN-13
- 9780425179451
- Type
- novel
About this book
"Death by Darjeeling" is book 1 in the Tea Shop Mysteries series, published in 2001, and runs 313 pages. It's the book that opened the series and introduced Theodosia, the Indigo Tea Shop, and its Church Street setting. Like the rest of the series, it follows Theodosia Browning, owner of the Indigo Tea Shop on Church Street, as she turns amateur sleuth after a body turns up at one of Charleston's genteel tea events.
Key facts about Death by Darjeeling
Death by Darjeeling is a novel by Laura Childs. Readers have had it since 2001. It runs to 313 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of Death by Darjeeling. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780425179451 to find the main one.
Death by Darjeeling is book 1 of 30 in the Tea Shop Mysteries series. The series has 30 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
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
Death by Darjeeling is book 1 in the Tea Shop Mysteries series. It is followed by Gunpowder Green. 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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780425179451
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780786245352
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781101088067