Ming Tea Murder
- Published
- 1 January 2015
- Pages
- 326
- ISBN-13
- 9780425281642
- Type
- novel
About this book
"Ming Tea Murder" is book 16 in the Tea Shop Mysteries series, published in 2015, and is 326 pages long. 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 Ming Tea Murder
Ming Tea Murder is a novel by Laura Childs. Readers have had it since 2015. It runs to 326 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of Ming Tea Murder. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780425281642 to find the main one.
Ming Tea Murder is book 16 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
Ming Tea Murder is book 16 in the Tea Shop Mysteries series. It follows Steeped in Evil. It is followed by Devonshire Scream. 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 9780425281642
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780425281659
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781410480330