Order of Tea Shop Mysteries Books
The Tea Shop Mysteries is a series of cozy mysteries by American novelist Laura Childs. The protagonist is Theodosia Browning, who runs the Indigo Tea Shop in Charleston. She is a savvy entrepreneur, has a service dog named Earl Grey. As an amateur sleuth, she is intelligent, focused and doesn’t rely on shoddy police work or coincidences in order to solve crimes.
The Tea Shop Mysteries began in 2001 with Death by Darjeeling. After over a dozen books, the series is currently ongoing. Below is a list of Laura Childs’ books in order of when they were first published (which is also their chronological order):
Publication Order of Tea Shop Mysteries Books
Death by Darjeeling | (2001) | |
Gunpowder Green | (2002) | |
Shades of Earl Grey | (2003) | |
The English Breakfast Murder | (2003) | |
The Jasmine Moon Murder | (2004) | |
Chamomile Mourning | (2005) | |
Blood Orange Brewing | (2006) | |
Dragonwell Dead | (2007) | |
The Silver Needle Murder | (2008) | |
Oolong Dead | (2009) | |
The Teaberry Strangler | (2010) | |
Scones & Bones | (2011) | |
Agony of the Leaves | (2012) | |
Sweet Tea Revenge | (2013) | |
Steeped in Evil | (2014) | |
Ming Tea Murder | (2015) | |
Devonshire Scream | (2016) | |
Pekoe Most Poison | (2017) | |
Plum Tea Crazy | (2018) | |
Broken Bone China | (2019) | |
Lavender Blue Murder | (2020) | |
Haunted Hibiscus | (2021) | |
Twisted Tea Christmas | (2021) | |
A Dark and Stormy Tea | (2022) | |
Lemon Curd Killer | (2023) | |
Honey Drop Dead | (2023) | |
Murder in the Tea Leaves | (2024) | |
Peach Tea Smash | (2024) | |
High Tea and Misdemeanors | (2025) |