Scones and Bones by Laura Childs is the first of the Tea Shop Mystery novels that I have read. I was simply drawn in by the cover and always love a book about a good cup of tea-and Childs knows her tea, that’s for sure!

Like Alexander McCall Smith, Childs has written several different series of books. This is book #12 in her Tea Shop Mystery series, but each one stands alone.

Filled with mystery and intrigue, pirate lore and Charelston history, and many, many good cups of tea, this book was simply a lot of fun.