Laura Childs Reviews

Laura Childs is the New York Times bestselling author of this Tea Shop Mysteries, '' Scrapbook Mysteries, also Cackleberry Club Mysteries. In her previous life she had been CEO/Creative Director of her own advertising company and authored several screenplays. She is married to a professor of Chinese art background, likes to travel, rides horses, enjoys fund raising for various non-profits, also contains just two Chinese Shar-Pei dogs.

Laura specializes in comfy mysteries that have the speed of a thriller (a thrillzy!) Her three show include:

The Tea Shop Mysteries - set from the historical district of Charleston and featuring Theodosia Browning, owner of the Indigo Tea Shop. Theodosia is a savvy entrepreneur, along with pet mom to service pet Earl Grey. She’s also an intelligent, concentrated amateur sleuth who doesn’t rely on coincidences or inept police work to solve crimes. This charming series is extremely atmospheric and rife with the mystery and history that is Charleston.

The Scrapbooking Mysteries – a somewhat edgier series that take place in New Orleans. The principal character, Carmela, possesses Memory Mine scrapbooking store in the French Quarter and now is forever getting into trouble with her friend, Ava, that owns the Juju Voodoo store. New Orleans’ spooky above-ground cemeteries, jazz clubs, bayous, and Mardi Gras madness make their presence known here!

The Cackleberry Club Mysteries - set in Kindred, a fictional city in the Midwest. At a rehabbed Spur channel, Suzanne, Toni, and Petra, three semi-desperate, forty-plus girls have launched the Cackleberry Club. Eggs are the morning specialization here and also this cozy cafe even offers a publication nook and yarn shop. Business is good but murder could cause the cafe’s undoing! This show provides recipes, knitting, cake decorating, and a dash of entitlement.

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