Valerie (waterbearer) -
Helpful Score: 5
Not my typical read, I usually don't do "fun" type stories, but it was sent to me by a friend and I loved it. Wonderful who-done-it story with a lot of interesting historical information. I ended up gaining almost 10 lbs. the winter I read this because I was obsessed with making the perfect SCONE every weekend afterwards. : )
Helpful Score: 4
A wonderful who-don-it that takes place in a tea museum.
Barbara R. (Crop4Fun) reviewed Dead As a Scone (Royal Tunbridge Wells, Bk 1) on + 1217 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
When Dame Elspeth falls over dead, presumably poisoned by a suspect creme brulee, can two pretentious prima donnas work together to solve this classically English crime--or will they end up victims of a tainted high tea themselves?
Helpful Score: 3
Nice whodunit...not too intense.
Nancy G. (ComfyReader) reviewed Dead As a Scone (Royal Tunbridge Wells, Bk 1) on + 330 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I wasn't able to get into this one. Starts out too dull and wordy.
Beth P. (fbclibrarian) -
Helpful Score: 2
Very slow start. Second half got very exciting.
Kate H. (aspenhugger) reviewed Dead As a Scone (Royal Tunbridge Wells, Bk 1) on + 4 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
A cute mystery/romance set in England. A bit too twee for my tastes.
Nigel Owen is having a rotten year. Downsized out of his cushy insurance management position, he is forced to take a job as acting director of a tea museum - and truth be told, he's a coffee man. Then Nigel receives word from the museum's elderly matron that a highly clever, dangerous criminal sits upon the board of trustees. But before Dame Elspeth can unveil the criminal, she falls over dead in the midst of a board meeting, presumably from a heart attack.
Annoying American tea curator Flick Adams apparently happens to know a bit about forensic chemistry - and in an effort to complicate Nigel's already difficult position, the indomitable Flick insists Elspeth was poisoned.
With the dame's demise, the museum's signature collection is at stake - and a killer is still at large. Can these two pretentious prima donnas follow the odd scriptural clues left by Dame Elspeth to solve this dodgy crime? Or might a suspect Earl Grey be the end of them all?
"A charming whodunit with two likable sleuths at the helm. You will drink in every last drop of this veddy English, tea-based mystery."
Mindy Starns Clark, author of THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERIES series
"What could possibly happen in a tea museum? You'd be surprised! DEAD AS A SCONE is a delightful tea party of a read, refreshing as a hot cup of Earl Grey, all spiced up with the intrigue of murder, mystery and romance."
Lorena McCourtney, author of THE IVY MALONE MYSTERY SERIES and THE
JULESBURG MYSTERIES
Annoying American tea curator Flick Adams apparently happens to know a bit about forensic chemistry - and in an effort to complicate Nigel's already difficult position, the indomitable Flick insists Elspeth was poisoned.
With the dame's demise, the museum's signature collection is at stake - and a killer is still at large. Can these two pretentious prima donnas follow the odd scriptural clues left by Dame Elspeth to solve this dodgy crime? Or might a suspect Earl Grey be the end of them all?
"A charming whodunit with two likable sleuths at the helm. You will drink in every last drop of this veddy English, tea-based mystery."
Mindy Starns Clark, author of THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERIES series
"What could possibly happen in a tea museum? You'd be surprised! DEAD AS A SCONE is a delightful tea party of a read, refreshing as a hot cup of Earl Grey, all spiced up with the intrigue of murder, mystery and romance."
Lorena McCourtney, author of THE IVY MALONE MYSTERY SERIES and THE
JULESBURG MYSTERIES
Bonnie A. (ladycholla) -
I loved this book, the story, the characters and the mystery. It was very, very good and I didn't figure out who the murderer was. Great book, very, very clean and looking forward to the next one.
I enjoyed this book, altho some would find it boring.The authors have a unique manner of writing that appeals to me
Michal W. (Princess101) reviewed Dead As a Scone (Royal Tunbridge Wells, Bk 1) on + 29 more book reviews
I loved this book! Very witty and exciting! I could not put this book down! HIGHLY SUGGESTED! I loved this book more than the second one for some odd reason. I don't realy know why, just because.
Nigel Owen and Flick Adams are not prepared to fall in love when they find that Englands well-known tea sage -owner of more than half of the museum's displayed items- is murdered. Can FLick and Nigel stay on top of the killer or will they be sucked into the police's story of a failed heart? Read it to find out!
Nigel Owen and Flick Adams are not prepared to fall in love when they find that Englands well-known tea sage -owner of more than half of the museum's displayed items- is murdered. Can FLick and Nigel stay on top of the killer or will they be sucked into the police's story of a failed heart? Read it to find out!
