Brenda H. (booksinvt) - , reviewed on 12/28/2017 + 465 more book reviews

Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes is the debut of the Daisy's Tea Garden Mystery series set in the small town of Willow Creek, PA featuring Daisy Swanson and her Aunt Iris. Recently widowed, Daisy returns to her hometown and together with her aunt purchases and old Victorian home, that they turn into a tea garden.

With one daughter off to college and the other acting in typical moody teenager fashion, Daisy has her hands full with running the tea shop and doing her best to support her aunt's relationship with the married (albeit separated) wealthy Harvey Fitz. Business was booming at the tea garden until Harvey is discovered dead on the outside patio.

Detective Morris Rappaport is quick to target Aunt Iris as the prime suspect, despite Harvey's volatile relationship with his soon to be ex wife Monica and their two children. Determined to clear Iris' name, Daisy sets out with the help of furniture store owner and retired police detective Jonas Groft to catch the killer.

Fans of Karen Rose Smith will love this new series. The author has such a way with storytelling that the reader will feel as though they are in the midst of the tea garden; smelling the delicious teas as they steep and the tasty, homemade cakes and scones. A fast paced plot with well developed and fun characters, plenty of suspects and just the right touch of romance. The author also does a great job handling the topic of adoption and the search for biological parents.

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