Tea, tarot, and trouble.Abigail Beanblossom’s dream of owning a tea room in her California beach town is about to come true. She’s got the lease, the start-up funds, and the recipes. But Abigail’s out of a tearoom and into hot water when the realtor turns out to be a conman… and then turns up dead.But not even death puts an end to the conman’s mischief. He rented the same space to a tarot reader, … same space to a tarot reader, Hyperion Night. Convinced his tarot room is in the cards, Night’s not letting go of the building without a fight.
But they must work together, steeping themselves in the murky waters of the sham realtor’s double dealings, in order to unearth the truth – before murder boils over again.
Steeped in Murder is the first book in the Tea and Tarot cozy mystery series. Buy the book to start this hilarious caper today.
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This new series is steeped in tea, mystery, and murder.
Things are going well for Abigail when she discovers that the building she has rented for her tea room is not valid. I can’t even imagine her frustration and disappointment, especially when it was doubly rented to a tarot card reader with quite an unusual name, Hyperion Night. While their relationship gets off to a rocky start, I was happy to see a friendship develop even though Hyperion is a bit eccentric. Perhaps it goes with reading tarot cards?
Abigail does have her grandfather that is behind her tearoom, along with Thomas, a retired lawyer that uses his skills to assist Abigail in a few situations. There is a hunky new neighbor, Brik, that could be a potential love interest for Abigail. The police detective on the case is a Texan that happens to be a germaphobe. A few situations with him gave me a chuckle.
There is a wide variety of characters in this book and trying to decipher who might have had cause to murder the fake real estate agent took some doing. While I suspected several of the characters, the reality wasn’t too far from my grasp. While I had my suspicions about this character, the why surprised me.
I enjoyed reading this first in the series and expect it will be a fun series to follow. There is much more to learn about the various characters and the addition of Peking the pet duck was genius because it made for some cute scenes especially when Hyperion’s cat because the duck’s best bud.
We give this 4 paws up and have the 2nd book to read and see where things develop from there.
What a fun read, Hyperion Night and Abigail Beanblossom are great character. Looking forward to more books by this author.
She wants a tea shop. To afford it she shares the space with a tarot card reader.
Liked the people, the cozy mystery, the setting.
Great story of overcoming obstacles of life with bodies dropping and the surprise ending. Usually I have an idea of the guilty party, not this time. Great read.
You’ll like this one.
Nice cozy mystery with a twist
Great page-turner!!!!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was a fun read.
Great characters. This was the first time i read a Kirsten Weiss
Book but certainly wont be the last.
I really enjoyed this book, and can’t wait to read another by this author!
Lots of fun and enertaining
Easy, enjoyable reading
I liked it.
Loved the characters! Looking forward to the next in series!!!
This was a cute beach-read mystery. I enjoyed it and will read the other two in the series!
I loved this book! Abigail and her sidekick/reluctant best friend, Hyperion are HILARIOUS and have amazing chemistry! I love their dynamic and how they “get” each other. I also love the mutual attraction that simmers just below the surface between Abigail and her neighbour. All the characters are well written and believable, even the duck. Will definitely be reading the next book in this series.
Just a silly easy easy summer read. No surprises.
What if you sunk all your life savings into a business only to learn the realtor was a con man and rented the same property to another person? Would you become partners with this unknown …. possibly a murderer?
Entertaining but maybe not realistic.
Good read. Kept my attention.
Always looked forward to read more in the book till I finished.