High Crimes at High Tea
Things to Do in England:
Visit Westminster Abbey
the Tower of London
the London Zoo
Take the Jack the Ripper tour (creepy!)
Sample authentic English scones and crumpets
Discover a dead body
What begins as a holiday trip for amateur sleuth and cooking aficionado Sadie Hoffmiller and her daughter, Breanna, turns into a bizarre mystery when they discover a dead body in the sitting room of an English manor. Breanna's boyfriend, Liam, is heir to both the family title and the family estate of Southgate, where everyone seems to have a secret . . . or two. When the body in the sitting room disappears, Sadie and Breanna are stranded at the estate until the police can clear them to leave. With their departure delayed, they might as well solve the murder. Armed with a jogging whistle, her personal recipe collection, and an unfailing sense of American justice, Sadie begins her own investigation to find the killer. But as Sadie uncovers layer after layer of misdirection, secrets, and outright lies, she wonders if anyone is telling the truth or if the case is really as hopeless as it appears to be. Take a missing family history, toss in a secret romance, mix with a mysterious murder, and this is one vacation Sadie will never forget.
For this second time around I felt it a bit more cheesy. Like our dear slueth was more annoying than anything, in the first one with it being her friend in her neighborhood it seemed right for her to snoop, but in this case she just came off a bit more pushy to me.
I did however still enjoy this mystery. I had it figured out pretty quick, though I had the motive all wrong. :)
I even tried one of the recipes in this book and it turned out great! I plan to try another before giving the book back to my mother.
Once again, if you are looking for a good clean mystery, this is a good series.
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