A Brew Most Foul
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4.0 • 60 Ratings
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Publisher Description
When Peyton Hart returns to the quaint town of Wallshire, she hopes to reconnect with her estranged mother and maybe even find her place in the world.
Instead, she's thrust into a nightmare when Katarina, the enigmatic owner of the tea shop Steeped in Mysteary, is found dead—poisoned by her own brew.
To make matters worse, Peyton becomes the prime suspect in the investigation.
With the sharp-eyed Detective Levi Kessler questioning her every move and the town buzzing with gossip, Peyton finds herself caught in a web of secrets she never knew her mother was hiding.
Determined to clear her name and uncover the truth, Peyton dives headfirst into Wallshire's quirky community, where everyone seems to have something to hide.
From cryptic notes in the tea shop to rivalries that run deeper than the finest Darjeeling, Peyton must navigate a blend of danger and charm to piece together the mystery.
A Brew Most Foul is a heartwarming and suspenseful cozy mystery that invites readers to savor every clue—and every cup of tea—while rooting for a heroine who's learning to trust herself, one steep at a time.
Customer Reviews
Interesting but not outstanding. LUsed to many repeated phrases.
One was used at least 5 times.
About Smiles…
I didn’t want to read one more time about a “smile that didn’t quite reach her eyes,” but I scanned to the end to see how the murderer was revealed.
The cliché was so abundant and so obvious (at least three times in just the first section, and nine or ten times in all) that I wonder if any of the author’s friends did a beta-reading or if her editor had any standards.
The language throughout is overwrought; way too much time and improbable description is spent on the heroine’s emotions.
Note to author: It is not realistic to think that the uptight, neatness-obsessed detective — dare one say OCD these days? — is going to unbend and be able to change his long-time adult behavior, as much as you seem to be setting that up for a future novel! But then again, this is fiction.
Choppy
Interesting story and great backstory. However overuse of descriptions and out of order phrases and actions detract. A good editor would have really helped.