Honey Drop Dead

<b>The murder of a political bigwig at a Honey Bee Tea sends Theodosia Browning buzzing for answers in this latest installment<br>of the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling series.</b><br><br>Theodosia&#146;s Honey Bee Tea was an elegant affair set in Charleston&#146;s new Petigru Park amid newly planted native grasses and a community beekeeping project. But when a phony beekeeper shows up and sprays toxic smoke at the guests the party erupts in chaos. Worse yet a shot rings out and Osgood Claxton III candidate for state legislature falls to the ground&#151;dead.<br><br>Holly Burns the gallery owner who asked Theodosia to cater the tea is understandably heartbroken. A man is dead her guests are angry and injured and the paintings that were on display are left in tatters. When the police don&#146;t seem to have a clue when old-line politicos don&#146;t want questions asked Holly begs Theodosia to run a shadow investigation and help restore her gallery&#146;s good name.<br><br>Between hosting a <i>Wind in the Willows</i> Tea and a Glam Girl Tea Theodosia questions everyone that had a bone to pick with Claxton. This includes Booker an angry outsider artist; Lamar Lucket Claxton&#146;s political opponent; and Mignon Merriweather the dead man&#146;s soon-to-be ex-wife. But the investigation becomes a political hot potato following a second murder the revelation of a messy affair a chase through a swamp and a vandalized shop.<br><br><b>INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS!</b>