The Tea Leaf Mysteries Series (Cosy Crime Box Set 1-3) by J. New
Genres: British Mystery, Cozy Mystery
Get three cosy murder mystery stories and help accidental sleuth and former agony aunt Lilly Tweed solve suspicious murder cases in one charming box set.
Three mysteries. One accidental sleuth. Endless secrets steeping beneath the surface. When tea connoisseur Lilly Tweed keeps stumbling across suspicious deaths, her knack for reading people becomes just as important as brewing the perfect cup.
Discover all three cosy mysteries in one compelling collection:
A Blend of Murder
When Lilly Tweed loses her newspaper column, she seizes the chance to follow a dream and open The Tea Emporium in the quaint market town of Plumpton Mallet. But old habits die hard, and with her hapless replacement bungling the advice column, locals still turn to Lilly for guidance. When the body of a local woman is pulled from the river – and in her pocket is a letter of advice from Lilly herself, she begins to ask questions the police would rather leave alone. Was it truly an accident, or something far more sinister?
A Sip of Suspicion
It’s the height of summer, and Lilly has been asked to host her very first event: a tea demonstration for the local book club. The guest list sparkles with the town’s elite – a titled aristocrat, a wealthy heiress, and plenty of polite rivalries simmering beneath the surface. When the heiress is found dead before the evening is out, Lilly is drawn into the investigation once again. With secrets steeping and motives bubbling over, she must separate truth from gossip before the killer strikes again.
A Dash of Deception
When Lilly is invited to celebrate the wedding anniversary of two close friends, she jumps at the chance. Behind the cheerful festivities, old tensions simmer and secrets begin to surface. As tempers fray, a violent storm sweeps in, cutting power, blocking the only access road, and trapping everyone inside The Palms with no way to call for help. When a body is discovered, Lilly realises the danger outside is nothing compared to what’s happening within. Someone in the house is a murderer – and unless she can unmask them, they won’t stop at one.
Get all three captivating novels in one box set filled to the brim with tea and treachery, set against the backdrop of an idyllic English small town.
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my review
This collection completely won me over. When I started A Blend of Murder, I expected a cozy mystery centered around a tea shop. What I didn’t expect was how quickly I’d become attached to Lilly Tweed and the little village of Plumpton Mallet.
Lilly is exactly the kind of amateur sleuth I enjoy reading. She doesn’t investigate because she’s trying to prove she’s smarter than the police. She gets involved because she genuinely wants to help people. That simple motivation makes her easy to root for from the very beginning.
Watching her settle into life at The Tea Emporium while solving three very different mysteries kept the books feeling fresh. Each story has its own personality. The first introduces Lilly and the village, the second lets us spend more time with the people who call Plumpton Mallet home, and the third changes the scenery completely by trapping everyone together during a storm.
One unexpected favorite was Earl Grey. Any cat with a name like that already has my attention, but he managed to steal more than a few scenes.
Reading all three books together really lets you appreciate how naturally the characters grow. Lilly becomes more confident with each mystery, her friendships deepen, and Plumpton Mallet starts to feel like somewhere you’d happily spend an afternoon wandering around with a cup of tea.
I’m very glad I discovered this series because I already know I’ll be picking up the next book.
Indiviual Book REviews
A Blend of Murder
There is something comforting about walking into a cozy mystery where you know almost immediately you’d spend far too much money if the main character’s shop actually existed. That was The Tea Emporium for me.
Lilly Tweed has finally opened the tea shop she’s always dreamed about after losing her job as the local newspaper’s Agony Aunt. She still can’t stop helping people though, and I loved the idea of the private mailbox where anyone can leave a letter asking for advice. It fits Lilly perfectly because helping others is simply who she is.
The mystery takes a little while to get going, but I didn’t mind. It gave me time to settle into Plumpton Mallet and get to know Lilly before she found herself asking questions that probably should have been left to the police.
By the time I finished, I was already looking forward to spending more time with Lilly and seeing what landed in her mailbox next.
A Sip of Suspicion
Coming back to Plumpton Mallet felt like catching up with old friends.
This time Lilly is invited to give a tea presentation to a local book club. Naturally, someone winds up dead before the evening is over. As Lilly starts digging into what happened, it becomes clear the members of the club know a lot more than they’re saying.
One of the things I enjoy most about this series is that Lilly never goes looking for trouble. Trouble simply has a habit of finding her. She’s curious, she genuinely wants to help, and before long she’s asking questions that everyone else wishes she’d leave alone.
I finished this one even more attached to Lilly than I was after the first book.
A Dash of Deception
By the third book, Plumpton Mallet had started feeling like somewhere I actually knew.
Lilly heads to the coast to celebrate friends’ wedding anniversary, only to find herself trapped inside a bed-and-breakfast when a storm cuts everyone off from the outside world. Then someone is murdered, and suddenly every person in the house becomes a suspect.
I loved the setting in this one. Being trapped together during the storm added just enough tension without taking away from everything that makes this series feel so cozy. Earl Grey also continues to steal every scene he’s in. I’m convinced he deserves almost as much attention as Lilly.
This may have been my favorite of the three.
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