Storm in a Teacup is the first story in a new series, Lydia LeBeau Mysteries. The mysteries, set in the 1770s, are investigated by Lydia LeBeau, a young woman of comfortable means, and Tom Morgan, a widower and thief-taker.
While Lydia's mother busies herself, trying to find a suitable, wealthy, suitor for Lydia, Tom Morgan is on the trail of local smugglers. Lydia and Tom's paths cross when Lydia's mother inadvertently buys smuggled goods - a consignment of tea.
Meanwhile, the village is coming to terms with a scandal involving their recently defrocked vicar, blaming a young deaf woman for the vicar's sins.
The strands of the story combine to reveal the perpetrators, and to open Lydia's eyes to the possibility of romance.
Story length: approximately 20,000 words.
Genre: Mystery
While Lydia's mother busies herself, trying to find a suitable, wealthy, suitor for Lydia, Tom Morgan is on the trail of local smugglers. Lydia and Tom's paths cross when Lydia's mother inadvertently buys smuggled goods - a consignment of tea.
Meanwhile, the village is coming to terms with a scandal involving their recently defrocked vicar, blaming a young deaf woman for the vicar's sins.
The strands of the story combine to reveal the perpetrators, and to open Lydia's eyes to the possibility of romance.
Story length: approximately 20,000 words.
Genre: Mystery