The Mugwort Tea Murders
(2026)(The second book in the Apothecary Shop Mysteries series)
A novel by Kristy Tate
Welcome back to Blue Heron Bay, where the tea is steeped in tradition and the secrets are buried deep in the soil.
Amelia Bellamy's grand reopening of The Apothecary Shop goes sideways when renowned artist Victoria Brewer plunges to her death inside the historic Davenport Mansion. Her final word? Mug. As in mugwort—the herbal tea Amelia brewed to chase away Victoria's prophetic nightmares.
Now Amelia's reputation is on the line, the predatory Dr. Steele is circling her shop, and the whole town is talking. To clear her name, she'll have to untangle a forty-year-old disappearance, decode a mural that's less artwork and more treasure map, and break into at least one cliffside estate.
Good thing she has her sister Cora, the meddling Silver Sisters, and one tall, dark, and dangerously charming history professor in her corner.
The killer wants the past buried. Amelia wants answers.
In this town, some recipes are to die for.
Genre: Mystery
Amelia Bellamy's grand reopening of The Apothecary Shop goes sideways when renowned artist Victoria Brewer plunges to her death inside the historic Davenport Mansion. Her final word? Mug. As in mugwort—the herbal tea Amelia brewed to chase away Victoria's prophetic nightmares.
Now Amelia's reputation is on the line, the predatory Dr. Steele is circling her shop, and the whole town is talking. To clear her name, she'll have to untangle a forty-year-old disappearance, decode a mural that's less artwork and more treasure map, and break into at least one cliffside estate.
Good thing she has her sister Cora, the meddling Silver Sisters, and one tall, dark, and dangerously charming history professor in her corner.
The killer wants the past buried. Amelia wants answers.
In this town, some recipes are to die for.
Genre: Mystery