num_pages: 299
description: For fans of Laura Childs and Amanda Flowers its teatime in Raven Creekbut a murder at the The Earls Study sets the stage for an intoxicating brew of small-town chicanery with a hint of the supernatural.Phoebe Winchesters beloved aunt Eudora has a taste for adventureand a knack for making magical tea. Its even rumored that she just might be a witch. So when Eudora passes away and leaves everything to her nieceher Victorian mansion her bookshop/tea store The Earls Study and one very chubby orange cat named BobPhoebe gets more than she bargained for. And she knows shes in deep when a dead man is found on the shops back step apparently killed while trying to break in.Two suspects immediately emerge among the townspeople of Raven Creek Washington. Theres village busybody Dierdre Miller who seems desperate to buy Eudoras house and handsome PI Rich one of Phoebes childhood friendsbut how well does she really know him after all these years apart?Phoebe knows she should leave it to the professionals but as she starts to dig into the underbelly of Raven Creek she begins to uncover the truth about Eudora. Whats more her aunt might not have been the only witch in the family as Phoebe soon discovers she has unique and unexpected gifts of her own.Now its just a matter of putting her newfound power to the test and cast a spell that could catch a killer.
language: English
title: Steeped to Death
publisher: Crooked Lane Books