Four retired assassins board an all-expenses paid cruise only to realize that this a plan for a permanent retirment. The ladies must use their wits and abilities to figure out who is behind the hit and how they will survive.

With a divorce behind her and her two sons on their own, Juliet decides to buy a neglected house in a Greek village.

Aaman has come to Greece illegally from Pakistan to find work so he can raise money for his family. He is starving and desperately needs work to survive.

Juliet needs help with her overgrown garden and cleaning out the detritus left by the previous owners, so she hires Aaman to help her.

Overcoming misconceptions and misunderstandings, Juliet and Aaman find they have more in common than they do not and their past traumas help them forge an unlikely friendship.

Eleanor- also known as Ella, was once upon a time a ward taken in by a kindly lady. She raised to be a lady and was determined to make the most of her situation.

Now, Ella is still a ward in same house, but her fortunes have plummeted and she is now a maid.

Forced to work hard long days whilst fighting off the advances of her lecherous “stepfather” Ella finds her only solace in sneaking into the library in the middle of the night to read.

And here her life will change forever, because the book she picks on this particular night has magic in it. And through this magic, she is granted seven wishes.

And those wishes come at a price.

Richard Mayhew is an ordinary London businessman who lets life buffet him around without seeming to have any purpose beyond what his fiancé tells him the purpose should be.

Until he happens upon a girl bleeding on the sidewalk. In an uncharacteristic move, he brings her back to his flat to take care of her and in doing so, opens a door to a world that there is no turning back from.

Neverwhere is a dark place with people and creatures of all kinds. Neverwhere is London Below and as Richard has no way of returning to London Above, he joins Door- the girl he helped- on her quest to find who or what slaughtered her family.

Lenna Wickes puts her belief in facts and logic, but she will have to open herself up to the possibility of other-worldly beliefs to find out about her sister’s death. She has left home to study contact with the spirit world in Paris.

Vaudeline D’Allaire does believe in the spirit world and the ability to contact them to put them and their loved ones at peace. She is performing a seance when she receives word that an old friend has been murdered and her help is needed.

Vaudeline brings Lenna with her as her understudy to the exclusive London Seance Society to help solve the crime through contacting the victim at a seance. As they work to unravel the murderer they realize there is more going on than it seems and danger is lurking everywhere.

This is the story that made Agatha Christie famous.

In the village of King’s Abbot, the shocking suicide of a wealthy widow followed by the stabbing death of Roger Ackroyd have villagers shocked and wondering, whodunnit?

The story is narrated by Roger’s friend and the village doctor, Dr. James Sheppard. His neighbor, newly retired Hercule Poirot joins the investigation and works to unravel the mystery of who murdered Roger Ackroyd.

Who knew there was a secret school dedicated to the art of homicide?

In order to be accepted into The McMasters Conservatory, one must have sound reasons for the intended victim- someone who deserves their fate.

Using delightfully witty wordplay and engaging characters, this book provides “an instrument of peace to facilitate a ‘Rest in Peace’ for your intended target”.

Ernest Cunningham narrates this story as he explains, well, how everyone in his family has killed someone… even Ernest.

Each Thursday in the Jigsaw Room, four friends meet to discuss unsolved murder cases. Amongst themselves, they are the Thursday Murder Club.

When a local developer dies with a clue next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club takes on their first live case. Each uses their unique skillset to catch the killer before he or she strikes again.

Nine women gather together each week to share their love of books. But all is not as tea and cake as it appears to be in this quiet English village.

A murder occurs and as the detectives begin their investigation, secrets are revealed and lots of motives for the crime are uncovered. But who could it be?

Daisy Jones is a young carefree teenager with parents who provide her anything she needs but their love and attention. She is drawn to the hippie scene and the enticing sex, drugs and rock n roll available in the nightclubs she spends her time in. She loves the music scene and begins to write songs and sing.

The Six is a band formed by two brothers- Billy and Graham. They know the sound they are going for, but have just not found that groove that will take them where they want to go. When Daisy Jones and The Six work together, sparks fly, egos abound and music history is made.

In the darker parts of Victorian England, Bridie Devine is asked to help solve the kidnapping of Christabel Berwick. She is an accomplished detective, but this task is puzzling and there are dark undercurrents of things that beyond the realm of the natural world. Bridie must work against underhanded collectors and surprisingly, ghosts from her past to solve this investigation.

Isobel Gamble leaves her home in Scotland as the young wife of her apothecary husband, Edward. She is a seamstress with the special talent of creating beautiful artwork with her needle and thread. Her husband is hoping for a new start in the New World and to break from his opium addiction. Edward abruptly departs on a ship as a medic, leaving Isobel alone to fend for herself in this strange country.

In 1800’s London, Nella is an apothecary women would visit when they needed help that they would otherwise never get. She has a quiet, secret shop only available to women and all goes well until a young girl comes with a request. In present time, Caroline is visiting London with some problems of her own. She discovers an apothecary jar that leads her on an adventure and ties her to Nella.

Howell explores the science behind time travel in books and movies.

Time traveling through the many lives of Nora Seed that could have been. She is in between life and death and has a choice to make. What life will she choose?

What if you didn’t matter? Had no ripple effecting anyone else’s life? Would you hop on the old Celestial Highway and go time traveling? That’s what Scharlette did and WOO what a wild ride it was! Join us to find out what we thought about Sam Bowring’s book and the teas we paired with it.