No Good Tea Goes Unpunished

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Everly Swan returns home to operate the Sun, Sea and Tea Cafe in Charm, North Carolina. In No Good Tea Goes Unpunished by Bree Baker, Everly is hosting a wedding reception for a former high school classmate on the lovely barrier island of Charm, an event she is hoping will boost her business. She has been away from home for several years and had hoped to become a success in the culinary world, but also to follow a cowboy. Neither of things worked out.

The bride, Judy, is a Everly's childhood friend and she is positively glowing after the ceremony. Judy's new husband Craig Miller was named one of Entrepreneur's Wealthiest Thirty under Thirty. But before the happy couple can even begin their honeymoon, events turn tragic. When the groom is found dead, floating in the shallow water of the beach, Everly tries to administer CPR. She shouts for everyone to search for Judy in the water as well. Within minutes with the bride appears holding a bloody knife and covered in blood.

With her friend under suspicion of killing her wealthy husband. Everly decides its time to get back in the investigating business. Complicating matters is the abrupt appearance of Craig's ex-girlfriend Cynthia Preston claiming she arrived hoping to stop the wedding. Also a suspect is Craig's partner Pete who has been known to make so bad business decisions and is heavily in debt. 

As Everly tries to investigate, she continually butts heads with Detective Hays. He makes it clear she needs to stay out of the investigation. With the new bride plunged into heavy depression, Everly knows she cannot abandon Judy and continues to pursue her investigation at times putting herself in jeopardy. 

Disclosure: I received this book from the publisher.