Laura Childs





Laura Childs

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Laura Childs is a pseudonym for Gerry Schmitt and she is the best-selling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, the Scrapbook Mysteries, and the Cackleberry Club Mysteries.

Laura Childs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, Scrapbook Mysteries, and Cackleberry Club Mysteries. In her previous life she was CEO/Creative Director of her own marketing firm and authored several screenplays. She is married to a professor of Chinese art history, loves to travel, rides horses, enjoys fund raising for various non-profits, and has two Chinese Shar-Pei dogs.

Laura specializes in cozy mysteries that have the pace of a thriller (a thrillzy!) Her three series are:

The Tea Shop Mysteries - set in the historic district of Charleston a...more


Average rating: 3.75 · 26,149 ratings · 2,258 reviews · 36 distinct works · Similar authors
Death by Darjeeling (A Tea ...
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 3,637 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions
Gunpowder Green (A Tea Shop...
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 1,640 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions
Shades of Earl Grey (A Tea ...
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 1,520 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions
The Jasmine Moon Murder (A ...
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 1,469 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions
The English Breakfast Murde...
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 1,228 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions
Chamomile Mourning (A Tea S...
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 1,197 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions
Keepsake Crimes (A Scrapboo...
3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 1,226 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions
Blood Orange Brewing (A Tea...
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 1,155 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions
Eggs in Purgatory (Cacklebe...
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 1,153 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
Dragonwell Dead (A Tea Shop...
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 1,102 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions
More books by Laura Childs…
Death by Darjeeling Gunpowder Green Shades of Earl Grey The English Breakfast Murder The Jasmine Moon Murder Chamomile Mourning Blood Orange Brewing
A Tea Shop Mystery (14 books)
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3.7781472139417565 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 17,444 ratings
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A Scrapbooking Mystery (11 books)
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3.688972513089005 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 6,112 ratings
Eggs in Purgatory Eggs Benedict Arnold Bedeviled Eggs Stake & Eggs
Cackleberry Club (4 books)
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3.6895547232625883 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 2,403 ratings

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