04925cam a2200721 i 4500 1040230646 OCoLC 20220126105228.0 180813t20192019nyu 000 1 eng 2018037085 9780451489630 0451489632 (OCoLC)1040230646 (OCoLC)1086608611 (OCoLC)1088659049 (OCoLC)1089187286 AJM pcc n-us-sc Childs, Laura, author. 3845 Broken bone china / Laura Childs. First edition. New York : Berkley Prime Crime, [2019] ©2019 326 pages ; 22 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes recipes. Sequel to: Plum tea crazy. It is Sunday afternoon, and Theodosia and Drayton are catering a formal tea at a hot-air balloon rally. The view aloft is not only stunning, they are also surrounded by a dozen other colorful hot-air balloons. But as the sky turns gray and the clouds start to boil up, a strange object zooms out of nowhere. It is a drone, and it appears to be buzzing around the balloons, checking them out. As Theodosia and Drayton watch, the drone, hovering like some angry, mechanized insect, deliberately crashes into the balloon next to them. An enormous, fiery explosion erupts, and everyone watches in horror as the balloon plummets to the earth, killing all three of its passengers. Sirens scream, first responders arrive, and Theodosia is interviewed by the police. During the interview she learns that one of the downed occupants was Don Kingsley, the CEO of a local software company, SyncSoft. Not only do the police suspect Kingsley as the primary target, they learn that he possessed a rare Revolutionary War Union Jack flag that several people were rabidly bidding on. Intrigued, Theodosia begins her own investigation. Was it the CEO's soon-to-be ex-wife, who is restoring an enormous mansion at no expense? The CEO's personal assistant, who also functioned as curator of his prized collection of Americana? Two rival antiques' dealers known for dirty dealing? Or was the killer the fiancée of one of Theodosia's dear friends, who turns out to be an employee--and whistle-blower--at SyncSoft? Theodosia and Drayton are catering a formal tea at a hot-air balloon rally. The view aloft is stunning and they are surrounded by a dozen other colorful hot-air balloons. But as the sky turns gray and the clouds start to boil up, a drone begins buzzing around the balloons. When the drone deliberately crashes into the balloon next to them a fiery explosion erupts, and the balloon plummets to the earth, killing all three of its passengers. The primary target was apparently Don Kingsley, the CEO of a local software company, SyncSoft. Theodosia begins an investigation into why-- and who targeted him. -- adapted from jacket Browning, Theodosia (Fictitious character) Fiction. 9985 Browning, Theodosia (Fictitious character) Fiction. sears 9985 Tearooms South Carolina Charleston Fiction. 9986 Murder Investigation Fiction. 484 Hot air balloons Fiction. 9987 Drone aircraft Fiction. 9988 FICTION Mystery & Detective Cozy Culinary. bisacsh 9989 FICTION Mystery & Detective Women Sleuths. bisacsh 9990 FICTION Mystery & Detective Amateur Sleuth. bisacsh 9991 Murder Investigation. fast (OCoLC)fst01029788 9573 Hot air balloons. fast (OCoLC)fst00961647 9992 Tearooms. fast (OCoLC)fst01144712 1712 Drone aircraft. fast (OCoLC)fst00898349 9993 Tearooms Fiction. sears 9994 Homicide Fiction. sears 9557 Whistle blowing Fiction. sears 9995 Americana Fiction. sears 9996 Ballooning Fiction. sears 9997 Balloons Fiction. sears 9998 Drone aircraft Fiction. sears 9988 Charleston (S.C.) Fiction. 9999 South Carolina Charleston. fast (OCoLC)fst01204603 10000 Charleston (S.C.) Fiction. sears 9999 Detective and mystery stories. 3071 Detective and mystery fiction. 485 Detective and mystery fiction. fast (OCoLC)fst01726581 485 Fiction. fast (OCoLC)fst01423787 48 Mystery fiction. gsafd 670 Detective and mystery fiction. lcft 485 Detective and mystery fiction. lcgft 485 Childs, Laura. Tea shop mystery ; #20. 10001 .b15657617x ddc BOOK 28028 28028 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2022-01-26 26.00 3 CHIL 63416 2022-03-19 2022-03-10 2022-01-26 BOOK 1