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Murder with Oolong Tea
Murder with Oolong Tea | Karen Rose Smith
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In bestselling author Karen Rose Smith's sixth delightfully devious Daisy's Tea Garden Mystery, Pennsylvania Amish country's favorite tea house proprietor, Daisy Swanson, finds herself going back to school expecting to serve tea--only to get a crash course in criminal justice! The faculty of Willow Creek High School are having a get-together after the spring concert with refreshments provided, courtesy of Daisy's Tea Garden. Oolong tea and chocolate biscuits are just what the staff needs to help them unwind from Althea Higgins' demanding curriculum. Her lessons on such controversial subjects as school uniforms and under qualified substitute teachers are earning her an F from her colleagues. But a failing grade was preferable to Althea falling victim to foul play. Daisy was there when her body was discovered in the school swimming pool, murdered by strangulation. Althea was certainly a strict, opinionated taskmaster, unliked by both teachers and students, but would any of them actually want to kill her? As Daisy starts asking questions, she gets a real education in Althea's history, discovering more than enough enemies with more than enough motives to cancel her classes permanently...
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CarolynM
Murder with Oolong Tea | Karen Rose Smith
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😳 Can any of my US friends tell me if this is common usage, unusual or just a printing error?

wanderinglynn It‘s not common where I grew up. I thought a nappy was a diaper. 🤷🏼‍♀️😆 3y
wanderinglynn I also have never used the phrase “sparkling sugar.” 3y
CarolynM @wanderinglynn That's what nappy means to me, that's why I asked the question. "Napkin" would make sense in this context, but, in my world, if you shorten it you can only mean a covering for baby's bottom. (edited) 3y
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CarolynM @wanderinglynn Scratch that, it wouldn't make sense because a napkin is cloth, never crystal! 3y
wanderinglynn So I googled it because I had no idea. “Nappy, in antique glassware terms, references a shallow open serving dish with no rim and a flat bottom.” https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/old-fashioned-glassware-terms-4046546 3y
wanderinglynn It makes a lot more sense now. 🤣 3y
CarolynM @wanderinglynn Well, there you go... You learn something new every day. Thank you. 😘 (edited) 3y
rockpools That throws up some interesting images in my brain 🤨 - I‘ve never heard that term either! 3y
Cathythoughts Interesting 🤨! I‘m glad that was cleared up .. 3y
Lcsmcat @wanderinglynn interesting! I knew all the other terms in that article, but I‘d never heard nappy used that way before! 3y
wanderinglynn @Lcsmcat I hadn‘t either. It‘s interesting the way language evolves and changes. 3y
julesG Thank you for asking this question. 3y
xicanti Ohhhh! My grandma had a bunch of those things, but I had no idea they were called nappy. To me, like everyone else, a nappy is a baby‘s diaper. 3y
LeahBergen I‘ve only heard it called a “fruit nappy” here in Canada by my old aunts. They are small bowls for individual servings of fruit. 3y
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Dollycas
Murder with Oolong Tea | Karen Rose Smith
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Murder with Oolong Tea is filled with great characters and a first-rate mystery.

Read my full review here: https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2021/01/07/murder-with-oolong-tea-a-daisys-te...

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Preciouz29
Murder with Oolong Tea | Karen Rose Smith
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3 stars for the story, there was just something I can‘t pinpoint that kept me from loving this, but 4 stars for the inclusion of those recipes!!! Overall it‘s a good read and all the characters mostly feel pretty reasonable. I think there was just too much going on in a serious way and not a fun kooky way that I prefer from my cozies.