When amoral Rachel moves into the first floor apartment of Katherine’s house, trouble erupts. The murder weapon is one she recognizes and makes her fear for her friends and family. Finding the killer becomes her goal.
Editorial Review
Murder and Mint Tea is a gem in its genre, combining the voice of a classic American whodunit with that of a traditional British detective novel. Murder She Wrote meets Miss Marple in a beautifully crafted tale that makes the reader want to reach into the pages and dispense justice to the villainess themselves. ~ Writer Gail Roughton
Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2019
Yes, the book unfolds slowly, exactly as you can imagine such events happening. A glamorous young divorced woman and her children, boy and girl, move into a friendly, safe, pleasant neighborhood and rent the downstairs of a lovely old house. Pretty quickly, the landlady, a retired nurse with deep roots in her community, learns that her renters, foisted off on her by a trusted friend of her son, are trouble. Not the daughter, who both brother and mother treat as a live-in slave, but the boy, who is malicious and aggressive. Bit by bit, Mrs. Miller realizes that she has not one but two sociopaths living downstairs, because the mother proves to be a toxic personality. Plenty of creepy crawlies as you read, and piece by piece the true crime aspects of this "it could happen here" story unfolds. What I liked best about the book were the well-observed and true to life characters as well as the unsettling description of the unraveling of what has been a nearly idyllic neighborhood. I also loved the fact that Mrs. Miller is a mature woman and that her wisdom and her insights do have impact upon setting the world to rights again.
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2023
A who done it that has the readers routing for the murderer. Really liked the ending, with a plethora of murder suspect to go with it.
Good read for anyone that likes a good mystery.
Good read for anyone that likes a good mystery.
Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2021
Ms. Walters is a superb storyteller. In Murder and Mint Tea, she keeps us guessing and builds the tension with her excellent painting of a broad picture filled with well-developed characters and situations before she lets the hammer down on who is the victim in the story. Then she wraps it all up with a satisfying conclusion by revealing the murderer and motive. Yes, instead of opening with the crime, we learn all about the people in the neighborhood. I kept reading to figure out who was going to be murdered and how. After the murder, I kept reading to find out the guilty person! If you like reading mysteries, this one is just right for you.
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