In a charming Tennessee mountain town, three tea-drinking sleuths are about to stir up a killer’s best-kept secret.
Heritage Week in Laurel Fork is supposed to celebrate local history, homemade treats, and good old-fashioned Southern pride. But when historian Preston Vale is found dead at the Old Grist Mill, the town is quick to call it a tragic accident.
Vivian, Mabel, and Opal aren’t buying it.
From the cozy back room of their favorite tea shop, the three friends form The Deep South Murder Club and start asking questions no one wants answered. A missing iron grain weight, a torn silk scarf, and a hidden church ledger point to land fraud, family secrets, and a deadly mystery tied to a suspicious 1936 courthouse fire.
With a powerful family guarding its reputation and a killer hiding behind sweet smiles, these Southern sleuths must uncover the truth before history repeats itself—with murder.