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South of Broad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.88 — 52,053 ratings — published 2009
The Invention of Wings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as charleston)
avg rating 4.26 — 339,051 ratings — published 2014
The House on Tradd Street (Tradd Street, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as charleston)
avg rating 4.01 — 31,308 ratings — published 2008
Trouble's Turn to Lose (Carolina Tales, #3)
by (shelved 18 times as charleston)
avg rating 4.48 — 601 ratings — published 2026
The Girl On Legare Street (Tradd Street, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as charleston)
avg rating 4.12 — 19,203 ratings — published 2009
Death by Darjeeling (A Tea Shop Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.74 — 13,128 ratings — published 2001
Looking for Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.94 — 15,103 ratings — published 2013
The Lords of Discipline (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as charleston)
avg rating 4.35 — 30,780 ratings — published 1980
The Indigo Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as charleston)
avg rating 4.21 — 54,987 ratings — published 2017
Bulls Island (Lowcountry Tales, #9)
by (shelved 9 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.98 — 8,597 ratings — published 2008
Gunpowder Green (A Tea Shop Mystery, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.89 — 6,354 ratings — published 2002
Celia Garth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as charleston)
avg rating 4.12 — 4,362 ratings — published 1959
Shades of Earl Grey (A Tea Shop Mystery, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,686 ratings — published 2003
The Strangers on Montagu Street (Tradd Street, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as charleston)
avg rating 4.23 — 15,521 ratings — published 2011
Charleston (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.95 — 4,116 ratings — published 2002
Girls in Trucks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as charleston)
avg rating 2.84 — 9,213 ratings — published 2008
The Beach House (Beach House, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as charleston)
avg rating 4.22 — 31,240 ratings — published 2002
Porch Lights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.93 — 15,851 ratings — published 2012
Chamomile Mourning (A Tea Shop Mystery, #6)
by (shelved 7 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,838 ratings — published 2005
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.78 — 338,453 ratings — published 2020
Ming Tea Murder (A Tea Shop Mystery, #16)
by (shelved 6 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.84 — 2,808 ratings — published 2015
The Last Original Wife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.77 — 22,389 ratings — published 2013
The Summer Girls (Lowcountry Summer, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.87 — 20,610 ratings — published 2013
Beach House Memories (Beach House, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as charleston)
avg rating 4.19 — 10,241 ratings — published 2012
Break No Bones (Temperance Brennan, #9)
by (shelved 6 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.98 — 33,233 ratings — published 2006
The Jasmine Moon Murder (A Tea Shop Mystery, #5)
by (shelved 6 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.96 — 4,677 ratings — published 2004
Dragonwell Dead (A Tea Shop Mystery, #8)
by (shelved 6 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,672 ratings — published 2007
How to Sell a Haunted House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.63 — 181,799 ratings — published 2023
Steeped in Evil (A Tea Shop Mystery, #15)
by (shelved 5 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.87 — 3,118 ratings — published 2014
Agony of the Leaves (A Tea Shop Mystery, #13)
by (shelved 5 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.86 — 3,311 ratings — published 2012
The Summer's End (Lowcountry Summer, #3)
by (shelved 5 times as charleston)
avg rating 4.22 — 11,208 ratings — published 2015
The Hurricane Sisters (Lowcountry Tales, #10)
by (shelved 5 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.62 — 21,182 ratings — published 2014
Plantation (Lowcountry Tales, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as charleston)
avg rating 4.21 — 15,355 ratings — published 2001
Scones & Bones (A Tea Shop Mystery, #12)
by (shelved 5 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,365 ratings — published 2011
Book of the Dead (Kay Scarpetta, #15)
by (shelved 5 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.71 — 37,478 ratings — published 2007
The Silver Needle Murder (A Tea Shop Mystery, #9)
by (shelved 5 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,272 ratings — published 2008
Blood Orange Brewing (A Tea Shop Mystery, #7)
by (shelved 5 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.94 — 3,886 ratings — published 2006
Where the Rivers Merge (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 16,354 ratings — published
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as charleston)
avg rating 4.17 — 64,133 ratings — published 2024
Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story-The True Story of a Journalist's Investigation into a Fraternity Drug Ring (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.48 — 13,250 ratings — published 2023
Southern Charmer (Charleston Heat, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as charleston)
avg rating 4.03 — 8,278 ratings — published 2018
Other Birds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as charleston)
avg rating 4.01 — 84,179 ratings — published 2022
The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street (Tradd Street, #6)
by (shelved 4 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.95 — 9,132 ratings — published 2019
Queen Bee (Lowcountry Tales, #12)
by (shelved 4 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.92 — 22,626 ratings — published 2019
Plum Tea Crazy (A Tea Shop Mystery, #19)
by (shelved 4 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,784 ratings — published 2018
Lowcountry Boil (Liz Talbot Mystery #1)
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avg rating 3.99 — 8,414 ratings — published 2012
Lowcountry Bordello (Liz Talbot Mystery #4)
by (shelved 4 times as charleston)
avg rating 4.27 — 3,676 ratings — published 2015
The Lost Quilter (Elm Creek Quilts, #14)
by (shelved 4 times as charleston)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,896 ratings — published 2009
Gone With a Handsomer Man (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as charleston)
avg rating 3.62 — 2,658 ratings — published 2011
Shem Creek (Lowcountry Tales, #4)
by (shelved 4 times as charleston)
avg rating 4.06 — 11,331 ratings — published 2002
“He fed the meter, and we walked the short distance to Hannibal's Kitchen, which was famous for its soul food.
It was crowded, but we only had to wait fifteen minutes to be seated. Having Dante cook for us spoiled me, but I was always down to try another Gullah-Geechee soul food spot. I ordered the crab and shrimp fried rice and shark steak. Quinton had the rice with oxtails but then begged until I gave him some of my fish.
Once we left, we went down East Bay to King Street, stopped in a bookstore, and walked through the City Market. Quinton picked up a pound cake from Fergie's Favorites, and I picked out a beautiful bouquet of flowers fashioned from sweetgrass. Sweetgrass symbolized harmony, love, peace, strength, positivity, and purity. I needed any symbol of those things that I could get. I also thought they'd be a nice peace offering for Mariah. I'd give her a few.
We walked to Kaminsky's for dessert. I had their berry cobbler with ice cream. It was served in the ceramic dish it was baked in. I liked the coziness of eating out of a baking dish. The ice cream tasted homemade. The strawberry syrup exploded on my tongue. I didn't make pies, so whenever I had dessert out, I got pie. Quinton had his favorite milkshake and took key lime pie and bourbon pecan pie to go for his mother.”
― Bitter and Sweet
It was crowded, but we only had to wait fifteen minutes to be seated. Having Dante cook for us spoiled me, but I was always down to try another Gullah-Geechee soul food spot. I ordered the crab and shrimp fried rice and shark steak. Quinton had the rice with oxtails but then begged until I gave him some of my fish.
Once we left, we went down East Bay to King Street, stopped in a bookstore, and walked through the City Market. Quinton picked up a pound cake from Fergie's Favorites, and I picked out a beautiful bouquet of flowers fashioned from sweetgrass. Sweetgrass symbolized harmony, love, peace, strength, positivity, and purity. I needed any symbol of those things that I could get. I also thought they'd be a nice peace offering for Mariah. I'd give her a few.
We walked to Kaminsky's for dessert. I had their berry cobbler with ice cream. It was served in the ceramic dish it was baked in. I liked the coziness of eating out of a baking dish. The ice cream tasted homemade. The strawberry syrup exploded on my tongue. I didn't make pies, so whenever I had dessert out, I got pie. Quinton had his favorite milkshake and took key lime pie and bourbon pecan pie to go for his mother.”
― Bitter and Sweet
