title: Scones & Bones (A Tea Shop Mystery)
author:  Laura Childs 
description: Laura Childs is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Cackleberry Club, Tea Shop, and Scrapbooking mysteries. In her past life she was a Clio Awardwinning advertising writer and CEO of her own marketing firm. She lives in Plymouth, Minnesota.
zlib_text: Tea Shop Mysteries 12
  Scones & Bones
  Laura Childs
  Copyright ©  2011
  by Gerry Schmitt &  Associates, Inc.
   
  For E lmo,  dear departed family dog w ho serv ed as the model for
  E arl Grey.
   
  Many thanks to Sam, Tom, Niti, Bob, J ennie, Dan, and the fine
  people at Berkley who handle design, publicity, copywriting,
  bookstore sales, and gift sales. A special thank-you to all tea lovers,
  tea shop owners, bookstore owners, librarians, reviewers, magazine
  writers, websites, and radio stations who have enjoyed the ongoing
  adventures of the Indigo Tea Shop gang.
  This may be book twelve, but there are many, many stories yet to
  tell and so many marvelous teas to be brewed!
   
   
  
  C h a p ter  1
   
  A smirk ing human skull, all hollow eye sockets and pronounced
  parietal bones, grinned diabolically at Theodosia. A second skull, this
  one with crooked teeth clenched in an agonized grimace, wasn't
  quite as mirthful.
  "Some of these images are a little bizarre," Theodosia murmured
  to Drayton.
  “ J olly Roger f