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  • Location: Charleston

Agony of the Leaves

Agony of the Leaves

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2000s: You don’t find expect to find a human body in an acquarium!

  • ISBN: 978-0425251966
  • Genre: Cosy crime

What you need to know before your trail

The opening of the aquarium is a major Charleston event, and Theodosia has been hired to cater the private party to honor dignitaries and big-buck donors. Things are going swimmingly until Theodosia discovers a body entangled in a net, drowned in one of the aquarium s state-of-the-art tanks.

To make matters worse, the victim is Theodosia s former boyfriend, Parker Scully. The EMTs think Parker s drowning was an accident, but when Theodosia notices what look like defense wounds on his hands, she realizes that someone wanted Parker dead. The police aren t keen on her theory, so if she wants Parker s killer brought to justice, Theodosia will have to jump into the deep end and start her own investigation “

Travel Guide

Charleston

The first place on your trail when reading this novel has to be the aquarium on the banks of the Cooper River in Southern Charleston. You will find many animals there and not what they find in the novel but imagine having this aquarium as  a background to your reading? The South Carolina Aquarium is massive and has hundreds of creatures, including many native species.

Tea in Charleston

Charleston Place hotel  serves a good afternoon tea and given the nature of the book you may want to be here when you get hungry! On and don’t forget to try and find the next best thing to the Indigo Tea Shop that’s in the book by sampling each one of the cafes on this list at the tourist board!

Booktrail Boarding Pass: Agony of the Leaves

Author/Guide: Laura Childs  Destination: Charleston  Departure Time: 2000s

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