A review by slferg
In Peppermint Peril, by Joy Avon

4.0

The first book in the Book Tea mysteries revealing why Callie Aspen returned to Heart's Harbour and how she met Detective Falk. She is involved in a mystery when Dorothea's gardener is killed in the middle of a tea she had planned where she was going to reveal the contents of her will. Many of the people attending are anxious to find she is leaving them money. They just aren't sure how much. But Dorothea has other plans....and someone is not happy. Callie has happy memories of Dorothea's house and estate as do several others she grew up with. In fact, she once thought she was in love with Dorothea's nephew who married her best friend.
To keep those she cares about from being arrested for the murder, she tries to discover who the murderer was and why. Also, she begins to fall a little for Detective Falk.......