It is Sunday afternoon, and Theodosia and Drayton are catering a formal tea at a hot-air balloon rally. The view aloft is not only stunning, they are also surrounded by a dozen other colorful hot-air balloons. But as the sky turns gray and the clouds start to boil up, a strange object zooms out of nowhere. It is a drone, and it appears to be buzzing around the balloons, checking them out.
As Theodosia and Drayton watch, the drone, hovering like some angry, mechanized insect, deliberately crashes into the balloon next to them. An enormous, fiery explosion erupts, and everyone watches in horror as the balloon plummets to the earth, killing all three of its passengers.
Sirens scream, first responders arrive, and Theodosia is interviewed by the police. During the interview she learns that one of the downed occupants was Don Kingsley, the CEO of a local software company, SyncSoft. Not only do the police suspect Kingsley as the primary target, they learn that he possessed a rare Revolutionary War Union Jack flag that several people were rabidly bidding on.
Intrigued, Theodosia begins her own investigation. Was it the CEO's soon-to-be ex-wife, who is restoring an enormous mansion at no expense? The CEO's personal assistant, who also functioned as curator of his prized collection of Americana? Two rival antiques' dealers known for dirty dealing? Or was the killer the fiancée of one of Theodosia's dear friends, who turns out to be an employee—and whistle-blower—at SyncSoft?
Oh My Word! what a page turner, this is one I couldn't put down once I started it, maximum stars and then some!
Drayton and Theodosia from the Indigo Tea Shop are in a hot air balloon, at a hot air balloon rally (oh and Drayton really, REALLY wishes he had stayed with his feet on the ground serving tea) when they are buzzed by a drone, as are other balloons, everyone seems to thing it is just someone being stupid until the drone hurtles towards one particular balloon and rips a hole in it, leading to a fireball crash. Drayton and Theodosia are the ones who saw what happened, but everything is complicated when one of the deceased balloonist's assistant turns up stating that a major theft has happened!
Now as well as putting on some themed teas, judging a competition, going on live TV and helping Drayton with a photo shoot in his house, Theodosia needs to figure out who killed three people, is the theft linked or not, oh and keep one of her good friend's fiance out of jail. Err no pressure then?
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