In Honor Of The Grim Steeper by Amanda Cooper I Am Having A Give Away!

Earlier this week my long awaited copy of The Grim Steeper Arrived. Last year Amanda Cooper, kindly enlisted my help with some information on tea steeper's and she included the information I gave her at the end of her book.

I was incredibly touched to read the dedication in the book when it arrived (Yes I really did order my own copy from The Book Depository) I am so honored that Amanda Cooper included this in the book. It was a very big surprise and a simply wonderful one at that.

Being that I am a cozy mystery lover as well as a loose leaf tea enthusiast, I found the most fun novelty tea steeper in the shape of a skull. I thought it would be fun to give one away to one of my readers in honor of Amanda Cooper's third book The Grim Steeper.

This little silicone skull is actually really useful and makes a fun accessory for tea time and cozy mysteries. If you would like to have a chance to win a Skull Shaped Tea Steeper like mine please email me at karenmowen@gmail.com with GRIM STEEPER in the subject line or leave me a comment below. I will make the draw this Wednesday March 2nd and mail one Skull Steeper to the winner. Please note that this is open to my North American Readers only. 
To order your own copy of The Grim Steeper please click here
To learn more about Amanda Cooper and The Teapot Collector Mysteries please visit her website by clicking here.
Thank you for joining me for a cup of tea and a cozy mystery and give away today!
I would love to hear from you so please leave me a comment here or email me at karenmowen@gmail.com

Murder By The Spoonful Is A Fantastic Read!

I just fished  Vicki Vass' An Antique Hunters Mystery Murder by the Spoonful. It was fantastic. I am so very grateful that  it was sent to me to review. I will be honest with you as you all know I often choose my books by their covers and I would not have picked this one up. A mistake would have been made on my part because this is very clearly one of the best cozy mysteries I have read this year. I admit freely that I am a cozy mystery cover snob. I like an illustration that includes a cat or dog or looks like a painting.

What this book lacked in the traditional cozy cover is certainly made up for it in the story. Two friends, both with wonderful and helpful pets, love interests that made sense and I hope stick around. Mysteries that made you want to not put the book down and a story that flowed seamlessly between the two main characters in each chapter. I was very impressed and delighted with this book and I hope you will be too. You can find Vicki Vass' Murder by the Spoonful with free shipping from The Book Depository by clicking here. 

Oh and if you are wondering where I ordered my Skull tea strainer from (which is perfect for mystery lovers and Halloween click here for Ebay and where I ordered mine from.  
Thank you for joining me for A Cup of Tea and A Cozy Mystery, I look forward to sharing another book review with you soon!
As with all my posts I would love to hear from you so please leave me a comment here or email me at karenmowen@gmail.com

New Tea Strainer I Just Love! New Cozy To Pre-Order...

Silicone novelty tea strainers are very popular right now and I found one I just love! 

Shaped like a "real teabag" this is one of the cutest ones I have seen yet, I ordered a few in various colors but the orange one was first out of the envelope so that is the one I am sharing today.

To use, simply pull the bottom away from the bag and open it to add your tea leaves, replace the bottom and place it in your mug or tea pot and pour the hot water over it allowing the leaves to steep as you like them.  When ready remove the tea bag and let it rest. To remove the leaves simply pull the bottom away and dump out the leaves!  Give it a rinse and let it dry.

These adorable little tea bags can be found inexpensively on Ebay. They make great little gifts or stocking stuffer for tea lovers, friends, wedding shower favors teachers and more.  I bought mine from small-sellers Ebay shop to view their listing please click here.
Thank you for joining me for A Cup of tea! Now for that new Cozy Mystery....

The new "Cozy" on my table to read this week is called Peaches and Screams.  I was thrilled to get an Advanced Reading Copy of Susan Furlongs Peaches and Scream Cozy Mystery due out July 5th! You can pre-order your own copy by clicking here. I can not wait to read it! I love Southern Mysteries and just check out that cover art!
As with all my posts I would love to hear from you so please leave me a comment here or email me at karenmowen@gmail.com