About this ebook
Freelance writer turned bookshop co-owner Iris Chen is finally starting to feel at home in Bellflower Bay. The dust has settled since the teapot incident, and she’s beginning to embrace the quiet rhythm of small-town life behind the purple door of the Lavender Lane Bookshop.
But when a famous, reclusive author chooses the shop to unveil a long-lost, unpublished manuscript, the peace is shattered. Before the first page can be read at the Friday Tea Hour, the manuscript vanishes. The stakes are higher than just paper and ink. This manuscript contains a secret that could change someone’s life—or ruin it.
As Alma tries to keep the community calm, Iris must use her writer’s intuition to navigate a maze of literary rivalries, old grudges, and hidden motives. From the local historian with a suspicious interest in the past to a newcomer who seems too good to be true, everyone has a reason to want that manuscript. Iris has until the final cup of tea is poured to find the thief, or the bookshop's reputation will be ruined forever.
Return to the world where the tea is hot, the books are plenty, and the mysteries are always solved with heart.
The Bookshop Missing Manuscript is the second book in the Bookshop Tea Hour Mysteries, a series perfect for fans of bookish settings, found family, and gentle, heartfelt "whodunnits."
No violence. No gore. All heart.
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About the author
Sophie Howlr writes stories for the "quiet hours."
She believes that a good mystery doesn’t need to be loud, violent, or stressful to be gripping. Instead, she invites readers into Lavender Lane, a place where the tea is always hot, the books have a history of their own, and the puzzles are just enough to keep the mind engaged without keeping you awake at night.
As the author of The Bookshop Tea Hour Mysteries, Sophie’s mission is simple: to provide a sanctuary for "busy brains." Her stories are intentionally low-stakes, heartfelt, and completely free of gore—the literary equivalent of a warm blanket on a rainy afternoon.
When she isn’t crafting "boring" little mysteries, Sophie can be found in the back corner of a local bookstore, sipping oolong and wondering what secrets are hidden between the pages of old manuscripts.
