Mystery: Tea Shop Cozy - Toxic Tisane at Riverside Blend

Toxic Tisane at Riverside Blend: Where Riverside Calm Conceals a Storm of Secrets

Story Dossier + Outline

Premise:

In my riverside tea shop famed for craft fair blends, an artisan customer collapses post-service, drawing me into a maze of tampered ingredients and crumbling supplier tales to confirm a purposeful poisoning fueled by jealous grudges among creative regulars.

✨ Genre: Tea Shop Cozy Mystery

✨ Tropes/Themes: Customer Collapses After Tea Service, Blend Ingredient Tampering, Supplier Alibis Collapse, False Assumption of Accidental Death, Hidden Grudge Among Regulars, Intentional Poisoning Proven, Artisanal Craft Fairs, Creative Jealousies

✨ POV & Structure: 1st person present tense from a single POV, structured in a 4-act narrative arc.

✨ Vibe: Creative and engaging with an artisanal flair, evoking the charm of handmade goods and community events. It keeps a light, puzzle-driven vibe focused on ingenuity and subtle twists, free from intense emotions.

✨ Book Size: Short Novel (40,000-60,000 words)

✨ Chapter Count: 28 Chapters

✨ Word Count: target 1800-2200 per chapter

✨ Heat Level: No Romance (plot-focused, no romantic elements)

What you get:

✅ Complete Premise with core concepts and Narrative Physics Architecture

✅ Complete Story Dossier — including detailed characters, relationship arcs, locations and objects, world rules and histories, multiple subplots, and market researched genre and style guides.

✅ A detailed 28 chapter outline.