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.