By  Laura Childs

Theodosia Browning, intrepid owner of the Indigo Tea Shop in Charleston, S.C., is catering a glittering show of gems and jewels hosted by her friend Brooke Carter Crockett, owner of Heart’s Desire Fine jewelry.  The elegant affair is proceeding apace when a truck smashes through the shop’s front window and a gang of jewel thieves leaps out to commit a smash-and-grab robbery of gems worth millions.