A Chocoholic Mystery
When Lee hires a free-spirited employee with a tie-dyed,
troubled past, she discovers that even the counter-culture
can conceal a killer...
As much as the chocolate concoctions at TenHuis can tantalize people’s tongues, Lee’s newest hire is more likely to make them wag. Forsythia “Sissy” Smith is the granddaughter of Warner Pier’s only remaining resident hippie, and lives out at the Moose Lodge—once an informal commune in the forest east of town. But the fact that Sissy is a third-generation flower child is the least of Lee’s concerns.
The previous winter, Sissy’s husband, Buzz, was found shot to death, and local talk named Sissy the number one suspect. Even though her alibi was airtight, the gossips are still pointing their fingers at her. Lee sympathizes with the young woman—even more so when Buzz’s dad, a tough retired Army colonel, threatens to sue Sissy for custody of her son.
Then the chief gossip is found dead, with Sissy on the scene. Was she lured there? Or is she the killer? Lee has a sneaking suspicion that there is someone even more sinister to blame. Someone out to keep a dark secret from coming to light. And they would have no problem killing a certain clever chocolatier who might uncover the truth...
As much as the chocolate concoctions at TenHuis can tantalize people’s tongues, Lee’s newest hire is more likely to make them wag. Forsythia “Sissy” Smith is the granddaughter of Warner Pier’s only remaining resident hippie, and lives out at the Moose Lodge—once an informal commune in the forest east of town. But the fact that Sissy is a third-generation flower child is the least of Lee’s concerns.
The previous winter, Sissy’s husband, Buzz, was found shot to death, and local talk named Sissy the number one suspect. Even though her alibi was airtight, the gossips are still pointing their fingers at her. Lee sympathizes with the young woman—even more so when Buzz’s dad, a tough retired Army colonel, threatens to sue Sissy for custody of her son.
Then the chief gossip is found dead, with Sissy on the scene. Was she lured there? Or is she the killer? Lee has a sneaking suspicion that there is someone even more sinister to blame. Someone out to keep a dark secret from coming to light. And they would have no problem killing a certain clever chocolatier who might uncover the truth...
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
JOANNA CARL (aka Eve K. Sandstrom) is the pseudonym for a multi-published mystery
writer. She spent 25 years in the newspaper business as a
reporter, feature writer, editor, and columnist, most
recently at the Lawton Constitution. She holds a degree
in
journalism from the University of OK and also studied in
the O.U. Professional Writing program. She lives in
Oklahoma but summers in Michigan where the Chocoholic
Mystery series is set. She has one daughter who is a CPA
and another who works for a chocolate company and provides
yummy insider information on the chocolate business.
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Would like to win for several reasons . I enjoy reading cozy mysteries and I love chocolate. Sissy sounds like an interesting character . Is she the killer?
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this cover makes me smile!!! LOL!!
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