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JoAnna Carl (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

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Publication Date: August 2002 | Series: Thorndike Mystery
After giving up her career as a Texas trophy wife, 28-year-old Lee McKinney finds herself in a Michigan resort town, keeping the books for her Aunt Nettie’s luxury chocolate business. But she soon finds that her new life isn’t all truffles and bonbons…

Clementine Ripley, the defense attorney everyone loves to hate, is throwing a party that calls for several thousand dollars worth of custom chocolates—some made in the image of her champion cat. Lee jumps at the job, but sweet success takes a bitter turn when someone adds and extra ingrediant—cyanide—to one of their delicious chocolates and it finds its way into Ms. Ripley’s mouth. Now it’s up to Lee to figure out who tampered with Aunt Nettie’s recipe before they find themselves behind not-so-chocolate bars.

INCLUDES YUMMY CHOCOLATE TRIVIA!

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“As delectable as a rich chocolate truffle…satisfies to the last prized morsel.” —Carolyn Hart

“A delicious new series! Feisty young heroine Lee McKinney is a delight in this chocolate treat.” —Tamar Myers

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About the Author

JoAnna Carl is the pseudonym of a multipublished mystery writer. She spent more than twenty-five years in the newspaper business, working as a reporter, feature writer, editor and columnist. She holds a degree in journalism from the University of Oklahoma and also studied in the OU Professional Writing Program. She lives in Oklahoma but spends much of her summer at a cottage on Lake Michigan near several communities similar to the fictional town of Warner Pier.
--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Cute Series That You'll Love.... Mar 25 2004
By K. A. Stevenson
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Blonde, gorgeous, tall and Texan Lee McKinney leaves her role as "Texas Trophy Wife" and comes to help manage her favorite aunt's chocolate business in a small resort town.

Trouble ensues when a much hated defense attorney dies after ingesting a cyanide-filled trouffle that Lee has delivered. The mystery escalates from there and is very skillfully delivered.

Although "The Chocolate Cat Caper" is a light, cozy read - it isn't juvenile in the least. The one area that is rather silly is that the author insists on giving Lee McKinney an impediment of a sort where she substitutes the wrong word in sentences at the most inopportune times. The effect is suppose to be funny - but I just found it to be silly.

In spite of this, I thoroughly enjoyed the first of this series and am currently reading the second.

The cover art is GREAT and it was disappointing to note that the artist did not receive any mention in the book. This is sad as the art helped me to decide to buy the series.

Also great were the neat chocolate facts, which were dispersed throughout the book.

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1.0 out of 5 stars If you're into silliness.... Jan 20 2004
By A Customer
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This mystery started out pretty good but quickly degenerated into so much silliness I had to check and make sure I wasn't reading a juvenile Trixie Belden book. For someone with a college education, the main character is incredibly immature and the misspoken words get old after the first occurrance. Writers like this author and Tamar Meyers are good on idea and bad on writing. What a shame, this book had potential.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Cute New Series Aug 31 2003
By A Customer
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Definitely light summer reading, but enjoyable nonetheless. The only thing I found sillly was Lee's constant use of the wrong word when she was nervous or upset. I didn't find it funny, and after about the third time, it got outright annoying.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Read this with plenty of chocolate on hand...
or the reader may find themselves running to 7-11 in the middle of the night for some. The Chocolate Cat Caper is all that a cozy mystery should be: Well plotted, enjoyable... Read more
Published on Aug 6 2003 by "chick-lit-chick"
4.0 out of 5 stars Read this with plenty of chocolate on hand...
or the reader may find themselves running to 7-11 in the middle of the night for some. The Chocolate Cat Caper is all that a cozy mystery should be: Well plotted, enjoyable... Read more
Published on Aug 6 2003 by "chick-lit-chick"
5.0 out of 5 stars Recipe for sweet, rich, suspense filled, hilarious tale
Ingredients:

Lee McKinney- a perpetually tounge-tied Texas accountant, formerly trophy wife, displaced to the Lake Michigan shore

Aunt Nettie (Jeanette TenHuis)- Sweet... Read more

Published on May 20 2003 by Sandi Jones
3.0 out of 5 stars Okay, but not extraordinary
This is a pretty good series. I like Aunt Nettie and the chocolate store (makes me hungry though!). Lee is an okay character, but her habit of using the wrong word in tight... Read more
Published on April 8 2003 by Coppertop
2.0 out of 5 stars Pre-teen fiction!
Silly book, reminding me of my childhood favorite, Nancy Drew. As an adult reader, however, this book is childish, predictable driverish! Read more
Published on Feb 22 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars A delicious new mystery.
After divorcing her husband, Lee McKinney moves back to Warner Pier, Michigan to handle the business end of her aunts chocolate shop. Read more
Published on Nov 12 2002 by Michele Gregersen
3.0 out of 5 stars A true - though average - chocoholic mystery
Just as the title of the new series portrays, this first installment of the Chocoholic Mysteries is a sweet treat. Read more
Published on July 28 2002 by Karina A. Suarez
4.0 out of 5 stars Impressive new series
I may have been that my inner Lady Godiva was offering some unconscious input when I bought this title. I do love chocolate!

Carl (a pseudonym for author Eve K. Read more

Published on Jun 24 2002 by "kathrynlively"
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun new series
Lee McKinney has tired of her life as a trophy wife in Texas. So, the ex beauty queen chucks it all and moves to Michigan to help her Aunt Nettie in her gourmet chocolate factory... Read more
Published on May 10 2002 by Moe811
4.0 out of 5 stars Delicious beginning of a new series
Lee McKinney has left Texas and her ex-husband behind her and is now on the coast of Lake Michigan working in her Aunt Nettie's chocolate factory. Read more
Published on April 28 2002 by Karen Potts
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