The Chocolate Bear Burglary - (Chocoholic Mystery) by Joanna Carl (Paperback)

About the Book

This second Chocoholic mystery finds chocolatiers Lee McKinney and her Aunt Nettie awaiting the tourists that a teddy bear promotion will bring Warner Pier. To help decorate the store, Gail, an antiques dealer, lends them a collection of valuable chocolate molds. But when the shop is broken into, Gail is dead--and the prime suspect is Gail's teenage stepson. Lee tries to clear the boy's name--but in doing so she disturbs some family secrets. Original.

Book Synopsis

CONFESSIONS OF A CONFECTIONER

After leaving her bad-news husband back in Texas, Lee McKinney moved up north to a quaint resort town. Now she keeps the books for her aunt's luxury-chocolate shop. But Lee soon finds that Michigan winters can be murder....

Lee and Aunt Nettie can't believe their luck. A teddy bear promotion will have tourists flocking to Warner Pier, which could mean skyrocketing sales for TenHuis Chocolade. To help decorate the scrumptious store, their friend Gail, an antique dealer, lends them a collection of valuable chocolate molds. But after a burglary at the shop, Gail meets with a grisly fate--and the main suspect in her murder is Lee's troubled teenage stepson. Lee sets out to clear his name, but awakening long-hibernating family secrets might be more than this daring crime solver can bear...

INCLUDES TASTY CHOCOLATE TRIVIA!

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.