The Chocolate Moose Motive (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
TenHuis Chocolade is such a busy place Lee thinks they may need more help. When she overhears an argument in the grocery store and does a little investigating she believes she has found her new payroll clerk. Forsynthia "Sissy" Smith is a the granddaughter of the area's only remaining hippie. She lives east of town with her grandmother at the Moose Lodge. The place was once an informal commune. Lee has learned that Sissy's husband Buzz was found shot to death the previous winter and Sissy was the prime suspect according to all the local gossip even though she had an airtight alibi. The argument Lee overheard in the grocery store was between Sissy and Buzz's dad, a retired army colonel. He is planning to sue Sissy for custody of her son.When the biggest gossip in town is found dead -- by Sissy -- Lee knows they is much more to the story. But she knows if this person has killed twice already they will have no problem killing again, even if it is just a clever chocolatier trying to uncover the truth.Dollycas's ThoughtsYes, I am a chocoholic and I am addicted to chocolate and to JoAnna Carl's Chocoholic Mysteries.This series is fun and the characters are addicting. I anxiously await each installment to see what Lee and Aunt Nettie and the other residents of Warner Pier are up to this time.This time we meet two new residents that I hope come back in the future, Sissy and her grandmother Wildflower. Wildflower is a taxidermist and yes there is a moose head above her fireplace. It was there when they moved in and is the reason she is now one of the best taxidermists in the area. Sissy is would at TenHuis Chocolade and thinking about going to college.The book is a fast lighthearted read and even includes a fudge recipe and a few interesting chocolate facts. You can't go wrong with a JoAnna Carl cozy! Lee McKinney Woodyard, Business Manager of Ten Huis Chocolade is busy delivering chocolates to an upscale grocery in near by South Haven, when she accidentally overhears an argument in the next aisle. Fearing possible physical violence, she runs her cart into a young woman's cart. Their next encounter is in the parking lot, when Lee accidentally backs up into the woman's VW. The lady introduces herself as the 'murderess.' Shocked, Lee goes home and tells her Aunt, her husband, Chief of Police, and Lee's husband, Joe about the encounter which has intrigued her.Upon hearing about the women's abilities to be a bookkeeper, Lee and Aunt Nettie decide to hire her as Lee's assistant.What they hire is a bundle of trouble, culminating with another murder attached to their new hire.This book has a good murder mystery and also attaches chocolate trivia throughout the chapters. As a bonus we also got a great recipe. This was a quick reading murder that was a satisfying read for me.
What do You think about The Chocolate Moose Motive (2012)?
It was an okay book. It was one that I could put down and was not in a rush to have to finish.
—gremlin2109
wound up too quickly. a little transparent for a mystery. clean
—anne
Ok but would have loved some chocolate recipes!
—cariboucontainer
