JoAnna Carl

After accepting a job supplying chocolate from her aunt's luxury chocolate business to a party for unpopular defense attorney Clemintine Ripley, Lee McKinney's takes on a new job as detective when someone adds cyanide to a chocolate confection eaten by the hostess. Original.

A Chocoholic Mystery

The Chocolate Cat Caper

Small-town chocolatiers Lee McKinney and her aunt Nettie are once again caught in the middle of a homicide investigation when a local antiques dealer turns up dead and Lee's stepson becomes the prime suspect in the killing.

The Chocolate Bear Burglary

When someone murders party planner Julie Singletree and absconds with her computer that contains an e-mail list of professionals in the party food business, more attacks occur, and chocolate shop manager Lee McKinney, fearing that she will be the next one deleted off the list, sets a trap to catch the killer. Original.

The Chocolate Mouse Trap

While dealing with unwanted houseguests from hell and creating new, delectable concoctions for her chocolate shop, newlywed Lee McKinney Woodyard stirs up trouble when she investigates a jewelry heist and the appearance of a body in the lake. Original.

The Chocolate Jewel Case

When a body washes up on shore after a band of pirates begins terrorizing Lake Michigan, chocolate shop owner Lee McKinney Woodyard must figure out the truth behind the Warner Pier Pirates before someone else ends up walking the plank, in a book that includes a bonus section of chocolate trivia and lore. By the best-selling author of The Chocolate Cupid Killings. 35,000 first printing.

The Chocolate Pirate Plot

Lee's newest hire at the chocolate shop, Forsythia “Sissy” Smith, has the court of public opinion against her in her husband's murder, despite having a solid alibi in this next novel in the series following The Chocolate Castle Clue. 35,000 first printing.

The Chocolate Moose Motive

Discovering that the widow of a murdered novelty shop owner has been attacked, chocolatier Lee concludes that the wrong person has been arrested for the crime and confronts possible suspects during a macabre clown-themed festival. Includes a bonus section of chocolate trivia and lore. By the author of The Chocolate Book Bandit. 35,000 first printing.

The Chocolate Clown Corpse

After Lee and her Aunt Nettie introduce the town of Warner Pier to their latest chocolate concoctions, they investigate the murder of Hershel Perkins, whose death is linked to Lee's boyfriend.

The Chocolate Frog Frame-up

The lakeside town of Warner Pier, Michigan, is tickled pinker than a strawberry truffle. Flashy Aubrey Andrew Armstrong has just swept into town, dropping celebrity names and claiming he's a Hollywood producer. For his next project, he'll make a movie based on a local author's romance novel-right there "on location," as they say in Tinsel Town. Armstrong makes older ladies blush and giggle like school girls. He's promised the members of the high school drama club bit parts in the movie. And Monte, his chocolate lab and constant companion, is quite the charmer. But sensible Lee McKinney, business manager of TenHuis Chocolade, would bet her last chocolate coin that Mr. Armstrong is a doggone phony.

The Chocolate Puppy Puzzle

Determined to smooth things over with her mother before her impending nuptials, after her aunt reveals a startling secret, bride-to-be Lee McKinney vows to solve the decades-old mystery surrounding the apparent suicide of her mother's fianc‚. Original.

The Chocolate Bridal Bash

As treasurer of WinterFest, Lee McKinney Woodyard is getting tired of the egos, arguments, and last-minute mix-ups, especially when the guest juror of the art show shows up drunk, a situation that gets worse when her husband discovers that the visiting dignitary has been murdered, in a mystery set in the luscious if deadly world of chocolate.

The Chocolate Snowman Murders

The ninth book in the national best-selling series finds chocolatier Lee and her Aunt Nettie suspected of involvement in the murder of Private Detective Derrick Valentine while trying to keep secret the identity of one of their employees. Original.

The Chocolate Cupid Killings

When a dusty old trophy awarded to her aunt's old high school singing group turns up and brings back memories of an old unsolved murder, chocolate shop manager Lee McKinney Woodyard realizes it is actually a clue to a present-day killing. 25,000 first printing.

The Chocolate Castle Clue

In the newest mystery from nationally bestselling author Joanna Carl, a dive into house flipping becomes a deadly flop.... When a house near Lee and Joe's home goes up for sale, the couple teams up with Lee's aunt and uncle, Nettie and Hogan, to buy it, remodel it, and resell it for a sweet profit. But after the owners of the house, the Baileys, accept their offer, a local developer, Richard "Spud" Dirk, suddenly swoops in with a higher one, and it seems their dreams might be snatched away. Lee, never as passionate about the plan as her husband and uncle, is anxious to get back to focusing on managing TenHuis Chocolade. But when a long-hidden gun is found behind a pipe in the Baileys' basement, she begins to suspect a mystery is afoot. And when Spud turns up dead in the Baileys' carport a few days later, it becomes clear there's something rotten at the foundation.... To solve the murder, Lee will have to strip away layers of secrets--that is, if someone doesn't level her first....

The Chocolate Shark Shenanigans

The Chocolate Raccoon Rigmarole

Chocolate shop owner Lee McKinney Woodyard investigates the murder of a retiring member of the library board at a board meeting where all in attendance are suspect in the thirteenth novel in the series following The Chocolate Moose Motive.35,000 first printing.

The Chocolate Book Bandit

The first three books in the "Chocoholic Mystery Series" are packaged in one volume. The series begins with the "Chocolate Cat Caper" and continue through "Chocolate Bear Burglary" and "Chocolate Frog Frame-up." Each tale includes chocolate trivia and lore.

Chocoholic Mysteries

Crime de Cocoa

"The Warner Pier tourism board is kicking off its Tough Guys and Private Eyes film festival with The Maltese Falcon, and Lee Woodyard and her Aunt Nettie are preparing a delicious chocolate noir tie-in at TenHuis Chocolade. What Lee isn't prepared for is a face from the past: Jeff Godfrey, her former stepson ... Then Jeff goes missing, the Falcon theme is haunting everyone, and a body falls at Lee's feet when she opens the front door just like in the movie."--

The Chocolate Falcon Fraud

"The approach of Easter means a rush of business at TenHuis Chocolade, and Lee and her aunt Nettie need all the help they can get ... Unfortunately, new hire Bunny Birdsong is a klutzy basket case, dropping everything she picks up. But to Lee's surprise, she's a wiz with computers and fixing the store's website so they decide to keep her. However, Bunny receives a few visitors they could do without, [including] her ex-husband Beau [and] his wealthy aunt Abigail ... When Abigail's body is discovered in the vacant store next door, it's clear to Lee there's a bad egg in her midst"--

The Chocolate Bunny Brouhaha

From the national bestselling author of The Chocolate Clown Corpse, it’s murder, my sweet, for a chocolatier whose love of old crime films plunges her into a real-life murder in which the motives aren’t so black-and-white. The Warner Pier tourism board is kicking off its Tough Guys and Private Eyes film festival with The Maltese Falcon, and Lee Woodyard and her aunt Nettie are preparing a delicious chocolat noir tie-in at TenHuis Chocolade. What Lee isn’t prepared for is a face from the past: Jeff Godfrey, her former stepson. The last time Jeff showed up in town, he wound up being accused of murder. He says he’s in Warner Pier only to see Bogart on the big screen. Honest. Then Jeff goes missing, the Falcon theme is haunting everyone, and a body falls at Lee’s feet when she opens the front door—just like in the movie. Now Lee is under deadline to rewrite the ending of a cunning killer’s increasingly convincing murder plot.... Includes Tasty Chocolate Trivia!

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