Chocoholic mysteries

Caught up in a whirl of champagne and china patterns, bride-to-be Lee McKinney has butted heads with her future mother-in-law over every detail of the wedding bash. The last thing she needs is trouble with her own mother. But this is bigger than the hot versus cold hors doeuvres debate: Sally McKinney doesnt even want to be at the wedding if it takes place in Warner Pier, her hometown. Irked that her mom might be MIA on the Big Day, Lee heads to her...

When Young Blackbeard became the biggest movie of the decade, the residents of Warner Pier caught pirate fever. TenHuis Chocolade is raking in the booty selling chocolate treasure chests. And in what comes to be known as the Summer of the Warner Pier Pirates, a mischievous band of costumed pirates starts boarding boats on the lake and performing a sea chantey before departing. The town couldn't be more amused - until a body washes up on shore

As much as the chocolates at TenHuis tantalize people's tongues, Lee's newest hire makes them wag. Forsythia "Sissy" Smith is the granddaughter of Warner Pier's only remaining resident hippie. But now that's the least of Lee's concerns. The previous winter, Sissy's husband was shot to death, and in spite of her alibi local talk named Sissy the number one suspect. Then the chief gossip is found dead, with Sissy on the scene. Was she lured there? Or...

"Revenge is sweet for a killer on the loose-and it all started with the murder of Warner Pier's most hated clown.... Everyone who knew the bozo wanted him dead. Odd, then, that a complete stranger was accused of bursting Moe Davidson's balloons. But it's been a month since the miserable shop owner of Clowning Around was killed, and everybody's moving on, including Lee Woodyard. Her chocolate shop, TenHuis Chocolade, is next door to Moe's shuttered...

"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 to make their famous chocolate bunnies and eggs. 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 Web site so they decide to keep her. However, Bunny receives a few visitors they could do without: Her...

"In this eighteenth mystery in the national bestselling Chocoholic series, a gang of crooks with a wicked sweet tooth wreaks havoc on the resort town of Warner Pier, and it's up to Lee Woodyard to rout the hungry rascals. A frantic late-night phone call from her right-hand woman, Dolly Jolly, brings Lee Woodyard to the scene of a break-in at the Warner Pier jewelry store next door to TenHuis Chocolade. To her shock, the suspect being held at gunpoint...