The Chocolate Clown Corpse - A Chocoholic Mystery

Zusatztext Praise for the Chocoholic Mystery series “I’m proud to stand up and say! ‘My name is Charlaine! and I’m a Chocoholic!’”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris “Keeps you guessing all the way to the end.”— Kirkus Reviews “JoAnna Carl satisfies your sweet tooth along with your craving for a tasty whodunit.”—Cleo Coyle! author of the Coffeehouse Mysteries “A deft mix of truffles and trouble. Chocaholics—this book is for you!”—Laura Childs! author of the Tea Shop mysteries “A real page-turner! and I got chocolate on every one!”—Tamar Myers! author of Butter Safe Than Sorry “[A] delectable treat starring a heroine impossible to dislike.”— Midwest Book Review “Anyone who loves chocolate—and who doesn’t?—will love this delicious! fast-paced addition to the Chocoholic Mystery series. It has more twists and turns than a chocolate-covered pretzel!”—Leslie Meier! author of  Wicked Witch Murder “Dollops of chocolate lore add to the cozy fun.”— Publishers Weekly “Deliciously cozy…richly entertaining and has no calories.” —Elaine Viets! author of the Dead-End Job mysteries “JoAnna Carl’s books are delicious treats! from the characters to the snippets of chocolate trivia.”— Roundtable Reviews Informationen zum Autor JoAnna Carl is the pseudonym for a multipublished author.  She spent more than twenty-five years in the newspaper business 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! and is the author of the Chocoholic Mystery series which includes The Chocloate Book Bandit. . She lives in Oklahoma but summers in Michigan! where the Chocoholic Mystery series is set.   ALSO BY JOANNA CARL OBSIDIAN ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Chapter 1 I don’t usually answer the telephone at the Warner Pier police station. Warner Pier is a small town, true, and my aunt is married to the police chief, true, and somehow I wind up at the station now and then. But the PD has staff—the chief, four patrolmen, and a clerical assistant. The 9-1-1 calls go to a county system twenty-four hours a day, and after the office closes at five o’clock, ordinary business calls are caught by an answering machine after two rings. They don’t need a volunteer to answer the phone in Warner Pier, Lake Michigan’s most picturesque resort. But that day I was sitting around the station at five fifteen, the only person there, waiting for my aunt and uncle and my husband so we could all go out to dinner. I had plopped into a chair next to the empty desk usually occupied by the secretary. When the phone rang my mind was in three other places, and after just one ring I automatically picked it up. “TenHuis Chocolade,” I said. I’d not only answered a phone I shouldn’t have, I’d answered it the way I do for my job. The caller, a woman, gasped. “Oh! I was calling the Warner Pier Police Department.” “And you reached it. I’m not the regular person who answers the phone, so I said the wrong thing. But I’ll try to help you.” “Oh. Well . . .” The caller had an odd, whispery voice. “I wanted to ask about a crime that happened about a month ago.” “I can refer your question to the right person.” “It was a violent death.” Hmmm. Warner Pier doesn’t have all that many killings. Or did she mean an accident? “Yes?” “The murder of Morris Davidson. The clown. A month ago. Do you remember it?” “Oh yes. It caused quite a stir around town.” I looked at the caller ID on the secretary’s phone. The little screen held a number with an area code I didn’t recognize. “Where are you calling from? I’m surprised the Davidson killing got any attention outside of Warner County,...

Product details

• Authors: Joanna Carl
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 04.11.2014, delayed
• EAN: 9780451240675
• ISBN: 978-0-451-24067-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Chocoholic Mysteries; Chocoholic Mystery; Chocoholic Mystery
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense