The Chocolate Bridal Bash - A Chocoholic Mystery

Zusatztext “I’m proud to stand up and say! ‘My name is Charlaine! and I’m a Chocoholic!’”—Charlaine Harris "McKinney is a delight."?Tamar Myers       Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Bride-to-be Lee McKinney learns her mother fled on what would have been her own wedding day--hours before her fianc was found dead. Now Lee must untangle a mystery older than she is. Includes chocolate trivia. Original. Chapter 1 After I overcame all my misgivings and invited my mother to my wedding, it was a little disappointing to learn that she didn’t want to come. I admit it was the place, rather than the occasion, that drew her objections. “Warner Pier?” Her voice was so angry it could have melted every line between her phone in Texas and mine in Michigan. “You’re getting married in Warner Pier? Why?” “It’s where Joe and I live,” I said. “It’s where we plan to continue loving – I mean, living!” I’d pulled one of my usual stunts, tangling my tongue. I misspeak so often – they’re called “malapropisms” – that most of my family and friends simply ignore my slips. Hoping my mother would do that, I went on quickly. “Warner Pier is where important parts of our families live. It’s where all our friends live. Why wouldn’t we want to get married here?” My mom ignored my question. “Why not get married here in Dallas? We could plan a lovely wedding in Dallas.” “Dallas? But Dallas was never – I mean, I don’t have good associations with Dallas. I know I lived there twelve years, but if people ask me where I’m from, I always say Prairie Creek.” “Podunk Creek! You and your dad, the hick! I’ll never understand this compulsion you tow have to live at the back of nowhere!” I sighed. “If that’s the way you feel, you’d better know the worst. Daddy has already said he’s coming. And Annie is coming with him.” “I knew she wouldn’t miss it!” I ignored that. “And I’ve already told them I expect nice beheading – I mean, behavior! I expect nice behavior from all three of you.” “I would never ruin your wedding by quarreling with your father and that woman he married.” I sighed. “Just don’t run out on me, Mom.” I’m not sure what I meant by that comment, and maybe my mom didn’t know what it meant either. Her voice was calmer than it had been. “Lee, I wouldn’t run out on your wedding. Believe me, I wouldn’t. I want your wedding to be perfect for you. It’s just that – you know how I feel about Warner Pier.” “I know how, Mom. But I’ll never understand why. Why do you dislike this town so much?” “You’ve bought into the tourist view.” Her voice became sarcastic. “It’s a darling little Victorian resort town. A regular trip down memory lane to the good old days.” “You’re forgetting the crime rate around here. I’m aware that the people of Warner Pier are like people anywhere. There’s a dark side to everyone’s personality. People are always – you know – doing things they shouldn’t have done and leaving undone things they should have done. Seems to me that happens in Dallas.” “It sure happened in Warner Pier when I lived there, and in Prairie Creek, too.” Another silence grew up between us. Then my mother spoke. “Is Nettie there?” I was calling from my office, so I put the phone down and went back into the workroom of TenHuis Chocolade (“Handmade Chocolates in the Dutch Tradition”). Most of the ladies ...

Product details

• Authors: Joanna Carl
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.08.2006
• EAN: 9780451219183
• ISBN: 978-0-451-21918-3
• No. of pages: 226
• Dimensions: 108 mm x 171 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Chocoholic Mysteries; Chocoholic Mystery; Chocoholic Mystery
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense