Four very different feels to the books in this series so far. I must say that the fault lies totally with me regarding the low rating. I couldn't wrap my head round the events of the mystery. I can't carry a map in my head to save my neck. It was nice to read about the early events that foreshadowed the danger that Lee would incur. The attempt at suspense and endangerment was sad to the point of pathetic. We all know Lee will not die. But I sailed through three quarters of the book without problem. Despite the limited suspects, I was only partly right in choosing the guilty. There were only 2 to 4 suspects in all. Will keep slogging through the series as the author is not resting on what could be laurels. ( )

A typical ‘cosy’ mystery: light, predictable and easy to read. I first stared reading this genre when I was studying and wanted something that I didn’t have to think too hard about. And that’s what this provides, plus a few interesting facts about the history of chocolate. ( )

I really love this series!! Lee and Joe are such a cute couple and Aunt Nettie should be my aunt!

You get a little of everything with this series, happy & lots of laughs, chills with the mystery and always edge of your seat endings! :)

Can't wait to read the next one, maybe I'll get it real soon! :) ( )

Another cute addition to the Chocolate mystery series - this time about dogs - a chocolate lab, of course. Again, Joanna Carl's clever misdirection prevented me from guessing the true killer until near the end and the end was nice too. I am glad I decided to read this series from the first book and not skip this one, since my library didn't carry it and I had to go to interlibrary loan to get it. Like the others, it's a quick read and a worthy one as well. ( )

This 4th book in the mystery series about Lee McKinney, business manager of her aunt's chocolate shop, features a bogus Hollywood producer ostensibly planning on making a movie from a local woman's poorly-written romance novel.

The Michigan locations left me homesick (I grew up in the middle of the mitten), and the chocolate details made me drool. ( )