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If you're into silliness....:
This mystery started out pretty good but quickly degenerated into so much silliness I had to check and make sure I wasn't reading a juvenile Trixie Belden book. For someone with a college education, the main character is incredibly immature and the misspoken words get old after the first occurrance. Writers like this author and Tamar Meyers are good on idea and bad on writing. What a shame, this book had potential.
Read this with plenty of chocolate on hand...:
or the reader may find themselves running to 7-11 in the middle of the night for some. The Chocolate Cat Caper is all that a cozy mystery should be: Well plotted, enjoyable real-life-like characters, some devilishly tempting chocolate talk included and of course a who-done-it mystery. When cut-throat attorney Clemintine "the Ripper" Ripley is poisoned by chocolates from TenHuit Chocolade's it is up to newly arrived Lee McKinney to clear hers and herself Aunt Nettie (owner of TenHuit) of the crime. It doesn't help that Lee has a habit of saying the wrong word at the exact wrong time (thus causing some truly laugh out loud moments). But a second murder then makes it seem even more likely poor Lee, who just wants to get on with her life after a divorce and study for the CPA exam, will be able to do anything except that. I am planning to buy the next in the series and hope there are many more to follow.
Read this with plenty of chocolate on hand...:
or the reader may find themselves running to 7-11 in the middle of the night for some. The Chocolate Cat Caper is all that a cozy mystery should be: Well plotted, enjoyable real-life-like characters, some devilishly tempting chocolate talk included and of course a who-done-it mystery. When cut-throat attorney Clemintine "the Ripper" Ripley is poisoned by chocolates from TenHuit Chocolade's it is up to newly arrived Lee McKinney to clear hers and herself Aunt Nettie (owner of TenHuit) of the crime. It doesn't help that Lee has a habit of saying the wrong word at the exact wrong time (thus causing some truly laugh out loud moments). But a second murder then makes it seem even more likely poor Lee, who just wants to get on with her life after a divorce and study for the CPA exam, will be able to do anything except that. I am planning to buy the next in the series and hope there are many more to follow.
Cute New Series:
Definitely light summer reading, but enjoyable nonetheless. The only thing I found sillly was Lee's constant use of the wrong word when she was nervous or upset. I didn't find it funny, and after about the third time, it got outright annoying.
A Cute Series That You'll Love....:
Blonde, gorgeous, tall and Texan Lee McKinney leaves her role as "Texas Trophy Wife" and comes to help manage her favorite aunt's chocolate business in a small resort town. Trouble ensues when a much hated defense attorney dies after ingesting a cyanide-filled trouffle that Lee has delivered. The mystery escalates from there and is very skillfully delivered. Although "The Chocolate Cat Caper" is a light, cozy read - it isn't juvenile in the least. The one area that is rather silly is that the author insists on giving Lee McKinney an impediment of a sort where she substitutes the wrong word in sentences at the most inopportune times. The effect is suppose to be funny - but I just found it to be silly. In spite of this, I thoroughly enjoyed the first of this series and am currently reading the second. The cover art is GREAT and it was disappointing to note that the artist did not receive any mention in the book. This is sad as the art helped me to decide to buy the series. Also great were the neat chocolate facts, which were dispersed throughout the book.
| Author: | Joanna Carl | | Binding: | Paperback | | Dewey Decimal Number: | 813.6 | | EAN: | 9780451205568 | | Edition: | Reissue | | ISBN: | 0451205561 | | Number Of Pages: | 240 | | Publication Date: | 2002-03-05 |
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