Asking for Truffle, Dorothy St. James
Asking for Truffle, Dorothy St. James
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Asking for Truffle

Author: Dorothy St. James

Narrator: Callie Beaulieu

Unabridged: 9 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/24/2018


Synopsis

When Charity Penn receives a letter saying she won a trip to Camellia Beach, South Carolina complete with free cooking lessons at the town's seaside chocolate shop, The Chocolate Box, she's immediately skeptical. She never entered any contest. Her former prep school friend offers to look into the phony prize—only to end up drowned in a vat of chocolate.

Struck with guilt, Penn heads to the southern beach town to investigate why he was killed. But as wary as she is of the locals, she finds herself lured into their eccentric vibe, letting her defenses melt away and even learning the art of crafting delicious chocolates. That is, until delight turns bittersweet as she steps straight into the midst of a deadly plot to destroy the seaside town. Now, only Penn's quick thinking and a mysterious cask of rare chocolate can save the town she's learning to love.

About Dorothy St. James

Dorothy St. James is a former Folly Beach beach bum. She now lives in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, with her family, slightly (OK, terribly) needy dogs, and the friendliest cat you'll ever meet. Author of a dozen novels, Dorothy enjoys writing both cozy mysteries and romance.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on November 11, 2021

2.5 stars Charity Penn - an attractive, thirty-something, marketing executive - is a skeptical kind of gal. Her parents, an itinerant fortune teller who briefly hooked up with the young heir to a fortune, abandoned her right after birth. So Charity (who calls herself Penn) was raised by her paternal......more

Goodreads review by Stephen on February 27, 2018

With hint of Shakespeare death but using chocolate instead of wine. This Southern American Chocolate dark & rich proper cacao not the disgusting milk chocolate muck but real extra rich. So is the mystery with really good print which makes it easy to read.A good cover that stands out & few chocolate r......more

Goodreads review by Julie on August 31, 2017

Charity Penn receives a strange letter in the mail. It states she has won a trip to Camellia, SC to take cooking lessons at the local chocolate shop. Penn knows she didn't enter a contest, and she doesn't know anybody from Camellia. The whole thing seems very strange to her. Penn's friend, Skinny Mc......more

Goodreads review by Mark on September 12, 2017

Charity Penn has been raised to trust no one, so she is immediately suspicious when she receives a letter stating she won a contest for cooking lessons in a chocolate shop in South Carolina – a contest she didn’t enter. When her friend goes down to investigate, he calls her teasing good news and the......more

Goodreads review by Elle G. Reads on May 17, 2018

Release Date: September 12, 2017 Genre: Cozy Mystery Actual Rating: 3 stars I am going to keep this review short because I don't have too much to say about the book. First and foremost, I think this is a good start to the series but I am hoping the books improve as it continues. Otherwise, I wo......more