Give Me Chocolate by Annie Hansen - Review

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Published: November 3, 2014

Number of pages: 192

Genre: Cozy Mystery

Series: Kelly Clark Mystery #1

Synopsis:

Give Me Chocolate, the first in the Kelly Clark Series, from mystery author, Annie Hansen! In the quaint river town of Geneva, Illinois, Kelly Clark flees California and returns to her hometown to re-start her life after a horrific divorce from an abusive husband. She accepts her sister’s generous offer to live in the apartment above Chocolate Love, her sister’s specialty dessert shop in the Historic District of Geneva. Kelly’s life starts to turn around when she reconnects with an old flame. Just when it looks like she's getting her life back on track, she stumbles over a dead body. The suspicious death sends her hopes for a better future plummeting. Has her violent past and the danger she faced in California followed her home to Geneva? "Annie Hansen’s novel Give Me Chocolate received the highest scores from this year’s panel of judges because of the promising writing ability she demonstrated." -Mystery Writers of America Annie Hansen is a graduate of The University of Illinois with a B.S. in Biology. She is a partner with Hansen Search Group, a staffing firm she co-founded with her husband and business partner, Brent Hansen, in 2001. She was named the winner of the Helen McCloy Mystery Writers of America Scholarship in 2011 for her submission of Give Me Chocolate. Annie is the author of the Kelly Clark Mystery Series and can be reached through her website. She lives with her family in the western suburbs of Chicago. Give Me Chocolate is her first cozy mystery novel.

My thoughts:

What could be better than chocolate and a mystery all rolled into an enjoyable new series. I am happy I got a chance to read this debut book by this author. The writing style was very nice and made and just flew through the book. I thought the characters were enjoyable and real. It was neat how the author included a lot of local areas in the book. It gave me a real sense of the city. There is also a bit of romance in this story which for me adds to the story. I liked how she kept me in suspense of who did it until the end. I will be looking foward to the book in this series. 

About the author:

Annie Hansen is a graduate of the University of Illinois with a B.S. in Biology. She is a partner with Hansen Search Group, a staffing firm she cofounded with her husband and business partner, Brent Hansen, in 2001. She was named the winner of the Helen McCloy Mystery Writers of America Scholarship in 2011 for her submission of “Give Me Chocolate.” Annie is the author of The Kelly Clark Mystery Series and can be reached through her website: www.kellyclarkmystery.com. She lives with her family in the western suburbs of Chicago.