Life is like a box of chocolates - you never know which one is poisoned!

Ingenious on many levels, this novel pokes fun at the public delight in murder cases through the fictitious Crime Circle, a group of amateur crime solvers who meet to try and resolve a real-life murder. Each is given a chance to voice their theory, and each amateur sleuth's complacent hypothesis is deconstructed.

Realising perhaps that the most satisfying part of a murder mystery is the grand reveal at the end, The Poisoned Chocolates Case is almost entirely composed of grand reveals, each given a distinct flavour depending on the character voicing the denunciation. There are multiple references to real-life murder cases so that the book becomes practically educational.

More than a chocolate box, this novel is a puzzle box, and most satisfying it is too!