The Chocolate Kiss-Off (The Persephone Cole Vintage Mysteries)

World War II rages overseas but in America Valentine's Day is around the corner. Vats of delicious chocolate are being cooked up to win fair lady's heart. But at Carlotta's Chocolates, Carlotta is found cooking in her own vat of chocolate, and not so deliciously. Arrested for her murder is chocolatier Howie Goldberg, good friend to Persephone 'Percy' Cole. As one of Manhattan's first female private detectives, Percy is determined to hunt down the real killer. But the sleuth, herself, is being stalked by the murderer, who not only keeps a diary of the latest kills, but records who is next. Percy Cole tops the list. When the lady shamus finds the illusive killer, will Death be her Valentine?