The Great Chocolate Murders
John Fletcher
4 Mar 06
(John writes) a story of obsessive love, poison, bad drains, royalty, murder and chocolate, set in 19th-century Brighton and based on a true story. Christiana Edmunds, an eccentric, 40-something spinster, falls madly in love at first sight with the tall and handsome Dr. Beard, a married man. She visits him, complaining of abdominal pains which he must examine at once, and they begin a passionate but brief affair which he soon regrets.
Christiana visits Dr. Beard's wife and takes her some delicious chocolates from Armand's, Brighton's specialist chocolate shop.The chocolates taste foul, and Dr. Beard suspects Christiana has tried to poison his wife. However, he daren't go to the police and instead writes to Christiana to accuse her. Christiana is taken aback by his letter. If he suspects she tried to poison his wife, which she didn't, then she must prove him wrong by demonstrating conclusively that Armand's regularly sell poisoned chocolates to their unsuspecting clientele.
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Thank you...just saw this and am looking forward to listening to this...with chocolates of course :)