Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asking for Truffle | 2017 | Dorothy St. James | Buy |
| 2 | Playing With Bonbon Fire | 2018 | Dorothy St. James | Buy |
| 3 | In Cold Chocolate | 2018 | Dorothy St. James | Buy |
| 4 | Bonbon with the Wind | 2019 | Dorothy St. James | Buy |
Asking for Truffle (2017) opens a chocolate shop in a small Southern town and promptly adds murder to the menu. Dorothy St. James’s Southern Chocolate Shop Mystery series follows the shop owner through four books of cozy crime, with chocolate-themed titles (Playing With Bonbon Fire, In Cold Chocolate, Bonbon with the Wind) that signal the series doesn’t take itself too seriously.
The four books were published between 2017 and 2019. St. James uses the chocolate shop as a community hub where gossip, suspects, and clues all circulate. The Southern setting provides charm and the shop provides a steady stream of reasons for characters to walk in the door.