A bouquet of roses, a bottle of wine, a crystal butterfly...and a dead man in the alley behind Death by Chocolate. Gifts for Lindsay, left in the middle of the night. Is her ex-husband Rick between girlfriends and pursuing her again? Did he leave the roses and wine? He has done the out-of-season Santa Claus thing before. But when the crystal butterfly appears, Rick is in the hospital after a brutal attack leaves him near death. If not Rick, then who? Is it someone she sees every day? The tall man who refuses to look her in the eye? The short man who looks her in the eye too long? The skinny...

A chocoholic comes to Death by Chocolate, eats Lindsay's desserts and intimidates her ex, Rickhead. The mysterious man is her new best friend. She gives him a complimentary box of desserts. After he's gone, she finds a small brass key under his plate. Surely he'll return for more chocolate and the key. But he's murdered, and the Death by Chocolate box leads police to Lindsay. Is his death connected to the blonde in four-inch heels who demands to talk to Lindsay about her relationship with the woman's husband? Who is her husband? Fred? For all Lindsay knows, he could be married, could be a...