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Title: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen Mysteries (Paperback)) by Joanne Fluke ISBN: 0-7582-0230-X Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.05 (42 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Complete Delight.
Comment: Hannah Swenson's life is going well. Her cookie shop is successful, and she's content living a single life with her cat as company. But then she finds her delivery driver from the local dairy murdered behind her story. Assisting her brother-in-law, she starts investigating. But everyone seems to have an alibi and no motive.
This book was a complete delight from start to finish. I loved the small town Minnesota setting. Hannah's relationship with her family had me laughing and feeling for her at the same time. The other characters were enjoyable, too, and Hannah is a very likable heroine. Her cat adds charm to the story. I was hooked on the plot from the very beginning and was as frustrated as Hannah when she hit a dead end. Her cookies sounded absolutely wonderful, and I can't wait to try the recipes. Definitely don't read this book while hungry!
As soon as I can get my hands on the next book, I'm going to start reading it.
Rating: 4
Summary: A good read, but Hannah is no amateur sleuth
Comment: Hannah Swensen, Lake Eden resident and owner of The Cookie Jar, agrees to help her police officer brother-in-law, Bill, solve the murder of the local dairy deliveryman to help Bill achieve a promotion to detective. Bill certainly didn't have to try very hard to convince Hannah to help him. Hannah seems to be less of an amateur sleuth and more a seasoned detective. Fluke could have made this book a police procedural because Hannah uncovers clues and pursues each lead single-mindedly interrogating and eliminating suspects. Her brother-in-law begins to look slow and slightly stupid. At one point he asks Hannah if there is anything else he should be doing to investigate the crime and he's the police officer!
The book includes several cookie recipes, but don't expect the preparation and cooking to take a main role in this book, as they do in other culinary mysteries, such as in Diane Mott Davidson's books. Hannah pursues the murderer with focus and determination. Her livelihood, baking cookies, fades into the background. Fluke does introduce some interesting characters with unexpected twists, which make them realistic. There are also hints of possible romantic relationships for Hannah, which Fluke will explore in the next book, one hopes!
Rating: 4
Summary: A Delicious Murder...
Comment: This was my first time reading a a Joanne Fluke mystery. I had never heard of her before until one day at the bookstore, I picked up one of her other books. I decided to look it up on Amazon and found out that the one I picked up, was part of the Hannah Swensen series. They seemed pretty interesting.
"Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder" focuses on Hannah Swensen, the owner of the The Cookie Jar, a quaint cookie shop in the small town of Lake Eden in Minnesota. Hannah finds Ron LaSalle, Lake Eden's football hero dead in his delivery truck with one of her famous Chocolate Chip Crunches still in his hand.
From then on, Hannah sets out to find Ron's killer. She questions everyone in town, but has no leads, because everyone she questions has a motive.
We learn about the small town, and and fall in love with the coziness and friendliness of it. Everybody knows everyone, and this can be a good and a bad thing. In Hannah's case, it works to her advantage, because where there is a small town, there are a bunch of nosy and informed people who feed her with loads of clues.
There are a lot of characters so you have to keep up.
All in all, I thought it was a good mystery, because the person who I thought committed the crime didn't. I was left surprised in the end. The book was also full of yummy cookie recipes, that left my mouth watering everytime I picked up the book. I don't suggest that you read this mystery on an empty stomach.
I definatly will be reading the second installment of the Ms. Fluke's Hannah Swensen mysteries.
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Title: Strawberry Shortcake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (Hannah Swensen Mysteries (Paperback)) by Joanne Fluke ISBN: 1575667215 Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Blueberry Muffin Murder (Hannah Swensen Mysteries (Paperback)) by Joanne Fluke ISBN: 1575667223 Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Lemon Meringue Pie Murder (Hannah Swensen Mysteries (Paperback)) by Joanne Fluke ISBN: 0758201516 Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: The Chocolate Cat Caper by Joanna Carl ISBN: 0451205561 Publisher: Signet Book Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Fudge Cupcake Murder: A Hannah Swenson Mystery (Hannah Swensen Mysteries (Hardcover)) by Joanne Fluke ISBN: 0758201524 Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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