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Summary: I love this series
Review: This is a fun series to read. The interaction between Hannah and her sister Andrea is fun. I've read the whole series and their relationship has really progressed. I really enjoy it that they investigate together. The recipes in this book sound great. I really want to try the pancake cookies. I must say that I guessed the killer but not the reason why. I found myself drawn to keep reading as I kept wanting to find out the outcome. I recommend reading this book and the whole series. If you like fun mysteries that are easy to read, you'll love them!!!!This series is set in Lake Eden, Minnesota. This book is set during the first annual Winter Carnival. Hannay Swensen and her friend Lisa Herman own the Cookie Jar bakery and are proving pastried for the carnival. TV show celebrity Connie "Mac" MacIntyre" host of "Cooking with Connie" is providing the official Winter Carnival cake. She is very demanding and wants everything her way. She ends up using Hannah's bakery's ovens to cook the cake. That is until Hannah finds Connie Mac dead. Hannah and her sister end up trying to solve the crime. Again I really recommend this book!
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Summary: A Darling Story
Review: This is the first book I have read by this author and now I'm looking forward to reading others by the same author. Hannah is the local cookie chef of a small town. She seems to find dead bodies where she lives, works, and visits. In this book a body of a famous chef shows up in her cookie shop. In order to get back into her store and make a living, Hannah ends up working on the case. She dates two men, one a cop and another a dentist, while she manages to keep her business running, solve several murders and save herself from a deadly ending. The book is fairly fast paced. It is a fun book and the characters are fairly believable once you get past the idea that cops might possibly share ongoing investigation information with a mere citizen. Hannah's mother is a character that adds some light hearted moments to the book. I enjoyed this book and look forward to buying more by this same author. Enjoy.
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Summary: Terrific series
Review: This is the third book in the Hannah Swensen series, and each one is solid. The characters are warm and wonderful, and Hannah, the heroine, is spunky, smart and funny. This time out, Hannah seeks to find the killer of a Martha Stewart type who comes to Lake Eden, Minnesota for the winter festival and also to open a boutique. The bodies pile up while Hannah and her delightful sister, Andrea, sleuth their hearts out. And speaking of hearts, Hannah's two suitors, the irresistable Mike and the dependable Norman, are still a dilemma for Hannah. This series is such fun, and a great way to pass an evening or two. I hope Joanne Fluke keeps writing for a very long time.
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Summary: Terrific series
Review: This is the third book in the Hannah Swensen series, and each one is solid. The characters are warm and wonderful, and Hannah, the heroine, is spunky, smart and funny. This time out, Hannah seeks to find the killer of a Martha Stewart type who comes to Lake Eden, Minnesota for the winter festival and also to open a boutique. The bodies pile up while Hannah and her delightful sister, Andrea, sleuth their hearts out. And speaking of hearts, Hannah's two suitors, the irresistable Mike and the dependable Norman, are still a dilemma for Hannah. This series is such fun, and a great way to pass an evening or two. I hope Joanne Fluke keeps writing for a very long time.
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Summary: delightfully delicious delicacy
Review: To drum up tourism during the off season, Lake Eden, Minnesota hosts its first annual Winter Carnival. The Cookie Jar bakery owners Hannah Swensen and Lisa Herman are providing many pastries though not the official Winter Carnival cake. That honor has been bestowed on TV show celebrity, Connie "Mac" MacIntyre, host of "Cooking with Connie".
Connie Mac expects everything her way and even overruns the most obstinate of local individuals Hannah's mom to gain what she wants. When the truck carrying the official cake rolls into a ditch ruining it, the abusive SOB orders Hannah to lend her the bakery's oven. Though tempted to tell Connie Mac where to stick her dough, Hannah acquiesces for the good of the Carnival and a friend who works for the nasty bully. The next morning Hannah finds her shop a total mess and angrily begins to clean up until she finds the murdered body of Connie Mac. Though warned by her potential boyfriend a cop to stay out of the investigation, everyone else provides Hannah support in trying to solve the crime.
The BLUEBERRY MUFFIN MURDER is an engaging pastry that fans with a sweet tooth for a culinary cozy will want to read. The story line is humorous and the who-done-it is fun though why the cops were not upset over the crime scene being ruined by Hannah is a mystery too. Readers will relish the support cast's confidence that Hannah, not the police, will solve the case by encouraging her to set up her command post. Joanne Fluke provides sub-genre fans with a delightfully delicious delicacy. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Loved it!
Review: What a great "cozy". I snuggle down in bed and read it in one evening. The only problem is that I crave sweets as I read. :o)
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