Author: Joanne Fluke
Publisher: Kensington Books
Year: 2005
Genre: Mystery
Age: Adult 18+
Page Count: 267 pages
Audio Publisher: Recorded Books
Audio Year: 2010
Audio Reader: Suzanne Toren
Audio Length: 8 hours & 47 mins
Rating:
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This is book #7 in the Hannah Swensen series. I have been listening to them on audio since we read the first one for our Cook the Books discussion late last year. I never thought when I started this new club that I would actually like this genre as much as I have. I do think I need to add some different genre's back into my reading list because lately it's all of these & not much else.
This book was both satisfying & confusing at the same time. In the last book Bill was in trouble with the law while running for Sheriff & Mike wasn't all that helpful since he put Bill at the top of the suspect list. Mike was also dating someone else in town even though he claimed to be in love with Hannah. That put Norman at the top for Hannah's heart. We also finally got to meet Delores's new boyfriend, the mysterious English Lord Winthrope Harrington. So the last book set up some pretty interesting storylines. Luckily we didn't have to wait long to see what was going to happen.
In this book Shawna Lee & her sister Vanessa open up a bakery right across the street from Hannah's cookie business! Hannah's also heavily suspects that Mike is still dating Shawna Lee & possibly her sister as well. Then Shawna Lee ends up dead & of course who do you think is first on the scene by accident again??? From there the story gets even worse, Vanessa might have killed her ex husband, Winthrope is definetly not who he says he is, & Hannah is trying to decide if Norman really is the one. By the end there is 2 proposals back to back & Hannah isn't sure what to do!
I cheated a little & found out what happens in Wedding Cake Murder (book #13) & now I don't understand with the way things ended in this story & how I know they turn out in that one what is going to happen in between, but I guess I'm going to find out. But this book was really funny, espically with 2 businesses being run by women right across the street from eachother & a town so full of gossip. One of the things that annoyed me while listening to the audio this time around was Vanessa's voice. I even tried listening to it slower & faster, I didn't like it in any speed so I'm happy she hopefully won't be making anymore appearances in future stories. On the plus side this audio had a few meows coming from Hannah's adorably annoying cat Moishe. Hannah is always trying to keep him happy & in this story he becomes a mouse killer & saviour of the town's people.
Once again there were some great recipes in this book, I'll include one down below. I'm always amazed at the things Hannah is able to come up with.
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