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Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
Автор: Joanne Fluke
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In her first foray into the sleuthing game, resourceful, red-headed Hannah Swensen must find the right ingredients to solve two perplexing murders. One chilly morning on her way to The Cookie Jar, Hannah discovers Ron, the dairy delivery man, shot dead in his truck. When she begins to investigate, she suspects the dairy owner, but when he, too, is murdered, Hannah must look further afield for the culprit.
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
Автор: Joanne Fluke
Текст читает Suzanne Toren
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In her first foray into the sleuthing game, resourceful, red-headed Hannah Swensen must find the right ingredients to solve two perplexing murders. One chilly morning on her way to The Cookie Jar, Hannah discovers Ron, the dairy delivery man, shot dead in his truck. When she begins to investigate, she suspects the dairy owner, but when he, too, is murdered, Hannah must look further afield for the culprit.
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A friend said this was a fun series so I went with her to see the author at our local cooking school. She was entertaining and the samples from some of the recipes in her latest book were yummy so I picked up this first book in the series. It's light escape reading with some recipes thrown in--as Jodi says, something to read "in between the hard books". If you like Diane Mott Davidson's Goldy the caterer books you'll like Fluke's books also.
Good "summer" reading.
Yes, I admit I approached this book with a little bit of trepidation, as cozies are typically not my thing. I found myself pleasantly surprised with this one. Okay, so it's a bit far-fetched to imagine a bakery/coffee shop that only sells cookies and still has a regular morning breakfast crowd, but who am I to judge another person's business/ food choices? ;-) I found Hannah to be a lot of fun. She has a penchant for nosing around when she shouldn't be and her lack of tact (she has a habit of speaking before thinking) makes for some fun moments. Of course, having a cop for a brother-in-law who doesn't seem to mind Hannah's digging around for information and a sister who is happy to "sleuth" along with Hannah, it is not surprising that it is rather easy to connect the dots and solve the mystery, and I am okay with that if I am being entertained in the process. Hannah's relationship with her mother amps up the entertainment value for me as I can relate to some of the conversations Hannah is forced to endure as her mother pursues what she believes to be the right thing for Hannah. For me, Hannah comes across as an amateur "wanna be" equivalent to Sue Grafton's more spunky private detective Kinsey Millhone, living in a quaint lakeside community, baking and selling cookies for a living. Not surprisingly, cookies are mentioned an awful lot throughout the story. I am one of those people who enjoys reading recipe books so I found the cookies recipes that were included throughout the story to be nice bonus. With 24 books in the series to date - and all available in audiobook format - I think I have found my next audiobook series to keep me going during my workday walking commute.Overall, a fun, light and entertaining first book in Fluke's Hannah Swensen Mysteries series. I am already enjoying the next book in the series.
Hannah Swensen has dropped out of grad school after a broken romance and found herself back home in Lake Eden, Minnesota, where she is running a cookie bakery and dodging her mother's attempts at matchmaking.When the delivery man for the Cozy Cow Dairy is found with a bullet hole outside of Hannah's shop, Hannah gets involved helping her brother-in-law solve the crime and get his promotion at work. The town is filled with a number of eccentric characters and Hannah suspects and then clears a lot of them.We are introduced to a number of characters including two possible love interests for Hannah in the new-in-town dentist and the new-in-town Homicide detective. I'm curious to know which, if either of them, will turn out to be Hannah's love interest. This was an engaging cozy mystery filled with great sounding cookie recipes that I really want to try. Written in 2000 and spending the past nine years on my TBR mountain did age the story. No one has a cellphone and cameras still have film. However, human nature is still human nature. This is the first book in a series that will reach 25 titles in 2020.
Undemanding fluff, but a really enjoyable read.
This was the first cozy mystery that I read and I was hooked thereafter. I would say that alone is quite a recommendation. I love the small town setting, the quirky characters and the excellent mystery.
Short and fun, lightweight murder mystery reading. The mystery was sufficiently tangled, the characters were a bit hit-or-miss, but nothing grated. All in all, an easy, enjoyable read. Includes some yummy-sounding recipes (I seem to be reading a lot of books with recipes lately (without any particular intention of doing so) -- someone must be telling me that I need to cook more!)
Wonderful, fun mystery. Quick read with humor and suspense.
My first cozy mystery and I'm in love. took 2 days and I couldn't put it down. now I must read all the Hannah Swensen Mysteries!
This was an enjoyable little murder mystery to start this series. I quite enjoyed it and Hannah is an adorable character that i couldn't help but like. I will continue with this series as I can find them
A friend has loaned me the whole series of Hannah Swensen mysteries. This is the first in the series and I enjoyed it and look forward to reading the rest...even in order!Hannah Swensen owns The Cookie Jar cookie bakery in Lake Eden, Minnesota. With a growing business to run and a mother that is constantly trying to matchmake and marry off Hannah to any single men that cross her path, Hannah has her hands full.When she discovers Ron LaSalle dead in his delivery truck behind the bakery, Hannah takes on a new role as detective to try and track down the killer. What she finds are a number of secrets that some of Lake Eden's upper crust families are trying to keep hidden. Finding out some of these things may cost Hannah her life.A cozy series that also includes some of the recipes mentioned in the book, makes for a fun and suggestive read. I may have to try some of these recipes to see if they cook up as good as they read!
I picked up Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder because I saw the Hallmark Mystery Channel movie and liked it. Oddly enough, I bought another book in this series (Red Velvet Cupcake Murder) last summer because I wanted the recipes and basically, I a sucker for cozy mysteries. Anyway, this was pretty good but I definitely appreciate the changes made for the movie. I admit that I found Hannah a bit harsh and overly judgmental & critical of others and that she knew she could be that way and was sometimes trying to curb it still didn't endear her to me when she did it. But what's a main character without some grating flaws? I didn't expect Norman to be so much in the story and was glad to get to know his character more. As we don't me Mike until chapter 22, I was really surprised he was so prominently featured in the movie version. I did laugh out loud at some parts and there were things that I wished they'd put in the movie, like the fact that Hannah & Andrea have a younger sister. I hope she shows up in future books. They mystery was well done and I have to admit to not being surprised since I'd seen the movie but I liked the structure of the mystery well enough that I'm going to continue with the series. Good for a weekend or vacation read.
The addition of recipes is a fun twist.
I am not a particular fan of cozy mysteries, but this one was so saccharine I thought I was going into diabetic shock. There was no conflict, no threat, no doom, no gloom, no secrets, nothing. The police officer investigating the murders was tickled pink to have his sister-in-law, the cookie shop owner, doing almost all the leg work to solve the crime in the hopes he would get a promotion to detective if "he" solved it. Bleh.
A cute mystery novel with recipes included from the story. Easy, enjoyable read...looking forward to the rest of the series!
Only Okay cozy mystery with recipes. The plotting is weak. I find it repetitive. There's little sexual tension. Weak character development. Still, I think it's worth trying one more in the series before giving up. (NOTE - I have,in fact, read a few more and they do get better.)
I picked this one up at my library because I wanted to try out a light-hearted murder mystery. I know that isn't really a thing that can truly exist, but you know what I mean. Honestly, I thought I wouldn't like it. I thought it would be so terrible as to be kind of charming.
I really liked it.
It was well-written and fun, and I tore through most of it in just one day. One sitting, really. I plan on reading lots more of the series.
I really liked it.
It was well-written and fun, and I tore through most of it in just one day. One sitting, really. I plan on reading lots more of the series.
I've seen the colorful and tasty covers of the Hannah Swenson mystery series by Joanne Fluke over the years so while looking for a book to fulfill a reading challenge I thought this was just the time to check it out. I'm not a big cozy mystery fan. I prefer a more gritty and suspenseful read when picking up a mystery. I have to say the first book was quite amusing and I enjoyed it much more than I expected.
Hannah Swenson, the owner of a popular bakery called The Cookie Jar, is also a proficient amateur sleuth. When Ron LaSalle, delivery man for the Cozy Cow Dairy is killed behind her shop, she is determined to find his killer. She convinces her sister's husband Bill who is the local Sheriff that she can help him get information from suspects by plying them with her cookies. Everyone liked Ron so she knows once she finds the motive she will find the killer.
Hannah is single and her mother is always trying to set her up with any available Lake Eden unmarried man. She makes up new cookie recipes, tries to avoid her mother's phone calls, and spends her free time with her one-eyed cat, Moishe, who is quite the character. There were some implausible parts of the mystery like clues that seemed to fall together a little too predictably and it's completely unbelievable that her brother in law would ask for her help in investigating a murder. As a former accountant I was also curious about her financial bottom line since it seems like she was giving away a lot more free cookies than she was selling them!
The characters were entertaining and like most cozy mysteries it had a bit of a predictable ending. I will admit she kept eliminating suspects and it wasn't until almost the end before I figured out who the killer was. I think I'll keep this series on my list for when I'm looking for a low blood pressure type of read.
Hannah Swenson, the owner of a popular bakery called The Cookie Jar, is also a proficient amateur sleuth. When Ron LaSalle, delivery man for the Cozy Cow Dairy is killed behind her shop, she is determined to find his killer. She convinces her sister's husband Bill who is the local Sheriff that she can help him get information from suspects by plying them with her cookies. Everyone liked Ron so she knows once she finds the motive she will find the killer.
Hannah is single and her mother is always trying to set her up with any available Lake Eden unmarried man. She makes up new cookie recipes, tries to avoid her mother's phone calls, and spends her free time with her one-eyed cat, Moishe, who is quite the character. There were some implausible parts of the mystery like clues that seemed to fall together a little too predictably and it's completely unbelievable that her brother in law would ask for her help in investigating a murder. As a former accountant I was also curious about her financial bottom line since it seems like she was giving away a lot more free cookies than she was selling them!
The characters were entertaining and like most cozy mysteries it had a bit of a predictable ending. I will admit she kept eliminating suspects and it wasn't until almost the end before I figured out who the killer was. I think I'll keep this series on my list for when I'm looking for a low blood pressure type of read.
I could not finish this. It is a very cookie-cutter cozy, predictable, not interesting setting, time or characters, and I really hate when a person who has no investigative powers whatsoever is elevated to the status of the detective and makes the police look like fools. Supposedly Hannah is "helping" her brother-in-law to make the rank of detective. How insulting is that? No, I could not swallow this in a thousand years, I don't even like cookies very much. However, your mileage may vary.
This is a cute series, though I'm not sure I quite understand Hannah's ability to date two men at one time and no one getting upset. The mystery itself was good, since I only figured it out right before Hannah did (though I mean, come on Hannah). I especially liked the recipes included and think I'd like to make a few batches of cookies, though I kind of wish each didn't make 8 dozen cookies.
This is a very light, but enjoyable cozy mystery. For me, it provided a welcome bit of escapism. I would recommend it if you are looking for a break from reading material that is complex, and/ or tragic. If you enjoy baking, the book also contains many recipes for cookies and dessert bars.
This outing cements my place among the cozy mystery fans, because though this book is very forgettable, I'm willing to read more of the series. The mystery had no twist to the tale. All the time I kept wondering when things would shake up, then nothing surprising happens. The downfall of the author is that once alibis are established they stay rock solid. In most decent mysteries, alibis are like promises...made to be broken.
I'm a huge cozy mystery fan and this fills the bill nicely. Only one problem. I find myself baking a lot more when I'm reading a Hannah Swenson mystery! We get introduced to Hannah and her small town in Minnesota in this book. We meet her kooky family members, which it seems most cozies are required to have, and we meet her assistant at her cookie shop. The kooky family members almost seem like caricatures at times but I think this is because the author is trying to establish their characters right away. The mystery is not over complicated and, as with most amateur detectives in cozies, Hannah seems to be a step ahead of the police with her detecting skills all the way through. Since her brother-in-law is the detective in charge, this both complicates and simplifies.For those that like mysteries with recipes, these look mouthwatering! I love culinary mysteries so I'm a big fan of this series!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #1) by Joanne FlukeHave read almost this whole series and realized I had not read this very first one.Story starts out with Hannah and she runs the bakery shop and tries to avoid getting set up for a husband from her mother's selections.We are introduced Mosha her cat and they have bonded. The prior night she had met Norman the local dentist at her mothers dinner table.He's 15 years older than her. Ron is the local delivery driver and he shows up daily to get cookies for the day. Claire shows up and she runs the dress shop and their parking lots behind their buildings are next to one another.Her young helper Lisa is there to help bake and serve the customers...Her sister Andrea who's married to Bill, a sheriff and they have a daughter Tracy. Andrea runs the local real estate agency.Some one has shot Ron and Hannah is the one to find him...Love to find out why Hannah had returned home from teaching... Never knew it! She visits around town asking others and discovers who has seen him and the times...After collecting a bunch of clues she confronts the one she thinks did the killing as they draw out a gun at her.Like how she avoided being shot and they all celebrate with the new deputy. Like learning why Mike had come to their town...Recipes are included.I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
3.5 starsHannah owns a cookie shop and when one of her delivery guys turns up shot in the alley behind, she helps out her brother-in-law, a cop, with the investigation. I mostly enjoyed it. You could tell it was written a while back (published in 2000 – I actually though a little earlier while reading), as the technology is not up-to-date. My ebook had an extra novella (that I quite liked!) tacked on at the end that had more current technology – it was written in 2006. There are many cookie recipes at the end of some of the chapters (I think every chapter in the novella had one). You could probably make an entire cookie recipe book out of just the recipes included! I liked the characters and the small town feel. After the main novel, I wasn’t sure if I would continue the series, but after reading the novella, I decided that I would.
fun and funny, it was really fun to follow Hannah as she solves the murder! GREAT recipes!
Bubblebathbooks.net (aka Bubby and Sissy) review of The Hannah Swensen Mysteries by Joanne Fluke. Sissy says that if you are going to read a cozy mystery then this series is a good place to start. Bubby says they are funny. Entertaining. The characterizations are excellent - I love the interaction between Hannah's mom (a beautiful well-kept widow who knows best about everything) and Norman's mom (also a widow who meddles a lot in her children's lives)! What about the relationship between Hannah and her sisters? And Hannah and Mike and Norman? Epic. For full review see bubblebathbooks.net
I've been reading lots of first-in-a-series this year. There are so many new-to-me mystery series that I haven't read, and I'm enjoying checking them all out. One series I've heard a lot about was the Hannah Swensen series by Joanne Fluke. Hannah Swensen has returned to her hometown and is all settled in running The Cookie Jar, and trying to dodge her mother's matchmaking, when a murder lands in her lap. Who killed the much-loved delivery boy, Ron LaSalle, and will she able to solve the mystery before the murderer strikes again? I really enjoyed this first book in the series. It nicely sets up the peaceful town of Lake Eden, and a host of interesting characters. I really enjoyed Hannah as the sleuth. She wasn't ditzy or silly (which really turns me away from a female sleuth that is) and she managed to solve the murder before I did! The end of CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE MURDER shows promise for Hannah's love life in the future (either with the new detective Mike, or the sweet dentist Norman) and I'm looking forward to reading more of her adventures. Overall this was a good mystery, and I'm glad that I have the second book sitting in my tbr waiting to be read. If you like your cozies will a good dose of culinary style, then check this series out. The cookie and slice recipes throughout the book are worth the cost of the book alone! I can't wait to try some of them.
Very cute cozy mystery from a prolific author - one of the first in the cozy mystery genre to include her recipes in with her corpses. This was read as part of a genre study for work, and I have to say I enjoyed it. Hannah makes for a canny amateur sleuth, and she's fun to read about to boot. There were a few crazy loose ends in this first in the series, but I'm thinking they get resolved in future books. I'm thinkin the Strawberry Shortcake Murder is going to have to go on the TBR. Pick this one up if you like culinary cozy mysteries with just enough fluff around the bodies to make these gentle reads.
A little bit campy, but I loved this book. Her many characters, were distinct and memorable. Though it follows the typical murder mystery formula, Fluke avoided clichés and and kept me guessing to the end. The recipes "rewards," as I called them, were fantastic, and the pointers she includes were great as well.