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    Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
    Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
    Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
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    Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

    Written by Joanne Fluke

    Narrated by Suzanne Toren

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    DISCOVER THE DELICIOUS MYSTERY THAT STARTED IT ALL!

    No one cooks up a delectable, suspense-filled mystery quite like Hannah Swensen, Joanne Fluke’s dessert-baking, red-haired heroine whose gingersnaps are as tart as her comebacks, and whose penchant for solving crimes—one delicious clue at a time—has made her a bestselling favorite.
    And it all began on these pages, with a bakery, a murder, and some suddenly scandalous chocolate-chip crunchies.

    Featuring mouthwatering recipes, the very first Hannah Swensen mystery is sure to have readers coming back for seconds …

    Hannah already has her hands full trying to dodge her mother’s attempts to marry her off while running The Cookie Jar, Lake Eden’s most popular bakery. But once Ron LaSalle, the beloved delivery man from the Cozy Cow Dairy, is found murdered behind her bakery with Hannah’s famous Chocolate
    Chip Crunchies scattered around him, her life just can’t get any worse. Determined not to let her cookies get a bad reputation, she sets out to track down a killer. But if she doesn’t watch her back, Hannah’s sweet life may get burned to a crisp.

    “A cleverly plotted cozy full of appealing characters and delicious cookie recipes.”—Publishers Weekly
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateNov 26, 2007
    ISBN9781428198791
    Author

    Joanne Fluke

    JOANNE FLUKE is the New York Times bestselling author of the Hannah Swensen mysteries, which include Chocolate Cream Pie Murder, Raspberry Danish Murder, Cinnamon Roll Murder, and the book that started it all, Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder. That first installment in the series premiered as Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel. Like Hannah Swensen, Joanne Fluke was born and raised in a small town in rural Minnesota, but now lives in Southern California. Please visit her online at www.JoanneFluke.com.

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    • 2/5
      Ending was really awful, made no sense at all. Won’t be listening to any of the other books. Abslout waist of time.
    • 4/5
      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.
    • 3/5
      Good "summer" reading.
    • 4/5
      So far, so good. Just a note for you curious bakers …there were no cookie recipes because they were called bisquits.
      or at times, crisps. I was practically shouting at Hannah to check out the man that looked at the farm with her sister! That was right after Ron was killed. It’s a good book, but not a brain buster mystery! It’s odd, it says this was written around 2000, but it sounds like the 1950’s. The Mom setting up her daughter with anything with two legs. The sister who is looked down on because she enjoys working more than being a stay at home Mom, and other things. I guess the author is trying to make the town idyllic. I have to mention, I hate when authors say a character has a “tell” ( a movement or look they do when lying). If it were that easy, the cops wouldnt have to have lengthy investigations in order to find the perpetrator of a crime. I have known compulsive liars that looked exactly the same whether lying or being truthful.
    • 3/5
      This story dragged on and on! It’s the first book of the series so I’m going to give book 2 a try. Hoping the authors voices improve as well. I’m hopeful ?
    • 4/5
      I was reading this as a bit of light relief during moments of sleepiness, headachiness, and general weariness. It was like the book version of 'Pushing Daisies', which was rather nice. No dead people coming back to life, but where there was Ned, there is Hannah, and where there was The Pie Hole, there is The Cookie Jar. Hannah Swensen is a nice normal woman, living with her cat Moishe, fending off her mother's attempts at matchmaking, and happily running her little bakery-cum-coffee shop with her assistant Lisa. But when friendly local milkman Ron is found dead in her alley, surrounded by Hannah's cookies, she turns sleuth to help her deputy sheriff brother-in-law solve the case.It wasn't particularly well written, let's be honest - and some of the speech was so clunky it was painful - but it was a sweet little story nonetheless. It comes with plenty of delicious cookie and candy recipes to try, and the last third of the book is actually a separate, festive Hannah Swensen novella. When a young runaway called Candy breaks into The Cookie Jar to escape another cold night on the street, Hannah and her friends have to use their sleuthing skills to find her family and give her a happy Christmas. Pure fluff, but enjoyable enough for me to go straight ahead and order the next book, the equally scrummy-sounding 'Strawberry Shortcake Murder'!
    • 2/5
      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.)
    • 3/5
      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.
    • 5/5
      Hannah is a no-nonsense, single gal running a cookie shop in her small Minnesota hometown. She has a grumpy but loyal cat, a sweet and helpful employee, a sister who's a bit of a princess, a nagging mother who is constantly trying to set her up on dates, and a brother-in-law who's trying to make detective on the police force. Her life seems hectic but happy, but then her milk delivery man/friend gets murdered in the alley behind her shop and she finds herself in the thick of the investigation.A nice first entry in this cozy series. I like the characters and I was honestly shocked by the reveal. I'll definitely be continuing with the second book.
    • 4/5
      I have dabbled in a few cozy mysteries lately, so I thought I would try Joanne Fluke’s Hannah Swensen series. I absolutely love desserts and figured I couldn’t go wrong with her books…especially when recipes are included! Hannah is definitely a likeable character with her cat and bakery business. This book is the first in the series. (Anytime I start a new-to-me author with a series, I prefer to start with book #1.) Hannah turns detective when she discovers the delivery man from the local dairy dead in the alley behind her bakery. She agrees to help her brother in law who is a police officer trying to get experience solving crimes so he can be promoted to detective. The story is engaging and interesting. I did find it humorous that a baker does more leg work to solve a murder than the police officer hired for the job! Overall, an entertaining book. I intend to pick up book #2 in the future.
    • 3/5
      The first in a series by Fluke, I gave it a partial pass for the necessary establishment of time, place and character, but it was still a little too light a mystery for me.
    • 4/5
      The Chocolate Chip Murder by Joanne Fluke is a 2000 Kensington publication.This book is our introduction to the Hannah Swensen cozy mystery series. This series began over twenty years ago and is still going strong. Hannah is busy running her cookie shop- “The Cookie Jar”, and warding off her mother’s numerous attempts at matchmaking when her life is suddenly upended by the murder of Ron, the ‘Cozy Cow Dairy’ delivery man. His body is found behind the bakery surround by Hannah's chocolate chip cookies. Hannah is naturally worried about the shop's reputation, and is trying to keep her eyes and ears open for any possible information about the murder- but her sleuthing takes her deeper and deeper into a world secrets and possible danger... I thought this was a well-balanced ‘first in a series’ mystery. We meet Hannah, her family, and what will most likely be most of the recurring characters. I got a good glimpse at Hannah's personality, which I liked, for the most part, and I enjoyed the Minnesota scenery, as well. And the mystery? Very solid! It kept me guessing and turning those pages! Overall, this is a great start to the series and I’m looking forward to seeing how it develops over time. 4 stars
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed this cozy.., and now I know what all that fuss is all about!
    • 5/5
      Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder is everything you expect from a cozy mystery. It's got a mysterious murder, a lovable cast of characters, and an ending that while isn't the most original, is still an enjoyable surprise. If your goal is to find an quick, fun read I would highly recommend it.
    • 2/5
      This book wasn't as much fun as I thought it would be. For starters, while it was written in 2000, I guess 20 years was far enough in the past where it was perfectly acceptable to call characters retarded, shame women as "hobby mothers" for wanting to go back to work after the baby is born, have the main character constantly talk about her weight and her appearance and need to go on a diet, etc. No thank you. Then there was the implausibility that this bake shop owner could just show up at people's houses and interrogate them, and they would tell her anything she wanted, no matter how personal, embarrassing, or incriminating. But I am still giving the book two stars instead of one because I liked the discussion of the main character's bake shop, and the cookie recipes included in the book.
    • 5/5
      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).
    • 4/5
      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.
    • 4/5
      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.
    • 3/5
      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.
    • 4/5
      Wonderful, fun mystery. Quick read with humor and suspense.
    • 4/5
      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.
    • 4/5
      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!
    • 3/5
      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
    • 3/5
      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.
    • 3/5
      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.
    • 3/5
      The addition of recipes is a fun twist.
    • 5/5
      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!
    • 4/5
      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.
    • 4/5
      Undemanding fluff, but a really enjoyable read.
    • 3/5
      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!)