Sugar Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen #6)
by Joanne Fluke (Goodreads Author)
Paperback, 352 pages
Published October 1st 2005 by Kensington (first published January 1st 2004)
The holidays are the icing on the cake for bakery owner Hannah Swensen. Surrounded by her loved ones, she has all the ingredients for a perfect Christmas until murder is added to the mix...
When it comes to holidays, Minnesotans rise to the occasion and the little town of Lake Eden is baking up a storm with Hannah leading the way. The annual Christmas Buffet is the final test of the recipes Hannah has collected for the Lake Eden Holiday Buffet Cookbook.
While Hannah is baking the day s goodies at The Cookie Jar, the evening s plans begin to jell. Start with the best Lake Eden culinary creations, add two of Hannah s sometime boyfriends, a pinch of her ready-to-pop pregnant sister, and a dash of her mother and new significant other, an actual British lord, and what do you get? A recipe for disaster, but the juiciest ingredient is yet to come...
The recently divorced Martin Dubinski arrives at the buffet with his new Vegas showgirl wife all wrapped up in glitter and fur. His ex-wife, however, seems as cool as chilled eggnog. And when Hannah s mother s antique Christmas cake knife disappears, its discovery in the dcolletage of the new and now late Mrs. Dubinski puts the festivities on ice.
With everyone stranded at the community center by a blizzard, Hannah puts her investigative skills to the test, using the ingredients at hand: half the town of Lake Eden and a killer. Now, as the snowdrifts get higher, it s up to Hannah to dig out all the clues and make sure that this white Christmas doesn t bring any more deadly tidings.
I have to state from the very beginning of this review that I am in love with Joanne Fluke. If you are ever in a severe reading slump like I have been for the past two months, you need to pick up a Hannah Swensen mystery. When you're in a reading funk, pick up a Fluke novel. It is guaranteed to get you out of your reading slump. It sure worked wonders for me.
I used the Text to Speech feature on my Kindle and read this book while I cross-stitched. This book is a bit smaller than other Hannah Swensen mysteries but it sure pack s a punch. Fluke doesn't sit on her laurels and phone in the shorter books. These are just as filled with mystery, mayhem and mad cap moments as all her full length novels. Plus, this book has a plethora more recipes than other books do, at least it seemed that way to me. This story featured a contest sort of thing where they were cooking dishes that would make it into a town cookbook. Of course, Hannah is in charge of that. Even her "I don't cook and don't make me" sister, Andrea, even provides a recipe.
It was such a joy to return to these characters and follow along as Hannah and her two sisters helped Mike solve the mystery of who killed Brandywine, the Las Vegas showgirl turned Martin's newest bride.
This book is a hoot and a half. You definitely need to read this one. I may have enjoyed it a tad bit more since it featured a holiday theme and Christmas is only a month or so behind me as far as calendar time goes.
It is my mission to collect all the Hannah Swensen mysteries. So expect to see more of them featured here.
I bough this book from Amazon and read it on my Kindle. I bought this book with my own money and I thank the publishers for being so foresighted to allow such a wonderful series out into the world.
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