Gingerbread Cookie Murder

By: Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine, Leslie Meier

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

In this batch of sweet, short murder mysteries, three cooks don’t spoil the broth.

New York Times best-selling author Joanne Fluke pens the title story, in which a box of Hannah Swensen’s gingerbread cookies is found near the corpse of her neighbor.

Popular co-authors Laura Levine and Leslie Meier offer “The Dangers of Gingerbread Cookies” and “Gingerbread Cookies and Gunshots”, respectively.

Together, these three cozies will entertain listeners while compelling them to think twice about a cherished holiday treat.

©2010 Joanne Fluke, Leslie Meier, Laura Lavine (P)2010 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic reviews

"Fluke, Levine, and Meier each offer a yuletide whodunit treat.... In Fluke's wry "Gingerbread Cookie Murder," Hannah Swensen of the Cookie Jar in Lake Eden, Minn., wants her neighbor Ernie Kusak to simply lower the volume on his too loud Christmas outdoor display, but she soon discovers Ernie with his head bashed in. In Levine's hilarious "The Dangers of Gingerbread Cookies," Jaine Austen's holiday stay at her parents' home in the Tampa Vistas retirement community is enlivened by the murder of elderly lothario Dr. Preston McCay, whose neck gets broken during his star turn in an amateur play called The Gingerbread Cookie That Saved Christmas. Rounding out the volume is Meier's less cheery but poignant "Gingerbread Cookies and Gunshots," about Maine reporter Lucy Stone's investigation of a four-year-old boy's disappearance." ( Publishers Weekly)

Pretty good.

I enjoyed all of these stories, but my favorite hands down is definitely Hannah!! The humor was real and it was lovely.

Great Humor!

The first & second stories were so funny!
Being a senior citizen, I could relate!!! Enjoy!

Loved Joanne Fluke Mystery

I loved the Joanne Fluke story with Hannah, not crazy about the other stories. I also love the narrator for the Hannah stories.

so-so

Middle book ho- hum. The Jo Ann Fluke novel was good as usual. The middle book was kind of silly. There are a ton of recipes!

Great Story Telling

If you like a little murder mystery with your Christmas these are great. The stories flow with just enough humor. You can visualize as they unfold . And you can make the treats you hear about becouse the receptors are included at the end of the book.
Enjoy!!

Cozy Christmas Mystery

Hannah has a new neighbor (who bought his condo after winning the lottery and) who's upsetting all the other neighbors with his blasting Christmas carols and light show of dancing elves and more. She tries to buy him off with a gift of gingerbread cookies but the racket continues into the night, and he doesn't answer the door when she pounds on it. Ultimately Mike shows up thanks to over a dozen complaints, and the man's ex-wife, who also lives in the complex, provides a secret spare key so they can get in and shut off the racket -- except Hannah finds his body before Mike's back from turning off the electric. There are multiple suspects -- the ex-wife, whom the "victim" still expected to iron his shirts and perform other domestic work, IF she wants college money for her kids, another complex resident who crawled in the window to shut off the racket... Ultimately it's Hannah's mother, Delores, who provides the crucial clue. Nice use of Delores. It's short but satisfying.

Jaine Austen holiday fun

This is a review for the Jaine Austen cozy mystery by Laura Levine only.

This short story lasted around 3.5 hours. It included all the things us fans of the series have come to love - humor, a puzzling mystery, and naughty Prozac the cat!

Usually in Jaine's mysteries there are plenty of side stories - her friends' problems, dating, her parents etc. Because this is a short story, there was much less of that, and more focus on the mystery. Jaine is staying with her parents, so we get to see her infamous daddy up close. His battle with the Christmas tree is not to be missed haha!! This story will make you laugh out loud - and it ends with a great twist!

My only complaint is the narrator. She is not the worst, but she's not the one who usually does these stories either. Brittany Pressley is a fantastic narrator - so if you enjoy this story but not the narrator, check out the other stories in this series! The narrator of this one (not Pressley) pauses long and awkwardly and many of the voices sound the same.

not up to par

the first two stories were great. the last left me hanging. there was a feeble attempt to end on a good warm christmas feeling but the author did not conclude the thread of the little boy which consumed the main character. I was really disappointed and probably won't read any of her books

I really liked this purchase

It was several books, of which i was unaware. The last story was less ‘cozy’ and more ‘dicey’ but it wasn’t so stressful that i had to stop listening.

Humor

Always enjoy the humor, and cast interactions. The voices are really well done. I can visualize each charactor and Image .Imagine I see and know them.