Red Velvet Cupcake Murder

A Hannah Swensen Mystery with Recipes!

By: Joanne Fluke

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

New York Times best-selling author Joanne Fluke’s cozy mysteries grow in popularity with each new series entry.

One summer in Lake Eden, Minnesota, Hannah Swensen attends the grand opening of a newly refurbished hotel, where her famous red velvet cupcakes will be served in the new Red Velvet lounge. But when a party guest falls from the hotel roof, festivities come to a screeching halt - and Hannah becomes the surprising target of a murder investigation.

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What a Combo . . . Cooking and Crime!

Although this is the last book in the series, it was the first of Joanne Fluke's books for me . . . and I enjoyed it so much! It was a change of pace . . . and a GOOD one . . . as another reviewer noted, it is family fare, which I appreciate . . . and I really like the inclusion of the recipes . . . the relationships between the people in the small town interested me . . . and I will go back and listen to others in the series. The murder mystery is good without being gory, and I need that every once in a while. Bottom line, this is a great women's book, great audio book for listening to with a friend, and I am glad I came across it.

Poor book, very glad I didn’t pay full price.

TECHNICAL: Well done technically. No music added, no audible mouth sounds, swallowing, digestive or breathing noises. Just the way I like my audiobooks.
PERFORMANCE: All aspects of the performance but the voices were good. Some of her characters are grating.
STORY: Sad how poorly written it is. Dialog was pitiful. A middle school student could have done better. It is full of errors. Example: One of the characters gives CPR to one who was found unconscious under water. When discussed later the cop character said there was no air found in the lungs during autopsy. It should have been no water was found in the lungs.

I love the characters even if these seem a little

it was entertaining but easy to figure out who and why early in the story.

YUM

What did you like best about this story?

It seemed like Hannah and the rest of the Lake Eden were a little off in the last few books, but all is well with this. The plot is good. The murder victim is one that I am glad won''t be coming back in later books. And, the recipes are ones that I really do want to try.

Any additional comments?

I'm for Norman. I want to see Hannah get together with Norman.

Exciting story

I found this story very exciting. As always Suzanne Toren’s narration brings the story & the characters to life.