Christmas Cupcake Murder

A Hannah Swensen Mystery, Book 26

By: Joanne Fluke

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

As December turns Lake Eden into the North Pole, the heat is on in Hannah Swensen’s kitchen to honor two Christmas promises: baking irresistible holiday cupcakes and preventing a person who attempted murder from succeeding the second time around!

While Hannah speeds through a lengthy holiday checklist, drama in town grows like Santa’s waistline on Christmas Eve. Her sister, Andrea, wants to stave off the blues by helping out at The Cookie Jar, Michele’s love life is becoming complicated, Lisa needs Hannah’s advice, and Delores has a Christmas secret she’s not willing to share. But nothing dampens the holiday mood more than the chilling mystery surrounding the man found near death in an abandoned storefront two doors down from Hannah’s bakery....

The befuddled John Doe can’t recall a thing about himself - except for his unusual knowledge of restoring antique furniture. With a smattering of clues and barely enough time to frost Christmas cookies, Hannah must solve a deadly puzzle that could leave her dashing through the snow for her life!

Features more than a dozen cookie and dessert recipes from The Cookie Jar!

©2020 H.L. Swensen, Inc (P)2020 Recorded Books

Disappointed

I waited so long for a new book, and I was disappointed that we went back in time again. No story progression. I felt so cheated. And like others said, the recipes were too much. At least one took half a chapter!

Amazing and well done audiobook!!

What a fantastic novel this is I’m absolutely making the chocolate oatmeal cookies from this book and I must say I loved how the recipes are executed and explained thoroughly as I require that lol 😝 I also enjoyed the whodunnit aspect but I won’t spoil anything 😏😏😏😏

Perhaps the Editor Should Check Continuity!

This is another "slice of life" in the land of Lake Eden. The characters are thoroughly enjoyable and carry the lackluster plot along. Trying to place it in context chronologically, I found the suggestion made about when the story happened had some major holes. The selection of the location for the second hand shop is completely misaligned with the details given in "The Blueberry Muffin" mystery, and the relationships with Norman and Mike are a little out of sync. On the other hand, what bad can come from Hannah's cookie shop? The narrator absolutely has the characters down and it is relaxing to listen to the story unfold.

Hannah Helps Learn a Man's Identity

Hannah feeds a thin hungry man who offers to clean the snow off her truck. Later that evening when she and her mother Delores and Carrie Rhodes are looking at a vacant store, they find the man inside, injured. Doc pulls him through but in addition to a bad hit on the head, the stranger has amnesia, so it's up to Hannah to solve a new kind of mystery...which she does, right up to when the gang crashes a wedding to prevent a terrible mistake!

Not always a murder

This had a great plot and was very interesting to listen to even without having s murder. Nicely done!