Coconut Layer Cake Murder

By: Joanne Fluke

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Bakery owner Hannah Swensen is leaving Lake Eden to help a friend in sunny California. But an unexpected phone call swiftly brings her back to a cold Minnesota winter...and murder....

When Hannah learns that her sister Michelle's boyfriend, Detective Lonnie Murphy, is the prime suspect in a murder case, she goes straight from a movie studio sound stage to the Los Angeles airport.

Back in frigid Minnesota, she discovers that proving Lonnie's innocence will be harder than figuring out what went wrong with a recipe. Lonnie remembers only parts of the night he went out to a local bar and ended up driving a very impaired woman home. He knows he helped her to her bedroom, but he doesn't recall anything else until he woke up on her couch the following morning. When he went to the bedroom to check on her, he was shocked to discover she was dead.

Hannah doesn't know what to believe - only that exonerating a suspect who can't remember is almost impossible, especially since Lonnie's brother, Detective Rick Murphy, and Lonnie's partner, Chief Detective Mike Kingston, have been taken off the case. Before everything comes crashing down on Lonnie like a heaping slice of coconut layer cake, it'll be up to Hannah to rack up enough clues to toast a flaky killer....

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

Hannah needs to grow up

I love these books. I’ll start there...but, it’s time Hannah grows up. She needs to have “romantic” feelings for someone, preferable Norman. Norman built her dream house, has a great job, is so kind and she obviously loves him. It’s getting silly. She married a near stranger and he left and Norman keeps coming back. His only issue is he named his cat “Cuddles”. No grown man does that. Hannah leads her life like a 16 year old girl. ALSO, her mother is always portrayed as a scatterbrained woman that needs a tribe to take care of her.
Hannah needs to marry Norman and grow up! It would be ok if she had a real “adult” relationship with a man and had a beer. PLUS, quit saying “the condo.” House, home, place...any go well with “Hannah’s....”
find another name for the HOME!

Delicious mystery

This is the second book I read from this author and I have enjoyed it very much. It has kept me sane through my daily routine.
Enjoy !

Hannah must save Lonnie

Hannah has been under too much stress lately & Doc says she must go on a vacation -- with her Mother (to ease HIS stress!)
But they barely get to California when Lonnie appears to be the prime suspect in a murder... so Hannah returns to investigate because Mike can't (he's Lonnie's partner) and the only other detective left to work the case is green.
It held my interest.

Awesomely well done audiobook with great voice acting!!

I’m really enjoying this Joanne fluke series!! And I love the incredible recipes too! Did not know you can make minestrone in the crockpot!! Wow! Wasn’t expecting who the killer of Darcy was but I understand jealousy can make people do crazy things I guess. Fantastic cozy mystery!

Umm 👀 I waited awhile for this one. Hannah needed more self care!

In this one the killer was a litter harder to figure out, but Hannah wasn't it. I can't believe what she said to Mike the bike. A few books back she lost all respect for him, and now this.... Norman loves Hannah, he proved that in words and deeds, why make him look like a sap? Because he's not tall, muscular, or attractive. I guess Hannah has to learn what's good for her life and not just look with her 👀eyes. She in her thirties and still a bit immature in the area of her life. Maybe that's how her character is meant to be. 🙍 It was a good book the issues I had with it was the recipes took up most of the chapters and they should have been placed at the end. Lastly, Hannah need to learn some type of self defense. If she going to investigate and catch killers she should be thinking her safety.