Fern Michaels, Author, Beverly Barton, Author, Joanne Fluke, Author . Zebra $7.99 (431p) ISBN 978-0-8217-8047-3
Sweet is the word for this anthology from four top Kensington writers. Barton's contribution, about two strangers snowed in after a Tennessee storm, is the steamy standout. Michaels creates a paean to childhood disappointment, but the romance...
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Joanne Fluke. Kensington, $26 (356p) ISBN 978-0-7582-8040-4
Bestseller Fluke’s lively 18th Hannah Swensen mystery (after 2014’s Blackberry Pie Murder) finds the Lake Eden, Minn., baker a murder suspect, after she discovers the dead body of Judge Colfax in his chambers. She has solved plenty of crimes in the...
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Joanne Fluke. Kensington, $18.95 (370p) ISBN 978-0-7582-3497-1
Jam-packed with recipes from her beloved Hannah Swensen Mystery series, Fluke’s most recent work is simply superb. Delores Swenson’s 4th Annual Christmas Cookie Exchange luncheon is coming up, and her daughter Hannah, part owner of popular Lake Eden,
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Joanne Fluke. Kensington, $24 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7582-3493-3
At the start of bestseller Fluke’s savory 15th Hannah Swensen mystery set in Lake Eden, Minn. (after 2011’s Devil’s Food Cake Murder), Hannah and her sister, Michelle, are en route to deliver cinnamon rolls to the Lake Eden Inn. When they come to a...
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Joanne Fluke. Kensington, $25 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7582-8034-3
Despite the 26 sweet and savory recipes scattered throughout, crime buffs may find little nourishment in bestseller Fluke’s 16th Hannah Swenson novel (after 2012’s Cinnamon Roll Murder). As the owner of the Cookie Jar coffee shop and bakery in Lake...
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Joanne Fluke. Kensington, $25 (368p) ISBN 978-0-7582-8037-4
Early in bestseller Fluke’s witty 17th novel featuring bakery owner Hannah Swensen of Lake Eden, Minn. (after 2013’s The Red Velvet Cupcake Mystery), Hannah finds yet another dead body—that of the unidentified man she hit and apparently killed while
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Joanna Fluke, Kensington, $24 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7582-3491-9
Bestseller Fluke's fabulous 14th foodie mystery (after 2010's Apple Turnover Murder) finds Hannah Swenson, the baking whiz of the Cookie Jar in Lake Eden, Minn., still torn between the two less than perfect men in her life—dentist Norman Rhodes,...
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Joanne Fluke. Kensington, $26 (304p) ISBN 978-1-61773-216-4
Bestseller Fluke’s frothy 19th Hannah Swensen Mystery (after 2015’s Double Fudge Brownie Murder) finds the guileless Lake Eden, Minn., baker both a bride to be and a contestant in the Food Channel’s Dessert Chef Competition. Her meddlesome mother,...
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Joanne Fluke. Kensington, $20 (204p) ISBN 978-1-61773-228-7
In Fluke’s tasty 20th Hannah Swenson mystery (after Wedding Cake Murder), the Lake Eden, Minn., baker discovers promiscuous Phyllis Bates’s frozen corpse in the snow. Distressingly, a nearby lunch bag belongs to nice Herb Beeseman and contains...
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Joanne Fluke. Kensington, $26 (368p) ISBN 978-1-61773-220-1
At the outset of bestseller Fluke’s subpar 21st Hannah Swensen mystery (after 2016’s Christmas Caramel Murder), Hannah’s mother, Delores Swensen, hears screams and then gunshots coming from the residence of retired stage actress Tori Bascomb, a...
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Joanne Fluke, Author . Kensington $22 (328p) ISBN 978-1-57566-707-2
In her third top-of-the-line culinary cozy (after 2001's Strawberry Shortcake Murder), the delightful amateur sleuth Hannah Swensen once again faces murder and mayhem with good cheer. To fight the late February doldrums, Lake Eden, Minn., is...
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Joanne Fluke, Author Kensington Publishing Corporation $22 (356p) ISBN 978-0-7582-0294-9
The mildly entertaining seventh Hannah Swensen mystery (after 2005's Sugar Cookie Murder) finds our heroine up to her usual tricks: keeping her hometown of Lake Eden, Minn., happily fed with tasty cookies, chatting with her precocious niece and, of...
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Joanne Fluke, Author . Kensington $24 (292p) ISBN 978-0-7582-3489-6
Cozy fans will welcome bestseller Fluke's charming 13th Hannah Swensen mystery (after 2009's Plum Pudding Murder
). Hannah is working long hours at her bakery, the Cookie Jar, in Lake Eden, Minn., as well as dating two men, dentist Norman...
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Joanne Fluke, Author . Kensington $24 (303p) ISBN 978-0-7582-1024-1
The Christmas season provides the backdrop for bestseller Fluke’s sprightly 12th Hannah Swenson holiday mystery (after Mar. 2009’s Cream Puff Murder
). When Hannah, the proprietor of the Cookie Jar in Lake Eden, Minn., stops by the Crazy
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Joanne Fluke, Author . Kensington $24 (288p) ISBN 978-0-7582-1022-7
Foodie fans will eat up bestseller Fluke’s 11th cozy to feature Hannah Swenson (after 2008’s Carrot Cake Murder
). While exercising as part of a dieting program at Heavenly Bodies, Swenson, the owner of the Cookie Jar bakery and coffee...
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Joanne Fluke, Author . Kensington $22 (324p) ISBN 978-0-7582-1020-3
Filled with juicy scandal, delightfully eccentric characters and 21 tempting recipes from Cream Cheese Frosting to Lemon Fluff Jell-O, bestseller Fluke's 10th Hannah Swenson mystery (after 2007's Key Lime Pie Murder
) centers on a family reunion...
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Joanne Fluke, Author . Kensington $22 (342p) ISBN 978-0-7582-1018-0
The yummy eighth smalltown cozy from Fluke (after 2006's Cherry Cheesecake Murder
) finds sometime sleuth Hannah Swensen, owner of the Cookie Jar in Lake Eden, Minn., judging the baking contest at the Tri-County Fair. When one of her fellow...
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Joanne Fluke, Author . Kensington $16 (288p) ISBN 978-0-7582-0681-7
In her first holiday mystery, Fluke (Fudge Cupcake Murder
, etc.) takes her series heroine, Hannah Swensen, amateur sleuth and owner of the Cookie Jar bakery in Lake Eden, Minn., through a delectable culinary romp. Hannah has compiled a cookbook of...
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Joanne Fluke, Author . Kensington $22 (256p) ISBN 978-0-7582-0150-8
A lemon meringue pie, two pieces cut and only one eaten (an important clue or an insult to her cooking?), an empty bottle of wine and only one of two take-out dinners consumed—these bits of evidence set Hannah Swenson, amateur sleuth and owner
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Joanne Fluke, read by Suzanne Toren. Recorded Books, unabridged, nine CDs, 9.5 hrs., $34.99 ISBN 978-1-4640-3295-0
Fluke’s 16th installment in her bestselling Hannah Swensen series finds the smalltown baker turned sleuth investigating the murder of a member of a jazz band called Cinnamon Roll Six. As the investigation proceeds, Hannah discovers that her own life
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Joanne Fluke, read by Susan Toren. Recorded Books, 8 CDs, 10 hrs., $34.99 ISBN 978-1-4703-8196-7
Set in the idyllic little town of Lake Eden, Minn., this 18th entry in Fluke’s popular series begins with its cookie-maven heroine, Hannah Swensen, about to go on trial for her involvement in a fatal auto accident. If that’s not disturbing enough (ev
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Joanne Fluke, Author, Leslie Meier, Author, Laura Levine, Author . Kensington $16 (288p) ISBN 978-0-7582-2198-8
Three big-name cozy writers contribute candy cane–themed novellas to this entertaining yuletide anthology. Levine's series heroine Jaine Austen (Death by Pantyhose
, etc.) spots a wealthy suburbanite's killer in the unfortunately...
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Joanne Fluke, Author, Kensington, Producer Kensington Publishing Corporation $20 (320p) ISBN 978-1-57566-524-5
Independent-minded Hannah Swenson makes her debut in a cleverly plotted cozy, full of appealing characters and delicious cookie recipes. Returning after her father's death to her hometown of Lake Eden, Minn., Hannah opens her own shop, the Cookie...
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Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine, Leslie Meier, Kensington, $23 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7582-3495-7
Fluke, Levine, and Meier each offer a yuletide whodunit treat in this entertaining follow-up to 2007's Candy Cane Murder. In Fluke's wry "Gingerbread Cookie Murder," Hannah Swensen of the Cookie Jar in Lake Eden, Minn., wants her neighbor Ernie...
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Joanne Fluke, Author, Nina Corbett, Author Kensington Publishing Corporation $22 (320p) ISBN 978-1-57566-644-0
Following her successful debut, 2000's Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder, Fluke brings back amateur sleuth and Lake Eden, Minn., bakery owner Hannah Swensen for another delicious adventure. Hannah has the honor of serving as head judge of the first...
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Joanne Fluke. Kensington, $26 (304p) ISBN 978-1-61773-224-9
In bestseller Fluke’s flaky 22nd Hannah Swensen mystery set in Lake Eden, Minn. (after 2017’s Banana Cream Pie Murder), Hannah’s new husband, Ross Barton, vanishes, leaving her mopey but otherwise strangely unaffected by his absence. For someone who
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Joanne Fluke. Kensington, $20 (270p) ISBN 978-1-61773-232-4
Bestseller Fluke’s diverting 23rd Hannah Swensen mystery (after Raspberry Danish Murder), an origin story, finds college student Hannah home in Lake Eden, Minn., with her grief-stricken mother, Delores, three weeks after the funeral of Hannah’s...
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Joanne Fluke. Kensington, $27 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4967-1886-0
In bestseller Fluke’s subpar 24th mystery featuring Lake Eden, Minn., baker Hannah Swensen (after 2018’s Christmas Cake Murder), Hannah stands before her church’s congregation and tearfully confesses that her marriage to Ross Barton has been a sham.
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Joanne Fluke. Kensington, $27 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4967-1889-1
In bestseller Fluke’s pleasing 25th Hannah Swensen mystery (after 2019’s Chocolate Cream Pie Murder), bakery shop owner and amateur sleuth Hannah Swensen cuts short her California vacation and rushes home to Lake Eden, Minn., after receiving an...
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Joanne Fluke. Kensington, $22.95 (288p) ISBN 978-1-4967-2912-5
Recipes dominate bestseller Fluke’s amiable 26th Hannah Swenson mystery (after Coconut Layer Cake Murder). Early one December morning, Hannah Swensen, owner of the Cookie Jar bakery in Lake Eden, Minn., is baking German chocolate cupcakes when she...
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Joanne Fluke. Kensington, $27 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4967-1892-1
Bestseller Fluke’s padded 27th mystery featuring Lake Eden, Minn., baker Hannah Swensen (after 2020’s Christmas Cupcake Murder), with its 31 meticulously detailed recipes, including one for the mega-calorific cheesecake of the title, amounts to a...
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Joanne Fluke. Kensington, $27 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4967-3608-6
Enthusiastic anglers are gathering in Lake Eden, Minn., for the Walleye Fishing Tournament in bestseller Fluke’s diverting 28th Hannah Swenson mystery (after 2021’s Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder). Sponsored by Wally Wallace, the legendary owner
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