Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen Mysteries) (urspr publ 2001; utgåvan 2006)

I really enjoyed this cozy.., and now I know what all that fuss is all about! ( )

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder is everything you expect from a cozy mystery. It's got a mysterious murder, a lovable cast of characters, and an ending that while isn't the most original, is still an enjoyable surprise. If your goal is to find an quick, fun read I would highly recommend it. ( )

This book wasn't as much fun as I thought it would be. For starters, while it was written in 2000, I guess 20 years was far enough in the past where it was perfectly acceptable to call characters "retarded", shame women as "hobby mothers" for wanting to go back to work after the baby is born, have the main character constantly talk about her weight and her appearance and need to go on a diet, etc. No thank you. Then there was the implausibility that this bake shop owner could just show up at people's houses and interrogate them, and they would tell her anything she wanted, no matter how personal, embarrassing, or incriminating. But I am still giving the book two stars instead of one because I liked the discussion of the main character's bake shop, and the cookie recipes included in the book. ( )

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #1) by Joanne Fluke
Have read almost this whole series and realized I had not read this very first one.
Story starts out with Hannah and she runs the bakery shop and tries to avoid getting set up for a husband from her mother's selections.
We are introduced Mosha her cat and they have bonded. The prior night she had met Norman the local dentist at her mothers dinner table.
He's 15 years older than her. Ron is the local delivery driver and he shows up daily to get cookies for the day. Claire shows up and she runs the dress shop and their parking lots behind their buildings are next to one another.
Her young helper Lisa is there to help bake and serve the customers...
Her sister Andrea who's married to Bill, a sheriff and they have a daughter Tracy. Andrea runs the local real estate agency.
Some one has shot Ron and Hannah is the one to find him...
Love to find out why Hannah had returned home from teaching... Never knew it!
She visits around town asking others and discovers who has seen him and the times...
After collecting a bunch of clues she confronts the one she thinks did the killing as they draw out a gun at her.
Like how she avoided being shot and they all celebrate with the new deputy. Like learning why Mike had come to their town...
Recipes are included.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device). ( )

Great cozy mystery. Looking forward to reading more in this series. And to trying some of these awesome recipes. ( )