Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder
An Entertaining & Delicious Cozy Mystery with Recipes
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4.0 • 270 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
The beloved New York Times bestselling author and Queen of the Culinary Mystery delivers a new mouthwatering Hannah Swensen Mystery with brand new recipes, but it’s not just chocolate bunnies and Peeps on the menu, this year someone is serving up murder for Easter!
New York Times and USA Today Bestseller!
Spring has sprung in Lake Eden, Minnesota, but Hannah Swensen doesn’t have time to stop and smell the roses—not with hot cross buns to make, treats to bake, and a sister to exonerate . . .
Hannah’s up to her ears with Easter orders rushing in at The Cookie Jar, plus a festive meal to prepare for a dinner party at her mother’s penthouse. But everything comes crashing to a halt when Hannah receives a panicked call from her sister Andrea—Mayor Richard Bascomb has been murdered . . . and Andrea is the prime suspect.
Even with his reputation for being a bully, Mayor Bascomb had been unusually testy in the days leading up to his death, leaving Hannah to wonder if he knew he was in danger. There are plenty of suspects to sift through for sure. And as orders pile up at The Cookie Jar—and children line up for Easter egg hunts—Hannah must spring into investigation mode and identify the real killer . . . before another murder happens!
Features Over a Dozen Cookie and Dessert Recipes from The Cookie Jar!
“Another sweet-tempered outing filled with tempting sweets.” —Kirkus Reviews
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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 cookbook with a slim slice of crime on the side. After Hannah's sister, Andrea, has a shouting match with Richard Bascomb, the town's bullying, misogynist mayor, Andrea returns later in the day to the mayor's office with a peace offering, a large piece of triple chocolate cheesecake, only to find Bascomb's bloody body. Despite Andrea, wife of the Winnetka County sheriff, not being taken seriously as a suspect, Hannah decides to get to the bottom of the mayor's death. Her list of possible killers grows as she discovers that Bascomb has managed to offend almost everyone he has ever come in contact with, including his wife, city council members, and his various former lovers and their angry husbands. Hannah's internal dialogues between her rational and her suspicious minds occupy far more space than the sleuthing. This one's for established fans only.
Customer Reviews
Joanne fruke
I can get them to make a reservation at my friends place for a few minutes to watch a few games for the girls for dinner so we can go together with them and we have a few questions together with us so we can
Triple chocolate cheesecake
When Hannah’s younger sister Andrea becomes the top suspect in the murder of Mayor Bascomb, her pull to investigate awakens again. She starts looking into the case with unspoken encouragement from friends on the force. How will she narrow it down when so many people have reasons to want the mayor gone?
This book didn’t read as well as I remembered. Portions of the actual novel read like a recipe blog while others feel like the author is so familiar with the characters that they are just plodding along to get them to the next recipe and the solution to the case. Then three way internal dialogue and repetitive explanations of the morning baking routine enter the mix to really distract from the story. I feel like I need to reread some earlier books in this series to see if I overlooked these qualities before.
Why is Hannah living with Norman?
I still enjoy the easy read series. However, I do not like the back and forth conversations that Hannah has with herself. Midway through I just skipped them. Also, did I miss something? Why is Hannah just now living with Norman?
Ross died awhile back in the series.