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    Cinnamon Roll Murder
    Cinnamon Roll Murder
    Cinnamon Roll Murder
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    Cinnamon Roll Murder

    Written by Joanne Fluke

    Narrated by Suzanne Toren

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    April is a busy time for Hannah Swensen and her bakery; the warm weather makes folks in Lake Eden, Minnesota go wild for something sweet. When Hannah hears that the Cinnamon Roll Six jazz band will be playing at the town's Weekend Jazz Festival, she's more than happy to bake up a generous supply of their namesake confections to welcome the band to town. Before the festival even begins, tragedy strikes when the tour bus overturns. Among those injured is Buddy Neiman, the band's beloved keyboard player. Buddy's injuries appear minor, until his condition suddenly takes a turn for the worse - as in dead. Hannah's no doctor, but she suspects that the surgical scissors someone plunged into Buddy's chest may have something to do with it. Hannah isn't sure just how she'll unravel the mystery, but one thing's for sure: nothing's sweeter than bringing a killer to justice.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 28, 2012
    ISBN9781464008306
    Author

    Joanne Fluke

    JOANNE FLUKE is the New York Times bestselling author of the Hannah Swensen mysteries, which include Chocolate Cream Pie Murder, Raspberry Danish Murder, Cinnamon Roll Murder, and the book that started it all, Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder. That first installment in the series premiered as Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel. Like Hannah Swensen, Joanne Fluke was born and raised in a small town in rural Minnesota, but now lives in Southern California. Please visit her online at www.JoanneFluke.com.

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    • 3/5
      Glitch in Ch 28 audio. I had to go to book copy to read the skipped dialog. I figured out partvl of mystery pretty quickly.
    • 3/5
      The story was actually really good! But this version wouldn't play the last chapter and also skipped a section (not related to a sig part of the story) around chapter 29.
    • 4/5
      CINNAMON ROLL MURDER by Joanne FlukeHannah agrees to provide cinnamon rolls for the Cinnamon Roll 6 Jazz Band but their bus overturns on the way to the festival. Keyboardist Buddy is slightly injured, until suddenly, he is dead! When it is discovered that he actually NOT Buddy at all, the mystery deepens. Who is this person and why is he pretending to be a piano player and hiding out in small town USA. Hannah uses her well developed detective and baking muscles to solve the crimes.This cosy series, complete with delicious recipes is an easy read for a lazy afternoon. Just pour a cup of tea and settle down with a cinnamon roll for a pleasant afternoon.4 of 5 stars
    • 3/5
      The Cinnamon Roll Six jazz band is scheduled perform at Lake Eden’s Weekend Jazz Festival and Hannah Swensen is baking cinnamon rolls to welcome them. But their bus overturns in bad weather and one of the band members, Buddy Neiman, the keyboard player, is injured. Although his wrist is only sprained, things get much worse for Buddy when he reaches the emergency room and someone plunges a pair of scissors into his chest. And just to add to the craziness around Lake Eden, Norman’s wedding to Doctor Bev looms in the very near future . . . .For this, the fifteenth outing for the Eden Lake gang, most of the expected characters are in place. On the plus side, there’s an unforeseen so-so solution regarding the death of the bus driver and there are a few unexpected twists before identifying Buddy’s murderer in this quick-read cozy mystery. But there’s still the annoying Norman/Hannah/Mike triangle, and body shaming is alive and well.In between the coffee-drinking and cookie-munching, the mystery wraps up. And there are all those recipes.
    • 4/5
      Spring time in Lake Eden and time for the Weekend Jazz Festival. Hannah has been asked to bake cinnamon rolls in honour of the headlining band, Cinnamon Roll Six. The event is shaping up to be fantastic when the tour bus carrying the band overturns and some of the musicians are injured.Things are twisted when it is discovered that the driver has died in the bus. The thought was a possible medical condition. Things become worse when Buddy, the keyboard player and most adored, is discovered stabbed while waiting to have his hand looked at.Hannah is not only busy baking, she is also sleuthing to find out what the story is and who the murder is. She can't seem to find much out about Buddy and his past; not even Mike, her on-again-off-again boyfriend on the sheriff's department, and he has great sources for info!What she does uncover is that Buddy isn't really who he acts to be. Also that someone in Lake Eden has a few secrets that she is keeping. Secrets that affect Hannah and her friends.There are some good twists and turns that keep you guessing. I find that I do try to solve the puzzle as I go along. Sometimes I do and sometimes I just have to read to the end.I'm still enjoying the series.
    • 4/5
      Norman Rhodes, Lake Eden's favorite dentist, is engaged to marry fellow dentist Doctor Bev, and no one is happy about it. Even Norman's chief rival for the affections of town cookie maker and amateur homicide detective, Hannah Swensen, is not happy about his friend Norman marrying a woman he thinks is a liar--and whom he's pretty sure Norman isn't in love with. But Norman is nothing if not responsible, and he's the father of Bev's daughter Diana--or so she tells him.

      Since this really isn't enough excitement for Lake Eden, the jazz band, Cinnamon Roll Six, scheduled to perform in town, becomes part of a multi-car crash on the ice-slicked highway. Hannah and her youngest sister, Michelle, witness the accident and pitch in to help get the less seriously injured to the hospital, while the ambulances take the more seriously injured. The band's keyboard player, Buddy Neiman, has a sprained wrist, not a life-threatening injury though not minor for a keyboardist. By the end of the evening, though, he's dead--with surgical scissors in his chest.

      The amusing thing, here, for fans of the series, is that Hannah's mother Delores is the one who finds Buddy's body.

      Hannah has two mysteries to solve--who killed Buddy, and what is Doctor Bev up to? For that matter, who IS Buddy? His blood type on his I.D. doesn't match the blood type the hospital finds when they do his autopsy. Is Doctor Bev really allergic to cats, or is she lying just to get Cuddles out of Norman's house and to prevent Norman from visiting Cuddles and Moishe at Hannah's? And most importantly, is Norman really Diana's biological father?

      The investigation of course involves a good deal of skirting the rules and cutting corners on confidentiality, but Mike, their official homicide detective, has become a bit more relaxed about these things as long as it isn't waved in his face. It also, of course, involves Hannah, her partner Lisa, Michelle, and even the middle sister, Andrea, cooking and baking with glee. Recipes included!

      This wouldn't be a good place to start this series; there's too much history behind these characters now. If you've enjoyed other books in the series, though, this is a satisfying entry.

      Recommended.

      I borrowed this book from the library
    • 1/5
      Book on CD read by Suzanne Torren.

      In Book #15 the residents of Lake Eden, Minnesota, are looking forward to the Jazz Festival, featuring the Cinnamon Roll Six jazz band. But before the festivities can begin the group’s tour bus overturns on icy roads, landing several of the band members in the hospital emergency room for cuts, bruises and broken bones. Hannah Swensen’s mother finds the body this time, but Hannah and her sisters, Michelle and Andrea will definitely get together to investigate and solve the crime.

      The plot was thin and stretched credulity way too far. The side story of Norman and Doctor Bev was unbelievable and ridiculous. The dialogue is terrible. I’ve enjoyed several of the books in this series (I’d read #1-5). Has the writing gotten worse, because I’ve never noticed the bad dialogue before – or is that a function of listening to the audio rather than reading it? And while I’m on the subject of the audio, I did not like Suzanne Torren’s performance at all. Her “bright, chirpy” voice for Hannah, Michelle and Andrea irritated me no end, and the way she voiced the developmentally delayed Freddy Sawyer just about made me scream.

      I give it 1 star for the recipes, some of which I actually would like to try.
    • 2/5
      I'm usually the sap for a mystery in a small town with food and pets. I stayed with this one but I probably would not be eager to reach out for another in this series.
    • 2/5
      I’ve heard great things about Joanne Fluke and her Hannah Swenson series. When the opportunity came to review Cinnamon Roll Murder, I was excited and ready to dive in. In the end, I make the mistake of not reading the other books that precede Cinnamon Roll Murder since it picks up where Devils Food Cake Murder ends. I do feel in order to better appreciate Cinnamon Roll Murder, one has to read the previous books in the series.

      I really wanted to like Fluke’s Cinnamon Roll Murder, but it just falls flat. As I stated, it is part of a series and by the time you get to the fifteenth book there’s only so much you can do regarding character development. For a new reader it’s easy to get lost trying to figure out who’s who, etc. The writing is good, but quickly jumps from one scene into the next. In terms of the mystery, it wasn’t very difficult to figure out who the murder was. Fluke spends her time focusing on Hannah and her ex, Norman with a few clues inserted here and there. When the killer is unmasked, I wasn’t surprised and that disappointed me because I was looking forward to a good cozy mystery.

      As I stated, I’m not familiar with the series, but admit to being disappointed that Hannah wants to stop Norman’s wedding. I was rooting for Mike since he seems like a good fit for Hannah and she keeps alluding to the fact that he’s attractive. I’m not sure if it’s Fluke’s intention or not and I haven't read the previous books, but I did get the feeling Hannah likes Mike. Plus Mike is always around Hannah and she’s constantly cooking for him. It seems a bit cruel to deny the man a relationship if they seem like a good fit. I’m also dissatisfied with how Doctor Bev is handled. I understand she claims to have Norman’s child in a previous book and that’s why Norman's with her and not with Hannah. Doctor Bev comes off as a caricature in Cinnamon Roll Murder. I’m not sure if it’s because Fluke needed her out of the way in order to reunite Norman or Hannah, but I think she lost out on a great opportunity to bring in some great conflict between Mike/Hannah and Norman / Bev.

      If I can point out something that annoyed me, it was the fact Hannah wasn’t aware of technology. I get the feeling she’s in her thirties and if so, would have some knowledge about email and how it functions. The fact she has to go to Norman for help seems a bit too contrived. If Fluke wanted them together, I’m sure there would have been a better to bring them together instead of using the excuse of Hannah not knowing how to download a cell phone picture.

      What ultimately doesn’t work for me is the whole Hannah / Norman relationship inserted in a mystery. I’m sure at some point Fluke needed to bring everything out in the open, but it’s easy to lose focus. Sadly, this was my first Hannah Swenson book and more than likely my last. The recipes inserted at the end of chapters would serve better at the end of the book so it doesn’t disrupt the flow of narration in the novel. I do admit some of the recipes sound delicious, but they aren’t worth buying the book. Maybe one day Joanne Fluke will publish the recipes in an exclusive book.

      This review is posted at Literary, etc.
    • 5/5
      Cinnamon Roll Murder by Joanne FlukeHannah and her sister Michele are on their way to Lake Eden Inn to deliver cinnamon rolls for the group performing there, called the Cinnamon Roll Six Jazz Band, when they skid on the icy roads.They turn off ahead of time and take another road but discover that the bus with thesingers has flipped over and the emergency vehicles are on their way. She hopes to helpby approaching the bus. Hannah helps to bring the band members into the hospital and meets with hermother who's now a leader in the Rainbow Ladies. They get food and drinks for the bandmembers and the rolls are to be given to those who are being brought in due to the multiplevehicle crashes. At the hospital her mom tells her of the dead body. Hannah saw the driver and grabbed his pill container. She never thought a person could die from a fractured wrist but he was dead now.Hannah and Michelle go back to Hannah's condo and get questioned by Lonnie and Mike separately til the cat crazy hour happens.Hannah has Norman's cat there also because his new wife to be is allergic to cats. Hannah can never decide whether to marry Mike or Norman so dates them both and both are happy with the arrangement. Mike and Hannah do agree that Doc Bev is not all she seems andis all wrong for Norman.Hannah and others have the murder to solve, find out who the bio dad is of Diana (Doc Bev's daughter) before the wedding, find out who the second victim is. Lisa and Herb got a new puppy out of it as he was the drivers puppy and will be spending time at the Cookie Jar.The sisters went shopping and bought all kinds of things to keep the puppy happy while they baked.Love the recipes for not only cookies, throughout the book!
    • 5/5
      I would have to say. This is one good mystery. Charactors and storyline are great. I would highly recommend this to anyone. The other books in the series are just as good
    • 4/5
      We're one step closer to Hannah maybe making a decision! Excellently written - you can feel Hannah's pain, and although you think you know who did it - you don't! I like where the characters are going in their development. Although you know the mystery will be solved by none other than Hannah - you also see others interacting more. Great book!
    • 3/5
      I atarted reading this series as audio books--something light to travel to work to. Hannah gives us mouthwatering recipes and a little mystery. These are kinda corny stories, but I just can't help myself, I gotta read the new ones when they come out!:)
    • 4/5
      I thought this was one of the weaker Joanne Fluke mysteries. The story was a little convoluted, and there was too much focus on a random jazz band in the first half of the novel. Doc Bev and Norman were downplayed, and that was what most readers would be curious about. However, a less-than-stellar Fluke mystery is still enjoyable, and the follow-up, Red Velvet Cupcake Murder, was very good.
    • 3/5
      Hannah Swensen is still baking delicious confections at her little shop in Lake Eden, MN aptly named The Cookie Jar. While driving to make a delivery in a snowstorm Hannah and her sister Michelle see a massive multi vehicle accident and get out to trudge through the snow to help the victims. After helping the minor injuries to the local hospital, Hannah is c onfronted my her mother telling her that Sprained wrist patient is dead!The twists and turns are entertaining, the mystery, not so difficult to figure out, but still funny. I really liked the way that all her friends and family gathered around her and gave a a good shove in the right direction.
    • 5/5
      I snagged this one on the advanced readers list.It is about a band and guess what their name is? (hint: title of the book).They are in an accident on their way to a gig in the town that Hannah Swenson,, owner of the Cookie Jar; hence the recipes.As Hannah and her sister are driving along they come across the accident and at some peril to themselves they manage to make it to the wreck, the door to the band bus opens and Hannah and her sister are happy to find them alive, but wait isn't this a murder mystery, yes?! Some one is dead and Hannah makes the judgement call if they are dead or not and on top of that a band member rescued a cute little puppy before having the crash, it is winter after all so the puppy gets rescued by a band member, but guess who ends up with the puppy? The story goes on with twists and turns and even some fake identities to ponder as you read along. The ending is very good, I won't spoil it but is very interesting.I did have some trouble with one part of the story and it starts on page 279: it is the next paragraph, Hannah and Michelle are having a conversation and then they go to sleep, then the next paragraph a break in the page goes something like this;" . . . It was difficult to get out of bed the next morning etc.then go to the next sentence "It was odd to see lights on in the house when she emerged from the bedroom. It was also nice to see lights on in the house when she emerged from her bedroom." So I asked myself well which is it odd or nice to see lights on in house when she emerged from her bedroom?I get it, but you have to read it over a few times to understand that it is both odd and nice that are in the house.However when you read it the first time it seems as if she is coming out of her bedroom twice, once when it is "odd" to see lights on and once when it is "nice" to see lights on: it can be a bit confusing at first.It was a very good read. I am glad to have snagged this book.Joanne Fluke is one of my fav. authors, but I have a million of them.
    • 4/5
      Joanne Fluke's newest mystery will make you hungry for more (both mysteries and goodies). Hannah and her sister Michelle narrowly avoid becoming involved in a multi-car pile up. Unfortunately, the Cinnamon Six's bus overturns when the driver suddenly dies from an overdose of his heart medication. Then the keyboard player, who has only sustained a broken or sprained wrist, is stabbed to death in the hospital with a pair of surgical scissors. As Hannah and her family look for the killer, the reader enjoys a sweet romp through the suspect list. This is fun, easy to read, and contains many delicious sounding (and fattening) recipes. I can't wait to try some of the cookies! Fluke could done a little better job of tying up the loose ends at the end of the book, but as a whole, this is recommended for light reading.
    • 4/5
      The problem with this series is that every time you come to a recipe in the story, you are tempted to stop reading and start baking. But you are so engrossed in the tale, you don’t want to stop reading! In this installment, Norman is about to marry Dr. Bev, much to everyone’s dismay. A major highway accident injures some band members, and then things really turn deadly. If you have been reading the series, these characters probably seem like old friends. Are you anxious to attend the wedding? Or just anxious? Hannah is in the thick of things, but can she figure out how it all fits together before it is too late to save the innocent and capture the guilty? See if you can winnow out the truth before Hannah does.
    • 3/5
      *I received this book from the publisher via the Member Giveaway. It was a couple of batches ago, but it just came yesterday.*Anyway, I do enjoy this series. It's not too complicated, and they are all light reads. This book was just as enjoyable as the others in the Hannah Swensen series, but I'm getting bored. Fifteen books is a lot to keep going on. I wish there were surprises and something NEW in this book, and the series as a whole.If you're a fan and you aren't tired of the series, you'd probably enjoy this fifteenth installment.
    • 2/5
      Blah. Boring. Monotanous. Can she please start a new series? I continue to read this series so I can brag I'm "caught up" on it. Best part of the book? 78 pages of recipes that I could skip.
    • 3/5
      Hannah and her sister barely avoid being part of a huge pile up during wintry conditions. The driver of the bus for the Cinnamon Roll Six, a jazz ensemble, dies in the accident. The rest of the group and their "entourage" that is riding the bus go to the hospital to be checked out. It's not long before one of them is murdered in the hospital. Meanwhile, Hannah's ex-boyfriend Norman is about to make the mistake of his life by marrying Dr. Bev. Everyone is hoping that someone will be able to break them up before the wedding takes place. The stories somehow work well together in this installment. There are several recipes that sound quite promising. I'm especially wanting to try the green chile cheddar biscuits! There was one minor element to the plot that I did not feel was adequately resolved. It's still an enjoyable read for fans of the series.
    • 4/5
      This is the latest in what I've often called the "sweet tooth" mystery series. I 'd given up on them for awhile because I got tired of our heroine, Hannah Swenson's complete inability to make up her mind about whether or not to marry, and then to choose between two equally eligible (and willing) gentlemen."Cinnamon Roll Murder" is a great improvement over earlier books in the series. The mystery is much more tightly plotted with lots of red herrings to throw the reader off the track of the real killer; the main characters are all involved and engaging, including the cats. Hannah is actually showing some leanings toward one of her beaus (no spoilers), and while we are treated to descriptions of some yummy treats, we are not (at least in the audio version) overwhelmed with a seemingly endless recitation of recipes. Of course, there are a few that sounded so good, I'll be digging out a copy of the print edition to get my hands on the recipes.Hannah and her sister Michelle are on their way to deliver cookies to an event when they witness a chain-reaction accident involving a bus belonging to the Cinnamon Roll Band. The driver and one of the bank members end up dead and Hannah immediately concludes that murder is involved. Essentially, Hannah, along with her sisters Michelle and Andrea, and her mother Delores, band together to form a quasi-official private detective agency to prove their theories and bring the murderer to justice. Using their relationships to the town sheriff, the town coroner, and a deputy, they are able to ferret out information about the current decendent, discover his true identify, and ultimately flush out the murderer. In the meantime, they also uncover some unsavory information about Norman's current fiancèe and help him decide whether to marry her or return to his courtship of Hannah. If you're a fan of the series, you'll love this one. If you've not read any before, this one could easily stand alone.
    • 3/5
      A strong outing for Hannah Swenson and her family and friends in Lake Eden, MN. When a multi-car pileup turns into the murder of a member of the jazz group to play a the Lake Eden Inn, Hannah's on scene right away. Just to make things interesting, Hannah also has more issues with her love triangle, but in this novel, some things become more resolved. You would think she's finally made some sort of decision in this disconcerting love triangle, but you never know.
    • 3/5
      Joanne Fluke's Hannah Swenson series is long-running, and as many of these long-running cozy series are, it has become very similar and somewhat tired. But, having said that, I enjoyed this book a bit more than the last few. As usual, the recipes look fabulous, and I like the addition of Hannah's sister Michelle. They make an interesting duo because they are very similar in their tastes and interests. And we actually see some movement in Hannah's relationship with her dentist friend Norman. So, no, this book wasn't a waste of time, and the plot was somewhat interesting. I enjoyed the secret identities revealed aspect and I liked the interaction between Hannah and her friends. It's almost like visiting a fondly remembered old hometown where everyone appears to be familiar, and it's fun to catch up with the people that you knew a long time ago. Hannah and her crew are like that for me - fondly remembered friends.
    • 4/5
      I couldn't put this book down. I usually can figure out 'who did it' in the mysteries I read but this time, I was guessing until the last minute. While some of my favorie authors have gone stale in their series, Fluke is still going strong! This series is as fresh as it was in the beginning.