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    Key Lime Pie Murder
    Key Lime Pie Murder
    Key Lime Pie Murder
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    Key Lime Pie Murder

    Written by Joanne Fluke

    Narrated by Suzanne Toren

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    Hannah is busy juggling whipping up treats for the chamber of commerce booth at the Tri-County fair and judging the baking contest. But when Hannah discovers a fellow bake contest judge dead alongside an upended key lime pie, it's up to her to find the murderer before a carnival ride could be her last …

    It promises to be a busy week for Hannah Swensen. Not only is she whipping up treats for the chamber of commerce booth at the Tri-County fair, she’s also judging the baking contest; acting as a magician’s assistant for her business partner’s husband; trying to coax Moishe, her previously rapacious feline, to end his hunger strike, and performing her own private carnival act by juggling the demands of her mother and sisters.

    With so much on her plate, it’s no wonder Hannah finds herself on the midway only moments before the fair closes for the night. After hearing a suspicious thump, she goes snooping—only to discover Willa Sunquist, a student teacher and fellow bake contest judge, dead alongside an upended key lime pie. But who would want to kill Willa and why?

    Now Hannah needs to crank up the heat, hoping that Willa’s killer will get rattled and make a mistake. If that happens she intends to be there, even if it means getting on a carnival ride that could very well be her last …

    “Yummy … Fluke has developed a charming supporting cast who all feel like friends by the time the murder is solved. The dozens of tempting recipes Fluke includes are an added treat.”—Publishers Weekly
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJan 25, 2008
    ISBN9781440782091
    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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    • 5/5
      Excellent mystery and great recipes
    • 5/5
      Excellent mystery and great recipes
    • 5/5
      Hannah is at it again, dishing out yummy food and discovering bodies! Hannah has her hands full as she is busy cooking for the Tri-County Fair, bakes treats for the Chamber of Commerce, judging the baking contest, and finding a fellow judge, and a key lime pie overturned. WHAT A HORRIBLE DEATH AND A TERRIBLE WASTE OF A PIE!
    • 4/5
      It’s county fair time and Hannah’s entire family is involved. Actually, it seems like the whole town is at the fair. Including the murder victim and her killer. Hannah is a judge for the bake goods at the fair, and her younger sister is a beauty contestant. But when one of the people involved with the beauty contest is found murdered, Hannah’s main interest shifts to finding the killer. Still, she finds time to run her bakery, to judge contests, to worry about her cat’s lack of appetite, and to keep company with Norman even while she is attracted to Mike. She hardly has time to sleep! It’s an interesting mystery with endearing characters and prize winning recipes.
    • 3/5
      Back for a visit with the Lake Eden folks and I noticed that not much has changed (not surprising). Murder continues to be an ongoing occurrence for the lake town, and Hannah continues to dither in choosing between her two romantic interests. The town fair is a nice change of pace, introducing some new characters, even though I had to groan when Fluke rolled out the county fair baking contest as part of the story. Yes, it gives Fluke an opportunity to share more food recipes, something that is unnecessary given that Fluke doesn’t seem to have any difficulties in bringing food into any part of her stories. The mystery is okay, albeit a weak one, and it took a looong time before the murderous act occurs. When it did, I had to rewind back a few minutes to identify the murderous moment. And here I was thinking/hoping that this installment was going to be a murder-free murder mystery. Silly me. Of course, this means that the actual clues gathering and investigation is rushed through the final part of the story, and another strike against the overall effect the mystery had on me. Yes, I still enjoy the cast of Lake Eden townfolk that, IMO, give the series its overall appeal. I just wish I could understand why Fluke has taken to having her characters make Hannah feel self-conscious about weight, body shape and dieting…. I found that just, odd.
    • 3/5
      Hannah becomes a last-minute replacement as a judge for the fair's baking contest. One night she is on the fairgrounds late, hears what sounds like a person being clubbed to death, and sees man replacing the strong man's mallet. She discovers the body of a co-judge when she feels it is safe to investigate and calls Mike. Hannah cannot make up her mind between Mike and Norman on the love front. A little too much action occurred outside The Cookie Jar for those who love baking in the plot. I listened to the audio version read by Suzanne Toren who does a good job with the series.
    • 4/5
      Another fun Hannah Swensen mystery!
    • 4/5
      It’s time for the Tri-County Fair and Hanna Swensen is busy baking up treats for the chamber of commerce booth. She is also judging the baking contest, being a magician’s assistant and dealing with Moishe’s lack of appetite. Life is a whirl.Once again Hannah finds a body, this time it is one of the judges for the baking contest. Willa Sunquist is a student teacher who seems quiet and just like anyone else. When Hannah starts investigating she finds there are some deep secrets to Willa: secrets that could point the way to the killer.Hannah once again draws up her lengthy list of suspects and starts snooping to eliminate those who aren’t “the guilty one.” With the help of family and friends the list gets winnowed down. The finale is wild and the action is fast. The question is whether Hannah will survive to see the next day.This is number 9 in the series and I am still enjoying it!
    • 4/5
      Key lime pie murder_ a Hannah Swensen mystery with recipes by Fluke_ JoanneHannah is a judge for the county fair but she finds another judge dead. Hannah proceeds to gather clues, find out who wanted her dead and who has an alibi.She also is involved with Mike the cop and the dentist Norman. You wonder if she will ever pick one! Love the characters and Hannah's family and people who run nearby shops in town.So funny how her sister Andrea bought it that oatmeal was their mothers cure for getting gray hairs as Andrea has found a few on her head LOLI received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
    • 4/5
      Good thing for me that I have a connection with some of the characters because this book was so much slower than previous books in the series and I would have lost interest. I love Hannah and her cat Moishe, but it wasn't enough to keep me going for several chapters before the mystery kicked off. Hannah's love triangle is getting weird at this point in the game. Both men know about each others relationship with Hannah and are quite chummy about it. Either way, I'll be back for more. Historically, there has been more to love between the characters, the setting and a mystery that almost always pleases, so on to the next.
    • 4/5
      This may have been the best entry in the series thus far. It felt like it thad the best plot and character development...
    • 3/5
      I'll be a very happy person if all my cozy mysteries are as good as this one. After scoring 1 star in the last 3 books - after which I took a long hiatus from reading these books - in the series, this one surprised me. The irritating characters were not themselves, and that helped. Also I'm quite smug about this book. Not that because I divined the culprit, but because I caught Hannah Swensen, the well educated Nazi grammar, misusing an expression. We don't say hold down the fort, but hold the fort. Damn Americans. Kidding.
    • 3/5
      Another fun cozy mystery in the Hannah Swensen series. This time, our intrepid baking sleuth is up to her eyeballs as one of the judges of desserts for the Tri-County Fair while anxious over her cat, Moishe's apparent loss of appetite, and a friend's unexpected death following an attack.Finding suspects much less motive for the murder seems more of a challenge and frustrating as gradually the victim's past comes into light.Definitely not a book to read when hungry because all the descriptions of cookies and pies will have you salivating. I did take note of the pages of some of the more interesting sounding recipes and will have to try them out one of these days.
    • 4/5
      These stories could never be described as great literature, but by this time (#9) in the series, the characters are like old friends, and we now read them as much to find out if Hannah will ever make up here mind and choose between the two gentlemen vying for her hand: Norman, a suave, gentle, geekie, cat-loving dentist, who normallytreats Hannah like a china princess; and Mike, the local sheriff, who manages to come and extricate Hannah from the traps she gets herself into trying to solve murders that seem to occur on a regular basis in Lake Eden Minnesota.Norman's tendency to play knight errant to Hannah means that he often finds himself being rescued by his rival. Hannah's mother and Norman's mother (who are in cahoots to marry their offspring to each other) also continue to muddy the waters, and her sisters continue to help out. Nothing new, but still fun and easy to read.
    • 2/5
      I really wish I could give these books a higher rating but I just can't. They're simplistic but that doesn't bother me because an easy, simple read can be just what a reader needs - but I sometimes the author comes across as patronizing, like her readers wouldn't "get it" without a superfluous explanation. In one of the books the author refers to Hannah's parka as her parka coat. Helllllooooo, maybe this is a regional thing but I think most readers would know what a parka is; it isn't something you wear on your feet. Also, the characters keep telling each other "You're right" when they come up with something. Okay, maybe they ARE right but couldn't the author say it in a different way. It's these silly little things that drive me nuts. I wish I was anal enough to have written down examples. However, I *was* anal enough to count recipe pages to see how many of the total pages were recipe-related. I'm happy to report in KEY LIME PIE MURDER they made up about 10% of the page count. All I could think of that many recipe pages would get me to the last page that much faster. If you're wondering why I'm torturing myself this way: I'm determined to finish the series by the end of the year so I can say I read one whole series (in whatever genre) in one year. For someone who reads book1 or maybe books 1 & 2 in a series then skips to something else this is an accomplishment. Two more to go and I'll be finished. It's good to have goals.
    • 4/5
      And that is the setting for this eighth entry in the Hannah Swenson series. Hannah is involved in a big way in the Tri-County summer fair, and she and her friends also get involved in a murder. One of her fellow judges in the Baked Goods section is murdered right at the fair, and Hannah stumbles on the body. These people (Hannah and her family and friends) are starting to really feel like friends of mine. I love the interplay between the characters, and the various personalities. And the stories are quite funny too. Hannah's ride on the Tilt-A-Whirl at the end of the book is hilarious! Sometimes the mysteries are a little easy to figure out, like this one is, but that does not detract from the sheer fun of reading these books. It is a delight, and I'm sorry that I'm almost up-to-date on this series, and will be left waiting each year for the next one.
    • 3/5
      OK. Mystery this time involves the country fair and a couple stereotypical cowboys. Lots of recipes, especially one for deep fried candy bars. The jockeying between Mike and Norman is amusing.
    • 2/5
      I have this series on my keep bookcase. I adored them from the get go. Hannah was a likeable, capable character and I enjoy that. I especially like that she is a little chubby and not 'model perfect', like far too many heroines. For many of the books in the series, I enjoyed the suspense of Hannah choosing between her two men, Norman and Mike. I am on team Norman all the way, but it is beyond time for Fluke to end this tired storyline. I recently emailed her and thanked her for the lovely stories (the early ones are FABULOUS) and asked if Hannah would soon make a choice. From her answer, I don't believe Hannah will be choosing any time soon, if ever. This bothered me a bit, because Hannah and her family seem to be stuck in a time warp where nothing changes. (I was ecstatic at the birth of Andrea's second child, just for this reason). Although annoying, this could MAYBE be overlooked, if the murder mysteries were still intriguing. I had Key Lime Pie solved far before Hannah had a clue. The murder was also more boring than usual. I didn't give a hoot about the victim, nor the suspects. Despite Hannah's words of grief, I never felt she cared that much either. She was far more worried about her cat acting odd, than her friend that was murdered. (And I am a cat lover!). The coolest thing about this book was an all too brief scene with a Twirl A Whirl. I thought that showed tons of creativity. Fluke really needs to stir the batter a little here, she needs to break from the mold that has proven so successful before. Otherwise, I fear she will lose some of her fanbase, because there are an awful lot of really good mysteries out there to sink your teeth into...
    • 4/5
      What I love to call Books to gain weight by! Decent reading for Chick-Lit with Excellent Recipes!.Worth Keeping for those alone.
    • 4/5
      Hannah Swenson is up to her neck in baking and murder, again. A fellow judge at the county fair pie contest and local high school teacher is found murdered. Soon Hannah finds herself investigating this murder and warding off attempts on her own life.
    • 4/5
      Great book! First one I have read in the series and I'm ready to get more! LOL!
    • 4/5
      Hannah is judging a baking contest at the fair, but when one of the other juges is murdered, Hannah turns detective.I liked this much better than the last book in the series. However, the love triangle is getting old.