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    Banana Cream Pie Murder
    Banana Cream Pie Murder
    Banana Cream Pie Murder
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    Banana Cream Pie Murder

    Written by Joanne Fluke

    Narrated by Suzanne Toren

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    A romantic seven-day cruise is the perfect start to bakery owner Hannah Swensen's marriage. However, with a murder mystery heating up in Lake Eden, Minnesota, it seems the newlywed's homecoming won't be as sweet as she anticipated . . . After an extravagant honeymoon, Hannah's eager to settle down in Lake Eden and turn domestic daydreams into reality. But when her mother's neighbor is discovered murdered in the condo downstairs, reality becomes a nightmarish investigation. Victoria Bascomb, once a renowned stage actress, was active in the theater community during her brief appearance in town . . . and made throngs of enemies along the way. Did a random intruder murder the woman as police claim, or was a deadlier scheme at play? As Hannah peels through countless suspects and some new troubles of her own, solving this crime-and living to tell about it-might prove trickier than mixing up the ultimate banana cream pie . . . Series Overview: There are over four million of Joanne Fluke's Hannah Swensen books in print. This is the 21st installment in the series and it's going stronger than ever. In May 2015, Hallmark® Movies Mysteries premiered the original movie franchise based on Joanne Fluke's bestselling Hannah Swensen culinary mystery series. Murder She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery starring Alison Sweeney and Cameron Mathison became the most-watched and highest-rated movie debut in network history, only to be topped in November 2015 with the second movie, based on Plum Pudding Murder. Two additional movies, based on Peach Cobbler Murder and Fudge Cupcake Murder air in 2016. Known as the Queen of Culinary Mystery and honored by RT Book Awards as a "Living Legend," Joanne Fluke's past seven Hannah Swensen books have been Top 15 New York Times hardcover bestsellers. Joanne Fluke's Lake Eden Cookbook was a Top 10 New York Times Bestselling Cookbook. The Hannah Swensen Mystery Series have been translated into seven languages. Fluke's titles are consistently chosen as Main Selections or Featured Alternates of The Mystery Guild, Doubleday, and Book of the Month Club.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 28, 2017
    ISBN9781501946134
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    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
      Normally I really enjoy these books but it was extrememly predictable. I had already figured out the killer after they were first introduced. The best part was the last chapter.
    • 5/5
      wow is was an amazing read ! i love Lake Eden and all the folks ......personally i think Hannah should Mary
      Norman hands down!
    • 3/5
      Figured this out early. Invested in the character at this point. Wish the recipes were at the end of book. Where is Ross?
    • 3/5
      Well I don't much care for Ross so that ending was great, best part of the book. Ross is such an underdeveloped character, I can't believe he became Hannah's chosen one. I hope he's gone for good but I kind of doubt it.
    • 3/5
      This book, #21 in the series, is much like the previous ones. Hannah is still baking and cooking for friends, running her shop, loving her cat, and finding the killer. Well, this formulas still works for me. The books are entertaining, often funny, and contain great recipes. In this installment, Hannah’s mother finds the murder victim, and Hannah finds the murderer, again almost too late. Life with Ross, the newlywed husband, isn’t quite what Hannah expected. He goes from extremely attentive and caring to almost thoughtless and distant. And when Hannah needs him most, he is not there for her. Thank goodness she still has Norman and Mike to depend on.
    • 1/5
      Banana Cream Pie Murder is just like Ms. Fluke's other books. Like R.L. Stine and his Goosebumps series, Ms. Fluke has chosen a formula on how to write a mystery and sticks to it. She peppers her books with absolutely awful dessert recipes that allegedly the only bakery in town carries. That poor little town. It's too bad that the police department is so dependent upon the baker to solve their crimes. This book is given a good solid one star.
    • 2/5
      ReviewI can't believe I read this whole thing...I did not DNF, I persevered and I have a migraine to prove it!I started this series way back when just like most of the other readers. I found this series to be the ultimate of cozy mysteries and I loved the setting, the characters, Hannah's bake shop and even the quaintness of the recipes (at the time this was not customary in books as it is now).I started to get disgruntled when Hannah had two men (sort of) chasing after her - a bit implausible but I could live with it. Then I started to get bored with this series and backed away. I had read maybe ten books at that point.Recently Amazon had several of her new books for the low price of $1.99 and I went for it and other than Hannah marrying someone I had never heard of -the series hadn't changed (for the better).This has to be written by a ghostwriter, this is one of the most horrible books I have ever read: the discussion of food and cookies, the eating of food and cookies, the minutiae of every damn thing she does and thinks, the number of recipes and the coup d'état-the fact that this was a mystery that...wasn't. The killer isn't even introduced to the reader until 80% of the book has gone by.And I have to say that I found most of the recipes revolting and let me tell you there was at least 20 of them taking up at least 100 pages of this book (if not more). That could have been cut as well as the interminable discussions of cookies and other foods.Lastly, apparently, Hannah marries someone she knew in college but hadn't seen in, what? 15 years? Uhhh not going to happen in real life. Norman and Mike are NOT going to gift Hannah and Ross with an expensive toy and I would be FURIOUS if my family came in and redecorated my home while I was on my honeymoon.Faugh -I hated this book, but guess what? I'll be skimming the next one to find out why THIS one had to end on a cliffhanger. I had already bought it so why not subject myself to this garbage. It'll give me something else to bitch about tomorrow!
    • 3/5
      Hannah and Ross are back home from their romantic honeymoon and getting back into a daily rhythm of life. Hannah has The Cookie Jar to run and Ross is busy producing shows for KCOW, the local TV station. It is a big adjustment for both people that have lived alone and now are sharing the same space.Instead of enjoying being newly weds, Hannah is confronted with solving the murder of Tori Bascomb. Tori is Hannah's mother's downstairs neighbour and the sister to Mayor Bascomb of Lake Eden. Hannah's mother heard the shots and when she went downstairs to see what was wrong was the one who found Tori dead.Tori had been a well known stage actress and had recently retired to Lake Eden. She had taken the responsibility of directing the local theater group and teach drama at the local high school; she also gave acting lessons in her apartment. Her death meant a possible cancellation of their upcoming play to say nothing of the school play that was also in rehearsals.While investigating Hannah finds that Tori may be well respected for her craft, but she doesn't seem to be well liked. The question is, is the killer from Lake Eden or possibly from her career on the stage? If so, who is it and why? The where and how are already known.For me Hannah is not the 100% Hannah from the previous books. She still suffers from indecision about how to handle things, but she does take the initiative in her investigation. She isn't comfortable having to consider someone else about her actions, though she seems to want to.Then ending is a left turn and now I know I'll have to read the next two books to find out what happens to a couple of the characters that are recent additions to the cast. Sigh....this is the 23rd book of Fluke's I've read in sequence. There are two more waiting...
    • 4/5
      Lake Eden doesn't need Hannah Swensen to be home to have a murder victim discovered my someone in the family. Delores, Hannah's mother, hears arguing and a gunshot in the apartment below and so she is the Swensen to find the body of Tori Bascomb - sister of the Mayor and the Director of the Lake Eden Players.Hannah is summoned from her honeymoon to conduct the private investigation into the murder. Surprises of all types await the newlyweds on their return.I think my Hannah days may be numbered because of the movies that are being made based on these characters. Hannah is just ruined for me.The Books describe Hannah as a tall full figured woman with Red hair that has a tendency to frizz but the actress in the movies is short, blonde and tiny. Completely miscast but maybe because she's the producer, she can change the character. The movies also have her marrying Mike in, I think, it's the 4th movie. Lisa is hardly even there let alone telling her stories.Michelle is non-existent and Delores looks younger than Hannah. Moiche is a calm cat. Hannah lives in a house not a condo and she doesn't have a cookie truck.All the things that make these books so enjoyable are completely missing in the movies. But somehow I am still compelled to watch them.I'll try another book but I'm not guaranteeing anything. The recipes are to die for!
    • 4/5
      In this latest Hannah Swenson (now Barton) mystery she has just returned from her honeymoon cruise with her new husband Ross to find that her mother has found the body of Tori Bascomb after hearing yelling and gunfire in her neighbor's apartment below. Of course, Hannah is on the case with help from her trusted friends and family. Michelle is staying in town to take over Tori's duties as director of the Lake Eden Players's play that is set to open soon around Thanksgiving and is getting an independent class credit for it. While there she is investigating the players for suspects.Mayor Bascomb is an early suspect as he got into an argument with his sister over the phone and was heard by one of her acting students who said that she threatened to cut him off if he didn't stop sleeping around on his wife. She then got rid of the student because the Mayor was coming to see her. There is also the mysterious listing in her planning book for that night of a name that no one recognizes.A waitress overhears Tori conferring with an accountant who has discovered that she has been cheated out of at least $60,000 that year alone by her money man. She vows to go after him and tell all of his other clients about him, but the accountant warns her not to right away because he may abscond with a lot of money and disappear. But Tori is a real hot head and she might have told him anyway. So Hannah, Michelle, and Norman break into Tori's apartment to look for the name of the money man and are interrupted by someone who is looking for a love letter of some kind. Hannah and Norman were under the bed and all Hannah saw was his shoes. Michelle was stuck in a wardrobe and saw nothing. So Tori had a possible jilted lover who may have killed her in a fit of rage.And there is always that unknown suspect with the unknown motive which you can never guess at. Mike and Hannah are both stumped at this mystery and you will be too. But more importantly what is Ross hiding from Hannah? They've barely been married and he seems to be keeping secrets from her. This book is a great addition to the Hannah mystery series complete with some fabulous recipes for such things as brownie candy, cheese pops, citrus sugar cookies, peach muffins, and peanut butter cheesecake with chocolate peanut butter sauce.
    • 5/5
      Banana Cream Pie Murder by Joanne FlukeHave read the other books in this series by the author and have enjoyed them.This one starts out with Delores and she's just finished writing her romance regency novel. Story follows the family members and what's going on in their lives.What I like about this is that there are many generations involved and even if you've not read prior books the author brings you up to date without bogging down all the details.Usually it's Hannah that finds the dead body as gets clues to solve the mystery-this time it's Delores-Hannah and her husband Ross are on their way back from a cruise.Recipes are scattered throughout the book. I find the series a bit different now that she's married and no longer dating Norman and Mike. It's just a bit weird. Typical Hannah novel where nothing goes to how you think it should go, lots of drama and same main characters.Surprise ending after that murder is solved and excerpt from Joanne Fluke's Stepchild is included at the end.I received this book from Kensington Books via Net Galley in exchange for my honest review.
    • 3/5
      Banana Cream Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke is the twenty-first book in A Hannah Swensen Mystery series. Hannah Swensen is enjoying a honeymoon cruise with her new husband, Ross Barton. It is the last night of the voyage when they receive a message from Delores Swensen, Hannah’s mother. Delores found the body of her downstairs neighbor, Victoria “Tori” Bascomb and she wants Hannah to return home right away (to investigate). Tori Bascomb is the sister of Lake Eden’s mayor, Richard Bascomb. Tori was a retired actress who settled in Lake Eden and provides private acting lessons. Tori also directs the Lake Eden Players and teaches drama at Jordan High School. Hannah and Ross return home the next day and find the whole family waiting for them at Hannah’s condo. As a wedding gift, Hannah’s condo has been completely redecorated (except the kitchen for which Hannah is very grateful). The following day Hannah is ready to get updated on the case and to start sleuthing. Tori was not a well-liked woman which leads to a long suspect list. Hannah is busy questioning suspects and looking into Tori’s movements on the day of her death. Hannah also has to adjust to having a husband. Hannah is used to making her own decisions, but now she must consider Ross (and consult him). When Hannah gets a little too close, the killer strikes back. Join Hannah along with her family and friends in her latest adventure in Banana Cream Pie Murder. I thought that Banana Cream Pie Murder had a good pace which makes it an easy and quick novel to read. Hannah is not her usual confident, independent self in this book. Hannah is used to making her own decisions and living independently. She now has another person to consider. Hannah and Ross rushed into marriage and they never discussed what happens after they are married (like does Ross want children or does he mind Michelle staying in the guest room). Mike and Norman know more about Hannah than Ross (like how Hannah dislikes sweeping). I did not feel any chemistry between Ross and Hannah. I did not like how Hannah is portrayed as technologically incompetent. She cannot figure out how to use her phone (change ringer, get her messages, etc.). Another un-Hannah moment is when Hannah is shopping for pale for a beer muffin recipe. Hannah has never purchased lager previously. I would expect Hannah to figure it out on her own (that she just needs to look at the labels) or ask someone in the store. Instead, she is blindly picking out different beers. Hannah has never been helpless or a dimwit. Hannah does little cooking or baking in Banana Cream Pie Murder. Michelle, Hannah’s sister, is in town and has taken over breakfast (and the majority of the baking in this book). Michelle is the more self-possessed sister in this story (especially since Andrea is MIA). I give Banana Cream Pie Murder 3 out of 5 stars (I am being a little generous with the rating). Banana Cream Pie Murder was more cozy than mystery. Every chapter revolved around the baking, making, or eating of food with recipes at the end of the chapter (which interrupts the flow). There are twenty-one recipes in Banana Cream Pie Murder. The murder investigation does not ramp up until a reader is about 70% of the way through the novel. That is when the author starts introducing the suspects. It does not take much brain power to identify the guilty party. I kept hoping for a nice twist that would pin the murder on the mayor’s wife (this is not a spoiler). One thing that really bugged me was Ross calling Hannah--Cookie. I do not believe that Ross ever called Hannah by her given name. It is cute that he gave her a nickname in college, but does he have to use it all the time. I can see using it when they are alone, but not out in public (I found it annoying). Banana Cream Pie Murder seemed to be written by someone other than Joanne Fluke. Banana Cream Pie Murder is nothing like the earlier books in the series. I did appreciate the cliffhanger ending. I am hoping that the person involved (spoiler) will get bumped off (a girl can dream). Because of the cliffhanger, I will be reading the next book in A Hannah Swensen Mystery series.