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    Raspberry Danish Murder
    Raspberry Danish Murder
    Raspberry Danish Murder
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    Raspberry Danish Murder

    Written by Joanne Fluke

    Narrated by Suzanne Toren

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    Thanksgiving has a way of thawing the frostiest hearts in Lake Eden. But that won't be happening for newlywed Hannah Swensen Barton--not after her husband suddenly disappears . . . Hannah has felt as bitter as November in Minnesota since Ross vanished without a trace and left their marriage in limbo. Still, she throws herself into a baking frenzy for the sake of pumpkin pie and Thanksgiving-themed treats while endless holiday orders pour into The Cookie Jar. Hannah even introduces a raspberry Danish pastry to the menu, and P.K., her husband's assistant at KCOW-TV, will be one of the first to sample it. But instead of taking a bite, P.K., who is driving Ross's car and using his desk at work, is murdered. Was someone plotting against P.K. all along or did Ross dodge a deadly dose of sweet revenge? Hannah will have to quickly sift through a cornucopia of clues and suspects to stop a killer from bringing another murder to the table . . .
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 27, 2018
    ISBN9781501981883
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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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    • 5/5
      I love these books. I am so attached to the characters.
    • 4/5
      Ross went missing without a word to Hannah. She is understandably upset, trying to figure out what happened to him. But Thanksgiving is approaching, and that means added work at her shop. P. K., Ross’s assistant, eats some candy that was in Ross’s office, which turns out to be drugged. But who was the intended victim? These are only a few of the dilemmas that Hannah must solve before she can rest easy. However, she is headed for a major shock at the story's end. It's a typical tale about Hannah and her family, but reading about them never seems to get old. The series is well written and the characters are interesting. As usual, there are delicious recipes galore included in the book.
    • 3/5
      This book picks up a bit of the thread that the previous book (Banana Cream Pie Murder) left as the cliff hanger. Hannah's new husband, Ross, has disappeared and Hannah has no idea where or why. Without any answers she has to dodge questions about his being gone.With Thanksgiving coming up, things really need to get going at The Cookie Jar. The orders for various pumpkin flavoured goodies are rolling in.With Ross gone, his assistant P.K. is taking on some of the work load. An amiable guy, P.K. is rising to the challenge. He has also gotten a girlfriend and life seems to be going well...until he is murdered. It seems that a box of chocolates that were sent to the offices were poisoned and P.K. was the one who ate them. Question is, where they possibly for Ross and P.K. got them by mistake?I didn't enjoy this book as much as the previous ones. Hannah seems to have lost her confidence about herself, feeling that maybe she wasn't good enough for Ross and that is why he left. Her friends are still standing by her...even the two guys who still would marry her if she'd give one of them a chance!There were also a ton of recipes in this book: 29 during the story and 2 more added after the story. At times it seemed more of a cookbook with a little bit of a mystery tossed in.There were some good twists and turns that popped up and made you wonder if you were coming up with the same suspect.I know I'll read the books that follow this and hopefully they will be a bit more like previous ones.
    • 4/5
      I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.This book is part of the Hannah Swensen series and may be read as a stand alone but and this is a huge but the backstory continues from one book to the next. I for one could not wait to dive right into this  installment of the Hannah Swensen mystery series, mainly because I am dying to know what happened to Ross! Let's be honest , I am not a fan of Ross at all and cannot stand seeing him with Hannah, I also could not stand the way he treated her on the honeymoon it seemed very controlling.  In this book  Hannah is solving the mystery of P.K. , her husband Ross's assistant. Ross has mysteriously vanished into thin air and Hannah is trying to figure out where Ross is. In the meantime P.K. is murdered while driving Ross's car which leaves Hannah busy trying to solve his murder. Hannah is running around town chasing clues to P.K.'s murder and baking up a storm at the same time. I love all of the recipes included in this book because they sound so delicious and decadent! The murder of P.K. and the investigation moves along in the usual Hannah Swensen style of collecting clues and working with Mike and Norman , her two best friends/ex-boyfriends, which is entertaining and one of the reasons that I enjoy this series so much.

      The murderer turned out to be a surprise and for reasons that I never saw coming! There is also a big cliffhanger at the end of the book and I really cannot wait for the next book!!
    • 2/5
      Even though I like to bake and cook, there were too many recipes and not much actual story. Then the book just ended. The end was very odd like the author had enough with the book and just stopped writing leaving the reader hanging there wondering, "okay now what?" No I do not recommend this book.
    • 4/5
      This 22nd installment in the Hannah Swenson Mystery series is a charming cozy mystery. We find Hannah, our protagonist and recently-wedded bride, confused and rather annoyed that her beloved is AWOL with no phone calls, notes or intimation of where he headed off to. To avoid embarrassment, she and her family fabricate a story which could easily explain his absence. Meanwhile, she has asked Officer Mike and former boyfriend, Norman to assist her in investigating what has happened to her absent husband. At Cookie Jar, Hannah's bakery-café, while talking over sister Michelle's upcoming Thanksgiving play, Hannah hears about Michelle's friend P.K. providing a fair amount of pro bono public service announcements work for the production. Hannah suspects that he's doing it for Michelle personally as he appears rather smitten with her. Michelle dismisses it and says that they're just friends. P.K. stops by the café to ask if someone could provide him a ride to work as his vehicle was in the shop. Michelle offers him (with Hannah's approval) the use of Hannah's husband's car and off he goes. Later that evening back at Hannah's apartment, she and Michelle settle in on the couch to watch the airing of P.K.'s PSA and Michelle's cell phone rings. It's P.K. He sounds worried and his speech is slurred. He's got the camera running on his phone and he's swerving all over the road. Hard as Michelle tries, she can't get him to pull over on his way to the hospital. He never made it as Michelle and Hannah watched him crash into the ditch just before the screen went blank. The girls kick into overdrive; forward the video footage to officer Mike and head off to the crash site. From this point on, let the sleuthing commence! I found the story entertaining and well written in its light banter throughout. The interspersed triple-tested recipes are tantalizing and may warrant a few attempts in my own kitchen. This was a lovely diversion for a very cold and snowy day. So why not pour yourself a cup of cocoa, grab a plate of cookies and settle into a comfy chair and wander into wintry Lake Eden where Hannah, her friends and family ply their baking trade? You won't be disappointed. I am grateful to author Joanne Fluke, Kensington Publishing Corps and Goodreads First Reads for having provided a free copy of this book. Their generosity, however, has not influenced this review - the words of which are mine alone.Synopsis (from book's back cover): Thanksgiving has a way of thawing the frostiest hearts in Lake Eden. But that won’t be happening for newlywed Hannah Swensen Barton—not after her husband suddenly disappears . . . Hannah has felt as bitter as November in Minnesota since Ross vanished without a trace and left their marriage in limbo. Still, she throws herself into a baking frenzy for the sake of pumpkin pie and Thanksgiving-themed treats while endless holiday orders pour into The Cookie Jar. Hannah even introduces a raspberry Danish pastry to the menu, and P.K., her husband’s assistant at KCOW-TV, will be one of the first to sample it. But instead of taking a bite, P.K., who is driving Ross’s car and using his desk at work, is murdered. Was someone plotting against P.K. all along or did Ross dodge a deadly dose of sweet revenge? Hannah will have to quickly sift through a cornucopia of clues and suspects to stop a killer from bringing another murder to the table .
    • 3/5
      I've read other books in this series, so when I saw it advertised repeatedly on TV, I was interested in reading it. I must have missed some books in the series, because I didn't know Hannah had gotten married. I always thought if she got married she would have to pick between Norman and Mike, but she's married to Ross Barton whom I'd never heard of before.The first mystery in this book is that Ross has disappeared, taking only his condo key with him. The second mystery is why Moishe is acting differently. The third mystery is who killed P.K. The cast of characters is getting a bit unwieldy for me. Hannah and Lisa are joined at The Cookie Jar by Aunt Nancy and Marge and sometimes Michelle. Though they get so many visitors and feed them so many treats, it's a wonder they get any work done and/or make any profits. It also seems a bit unrealistic that they can add so many new cookies, cookie bars, muffins etc. to their menu. Their menu must be miles long by now! It seemed like every other chapter or so, someone was making a new recipe--and of course, they were always delicious and to be added to the menu. Now, I'll grant that a professional or someone who bakes often probably has a decent idea what will taste good, but every so often, they must guess wrong--or have some kind of snafu like burning the cookies. Never happens to Hannah or her cronies--at least not in this book.As recurring characters, we also have Hannah's and Michelle's sister Andrea, her husband Bill, their two girls (Tracy and Bethy), the Swenson sister's mother, Doc, Sally, Lonnie, and Cuddles. Michelle is apparently in town to direct a couple plays. (We don't see the plays come to fruition in this novel.) P. K., who worked with Ross, is helping Michelle make ads/PSAs for the plays. P. K. has taken over many of Ross's duties in his absence. He eats some candy that has been laced with drugs at the radio office and ends up crashing Ross's car and dying.Mike is investigating the homicide but also has to consider whether the candy was meant for P. K. or Ross. For once, he welcomes Hannah's investigating since he has so many dead ends. It's hard to eliminate suspects with an alibi when you don't know when the murder weapon was delivered.Hannah's investigation leads her to P. K.'s one time fiancee, known only as "Pinky". Since P. K. had bought Pinky a jeep and had it painted pink, and since several people remarked how odd a pink jeep would be, it seemed odd to me that no one thought to try to find her by searching for a pink jeep: DMV, vehicle registrations, used car dealers, specialty car shops that do painting . . . there must be numerous ways to track down a distinctive vehicle.I liked the part about Moishe and Cuddles being so tired because of the Roomba robotic vacuums. Gary, who has the booth next to The Cookie Jar's at the Expo, claims to have a sister Violet. I wasn't sure if he was Pinky's mystery fiance mentioned earlier in the novel. Pinky's real name wasn't Violet--so I don't know if there really was a Violet or if he just made her up to explain his presence at the convention/Expo. The scene with him and Hannah at the Lake Eden Inn sounded quite comical, even though there was a serious edge to it.I didn't guess the plot twist at the end regarding Ross.
    • 3/5
      Hannah Swensen Barton is busy running the Cookie Jar in Eden Lake, Minnesota. But she’s not so busy that she doesn’t worry about her husband’s unexpected disappearance. Fortunately, she has a strong group of friends to help her cope with the situation.But when Ross’s assistant at KCOW is murdered, Hannah can’t help but wonder if Ross might have been the intended victim. Is her husband in danger? Is he in some kind of trouble? As always, Hannah is busy looking for evidence and, without realizing it, she places herself in a position to find all the answers when she agrees to run a booth at Sally’s Holiday Gift Convention. But will she put her own life in danger in order to obtain the information she seeks? Readers may find themselves disappointed with this, the twenty-second book in the series. The well-known characters seem a bit flat in this tale and occasionally the minutia of detailed descriptions is positively mind-boggling. There’s a lot of eating; sometimes the amount of food the characters consume at a meal is incomprehensible. Hannah does a great deal of investigating throughout the story; perhaps Eden Lake’s law enforcement folks should consider expanding the department and hire her as a consultant. Although there’s a decent amount of backstory for readers who are new to the series, many of the characters simply appear without explanation, a situation that may leave new readers rather bewildered.There are plenty of recipes, most of them for sweets, and two extra ones [and a letter from the author] in the Barnes and Noble exclusive edition. They’re all easy to follow and call for ingredients most readers will have on hand. But, for goodness’ sake, for those of us who don’t care for any kind of cereal, could Hannah please make some crunchy cookies without crushed corn flakes in them??The plot in this cozy tale is relatively straightforward and, although attentive readers will be able to identify the culprit well ahead of the reveal, fans of the series will enjoy the unfolding of the mystery. And then there’s the ending with its humdinger of a cliffhanger . . . .
    • 3/5
      Hannah's new husband Ross has disappeared as mysteriously as he appeared. Hannah is naturally curious and hurt about his absence, and further concerns rise as she finds his car keys and bank accounts all left for her. A co-worker (and assistant to Ross) from KCOW named PK is helping Michelle with Public Service announcements for the holiday plays. After he is murdered, Hannah and her sleuthing sisters try to help Mike ferret out what happened and whether he was the actual target. There were a lot of red herrings flowing through the story as PK's background had to be pulled slowly to the surface. There is a lot of cookie talk and many recipes filling the ends of several of the chapters. This is where things always shine, Hannah and her friends know a lot about baking. There is also a big cliffhanger at the end, so I will guess there will be a lot more to this story.
    • 3/5
      The latest Hannah Swensen mystery has Hannah confused and hurt by the sudden disappearance of her new husband Ross Barton. Trying to keep up appearances, she works diligently at the Cookie Jar devising new recipes helping others stock up for the coming holidays. When her husband's assistant borrows Ross' car and then dies in a car crash (later it was determined that he was poisoned by candy found on Ross' desk) Hannah wonders if Ross was the actual intended victim and sets out to find out how it happened. What she finds are more mysteries!I've been a faithfully follower of Hannah from the beginning but it seems a bit odd that we have a new love interest, a fast wedding and then the groom disappears. Did the author regret not having Hannah chose Mike or Norman?A typical Hannah mystery - enjoyable and a titillation for our taste buds!
    • 2/5
      Hannah Swenson, who owns the bakery in small-town Lake Eden, Minnesota, has not heard from her new husband, Ross Barton, in over two weeks. He left home one day, leaving his house keys and car behind with no indication of where he has gone. One evening, Hannah lets P.K., Ross’s assistant, borrow Ross’s car and P.K. ends up dead, wrecking the car after being poisoned. Hannah immediately jumps in to investigate, aided by her best friend, Norman, the dentist. She soon finds that Ross has left her more than just the keys and his car.Raspberry Danish Murder is the 22nd book in Joanne Fluke’s Hannah Swenson series. I have read a few of the books in this series before reading this one, and I believe that this book could be read as a stand-alone, but the reader may be missing the background on most of the characters. The Hannah Swenson series seems to be a very popular cozy mystery series, but I can say after reading this that I am not a fan. First, I find it a little hard to believe that Hannah, a baker, would be allowed to involve herself in a police investigation the way she does in this book, trading clues with her former boyfriend, a policeman, and being able to question witnesses. Second, there wasn’t anything of interest happening in this story – there was nothing that made me care about any of the characters. The characters were all a little annoying to me and a little one-dimensional. Third, I find it difficult to believe that a bakery in such a small town could afford to employ as many people as seem to work there, and still provide enough income for the livelihood of both owners. There were several other things in the story that didn’t make sense to me but I won’t share them because they are spoilers. In a few places, I wondered who the author thinks might be reading her books when she proceeds to explain that the quote “it never rains, but it pours” means that everything happens at once. Another example occurs when Hannah goes to check her telephone messages, and she sees a blinking light and the numeral five, Fluke explains to the reader that this meant five people had called. Sigh.Aside from the recipes, which although they sound delicious, seem to feature quite a few bar cookies, it was hard for me to find much to recommend about this book.I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and Kensington Publishing in exchange for an honest review.
    • 3/5
      Raspberry Danish Murder by Joanne Fluke is the latest A Hannah Swensen Mystery. Hannah Swensen Barton is wondering why her husband disappeared two weeks ago. To get her mind off the conundrum, she is keeping herself busy baking delightful treats for The Cookie Jar. Thanksgiving is just around the corner and people are clambering for baked goods. Hannah gets a late-night call from P.K. Alesworth, Ross’s assistant at KCOW Television, who is using Ross’ car while his is being worked on. It is a video call and they (Hannah and Michelle) can instantly tell that something is wrong with Ross. They witness him crash the car after muttering something about candies in Ross’ desk. P.K. is rushed to the hospital, but he does not survive. It turns out that P.K. ingested a lethal dose of a drug that caused a fatal heart attack via candy sent to Ross’ office. They do not know is if the killer was targeting P.K. or Ross since P.K. has been using Ross’ office at the station. Hannah dives into the case to get answers. Along the way, Hannah discovers that she did not know Ross as well as she thought. Why did Ross leave? Is he trying to protect Hannah? Hannah wants answers, and she starts with uncovering P.K.’s killer.Raspberry Danish Murder is the twenty-second book in A Hannah Swensen Mystery series and it cannot be read alone. A new reader to the series would be utterly lost. I did enjoy Raspberry Danish Murder better than Banana Cream Pie Murder, but it still does not have the feel of the earlier books in the series. The last few books feel as if they are written by someone other than Joanne Fluke. The book has a nice steady pace and smooth transitions. There is a significant amount of repetition of information (the details of the case). One character gets some information than repeats it to Hannah, then Hannah tells Michelle and then they must share it with Mike and Norman. It was completely unnecessary. The dialogue was stilted, and the characters names were overused. Hannah is unlike herself in Raspberry Danish Murder. She is not the strong, confident woman we are used to, and I miss that Hannah Swensen. She actually worried that Ross left her because she might snore (really). The two mysteries are interlaced with baking, chatting, cooking, drinking coffee (I do not know how they can drink that much coffee) and munching on cookies. Every meal and cookie they bake is described in detail. P.K.’s murder is not the main focus. There is a limited suspect list, and, to my disappointment, the culprit is easily identified. The revelations regarding Ross are more interesting. As more details were revealed, the phrase “marry in haste and repent in leisure” came to mind (I wish the author had not brought Ross into the series). Hannah was quick to marry Ross and she now realizes that the background information he gave her is contradictory (I would say more but I do not want to spoil it for you). There is a dilly of a disclosure and cliffhanger at the end of the book (which will have me reading the next book in this series). There are twenty-nine recipes in the book (too many) and an excerpt from Winter Chill at the end. I give Raspberry Danish Murder 3 out of 5 stars. Raspberry Danish Murder is a book for the die-hard Hannah Swensen fans.
    • 5/5
      Raspberry Danish Murder by Joanne Fluke #RaspberryDanishMurder #NetGalley Have read the other books in the series and know I am going to like this one.Starts out with Hannah and Michelle as they head to work. Ross has not returned and she has not had any phone calls from him.Recipes appear during the book. Love learning which products I can substitute for. Love all the notes along the way.People come in while they are baking and it's easy to keep track of them and their careers. PK is Ross' assistant and he needs a ride while his is being repaired. They let him borrow Ross's car.Like reuniting with the local folks, catching up with what they are doing nowadays.Mike the cop and Norman the dentist, once contenders to be Hannah's husband are all just friends and help her with mysteries that land in her lap.The girls answer a call from PK as he's speeding and inchherent, drugged or drunk as he drives off the road.After calling Mike they also head out to the accident scene. Hannah learns a lot more talking to others there...She really does not know her husband much at all as surprises are coming from all directions. Mike is collecting information about PK while Andrea is on the trail to find out more about Ross.Details they uncover lead to other clues. Seems a lot of people but if you've followed this series from day one it's easy to keep track of who is who. Enjoyed this read kept you going, page after page.Excerpt from Winter Chill is included. So many recipes, what a treasure!I received this review book from Kensington Books via Net Galley and this is my honest opinion.