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Blueberry Muffin Murder
A Hannah Swensen Mystery - 3
405 pages
A comforting, wintery mystery that serves up small-town secrets alongside mouthwatering baked goods.
What it feels like
Reading this cozy mystery feels like stepping into a warm bakery on a freezing Minnesota winter day. The mood is distinctly comforting and appetizing, balancing the chill of a small-town Winter Carnival with the inviting scent of fresh pastries. The narrative moves at a steady, engaging pace, blending lighthearted, wry observations with the mild suspense of amateur sleuthing. The prose is accessible and sensory, lingering on culinary details while unraveling the secrets of a domineering lifestyle maven's demise. It traces an emotional arc from festive anticipation to sudden disruption, ending in a satisfying restoration of order. This is the perfect read for anyone who delights in charming, low-stakes mysteries where the heroine is as determined to solve a murder as she is to save her beloved business.
- Mood
- comforting
- wintery
- appetizing
- small-town
- Tone
- lighthearted
- wry
- cozy
- playful
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- amateur sleuthing · small-town dynamics · culinary rivalry · protecting a business
- The writing
- Accessible and mouthwatering, blending light suspense with detailed, sensory descriptions of baked goods.
- The arc
- From festive anticipation to sudden disruption, culminating in a determined quest to restore order and clear a beloved space.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love charming, small-town mysteries where the stakes are personal and the atmosphere is filled with the scent of fresh pastries.
Content notes
- murder
- death of a rival
About the book
Bakery owner Hannah Swensen is back—and the cookies are crumbling—as acclaimed author Joanne Fluke serves readers another helping of murder, mayhem, and mouthwatering mystery...Blueberry Muffin MurderPreparations are underway for Lake Eden, Minnesota’s annual Winter Carnival—and Hannah Swensen is set to bake up a storm at her popular shop, The Cookie Jar. Too bad the honor of creating the official Winter Carnival cake went to famous lifestyle maven Connie Mac—a half-baked idea, in Hannah’s opinion. She suspects Connie Mac is a lot like the confections she whips up on her cable TV cooking show—sweet, light, and scrumptious-looking, but likely to leave a bitter taste in your mouth.Hannah’s suspicions are confirmed when Connie Mac’s limo rolls into town. Turns out America’s “Cooking Sweetheart” is bossy, bad-tempered, and downright domineering. Things finally boil over when Hannah arrives at The Cookie Jar to find the Winter Carnival cake burnt to a crisp—and Connie Mac lying dead in her pantry, struck down while eating one of Hannah’s famous blueberry muffins.Next thing Hannah knows, the police have declared The Cookie Jar’s kitchen crime scene off-limits. She’s a baker without an oven—and the Carnival is right around the corner. Hannah’s only alternative is to cook up a plan to save her business—by finding the killer herself...
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