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Key Lime Pie Murder
a Hannah Swensen mystery with recipes
523 pages
A bustling, sweet-and-suspenseful cozy mystery where small-town fair festivities collide with amateur sleuthing.
What it feels like
This cozy mystery wraps the reader in a bustling, comforting atmosphere filled with the sweet scents of a local baking contest and the lively energy of a county fair. The pace is brisk, mirroring the protagonist's chaotic juggling of family demands, pet troubles, and culinary commitments. Beneath the lighthearted, warm tone lies a steady current of suspense that kicks in when community festivities take a dark turn. The prose is accessible and inviting, seamlessly blending mouth-watering recipes with the thrill of amateur sleuthing. It is a perfect escape for readers who delight in food-centric mysteries where quirky domestic comedy meets the high-stakes tension of catching a killer on a carnival midway.
- Mood
- cozy
- bustling
- comforting
- festive
- Tone
- lighthearted
- humorous
- warm
- suspenseful
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- amateur sleuthing · culinary comforts · family dynamics · community festivities
- The writing
- Accessible and engaging, blending mouth-watering culinary details with lighthearted domestic comedy and cozy suspense.
- The arc
- Moves from the cheerful chaos of community fair preparations into a suspenseful pursuit of a killer.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love comforting, food-centric mysteries filled with quirky family dynamics and small-town festivities.
Content notes
- murder
- pet illness
About the book
New York Times BestsellerIt 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...
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