Candy Cane Murder (Hannah Swensen Series)

Great for mystery lovers

I have enjoyed the entire series. The characters are interesting and become like friends to the reader. The extra bonus is of course the great recipes in each story. I have made several and they are wonderful.This series is great for those who like a mystery as a relaxing get away.

Murder by Candy Cane

This book contains 3 authors; 3 candy cane mysteries. The Joanne Fluke book was the only story that was worth reading. I'm a fan of Hannah, owner of The Cookie Jar, coffee shop and bakery. She is known as Lake Eden, MN's cooking lady who has murder on her menu. In this book she finds Santa dead by a trail of candy canes. The candy canes were in his pocket and it was thought that he had a hole in pocket which is how he was discovered. With more investigating it was soon discovered that the killer actually left a trail of candy canes so the body could be discovered. New tasty recipes for me to try like Candy Cane Bar cookies and Devil's Food Cookies.

I liked it...Joanne Fluke is a fave

I liked this book...my favorite was Joanne Fluke, as always. Laura looks promising too. I might like to try a book or two...

Great Staff

I shop at the Bellingham store and find the employees of this store to not only be knowledgeable but pleasant.

It's A Tasty Read!

This book is an excellent mixture of comedic conversation, original characters, light romantic confusion and a great murder with a real twist. Set in an usual setting that you feel you would like to run in and enjoy. A great book to read at Christmas......or anytime. If you haven't started reading this series I recommend you start at the beginning with "Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder"

Good, then bad

Having never read anything by Fluke, I picked this up for the recipes and some standing in line reading for the holiday season. I was surprised that this was a novel with three stories (I didn't look at it very closely), but thought it might work. I loved the first story by Fluke and really enjoyed th last story by Meier, by the story by Levine left much to be desired. However, I am now a Fluke fan and have purchased Sugar Cookie Murder to read next winter.

Mystery

This was an easy read and helped pass the time, while snowbound.

any of Joanne Fluke's books

I am a big fan of Ms. Fluke's writing. I very much need a light -hearted, but exciting mystery/romance book that isn't too gory or too mushy. Also, I can safely leave her books lying around and not be afraid that the kids will start reading something they shouldn't.
I would ( and HAVE ) recommended her books to my friends.

Great cozy anthology

¿Candy Cane Murder¿ by Joanne Fluke. Wayne, the owner of one of the most profitable store in town, is playing Santa for the children at the orphanage. He has laryngitis so he goes home after his performance. Hannah found him in the snow, the victim of a murderer. Naturally, Hannah, owner of The Cookie Shop, can¿t resist sleuthing and there are many suspects because the victim was a target who had a lot of enemies.--------------- ¿The Danger of Candy Canes¿ by Laura Levine ¿ Freelance writer Jaine Austin is asked by her friend and client Seymour Fielder of Fielder on the Roof Roofers, to help him prove his innocence in the death of Garth Jenkins. He did a reroofing job at their home but when Garth went up there to put up Christmas decorations, he stepped on a loose tile and fell to his death. Jaine knows Seymour wouldn¿t leave any tiles loose around so she agrees to investigate and finds the dead man had enemies ranging from his neighbors who he played tricks on to get what he wanted to his law partner who he was blackmailing. Jaine learns sleuthing is dangerous to her health.------------------ ¿Candy Canes of Christmas Past¿ by Leslie Meir. Lucy Stone of Tinker¿s Cove, Maine looks back to the first Christmas season in her new home, a fixer-upper on the verge of being condemned. She meets the town librarian who invites Lucy and her son Toby over to bake cookies. The librarian Miss Tilley confides in her that she always wondered if her abusive father killed her mother by throwing her down the stairs. Lucy promises she will find out the truth that¿s how Lucy began solving mysteries.---------------- All three of these holidays novellas are fun, enjoyable to read and each has a mystery that takes some hard thinking to solve. This work would make a great holiday present for a sweet tooth amateur sleuth.----------- Harriet Klausner

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