Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #1) in WACKY READING CHALLENGES

Apr 22, 2009 Book Concierge rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: series, cozy-mystery, concierge, cooking, crime, library, minnesota

Only Okay cozy mystery with recipes. The plotting is weak. I find it repetitive. There's little sexual tension. Weak character development. Still, I think it's worth trying one more in the series before giving up. (NOTE - I have,in fact, read a few more and they do get better.) ...more

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Sep 19, 2012 Connie N. rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: first-in-series, cozy-mystery, sweets-on-cover, food-and-drink, minnesota, yellow

This is an enjoyable cozy mystery about a cookie store owner (apparently in Minnesota there are a lot of people who stop in every day and eat cookies for breakfast) who investigates a double murder on behalf of her brother-in-law the sheriff's deputy who is trying to make detective. The whole premise seemed a little screwy--first of all, why would Bill allow her to "help" as much as he did with the investigation, putting herself in "situations" with no supervision. And if he's going for a promot ...more

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Jan 19, 2016 Olivermagnus rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, usa, cozy, 2017, 2021

I've seen the colorful and tasty covers of the Hannah Swenson mystery series by Joanne Fluke over the years so while looking for a book to fulfill a reading challenge I thought this was just the time to check it out. I have to say the first book was quite amusing and I enjoyed it much more than I expected.

Hannah Swenson, the owner of a popular bakery called The Cookie Jar, is also a proficient amateur sleuth. When Ron LaSalle, delivery man for the Cozy Cow Dairy is killed behind her shop, she is ...more

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Apr 22, 2017 Sassafrass rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, borrowed-library, cozy-mystery, z-2017-uno, z-2017, z-challenge-books-2017, team-scottie-dog

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke

*3.5 STARS*

Cute Cozy!

I thought this was cute. I liked that the heroine liked herself as she was. She wasn't perfect and she didn't have a husband or kid but she was good doing her.

We'll see what happens now the potential love interest came to town.

I was screaming at her the whole time leading up to the murderer reveal. I don't know how she didn't see that coming from a mile away. But it all worked out in the end (of course).

I'm looking forward to try ...more

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Mar 11, 2020 Art (aka Whistler Reads) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: cozy-karaoke-bingo

With an unrelenting commitment to her friends and associates (and unremitting impatience and sheer nosiness), Hannah Swensen leads them like a madcap pinball, ricocheting thru well defined environs into 'sketchy' situations to ultimately solve the mystery.
All characters receive at least some development, with the 'mains' fully fleshed out.
I especially appreciated how Hannah is revealed through her bakery, and her recipes complete with directions.
I'll admit to having already read the 2nd book in ...more

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Dec 22, 2023 Tara rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, read-in-2023

I've had a physical copy of this book on my shelf for many years, but I decided to check an audiobook copy out from my library. I was not a huge fan of the narrator, but it was not a make or break for the book. I like Hannah's character. And can't wait to see how her two dates go :) Cozy mysteries are not my normal go-to, but I do enjoy them every once in a while, and I do think I want to read further with this series. Definitely looking forward to that. I enjoyed this one. ...more

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