Cream Puff Murder (Hannah Swensen, #11)

Cream Puff Murder (Hannah Swensen #11)

3.72 of 5 stars 3.72  ·  rating details  ·  3,671 ratings  ·  351 reviews
"New York Times"-bestselling author Fluke serves up another yummy installmentof her Hannah Swensen mystery series, and this time Hannah's sometime squeezeis a prime suspect. Includes recipes.
Paperback, 304 pages
Published February 1st 2010 by Kensington (first published November 24th 2008)
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Glenna
This is the new book in a mystery series that involves a cook. (the book includes recipes for the things she makes). I think this series is becoming too predictable because I did not enjoy this one as much as I have some of the others. I probably prefer Diane Mott Davidson who does similar books
Ruby
These are kind of funny books. The tone of the story is kind of annoying. I am kind of tired of the series, they are getting preditable. She will find a body and solve the murder, bake more cookies and debate which boy she likes better and leave them equal. I am ready for something new to happen and she needs to pick Norman already. Hopefully in this book she finally learned that Mike is a player and she is over him and maybe the next book will be more interesting. She does include a lot of reci...more
Francie
I read the first couple of pages before realizing that all these books are the same. Someone kills someone else..Hannah sticks her nose in it, while Lisa does all the grunt work at the Cookie Jar. Hannah always answers the phone with "Hello mother" because her cat just knows its her. She's dating 2 guys she's totally unsure about..even though it's totally obvious who she should be with. Once she figures out who the killer is, the killer finds out that she knows..the killer tries to kill her..she...more
Maria
This is my second Joanne Fluke murder. I picked it up to listen to it in the car while driving around (kill two birds with one stone). This series is about a woman named Hannah, who owns a cookie shop where people come for treats and tea. She finds a dead body and goes about solving the mystery of who killed them. The characters are light, the book is an easy read (a "cozy"), and there's not a whole lot of suspense and "bad energy." Bonus points for clean language and moral values. (I hate being...more
lisa
The best thing that I can say about this book is that it is completely consumable. I started reading this book at about eight thirty last night and I'm already finished with it. It's true that I couldn't put it down, but that's not necessarily because it was a fantastic read. It was just an easy read. An easy read that didn't demand too much of my mental capacity and allowed me to just consume it. It's completely forgettable, and, though I totally think of this series as brain candy, it's not th...more
Jessi
Hannah Swenson, baker, is back at it again. This time she needs to fit in a dress to celebrate her mother's newly published book. the dress has been ordered but Hannah seems to have gained some weight. While joining her sister Andrea to work out, Hannah stumbles across the dead body of one of the personal trainers. Ronni, the murdered woman, was known to be rather free with her favors and there is more than one possible suspect, including three of Lake Eden's own police force.
Why only three star...more
Colleen Suratt
Hannah Swenson is Lake Eden’s resident baker and… murder case solver? She always seems to find herself involved in a scandal. And this time’s no different. With the launch party of her mother’s novel just two weeks away, Hannah has a very short time to lose weight to fit into the dress her mother chose for her. In an attempt to expedite the weight loss, Hannah begins to go to the gym every morning. Dragging herself out of bed at the crack of dawn is bad enough, but finding a dead body in the Ja...more
Traci
Absolutely terrible.

If Joanne Fluke wanted to write a cookie cookbook, she should have just written a cookie cookbook. I was expecting a good murder mystery with a couple of cute recipes woven into a solid storyline and it was the exact opposite. I counted 25 recipes in this book. Twenty-five! It was ridiculous. Someone walks by Hannah's cookie truck, "Here! Have some ______ cookies" and bam! there's another recipe. What does this have to do with the STORY? Nothing. "This is the best egg-salad...more
Megan
04/11/2012 I am a little more than a quarter way through the book but off the bat there was an error that irked me. Hannah had pepperoni in her hair and suddenly its sausage on the next page. I cannot stand it when Fluke makes mistakes like this after dragging the book out for as long as possible. The murder has not even happened yet.

04/13/2012- I am done with the book. This is the reason why these books all get 3 star reviews:
*Fluke drags things out too long. I don't want to wait 1/4 of the bo...more
Marian
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jennifer
I can see how slowly I've moved this month but it couldn't be helped. I'm expecting my fourth visitor of the month tomorrow and I'm just beat. I was able to finish this bit of fluff though.

Cookie shop owner Hannah begins working out with her sister at the local gym in order to shed a few pounds in time for their mother's book launch. Some of the classes are taught by Ronnie, a predatory woman who is loathed by every other female in town and who ends up dead in the gym jacuzzi. Hannah's boyfriend...more
Jenn
Deep thinker, these characters (and the author for that matter) are not. What annoys me most about this series is the constant explaining. Some character will make a reference or pun or "sly" remark and then explain it. It too much detail that we don't need. I like the idea of the recipes, but this one, in particular, felt like they were added as filler. There were a TON of them. The actual murder didn't take place until 30% or so into the book. The "who" in whodunit was lame and wasn't explaine...more
Jessica
Once again Hannah solves another murder with the help of her sisters,mom, Mike and Norman.

Hannah decided to lose a little weight and started working out and not sampling all her cookies. She starts going to a gym with her sister. That is where the murder takes place: at the gym in the hot tub.

In this book Norman seems to be a bit more honest than Mike. After reading 5 books by this author maybe Hannah should make up her mind. It seems like each book favors one or the other.

The Lazy Potato Panc...more
Heidi
AT LAST!!!! The audiobook finally came in to the library. Woohoo!!!!

5/29: Well, Fluke had me fooled about the murderer in this one. I'd thought I had it pegged, and it completely surprised me it was someone else! I love how all the main characters have started working together on solving the cases. It's much more fun that way. I also like seeing the family coming closer together from that. And, yes, I'll admit that sadly I was pleased to have Fluke finally show a part of Mike I had suspected bei...more
Suzanne
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Glenda
I am officially up-to-date on the Hannah Swenson mysteries printed to date. I think that there are thirteen novels plus a short story romance. I wish that I had read them in order, but it was a fun series anyway. I found almost all of the books in audiobook with Suzanne Toren as the narrator and breezed through the stories.

My favorite recipe to date is the Peanut Butter and Jam cookies in the Cherry Cheesecake Murder. My favorite books in the series are: Book 1 - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder; B...more
Lori McD
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Lorraine
Hannah begins a diet and exercise regime in order to fit into her Regency-style dress for her mother's book presentation event. She plans on making mini cream puffs for the evening, and Mike takes her test batch to Ronni Ward's birthday party at Heavenly Bodies, the gym at the mall. The next morning, Hannah and Andrea are at the gym early and after using the machines head to the jacuzzi to warm up before the aerobics class. Hannah finds a body in the pool, and discovers Ronni has drowned. Thus b...more
Lauren
I understand the need for PG rated books. I even enjoy books that have no sex whatsoever in them. But I very much get the feeling that 32 yr old Hannah Swensen is terrified of sex and has an unhealthy aversion to it. And maybe that's the reason she holds onto her "independence" as she calls it. If I were giving her advice I would tell her that when it is right, getting married doesn't feel like losing your independence. So as much as I like Norman and wish she'd just make up her mind, if she fee...more
Rachelle
The Hannah Swenson mysteries are light & fluffy. They're very good easy reads. However, the books are starting to get annoying. I find it hard to believe that a woman of Hannah's age is still so concerned with what society thinks of her. The most risque part of the book was when Hannah & Mike kiss. Furthermore, it's gotten to the point that Mike is turning into a sleaze & yet Hannah still can't decide between him & Norman. The constant grammatical corrections are becoming obnoxio...more
Melissa
I listened to this book and I felt like parts of it were absolute torture. I had listened to a different book from this series, and don't remember it being this annoying. I was hard pressed to find a character who was not childish. A 60-year-old woman is called old and she gets in a huge huff? Really? And she must say the word "dear" after every single solitary sentence, which makes it even worse when you are listening to it. The guys are complete cheeseballs, despite being in their 30's. And de...more
Kristin Ramsey
I love reading Joanne Fluke's books because of how good they are to read. Hannah Swensen is the owner of The Cookie Jar that sells cookies to the residents of Lake Eden. Hannah also had the bad luck of finding people who have been murdered in the town. After she has found that someone has been murdered she starts to search for the killer. Mike Kingston is a detective with the Lake Eden sheriff's office. Who is also a love interest of Hannah's.

In this book a woman named Ronni Ward is found by Ha...more
Tiffunee
This is my first Hannah Swensen books that read! In Cream Puff Murder, Hannah puts her inquisitiveness to good use to solve two mysteries - the murder of Ronni Ward, a fitness instructor who winds up dead in the Jacuzzi at Heavenly Bodies, the Lake Eden gym, and the reason behind the disappearance of her cat Moishe's food.

Hannah owns a cookie shop where people come for treats and tea. She finds a dead body and goes about solving the mystery of who killed them. The characters are light, the book...more
Scilla
Hannah usually spends her time making cookies for her business, the Cookie Jar. She tries on a dress for her mother's book launch, and it's much too small. Her sister, Andrea, convinces her to go to a health club to try to lose weight before she needs to wear the dress. Hannah dates detective, Mike, and dentist, Roger and is trying to decide which one might be the right one. When Hannah finds Ronnie, a fitness teacher, dead in the hot tub, there are lots of suspects, including Mike; Ronnie has b...more
Liralen
It's a cop-out, but the Hannah Swensen mysteries really only need a lump review:

For some reason, I keep reading these when they show up at the library. I don't know why. Do I enjoy them? Sure. They're trashy murder mysteries that don't always make sense. I can huff at them in irritation when the main character does, or thinks, something especially stupid. They involve recipes.

Actually, the books are formulaic enough that they themselves were written by recipe.

Yes, I will keep reading them, assum...more
Porsche
I'm addicted to the Hannah Swensen Murder Mystery Books. They are all the same, but enjoyable. I love the recipes.

So, like all the books. The body that turns up dead is Ronnie Ward, the beautiful, home-wrecking aerobic instructor. She also would lead some classes at the police station. Certain police officers had to take themselves off the case because they were too "involved." One of those would be Mike, Hannah's boyfriend (one of the two, anyways). So Mike finally wants Hannah to solve the cas...more
Katey
Depending on how the story is written will depend on if it's fast or slow for me. It was a little bit slow this time around, but I might have to read Delores Swensen's romances now, because they were launched at the end of this book. I copied all the recipes I wanted as well, and I recently tried my first Cookie Jar recipe. Cooking and baking is all about experimentation, practice, and repetition. I made the Chocolate Chip Crunch cookies, but they were too large and crumbled when they came off t...more
Lea
As a mystery novel it is mediocre but as a recipe book it is FANTASTIC. I made the lemon cookies last night and found the recipe easy to follow and absolutely delicious. I also intend to make the "lazy" potato pancakes tonight as thinking about them keeps making me hungry...
Her recipe writing style is interesting-- she is incredibly detailed with the instructions-- you can tell each recipe went through multiple people, tests, and revisions for clarity and ease-of-use.
I recommend these books for...more
Kristi
This was my first read in the Hannah Swensen series. I enjoyed the book, but don't read while you are hungry. There is a lot of cookie baking going on throughout the book. Hannah runs a bakery in a small Minnesota town. At the end of most chapters is a recipe for a cookie that she has made. They all sound delicious. The story was a fun cozy mystery; Hannah finds a body in the jacuzzi of the health club. The lead detectives in the police force are all pulled off the case for personal reasons - an...more
Cici
If you are looking for a book you can keep in your suitcase and not care about finishing for 6-12 mos, then this series might work for you. If you actually want to read a well-written mystery with well-developed characters (rather than a cookie cook book masquerading as a mystery) then you should check out titles by Katherine Page Hall, Mary Daheim or Dana Stabenow. Compared to their books, this one comes across as if it was written by a grade schooler. Don't waste your time or $$.

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Like Hannah Swensen, Joanne Fluke grew up in a small town in rural Minnesota where her neighbors were friendly, the winters were fierce, and the biggest scandal was the spotting of unidentified male undergarments on a young widow's clothesline. She insists that there really are 10,000 lakes and the mosquito is NOT the state bird.

While pursuing her writing career, Joanne has worked as: a public sch...more
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