it wasn't bad. this is the first book i read and from the first chapter i kept thinking of joanne fluke's hannah swenson mysteries, which were written first, i had to look that up after reading this. they are to similiar. killer crullers was fine, i will admit i'll most likely ready more, but i do prefer the hannah swenson books. going off the story and comparing the 2 writers the similairites in this book to joanne flukes are: with hannah swenson: she's not married, owns a bakery that she gets up early to get to work, limited employees, 2 boyfrieds-1 who was married and wife died and the other one didn't cheat on her, both live in a small town, both have a mother who is dating, has the best friends that help her on cases, goes on her own and manages to get into a sticky situation but does solve the crime. with jessica beck, at least in this book since its the one i read: small town, 1 boyfriend whose wife and son were killed in a accident, mother who is dating, the best friend who dates, an ex who cheated, dontu shop that she gets up early for, and solves crimes while getting out of situations. like i said, it isn't a bad book, but when you've read all of the hannah swenson books, i just find to many similarities that i didn't enjoy it as much as the hannah swenson books. oh and they both include recipes which might be the main reason i buy the donut shop books.