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I enjoyed this cosy mystery, which isn't too cloyingly sweet - I liked the bakery setting and large pet cat, though I skipped the recipes! At the start I found the heroine, Hannah, rather too judgmental for my liking about everyone around her, but either she mellowed during the book or I did.
The author also kept me guessing about the murderer's identity. I will carry on with the series, but will read the next one rather than listening to it on audio, as I found it very slow in that format. ...more
The author also kept me guessing about the murderer's identity. I will carry on with the series, but will read the next one rather than listening to it on audio, as I found it very slow in that format. ...more
Hannah Swensen owns and runs a shop selling cookies. She finds the local milk deliveryman shot in his truck in the alley behind her shop. Hannah is then asked by her brother-in-law who is a police officer to help with the investigation. That's the part of the book I found hard to swallow. I aloso thought the murderer was a bit silly but I like Hannah.
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I listened to the audio book. I enjoyed the story but I don't think I relate well to the narrator. The voices for most of the secondary female characters are too syrupy or fake. If you like Nancy Atherton, then I would recommend this series. For something a little less sentimental I would recommend Susan Wittig Albert.
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I just could NOT with this book. She is so relentlessly judgy!! Even after the dead body was found (clutching a chocolate chip cookie!) I did not care at all. DNF in chapter 2. I didn't love the audiobook narrator, either, her voices for the different characters grated on me.
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Cozy mysteries usually make me groan audibly, but this one had enough mentions of coffee and cookies to make me move past all the "giiiirl, staahhhp" moments. And I noted the recipes because easy cookies (though that's not my image of a black and white).
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Nov 13, 2011
Megan
marked it as to-read
