Raspberry Danish Murder (Hannah Swensen Mysteries, #22) (Hannah Swensen Mystery with Recipes)

by Joanne Fluke

Hannah has felt as bitter as November in Minnesota since Ross vanished without a trace and left their marriage in limbo. Still, she throws herself into a baking frenzy for the sake of pumpkin pie and Thanksgiving-themed treats while endless holiday orders pour into The Cookie Jar. Hannah even introduces a raspberry Danish pastry to the menu, and P.K., her husband's assistant at KCOW-TV, will be one of the first to sample it. But instead of taking a bite, P.K., who is driving Ross's car and using his desk at work, is murdered. Was someone plotting against P.K. all along or did Ross dodge a deadly dose of sweet revenge? Hannah will have to quickly sift through a cornucopia of clues and suspects to stop a killer from bringing another murder to the table.

• ISBN13: 9781617732249
• Publish Date: 27 February 2018
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 25 March 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Kensington Publishing
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 304
• Language: English

Reviews

[laurie]

I cannot even with these books any more. They have gotten progressively worse with each one. This book was literally 90% people eating or talking about what they're going to eat, or what they just ate, or how to cook the recipe that appears on the next page. Throw in boringly long pages about random things like how to recycle and scammer phone messages. There was hardly anything about the murder of the week or the investigation into Ross's disappearance, and what did happen, happened off-screen so to speak, so we just got a quick blink or you'll miss it sum up. This wasn't a murder mystery, nothing was solved, nothing was explained, it was just a long list of cookies and other assorted foods being eaten.

I've been firmly #TeamNorman since the beginning, but Mike wasn't even in this book (except when he was eating) and I see no reason why either of them stick around for Hannah other than the food.

Also, seriously, another cliffhanger ending that comes out of nowhere in a rushed paragraph at the end, which I'm sure we'll have to wait another year for. I doubt I'll be back for it.

See this review and others on my blog.

[pagesbycyndy]

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.This book is part of the Hannah Swensen series and may be read as a stand alone but and this is a huge but the backstory continues from one book to the next. I for one could not wait to dive right into this  installment of the Hannah Swensen mystery series, mainly because I am dying to know what happened to Ross! Let's be honest , I am not a fan of Ross at all and cannot stand seeing him with Hannah, I also could not stand the way he treated her on the honeymoon it seemed very controlling.  In this book  Hannah is solving the mystery of P.K. , her husband Ross's assistant. Ross has mysteriously vanished into thin air and Hannah is trying to figure out where Ross is. In the meantime P.K. is murdered while driving Ross's car which leaves Hannah busy trying to solve his murder. Hannah is running around town chasing clues to P.K.'s murder and baking up a storm at the same time. I love all of the recipes included in this book because they sound so delicious and decadent! The murder of P.K. and the investigation moves along in the usual Hannah Swensen style of collecting clues and working with Mike and Norman , her two best friends/ex-boyfriends, which is entertaining and one of the reasons that I enjoy this series so much.

The murderer turned out to be a surprise and for reasons that I never saw coming! There is also a big cliffhanger at the end of the book and I really cannot wait for the next book!!