Monday, June 13, 2011

Devil's Food Cake Murder/Joanne Fluke/322 pages

Hannah Swensen, owner and baker of the Cookie Jar in Lake Eden, Minnesota, thinks her life is going pretty well. Her business is thriving, and she has two men in her life. Her biggest problem is trying to decide once and for all between the two. She almost had her mind made up at the end of the last novel, but a pretty new dentist in town has the eye of both Norman and Mike.

A visitor from the past comes back to town to rekindle old friendships and help out a newlywed couple. But is he who he says he is? Grandma Knudson isn't so sure. When the visitor is found murdered, by Hannah (who else?), there are more questions than answers.

The murder doesn't occur until about halfway through the book. I was beginning to wonder if it was ever going to happen, but overall, it is a pretty decent mystery. Best of all, Fluke includes lots of recipes, as usual. My family (and coworkers) will be my guinea pigs!

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