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Summertime has finally arrived in Lake Eden, Minnesota, and Hannah Swensen, owner of The Cookie Jar bakery, is looking forward to warm, lazy days, eating ice cream, and sharing picnics with friends. But when a family reunion takes a deadly turn, it’s up to Hannah to find a killer . . .

Hannah Swensen has a lot on her plate, baking up a storm for The Cookie Jar. But she’ll always make time for her business partner, Lisa, who’s preparing for a big family reunion. Everyone is delighted when Lisa’s long-lost uncle makes a surprise appearance. No one has heard from Gus in twenty-five years.

Uncle Gus is immediately the hit of the reunion. He’s almost as popular as Hannah’s scrumptious carrot cake. But the next morning, as the whole family gathers for the group photo, one person is missing. Hannah offers to track down Uncle Gus, but her search leads to a shocking find. Over by the bar at the pavilion, she spots two slices of her infamous carrot cake, frosting-side down on the floor—and Gus’s corpse with an ice pick jutting out of his chest!  
A little snooping reveals that not everyone was celebrating Gus’s return. And when Hannah unearths secrets from Gus’s past, she discovers many more people with an axe to grind. Now Hannah’s got to sift through a long list of suspects to find a killer—even if it could mean a recipe for her own demise . . .
 
Features Over a Dozen Cookie and Dessert Recipes from The Cookie Jar!
 

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00DB790TQ
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kensington Books; Reprint edition (February 27, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 27, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4730 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 353 pages
Reviewer: Dixie
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Love these books
Review: Joanne Fluke is an excellent author. I have so much fun trying to figure out who did it. The stories are fun and exciting. Most of all, I love to bake, and incorporating recipes into the story is genius. I also watch the hallmark movies based on the books. Allison Sweeney is a great actress. Keep the books coming.

Reviewer: James J. Cudney IV (Jay)
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Family Re-Union Vengeance Ice-Pick Style - Cozy fun with Hannah and her gang of lovable misfits!
Review: 4 stars to Joanne Fluke's Carrot Cake Murder, the tenth book in the "Hannah Swensen" cozy murder mystery series, a series which was made into several fun TV movies called "Murder, She Baked" starring Alison Sweeney and Cameron Mathison. The series continues to delight readers, providing at least 15 to 20 recipes that sound delicious and look fairly easy to make. I recommend you give all three a try -- the book, the movie and the food!StoryAs set up in the previous book, Hannah's protege and part-owner of their shared Lake Eden Bakery, Lisa, and her new husband Herb, traffic cop extraordinaire, are having an extended family re-union on Eden Lake. One of their long-lost relatives, Gus Klein, randomly shows up and begins to cause trouble like he did when he was a child some thirty-five years ago. But this time, his trouble earns him an ice pick to the heart -- what some say is cold justice payback! There are tons of suspects in this murder mystery all connected to Herb and Lisa's family, and at this point in the series, Detective Mike Kingston (1 of Hannah's 2 primary love interests) no longer pretends to stop Hannah from trying to investigate, he encourages it. With both her sisters' and mother's, as well as her other primary love interest, dentist Norman Rhodes, Hannah begins digging up all the dirt she can. Gus is not as wealthy as he claimed, and is only back in town to run some final scam, but it turns out to be his last one. Hannah rounds up the suspects and proves alibis one-by-one until she's left with the one person she had a gut instinct about along the way... luckily, she's saved by Mike just before the killer tries to knock her out too.And for some extra fun on the side, Hannah spends a lot of time with Norman making us all root for him to win her heart, only to throw a little monkey-wrench into the plan at the end when Ross, the other paramour from a few books in the past, sizzles back into town wanting to see her as soon as possible. Well now what's Hannah going to do... not only will she have 3 men to juggle but her mother just got a book romance book published starring... her own daughters. Lake Eden is gonna be hopping in book 11!Strengths1. Hannah is a really fun character. She has so many great traits and a couple of flaws but it all makes her so real. She is sometimes a little too rude / direct, sometimes a little flaky and sometimes just too independent for her own good. But she is also charming, pretty, a great baker and a very accomplished woman.2. Author Fluke knows how to integrate so many families and keeps it connected throughout each book in the series. It's great to see / hear so many faces popping up from prior books that you really feel like you're part of the story.3. The mystery has some intrigue and complexity to it for a cozy. There's at least 5 to 6 possible suspects and you have a few twists and turns that keep you guessing.Suggestions1. Hannah's love triangle and now quadrangle... ugh, heart-breaker... but we really need her to let someone go. I like both Mike and Norman, but I see Norman as the better match for her in the long-run. I also like Ross and am curious to see what happens in the next book. But 3's too much. I'm not trying to hold my girl back, but she hasn't done more than kiss any of them and has this much trouble trying to figure out who is right for her??? What's gonna happen when it gets steamier???2. Love the recipes but they're starting to take over the book. I'd like to limit it to 10 per book so you are enjoying the mystery more than the cooking. Don't get me wrong, I love desserts, but I can't cook everything she throws out there!Final ThoughtsThe cozy mystery has a certain kind of reader base. You're not gonna find major romance or suspense, or even a lot of thrilling murders. It's light and fun... with a few gut punches to keep you paying attention. The Hannah Swensen series has been fairly consistent thru ten books. So if you're a cozy fan, and you like to stay with the same bunch of characters, you should be reading this series.

Reviewer: Crusan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Love this series of books
Review: Great book!

Reviewer: Marietta Fry
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Carrot Cake Murder Book
Review: Love Joanne Flukes books. Interesting stories, recipes. Love the endings. Think Hannah Swenson will get married in one of these books.

Reviewer: Angel
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Carrot Cake
Review: Another great read this one kept you guessing I couldn't put it down. More characters to love and a town written just beautifully.

Reviewer: K. C.
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: getting boring, but still....
Review: I have read all of them up till now, there are still 3 left on my kindle I think..... sign.... I kind of like them, because of the cozy aspect, but they are getting boring.... but I have to read the rest of them.... will she every evolve and grow up??? I mean, to be honest, Hannah is getting older, but not more mature and wiser and cleverer. No, she is not clever at all, otherwise she wouldn't make the same mistakes over and over and wouldn't string along Mike and Norman, what is quite ridiculous for that long anyway. Norman seems a really nice guy and fits all her expectations and Mike... well he is just handsome and a bit shallow and quite insensitive, the opposite of Norman really, right?Hannah is full of self loading, to fat, no fashion sense.... blah, blah, blah, her mother is prettier, her sisters are prettier and also have a fashion sense, but Hannah doesn't has it... So what, what is her problem??? I don't get it. It is really annoying, especially because people have to tell her again and again what a lovely person she is..... But like I said, she isn't very bright really, she doesn't know to use a cell phone, a computer, can't find out what channel Animal planet is on..... please..... When she "solves" a crime, she more of less stumbles on it and than she is so stupid to nearly get killed because she didn't learn of her other mistakes that get her nearly killed. Jeez...I still give the book 3 stars and I will read the rest of the books I have on my kindle, and hopefully she will decide about the man in her life before I am to bored to read one other book.

Reviewer: Jen Kasian-Machovec
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: First it came very quickly and second my daughter loves the book. Highly recommend it

Reviewer: Heli
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Giod

Reviewer: JRH
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Another enjoyable mystery with yummy recipes.Liked: Moishe and NormanDisliked: how can they eat so much and not put on weigh!!!

Reviewer: Ms. Figino
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Wer gerne bäckt und Krimis mag, der ist hier richtig. Langsam wird es zwar etwas nervig, dass noch immer keine Entscheidung zwischen den Männern da ist, aber auf der anderen Seite ist eine gewisse Beständigkeit ja auch nicht schlimm.Das Buch bietet einfache Unterhaltung, wenn man einfach nur lesen will um das English zu trainieren.

Reviewer: u-ka
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: ハンナの友人であるマージ一族が一同に会する親睦会が行われ、街のみんなもお手伝い。そこに、30年以上行方不明だったマージの兄弟ガスが姿を見せる。ところが翌日にガスが殺されて発見され…。ハンナの店のパートナー、リサの父親に疑いがかかるなか、いつもの通りハンナが事件の解決に乗り出します。最後にハンナが危ない目に遭うところまで、お約束の展開で安心して（？）読める貴重なミステリー。今回はノーマンが大活躍。探偵業のお手伝いからハンナへの心遣いまで、マイクよりも全然素敵！な1作です。ただ、マイクをはじめとする脇役、ハンナのお母さんや妹たちの活躍の場が少なかったのがちょっと残念。