Well it’s Christmas and this year at first I was kind of hard pressed to find good Christmasy mysteries that I hadn’t read. Then it picked up so I have a LOT to pick from! I’ve already read the new David Rosenthal Andy Carpenter series Christmas book – he does this every year.
Christmas Caramel Murder
by Johanne Fluke
Read by Suzanne Soren 4h 29m
Rating: B+/ Christmas themed murder mystery
(#16 in the Hannah Swenson series)
The Hannah Swenson series is a bit “cozier,” thank Rosenthal, but still on the “Traditional” mystery side because they are murder mysteries which Hannah, the amateur sleuth, solves.
There are also a number of recipes in each book because in her non-sleuthing life Hannah Swenson is a baker with a shop and, at least for awhile, a truck. She’s a young, childless widow who has her mother and sister around and she’s very active in the small community of Eden Lake, Minnesota, where she grew up. She has many friends so I doubt she’s ever lonely but her mother keeps trying to get her married again..
In this book the “found body,” Hannah is always finding dead bodies, is that of a women who recently moved back to town and seems to be having an affair with the mayor. In high school this woman was the steady girlfriend of the guy who is now the husband of Lisa, one of Hannah’s closest friends. So who are the suspects? Well…starting with Lisa….
These are very “sweet fluff” books but they can take the edge off a string of more intense books in any genre.
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Sounds perfect for this time of year then Becky.
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Maybe – lol – A bit too much silliness but it’s okay – good who-done-it plot. I needed something to clean me out from American Midnight and Prophet Song. I’ve got some more Christmasy type mysteries on my TBR list (pile).
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I’ve not read in this series yet, but I can visualize it. Hallmark has made it a series of tv movies, Murder, She Baked. It was the only thing of Hallmark’s that I could stand when I was on an extended stay (hospital). I actually became quite fond of them.
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I think many of my Christmas books are like Hallmark movies except mine always have a murder central to the plot. This isn’t a requirement of course, but it seems more fun that way – I think maybe I’ll do a “best of Christmas mysteries” blog entry next week – after Christmas. (he he)
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Odd to say, but a little murder helps.
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I think one has to warm up to these but I did copy some recipes – (Google them) – I go from James Patterson Christmas to Joanna Fluke. But like you said – there really should be a murder – lol.
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