Book Summary
Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke has Andrea upset with Mayor Bascomb. She ends up losing her temper with the man over his
attitude and doing something she regrets.
Hannah is having dinner at her mother’s penthouse with family and
friends when she receives a call from a distressed Andrea. She had returned to city hall where she found
Mayor Bascomb dead in his office.
Someone has murdered the town’s mayor and Andrea is at the top of the
suspect list. Mike and Lonnie are in
charge of the investigation. Their
suspect list is longer than Eloise’s Christmas list (in Eloise at Christmastime). They join forces with Hannah and Norman so they
can track down Mayor Bascomb’s killer. Hannah
works in her sleuthing between baking up Easter cookies at The Cookie Jar. Can the group crack the case before the
Easter Bunny hops into town?
My Thoughts
Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke is the 27th A Hannah Swensen Mystery. This is not a book that can be read on its
own (new readers would be lost). Hannah
Swensen is currently living at Norman’s since the death of her husband,
Ross. Hannah and Moishe are not ready to
face the condo and the memories it holds.
Mayor Bascomb is upset with Andrea’s husband, Bill because he arrested his
nephew who was driving drunk. Bascomb
has threated Bill’s position and Andrea has taken offense. She decides to chat with Mayor Bascomb and
try to make him see reason. Unfortunately,
Andrea ends up losing her temper after Bascomb makes some derogatory comments. That night, Andrea takes a piece of Hannah’s triple
chocolate cheesecake to Mayor Bascomb to apologize for her actions (which will
have readers laughing and applauding) and finds him murdered in his office (I
am surprised it took this long). Triple
Chocolate Cheesecake Murder is easy to read with steady pacing). This book can easily be read in a couple of
hours. Hannah Swensen and all our
favorites are back for another adventure.
There is plenty of eating, coffee drinking, cooking, baking, and cat cuddling
in this cozy mystery. Hannah is worried
about Moishe because he cannot return to their condo. He gets upset each time they approach
it. What is a cat mama to do? Hannah is busy baking up Easter treats at The
Cookie Jar. The death of Mayor Bascomb
has a multitude of suspects (how did this man get elected). The investigation takes a backset to cooking,
baking, eating, coffee drinking, and chatting.
The mystery is simple and can easily be solved early in the story. I prefer a more complicated mystery, but this
whodunit does suit the book. I do feel
that the last several books in this series are not on par with the earlier ones
(like someone else is writing them). Recipes
are included for the various dishes whipped up in this tale. Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder is a story
for fans of the series who want to know how Hannah is faring after the death of
her husband and wish to catch up with gang in Lake Eden. Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder is a
lighthearted culinary cozy with a surfeit of suspects, a fearful feline, a
distraught sister, a scrumptious cheesecake, and a murdered mayor.
Kris
The Avid Reader
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