Fudge Cupcake Murder

By: Joanne Fluke

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Bakery owner Hannah Swensen just can’t keep her hands out of the batter when murder stirs things up in Lake Eden, Minnesota, leaving the sheriff dead, a deputy accused, and a killer on the loose …

For Hannah, life seems to be lacking a certain flavor lately. Maybe it’s the local sheriff’s election that’s got her down. For years, Sheriff Grant’s been the iron hand in town. But now, Hannah’s brother-in-law, Bill, is giving the old blowhard the fight of his long, dubious career—and Grant’s not taking it well, especially once the polls show Bill pulling ahead.

But before anyone can taste victory, Hannah makes a very unappetizing discovery: Sheriff Grant’s body in the dumpster behind the high school where she’s teaching her cooking class. Worse, the poor man still has fudge frosting on his shirt from one of her cupcakes.

The number one—and only—suspect is Bill, but Hannah’s not swallowing it. Plenty of people had reason to hate Sheriff Grant. Soon, Hannah’s dishing up scandalous secrets, steaming hot betrayals, and enough intrigue to keep the gossip mill at The Cookie Jar going through several pots of decaf. And the closer Hannah gets to the truth, the closer she gets to smoking out a murderer with a very nasty recipe for silencing people …

INCLUDES TEN ORIGINAL DESSERT RECIPES FOR YOU TO TRY!

“For fans of culinary mysteries.”—Library Journal

“Scrumptious.”—Publishers Weekly

Download more of Hannah Swensen's tasty mysteries.©2004 Joanne Fluke (P)2004 Recorded Books

Critic reviews

"[A] delightful sleuth." (Publishers Weekly)

Yummy good mystery

The ‘cupcake’ of a simmering romance with the super sweet ‘frosty’ murder mystery’ is delicious with numerous ingredients of hometown personalities. Delightful!

Delicious !

This book has everything, romance, murder, cats and family besides delicious recipes for cookies and muffins. Enjoy !

Omg

I really love these books and the suspense that goes along with it when Hannah gets herself into trouble.

light hearted and simple

Good for a simple afternoon when you don't want to think to hard and just want to be entertained. I seem to turn to Joanne Fluke when I need some light hearted entertainment. Occasionally books seems very innocent and characters somewhat naive, which is hard to do when the main subject is supposed to be murder but Hanna Swenson just seems to find herself in the wrong place at the wrong time all the time. Plus, I always wind up hungry and wanting to bake which I is not like me at all normally. Those recipes sometimes make the book, but sometimes it is tedious having to listen to the narrator give all the variations for a single recipe.

Fun Story

I have listened to Hanna Swenson series by Joanne Fluke. 3 times. It’s like hearing it for the first time each time I re-listen.