Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke, 1587247283, Lowest Book Price Finder

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Ok, but not as good as Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

I won't go into detail about the plot as Mark Baker has already done that...
I really enjoyed the first book in this series (The Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder.) The series has a warm homely type feel and are really nice light reading.
Unfortunately, I found this one dragged a bit. It was a bit predictable and I've found that Joanne Fluke has a tendancy to repeat phrases, which becomes really irritating after a while (especially if you read the books quickly, I guess you notice it more!)She also tends to spell out the obvious.It would be nice if the reader was given a little more credit for their understanding, after all the plots aren't that difficult to follow!
On the whole, worth reading but a bit of a dip if you look at the series as a whole.

A delicious mystery

Hannah Swenson is back and ready for more action. When her friend Danielle Watson calls and asks Hannah to come over, she is surprised to find that Danielle's husband Boyd has been murdered in their garage. The police suspect Danielle because of Boyd's abusive history. But Hannah is convinced that she's innocent and starts her own investigation. While staying a step ahead of the police, Hannah finds blackmail, town secrets, and a second body. But can she find the killer before he or she decides Hannah knows too much?

I was slightly disappointed with this book. I saw several plot points coming long before they did. Also, I would have liked to see more of Hannah's family and friends. These wonderful characters helped make the first book for me, but they had a significantly smaller roll here.

Still, the overall mystery and motives were great. And I loved seeing the relationship between Hannah and her sister Andrea mature. These two provided some great laughs and smiles. The setting, Minnesota in December, was so vivid it made me shiver from cold. And it includes 7 more delicious sounding recipes including some I wished were in the first book.

I recommend this book and am looking forward to the next in this wonderful series, hopefully with a little more character development for the wonderful cast of supporting characters.

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