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Discover the delicious mystery that started it all! No one cooks up a delectable, suspense-filled mystery quite like Hannah Swensen, Joanne Fluke’s dessert-baking, red-haired heroine whose gingersnaps are as tart as her comebacks, and whose penchant for solving crimes—one delicious... read more
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Summary
For Hannah Swensen, the owner of a local cookie shop in small town called Lake Enden, it is just another day at The Cookie Jar until she discovers a local delivery boy murdered behind her shop, in the middle of eating one of her famous cookies. She immediately notifies Bill Todd, her... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Hannah Swensen: Owner of The Cookie Jar cookie shop.
- Moishe: Hannah's cat
- Delores Swenson: Hannah's busy-body mother
- Norman Rhodes: local dentist, new to town
- Ron LaSalle: delivery truck driver for Cozy Cow Dairy, murder victim
- Claire Rodgers: owns the local dress shop, Beau Monde Fashions
- Lisa Herman: works at The Cookie Jar as a waitress and baker
- Andrea Todd: Hannah's sister, real estate agent with Lake Eden Realty
- Bill Todd: Andrea’s husband, Winnetka County deputy sheriff
- Del Woodley: owner of DelRey Manufacturing
- Benton Woodley: Del and Judith Woodley's son, home from college
- Judith Woodley: Del Woodley's wife, socialite
- Max Turner: owner of the Cozy Cow Dairy
- Betty Jackson: Max Turner's secretary
- Mike Kingston: new deputy with the sheriff's department
- Coach Watson: High school football coach
- Danielle Watson: Coach Watson's wife
First Sentence
Hannah Swensen slipped into the old leather bomber jacket that she'd rescued from the Helping Hands thrift store and reached down to pick up the huge orange tomcat that was rubbing against her ankles.
Table of Contents
Series
This is book 1 in the Hannah Swensen Mysteries series.
Authors & Contributors
- Joanne Fluke (Author)
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