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is the seventeenth book in the Hannah Swensen series and features the usual cast of characters, I didn't read the previous book so I'm not sure if this one picks up right where it left off, but I didn't feel as though I was missing any important information.


The plot of this book was slightly different then almost every other book in this series because Hannah didn't just stumble on the body or one of her family members but instead she ran over it while driving her cookie truck.
Now Hannah is in trouble and going to be tried for vehicular manslaughter, The love triangle between Hannah, Mike and Norman is still ever present and there were a few side plots happening throughout the story, One being Hanna's mom getting married, and another of a lost runaway who returned home and suspicions were abound that she wasn't really the same girl who originally ran away.


All in all, it was a quick read but honestly it was very generic, Yes the plot was somewhat different at first, but in reality it all ended up the same way as the previous books, There are two things that really bothered me throughout the book, One being the way that Hannah and her sister refer to their mom, Constantly calling her "mother". Which is just odd to me, It sounds very "Psycho" to me and just shows their weird family dynamic, Another thing, after the accident where Hannah hit a human being, she wasn't really overly upset, At first she was, and yet within pages she was very worried about fufilling a pirate cookie order when she had NO idea how to do that, I mean really You effecitviely hit and killed a person and yet you are more worried about cookies It just fell flat for me and seemed a very odd reaction.
Lisa's reaction seemed more appropriate and she was only the passenger in the car,

The "love" triangle is just a completely bore at this point, There's not even any drama to it, or any sexiness either, Hannah just keeps referring to both men as her boyfriends and that she should choose but can't, ZZZZZZZ. Maybe make it a menage to shake things up a bit that's a joke of course,

Lastly, the ending of the book was bizarre, As in, there was no ending, Hannah was in the middle of musing about whether her case would really go to trial and then it just ended, Not even a cliffhanger IMO, it just stopped, I scanned to see if I missed a page or if it downloaded incorrectly, that's how odd the end felt, I'm not sure if the author was attempting a cliffhanger, but to me it just felt unfinished,

But anyway, I'm not sure about whether I will continue with the series or not, It just seemed like a chore to read this one but I also feel invested and want to know the ending since I've been reading them for so long, Time will tell.

Thanks to netgalley for providing me with a copy of this book to read and review, I enjoy both sides of Joanne Fluke's books the mystery and the recipes, Start with the lime and optional vodka cookie bars! An August rain storm brings branches crashing down onto roads and causes Hannah Swensen's truck to leave the country road and hit a person.
She's understandably distraught.

Three Minnesota sisters run the Cookie Jar store and coffee shop and stumble over more than their share of murders, Now Hannah's an unintentional killer, Previously the ladies' main concern was arranging their notoriously picky mother's wedding she keeps changing her mind about everything, The dead man was not known locally and after the autopsy, Hannah is charged with vehicular homicide, and locked in jail,

Hannah's family and friends rally around to learn who the man was and what he was doing on the country road, Supplies like food, blankets and a romance manuscript which her mother is sure she'll be delighted to proofread, pass the time, The intrepid investigators ascertain that the dead man's shirt had a blackberry stain, and a local lady had a blackberry pie stolen off her windowsill as it cooled, What else can they discover

Readers may find certain turns of phrase too cute, such as "Norman was a great kittydaddy", I also thought it was too steep to say "After two gruelling days in the cell" when Hannah had been treated with courtesy and allowed family visits, The story is light enough but Hannah rethinks her refusal to marry, on the basis that her gentleman friend is there when she needs him, Recipes are easycook, for those who don't bake often, Cream cheese and herb scones sound scrumptious, As for the ballshaped cookies with edible treats in the centre that's a must for a kids' party!

Fans and new readers alike should enjoy this cosy culinary crime story.

Blackberry Pie Murder is the seventeenth book in the Hannah Swenson series by Joanne Fluke, And Hannah still cannot decide between Mike and Norman, Really this is all a little too silly,

As always the recipes make the book, The story is fine. All the regular characters are there, If you are a fan of the series then I'm sure you'll enjoy this latest offering, I have all of the books in this series, This one was a huge disappointment, When I'm reading a book, especially a mystery I expect that the book will have a conclusion, I turned the page to read the next chapter, only to find a index to the recipes in the book, The recipes were also disappointing,
This is the last Joanne Fluke book I will purchase, Seriously Does anyone ever read what their friends have to say about the books they've read I really doubt that very many people care enough about what their friends are reading to take the time to actually read through the review that was so carefully written.


On the off chance that someone does give a flying fck about what I have read, this is what I thought about the Blackberry Pie Murder: I liked it more than the last two books in the series combined.
The last two were such crap that I nearly decided to stop reading any future books in the series, I am glad that I did take one last chance with Joanne Fluke, though, She seems to have found her voice again, I felt that the characters were much more entertaining and, even though I had an idea what was going to happen, I did not know for sure, In short, it kept me guessing and that is important, This book felt like it was written with the love and care needed for a story to properly engage the reader, I am already looking forward to the next Hanna Swensen mystery, I have been a Hannah Swensen fan since the Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder was originally released! I was a senior in high school, and am now in mys if that tells you how long Ive been following this saga! While I still enjoy aspects, the series is tired and Im ready for Hannah to pick between Mike and Norman which isnt even really a question anymore, since the men have become besties themselves! and settle down into a nice, quiet, murder free life.


That said Blackberry Pie came with a new twist, Hannah is now the one and only murder suspect, And She actually did it! As we find out in the first few pages and the blurb so I dont consider it to be a spoiler! The fresh twist, and the idea that Hannah actually did commit the murder made this book a bit more interesting than its predecessors! Although it still had the same old predictability.


I do have a rant Joanne Fluke left a cliffhanger, She left a major plot point unanswered, And that drives me nuts, no matter

who the author or what the subject! But even moreso in this case, because there is no inclination of when bookwill be released!

The whole Mike and Norman thing is getting a bit tired, and I dont really see chemistry anywhere anymore.
And despite that time in the book world moves slower, its beenyears and she still has barely kissed either of them!! Im sorry, but no man is sticking around that long.
LOL!! But as a romance fan, it appears that Fluke has taken all of the romance out of these books, minus the occasional hint that she cant pick between the two.
Which is a huge disappointment to me!

All in all I give this bookhearts for the new twist and the delicious recipes! I am eating the toast cups as I sip my morning coffee and type this review! Joanne Flukes twenty novels about bakery owner / amateur sleuth Hannah Swensen have become less and less interesting.
In fact, I could not force myself to finish this one,

Hannah is the Jessica Fletcher of Lake Eden, Minnesota, She and her family members have found so many dead bodies that the local newspaper prints an article pointing out that the Swensens have not found a corpse in four months.
Well, you know what that means!

Do you remember the essay in which Mark Twain listed James Fenimore Coopers literary offenses I could probably write just as long a list about Joanne Fluke, but instead I will mention only my top three peeves.


Tedious exposition. Fluke needs to put Lisa into Annas truck, The simple explanation that Lisa is having her car worked on takes almost a full page, Another writer could succinctly set the scene of rain so intense that visibility is limited, but Fluke describes the rain and booming thunder and blinding lightning over and over, When Hannah is in jail, “the only thing she could do was pace across the floor Where else could one pace in a jail cell, and thats what Hannah did until Rick came back ten minutes later.
” Enough examples.

Tedious love triangle, Since the early books of this series, Hannah has been torn between the devoted, reliable, sensitive dentist Norman “She really ought to marry Norman, He made her feel wonderful and he was perfect for her, ” and the touchyfeely, sexy, rakish policeman Mike “, . . Hannah dated Mike occasionally and, . . felt a surge of excitement when she saw him, ”. Hannahs indecision has become annoying, She and Stephanie Plum need counseling about relationships, I used to prefer Norman because he seems like a longtime keeper, but Ive started to doubt his common sense, What man would tolerate being second place so often

Tedious mother, In the early books, Hannahs mother Delores amused me with her neediness and extravagance, Those characteristics have worn thin, Now, Delores seems a little deranged, For her upcoming wedding, she has left the arrangements to her daughters, except that Delores has vetoed every color scheme and menu that they have suggested, Why doesnt she just say what she wants

Blackberry Pie Murder is the last Joanne Fluke novel I will pull from a library shelf, .