Joanne Fluke Christmas Bundle:
Four book anthology of Christmas themed stories.
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Sugar cookie murder by Joanne Fluke
Have read all the other books in this series and was happy to find one I hadn't read.
This one we find Hannah of the Cookie Jar is competing in the Christmas party and providing some food. There will be a contest and she's compiling Lake Eden Cookbook of recipes from those who live there.
This is also the book Andrea, her sister is pregnant. Special knife is missing and they think the cake knife may be on another table of food. They soon find out where it is and then Hannah goes into investigation mode
with others to question those who might know something about the murder. The crowd also gets snowed in...
Lots of recipes at the end.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
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Candy Cane Murder by Joanne Fluke
Love this book because it not only is about the Christmas holiday but there are 3 stories in total, with recipes.
The murder/mystery parts are just the added topping to make these a good gift for anyone this year.
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Hannah is helping Santa pass out gifts to the children and is dressed up in an elf costume.
Santa is very hoarse but makes it through the presents. He doesn't make it through the night.
Her sister and family come to aid her in gathering information as to who killed Santa.
.Love logic they use. Love the ability to swap out ingredients to make your own cookies.
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danger of candy canes by laura laveen
Los Angeles around Christmas: A man dies when he is stringing up Christmas candy cane.
Jane's cat Prozac hates holidays and destroys everything to do with it.
She starts investigating about the roof-he forgot to pay his insurance premiums.
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LA girlfriends is a mentoring program that Jane looks into while asking neighbors about the
man who fell off his roof. It is a program where a woman is hooked up with a girl without a
mother and they do fun things together. They head to Santa Monica pier-I visited there once
several years ago, quite fascinating. Things get worse as the hour goes by.
Back to the investigation: the neighbors name others as being an enemy so she's got a lot
more people to talk to. She's very crafty when it comes to getting information that is useful.
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candy canes of Christmas past by leslie myers
Lucy and Bill in their house in Maine with Toby their child
Mrs. Telly, whose oven they used to make Christmas cookies, Lucy gave her a glass candy cane and they talked of things that happened in the past. Lucy hopes to find out what happened to her mother, could've been TB.
Bill is fixing up the house to save money from having a contractor do it.
The tradition to read a story every Christmas makes her cry as her mom sent her to book.
Spritz pressed cookies, handmade crochet afghans, open houses are just some of the things that occur in the New England area around the holidays.
Lucy gets the older people to help her solve the mystery by listening to stories they have of days gone by.
After Bill almost burns the house down they are consiering going back to New York as they can't make a go of it there.
The neighbors come to the rescue and even his parents help in a way they had no idea was much needed.
She solves the mystery from a book her husband gave her

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Plum Pudding Murder by Joanne Fluke
Love this series and this one is about Larry who runs the crazy elf Christmas lot. Lots of suspects in town and some mysteries surrounding the mayor, Norman's mother, Carey keeps declining others dropping by or going out with them,
Hannah's ex professor who she had romantic encounter with years ago is now her sister Michelle's friend, and Larry's ex wife teaches at the local college
Hannah takes it upon herself to help question others and put the pieces together. She is providing food for her friends upcoming wedding.
With Christmas things are very busy. Hannah discovers his body and figures he's running the business in the red and figures also that his ex wife might want to do him in also.
Recipes for Christmas dinner are included along with ones in chapters. Love catching up with the townsfolk and finding out what they are up to.
I received this book from The Kennsington Books in exchange for my honest review
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Gingerbread Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke and others
This is an anthology of three different mysteries. Summary of the books and about the authors are included.
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Gingerbread Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
She has promised reindeer cookies for her sister's class...the music from next door is getting to her and she gives Ernie some cookies and he promises to turn music down...
Norman rescues her for dinner and takes her cat to his house as the noise is too loud for her.
Back after dinner, Mike shows up and he turns off electric and they find the dead man in his apartment.
His ex wife lives in her own condo there and had a key...
Older book as Norman's associate Beverly has yet to arrive so he can take off more days to paint.
Lot of the regulars are in this book and I'm very familiar with them.
Hannah asks a lot of people about the man as she collects clues as to who could've murdered him.
Amazing how things play out, so unexpected!
Includes lots of recipes.
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Danger of Gingerbread Cookies by Laura Levine
Felt really lost with the characters of this story, maybe have read a book of hers about 20 years ago.
Women are eating and they realize they are all engaged to Preston and he claims he never asked them to marry him.
Next morning she leaves her cat at home with her mother and heads to do some exercise, walking and then breakfast.
Her father has a Christmas tree that's missing the top tier and he puts the remote on and it twirls and then falls down.
Jaine starts questioning others to find out who the murderer is...
Her dad wants to help her, as an accessory...he trails her around town...
Some scenes are very comical, includes recipes.
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Gingerbread Cookies and Gunshots by Leslie Meier
This story is about a child that is missing and his father is also til they find the father and he's dead.
Lucy Stone is finding out answers to the questions and figures out who had a hand in it.
Recipes included. Love what happens Christmas morning.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device). ( )

This set was my first real foray into cozy mysteries and I enjoyed the holiday reads. I'll likely be seeking out more Joanne Fluke and Laura Levine soon. ( )