Publisher's Weekly Review
Veteran narrator Toren draws on her special gift for dialogue in the audio edition of the latest installment in Fluke's popular series describing the adventures of Hannah Swensen, a smalltown Minnesota baker/sleuth. Toren does an effective job of moving the often over-the-top events along, but the highlight is her ability to capture the nuances of individual characters and the speech patterns and flavor of the region. Her turn as Hannah's high-strung and high-maintenance mother certainly delivers palpable energy and enthusiasm, whether she's fretting over the details of her upcoming wedding or visiting Minneapolis with her daughter to solve the sordid prostitution case at the heart of the story. Toren even takes pains to voice the distinctive meows of Hannah's cat. She also handles the recipe segments at the end of each chapter with a pleasant conversational tone. A Kensington hardcover. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Library Journal Review
Fluke adds another cliff-hanger installment to Hannah Swensen's adventures (after Red Velvet Cupcake Murder). Here, Hannah is responsible for the vehicular manslaughter of a John Doe. The man was lying half dead in the road during a storm when Hannah ran over him. Horrified, she wants to know everything about him, particularly why he was in Lake Eden. Meanwhile, a friend of Michelle's is in another sticky situation. The friend's long-lost sister has just returned, but she doesn't pass the smell test. Is there a connection between John Doe and the "sister"? While Hannah wraps up the mysteries neatly, her own case is not so easily dismissed. She killed a man, and she's going to have to face the consequences. Suzanne Toren infuses the requisite drama and humor into the quirky characters, but at this point the recipes would be better served by a pdf rather than a reading. Verdict Series collections shouldn't miss.-Jodi L. Israel, Birmingham, AL (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
