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Works by Joanne Fluke

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
Book One in the Hannah Swensen Mystery Series
Type of work: Novel
Published by: Kensington Books, 4/00 (hardcover); 2/01 (paperback)
ISBN: 1-57566-524-7 (hardcover); 0-75820-230-X (paperback)
Setting: Small town Minnesota, winter, present.
Brief plot description: Take one murdered milkman, add eccentric Minnesota
locals and you have a case for the cookie-baking amateur sleuth whose
retorts are as sharp as the blade on her food processor.
Character notes: Like her sleuth, Joanne Fluke grew up in small town
Minnesota and she insists that the mosquito is not the state bird. She
holds a degree in psychology and has written 35 novels to date, most of
them set in her home state.
Other notes: This mystery is also a cookbook and contains seven original
cookie recipes.

Strawberry Shortcake Murder
Book Two in the Hannah Swensen Mystery Series
Type of work: Novel
Published by: Kensington Books 3/01 (hardcover); 2/02 (paperback)
ISBN: 1-57566-644-8 (hardcover); 1-57566-721-5 (paperback)
Setting: Small town Minnesota, winter, present.
Brief plot description: Hannah judges the Hartland Flour Dessert Bake-Off and
finds one "killer" recipe on the menu.
Character notes: Like her sleuth, Joanne Fluke grew up in small town
Minnesota where it's geographically impossible to live more than ten miles
from a lake. She holds a degree in psychology and has written 37 novels to
date, most of them set in her home state.
Other notes: This mystery is also a cookbook and contains seven original
cookie and dessert recipes.

Blueberry Muffin Murder
Book Three in the Hannah Swensen Mystery Series
Type of work: Novel
Published by: Kensington Books, 3/02
ISBN: 1-57566-707-X
Setting: Small town Minnesota, winter, present.
Brief plot description: Hannah is barred from her cookie shop when it's
designated as a crime scene. The murder victim is Connie Mac, the midwest's
most popular cooking show host and lifestyle maven, who's come to town for
Lake Eden's Winter Carnival.
Character notes: Like her sleuth, Joanne Fluke grew up in small town
Minnesota, where the temperature inside your freezer can be 50 degrees
warmer than the winter air outside. She holds a degree in psychology and has
written 38 novels to date, most of them set in her home state.
Other notes: This mystery is also a cookbook and contains eight original cookie and
dessert recipes.


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Last updated: January 16, 2002