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Apple Turnover Murder (Hannah Swensen Mysteries)

Description

It's June in Lake Eden, Minnesota, and for Hannah Swensen, that means bridal showers galore, plus a massive fundraising event in need of confections - not to mention a killer who never learned that charity begins at home...Early summer brings plenty of work for Hannah, even before Mayor Bascomb's wife drops by The Cookie Jar to place an order...for eleven-hundred cookies! Stephanie Bascomb is organizing an elaborate three-day event to support local charities, and though it's a worthy cause, Hannah almost flips when her business partner, Lisa, suggests setting up an apple turnover stand. Hannah's never made a turnover - but, pushover that she is, she places her faith in Lisa's mother-in-law's recipe and agrees to be a magician's assistant in the fundraiser's talent show...Dozens of pastries and one hideous purple dress later, Hannah has to admit that stepping out of her comfort zone has been fun as well as profitable. The only snag is the show's host, community college professor Bradford Ramsey. Hannah and her younger sister Michelle each had unfortunate romantic relationships with Ramsey, and when the cad comes sniffing around between acts, Hannah tells him off. But when the curtain doesn't go up, she discovers Ramsey backstage - dead as a doornail with a turnover in his hand...Now, to protect her reputation and Michelle's, Hannah must get to the bottom of the professor's bitter end. There are plenty of scorned suspects, including an ex-wife who feels cheated in more ways than one, and a prominent local who may have been using Ramsey to avenge her own randy spouse. But who was unstable enough to snuff out Professor Love? A killer who's flakier than puff pastry - and far more dangerous...

Reviews

Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2010-09-06
Summary: "This series needs something to jump start it again."

The mystery itself was well plotted with discretely placed clues, all of which were pertinent to the solution. One did not come away feeling "cheated" by a last minute plot manipulation to achieve an improbable dénouement. That said, I was still a little disappointed overall. There were few surprises except that Michelle had actually had had a relationship with Hannah's old flame. Quite frankly I doubted whether that would actually have happened. Having listened to a young woman speak in scorn of thirty-something suitors recently, I strongly suspect that Hanna's "attractive older guy," which is probably what he was to the infatuated Hannah at the time, would have been just an "old guy" to her much younger sister when she came across him. His Byronic approach certainly didn't seem to carry any weight with all of the female characters.

I was a little disappointed by the lack of ancillary character participation. It was almost as if the people of Lake Eden had gotten bored with solving murders, though it was good to see that they continued to live and enjoy their own lives. Both "love interests" of the main character seem to have gotten tired of Hannah's refusal to make a choice between them or to commit certainly to a permanent relationship of any kind in the future. Maybe they and she need to accept that she might not be the marrying kind. One can't help but feel they've decided to get on with their own lives.

In looking at this lengthy series and comparing it with other mysteries where romance is part of the theme, I wonder if it isn't a flaw in the genre itself. Romance lovers require a "happily ever after" sort of ending, but few romances are more than one novel in length. This genre simply starts with another Cinderella and another Prince Charming with new trials and tribulations to be overcome. The audience seems insatiable for the mood swings inherent to this type of literature and are totally indifferent to the actual lives of the lovers once the pair becomes a married couple. One has only to look at the classics like Austin's Pride And Prejudice or the Bonte sisters' Wuthering Heights (Norton Critical Editions) and Jane Eyre, let alone the legions of grocery check out romances, to know that.

The murder mystery genre tends to lend itself to series of novels peopled by characters with whom the reader becomes familiar and whose daily lives are a matter of interest to them. It is expected that they evolve over time. Certainly Ms Fluke's Swenson family is engaging in this manner. Each is an individual, each interacts in distinctive ways with the others, each has limitations and strengths that are unique to them. Adding a romance to a murder mystery that just goes on and on through the series without actually leading anywhere, gets to be boring and/or frustrating after a while. I'm left wondering, as I do with Inspector Jury mysteries, The Man with a Load of Mischief, and with the Morse mysteries, The First Inspector Morse Omnibus: The Dead of Jericho, Service of All the Dead, the Silent World of Nicholas Quinn, why the character doesn't "get a life" or at least seek psychological counseling. It's not even that it "can't be done," because Dorothy Sayers managed to bring Lord Peter and Harriet Vane Lord Peter : The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories together, Ngaio Marsh brought Inspector Alleyn and Agatha Troy together, Enter A Murderer (Roderick Alleyn Mysteries), and Marjorie Allingham, after a first failed love (she died I believe), managed to bring Albert Campion and his lady love together, More Work for the Undertaker (Albert Campion Mystery). If these writers can do it, Ms Fluke can do it; just get on with it. There has to be life after marriage, otherwise why would anyone do it?

I enjoyed some of the recipes, but it seems to me that they have ceased to be a fun, unique little gift to the reader and have become almost all there is to the story. Like some other mystery series, especially M. C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin, The Quiche of Death (Agatha Raisin Mysteries, No. 1), and Lillian Jackson Braun's Cat Who... stories,The Cat Who Talked Turkey (Cat Who...), eating seems to be the only thing the characters do together. Admittedly in this instance eating might be expected to occur, after all the central character is the owner of a bakery coffee shop, but it's getting to be more and more of a preoccupation, almost an obsession. I felt like I was reading a cookbook with a bit of narrative about murder thrown in for good measure. If a reader skipped all the narrative involving baking, cooking, dining, and other eating references, he or she could probably read the book in about an hour and a half. Reading all of it took me about four hours. That's sad. Although the author is actually quite good at narrative description, she seems to be using food and its consumption as a way of avoiding other venues for information exchange but which would require more verbal effort. It seems as though other characters bring information they've discovered about the murder to the central character at this one already thoroughly described location, which admittedly eliminates the need for her to do all the sleuthing herself, but which over the course of the series, seems to have become the primary way of solving a mystery. In short it's a bit lazy.

Only some of the usual characters appear in the novel, Hannah's sisters and mother appear often, though Mike and Norman make a presence only very peripheral to the action, and when they do seem almost dispirited. It's as though they know they really aren't need. Unlike some of the earlier novels, few really eccentric characters are introduced and little of the levity and comedy these have introduced in the past are apparent in this book. The new character I enjoyed the most was little Dillon, a puppy. The best represented old character was precocious Tracy, Hannah's young niece. That's sad.

This series needs something to jump start it again.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-25
Summary: "Another Winner for Joanna Fluke!"

Another great Hannah Swenson series book! I own and have read them all and I love them. It doesn't bother me that Hannah hasn't made up her mind about which boy friend she wants to marry. I love the small town charm that Joanna Fluke does so well along with the mystery and of course all of those yummy recipes! It is a very enjoyable easy read that will keep you wanting more. Can't wait for the next book in the series!

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-15
Summary: "Turnover "Twist's""

I think I enjoyed reading the wonderful 5-Star review's for Apple Turnover, more than any I'd read before. I heartily agree with all of these readers. I've read every book in the series,have given all of them 5 Star's,and this one is no exception. I don't have to outline the plot, because others have already done that even better than I could. But I want to congratulate Joanne for ANOTHER incredibly entertaining book. I can't play favorites, because every book in the series has it's own special plusses. But I have to say that this one was really dynamite! A change from what I expected. Even more mystery, twist's and turns, than usual. And a suprise "attitude" from our gal Hannah. I can't wait to read the next full-length offering, and in the meantime am bouncing up and down waiting for the release of Gingerbread Cookie Murder (a 3-author book with Mses. Fluke, Levine, and Meier.) I've Pre-Ordered on Amazon, and can't wait to get it. But I really need my next all-Hannah fix. This is a series that you can enter at any time. You'll immediately become acquainted with all of the Lake Eden characters. Read whatever you find first, and then treat yourself to start at the beginning with Book One: Chocolate Chip Murder, and collect every one forward. Joanne Fluke is an exceptional writer. and has fans aged from teen's to Twilight years. GREAT READING for all. I eagerly await the next one. What new surprises (and yummy recipe's) are in store?

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-08-15
Summary: "apple turnover murder"

a fun mystery with sweet characters
and sweeter recipes
a truly delicious book

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-07-25
Summary: "Fluke does it again"

As usual, Joanne Fluke has written another spellbinder. She has you so engrossed in what is happening that you do not want to put it down.