Book #70 - The Plum Pudding Murder by Joanne Fluke

I was pleasantly surprised with this book. Like the previous in this series, it is light-hearted and fairly suspenseful. Previous books always started with Hannah Swensen (local busy-body) finding a dead body within the first 2 chapters. However, the author mixed it up this time. It took nearly 200 pages for the murder to happen because the author used a little flash back flash forward to tell the story. It made it far less redundant. Ended with another near-death experience for the heroine and of course she helped catch the bad guy. Book was again loaded with new recipes for cookies and other treats, and I have to say that I was for the first time enticed enough by three of them to run copies and perhaps try them.

Book #14 - Cream Puff Murder by Joanne Fluke

So if you haven't figured out the pattern by now, here it is. One heavy, intense book followed by a brainless, forgettable book. It helps me to keep from having emotional meltdowns every book I read. This is the eleventh book of the series starring Hannah, the cookie store owner. She is the ultimate busy body. Every book, there is a murder in their small town, and Hannah is always involved with finding the body and capturing the bad guy. This book was funny because literally every person in the town was coming to her asking her to solve the case (even the local police). It was like the Scooby Doo Gang. She solved another one, managed to dodge having to chose between the two men who have proposed to her, and created a half a dozen new cookie recipies. It was good. Not profound or life changing, but entertaining none-the-less.