Gingerbread cookie murder

Gingerbread cookie murder

Joanne Fluke, 1943-

eAudio - 2010

In Joanne Fluke's "Gingerbread Cookie Murder," Hannah Swensen finds her neighbour Ernie Kusak with his head bashed in and sprawled on the floor of his condo next to an upended box of Hannah's Gingerbread Cookies - and discovers a flurry of murder suspects that is as long as her holiday shopping list. Jaine Austen, the heroine of Laura Levine's "The Dangers of Gingerbread Cookies," finds herself enlisted to help with her parents' retirement community's play "The Gingerbread Cookie That Saved Christmas". Playboy Dr. Preston McCay is playing the role of the gingerbread cookie when he "accidentally" falls to his death during the final act. Now Jaine must figure out if one of the d...octor's jealous lovers was capable of murder. In "Gingerbread Cookies and Gunshots" by Leslie Meier, when Lucy Stone discovers the body of Rick Juergens, whose five-year-old son Nemo disappeared, she senses foul play. Crumbs from a gingerbread cookie Lucy gave to Nemo are found in the back seat of Rick's car. With the hours quickly ticking till Christmas, Lucy races against the clock to find a killer before he strikes again.

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Subjects
Swensen, Hannah (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Bakers > Fiction.
Christmas stories.
Published
[United States] : Recorded Books, Inc 2010.
Language
English
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Main Author
Joanne Fluke, 1943- (-)
Corporate Author
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Other Authors
Laura Levine, 1943- (-), Leslie Meier
Edition
Unabridged
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Physical Description
1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 26 min.)) : digital
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN
9781461814634
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AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Fluke, Levine, and Meier each offer a yuletide whodunit treat in this entertaining follow-up to 2007's Candy Cane Murder. In Fluke's wry "Gingerbread Cookie Murder," Hannah Swensen of the Cookie Jar in Lake Eden, Minn., wants her neighbor Ernie Kusak to simply lower the volume on his too loud Christmas outdoor display, but she soon discovers Ernie with his head bashed in. In Levine's hilarious "The Dangers of Gingerbread Cookies," Jaine Austen's holiday stay at her parents' home in the Tampa Vistas retirement community is enlivened by the murder of elderly lothario Dr. Preston McCay, whose neck gets broken during his star turn in an amateur play called The Gingerbread Cookie That Saved Christmas. Rounding out the volume is Meier's less cheery but poignant "Gingerbread Cookies and Gunshots," about Maine reporter Lucy Stone's investigation of a four-year-old boy's disappearance. Recipes enhance two of the selections. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Review by Library Journal Review

These three short stories are each written by and feature a popular series detective of three different cozy mystery authors. Fluke's Hannah Swensen, Laura Levine's Jaine Austen, and Leslie Meier's Lucy Stone all face Christmas overload and horrible crimes. Family and old friends jump in to help or hinder as each amateur detective tries to solve her case before Christmas Day. All the stories are competently read by Suzanne Toren, who has narrated several of Fluke's previous titles for Recorded Books. Recommended for fans of these series and for anyone craving an auditory slice of Christmas plum pudding. ["Expect demand from fans of light and cozy series," read the review of the Kensington hc, LJ 10/1/10.-Ed.]-I. Pour-El, Des Moines Area Community Coll., Boone, IA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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