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Candy Cane Murder

Written by: Joanne Fluke, Leslie Meier, Laura Levine
Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
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Publisher's Summary

Tis the season for trimming the tree, caroling, baking cookies, and curling up by the Yuletide waiting for Santa to drop down the chimney. But in this festive collection of holiday whodunits, murder is also paying a visit.

"Candy Cane Murder" by Joanne Fluke.

When a trail of candy canes leads to a corpse outfitted in a Santa suit on a snowy bank, Hannah Swensen sets out to discover who killed Kris Kringle.

"The Dangers of Candy Canes" by Laura Levine.

A wealthy suburbanite takes a lethal tumble off his roof while installing a giant candy cane. Now it's up to Jaine Austen to sift through a long list of scheming neighbors with dirty secrets in their stockings to expose a murderer.

"Candy Canes of Christmas Past" by Leslie Meier.

Lucy Stone must learn the mystery of a glass candy cane that was found smashed to bits by a corpse's body to unlock the doors of Christmas past - and find a killer who got away with murder.

©2007 Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine, Leslie Meier (P)2016 Recorded Books

What the critics say

"Like a box of holiday chocolates, this recipe-studded assortment gives all readers a crack at their favorites." ( Kirkus Reviews)
"Entertaining...a sweet holiday treat for mystery lovers." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Delicious...will have your mouth watering." ( Romantic Times)

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Baked goods

The mystery itself is quite okay it the number of recipes distracts from the story. The recipes the,selves sound tasty but I found they dragged the story onto almost losing interestin the story.






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Series is tiresome. Anti-fat bias STRONG.

When I start a series, I try to stick with it. These books are compelling with the added recipes throughout... this sparked my interest. The repetitiveness of the "murder" and "story" formulae is exhausted at this point.

The anti-fat bias is consistent. In a series that is around a 'heroine' who owns a bakery... it's a bit much.
When the first guest author at the end of the book started in on it, I had had enough. I turned it off.
It's to the point of obsessive the way Joanne Fluke references weight, it is beyond having an agitating character who mentions it. It is mentioned in every chapter, by numerous characters, and is never dismissed as inappropriate or unwanted commentary. It's the tertiary theme in a murder/mystery with recipes. (Think about that for a second. This book has so-called romantic interests, yet weight is more consistently addressed than any of these romantic interests.)
What is this, the ninth book? I just can't anymore. The toxicity has exhausted my tolerance.

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loved the theme of the novellas

they were good stories but wouldn't listen to again. good as stand alone Christmas murder mysteries. you can read them without reading the previous books I. the series.

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