History Literature / HannahSwensen

* NotHisSled: In ''Lemon Meringue Pie Murder'', the culprit of the book was [[spoiler:Jed Sawyer]]. In the movie, he is the prime suspect due to one of his tools being the murder weapon, but the killer is actually [[spoiler:Johanna Grimes]].

* ShovelStrike: Delores does this to [[spoiler: Douglas]] as he's trying to get away in ''Peach Cobbler Mystery''.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Subverted with Sheriff Grant. Since the books were adapted out of order, he appears in the third film, which is based on book 7... and then dies in the fourth film, which is based off book 5, where he's the lead murder victim of the story in both the book and film.

* #13: ''Apple Turnover Murder'' (February 2010)

* InNameOnly: ''Carrot Cake Murder'' bears no resemblance to the book it gets it's name from. This one has Hannah solving a decades old murder after stumbling across a skeleton. There is no mention of Gus Klein, no trace of Herb, no ice picks to the heart, nothing.

* DropTheHammer: Boyd Watson is killed with a ball-peen hammer to the back of the head in book 2 (''Strawberry Shortcake Murder'').

The Hannah Swensen Mysteries is a CozyMystery novel series written by Joanne Fluke (pen name of Joanne Fischmann). It was later adapted into a series of five films, which debuted on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel, with Alison Sweeney as Hannah and Cameron Mathison as Mike Kingston. The film's went into a hiatus until 2021, when a sixth and later 7th film were made.

Hannah Swensen is a local Minnesota woman who runs her own bakery. She struggles with normal everyday tasks such as filling out orders, spending time her family and dating two wonderful men. However, she also participates in solving local murder cases, which have a strange habit of involving her delicious pastries.

* #4: ''Lemon Meringue Pie Murder'' (2003)[[note]] Adapted into the eighth film, "A Zest for Death" (October 2023)[[/note]]

* #4: ''Lemon Meringue Pie Murder'' (2003)[[note]] Adapted into the eighth film, "A Zest for Death"[[/note]] (October 2023)

* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: In ''Strawberry Shortcake Murder'', Boyd Watson was killed by a single blow to the back of his head from a ball peen hammer. In ''Just Desserts'' Leonard Bishop is killed by being hit with a pickup truck, and then smothered with a jersey when that didn't kill him. That could ''not'' have been fun.

* #4: ''Lemon Meringue Pie Murder'' (2003)[[note]] Adapted into the eighth film, "A Zest for Death" (October 2023)

* #4: ''Lemon Meringue Pie Murder'' (2003)

** In "Caramel Pecan Roll Murder," [[spoiler: the killer is Janette Wallace, mother of the victim Sonny Bowman's fiancée Lily. She realizes that the alcoholic, womanizing Sonny will ruin her daughter's life if she marries him, but LoveMartyr Lily refuses to leave him, so she shoots him.]]

** Subverted early in book 16 (''Red Velvet Cupcake Murder''). When Barbara Donnelley takes her fall off the top of the Albion Hotel, people believe she was pushed. It turns out she actually jumped in an attempt to escape her attacker.

The Hannah Swensen Mysteries is a CozyMystery novel series written by Joanne Fluke (pen name of Joanne Fischmann). It was later adapted into a series of five films, which debuted on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel, with Alison Sweeney as Hannah and Cameron Mathison as Mike Kingston. A sixth film was later made in 2021.

* #10: ''Carrot Cake Murder'' (2008) [[note]] Adapted into the 7th film, "Carrot Cake Murder" (May 2023)

* #10: ''Carrot Cake Murder'' (2008)