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* ''Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder'' (2001)
* ''Strawberry Shortcake Murder'' (2002)
* ''Blueberry Muffin Murder'' (2002)
* ''Lemon Meringue Pie Murder'' (2003)
* ''Fudge Cupcake Murder'' (2004)
* ''Sugar Cookie Murder'' (2004)
* ''Peach Cobbler Murder'' (2005)
* ''Cherry Cheesecake Murder'' (2006)
* ''Key Lime Pie Murder'' (2007)
* ''Candy Cane Murder'' (October 2007) (novella)
* ''Carrot Cake Murder'' (2008)
* ''Cream Puff Murder'' (March 2009)
* ''Plum Pudding Murder'' (October 2009)
* ''Apple Turnover Murder'' (February 2010)
* ''Gingerbread Cookie Murder'' (October 2010) (novella)
* ''Devil's Food Cake Murder'' (February 2011)
* ''Cinnamon Roll Murder'' (February 2012)
* ''Red Velvet Cupcake Murder'' (February 2013)
* ''Joanne Fluke’s LAKE EDEN COOKBOOK'' (September 2013)
* ''Blackberry Pie Murder'' (February 2014)
* ''Double Fudge Brownie Murder'' (February 2015)
* ''Wedding Cake Murder'' (February 2016)
* ''Christmas Caramel Murder'' (September 2016)
* ''Banana Cream Pie Murder'' (February 2017)
* ''Raspberry Danish Murder'' (February 2018)
* ''Christmas Cake Murder'' (September 2018) (prequel)
* ''Chocolate Cream Pie Murder'' (February 2019)

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* #1: ''Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder'' (2001)
* #2: ''Strawberry Shortcake Murder'' (2002)
* #3: ''Blueberry Muffin Murder'' (2002)
* #4: ''Lemon Meringue Pie Murder'' (2003)
* #5: ''Fudge Cupcake Murder'' (2004)
* #6: ''Sugar Cookie Murder'' (2004)
* #7: ''Peach Cobbler Murder'' (2005)
* #8: ''Cherry Cheesecake Murder'' (2006)
* #8.5: ''The Twelve Desserts of Christmas'' (November 2006) (novella)[[note]]Collected in the anthology ''Sugar and Spice'', along with three standalone stories by Fern Michaels, Beverly Barton and Shirley Jump.[[/note]]
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''Key Lime Pie Murder'' (2007)
* #9.5: ''Candy Cane Murder'' (October 2007) (novella)
(novella)[[note]]Collected in the anthology of the same name, along with ''Jaine Austen Mysteries #6.5: The Dangers of Candy Canes'' by Laura Levine and "Lucy Stone Mysteries #13.5: Candy Canes of Christmas Past'' by Leslie Meier.[[/note]]
* #10: ''Carrot Cake Murder'' (2008)
* #11: ''Cream Puff Murder'' (March 2009)
* #12: ''Plum Pudding Murder'' (October 2009)
* #13: ''Apple Turnover Murder'' (February 2010)
* #13.5: ''Gingerbread Cookie Murder'' (October 2010) (novella)
(novella)[[note]]Collected in the anthology of the same name, along with ''Jaine Austen Mysteries #9.5: The Dangers Of Gingerbread Cookies'' by Laura Levine and ''Lucy Stone Mysteries #16.5: Gingerbread Cookies and Gunshots'' by Leslie Meier.[[/note]]
* #14: ''Devil's Food Cake Murder'' (February 2011)
* #15: ''Cinnamon Roll Murder'' (February 2012)
* #16: ''Red Velvet Cupcake Murder'' (February 2013)
* #16.5: ''Joanne Fluke’s LAKE EDEN COOKBOOK'' (September 2013)
2013)[[note]]Collects a number of new and old recipes, interspersed with a new short story.[[/note]]
* #17: ''Blackberry Pie Murder'' (February 2014)
* #18: ''Double Fudge Brownie Murder'' (February 2015)
* #19: ''Wedding Cake Murder'' (February 2016)
* #20: ''Christmas Caramel Murder'' (September 2016)
* #21: ''Banana Cream Pie Murder'' (February 2017)
* #22: ''Raspberry Danish Murder'' (February 2018)
* #23: ''Christmas Cake Murder'' (September 2018) (prequel)
(prequel to series)
* #24: ''Chocolate Cream Pie Murder'' (February 2019)2019)
* #25: ''Coconut Cream Pie Murder'' (announced for February 2020)
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** Norman becomes one as well in ''Key Lime Pie Murder'' when he adopts a cat named Cuddles from one of Hannah's neighbors, who can't keep her due to allergies.
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* LoveTriangle: Hannah is involved in one with Norman Rhodes, the local dentist, and Mike Kingston, a detective from Minneapolis. It gets more complicated in "Cherry Cheesecake Murder" with the arrival of her old boyfriend Ross Barton, whom she eventually marries in "Wedding Cake Murder"... and then, soon after returning from the honeymoon in "Banana Cream Pie Murder", he mysteriously vanishes.

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* LoveTriangle: Hannah is involved in one with Norman Rhodes, the local dentist, and Mike Kingston, a detective from Minneapolis. It gets more complicated in "Cherry ''Cherry Cheesecake Murder" Murder'' with the arrival of her old boyfriend Ross Barton, whom she eventually marries in "Wedding ''Wedding Cake Murder"... Murder''... and then, soon after returning from the honeymoon in "Banana ''Banana Cream Pie Murder", Murder'', he mysteriously vanishes. [[spoiler:It's ultimately revealed at the end of ''Raspberry Danish Murder'' that he returned to his wife in Wisconsin, and that his marriage to Hannah wasn't legal.]]
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* BigEater: The volume of baked goods consumed each book is incredible, like how people can eat three muffins for breakfast, and then two cookie bars mid-morning, and then huge dinners and more dessert. Even the characters themselves are amazed at how much they eat.

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* BigEater: The volume of baked goods and coffee consumed each book is incredible, like how people can eat three muffins for breakfast, and then two cookie bars mid-morning, and then huge dinners and more dessert. Even the characters themselves are amazed at how much they eat.
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* ''Christmas Cake Murder'' (September 2018)

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* ''Christmas Cake Murder'' (September 2018)2018) (prequel)
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* BigEater: The volume of baked goods consumed each book is incredible, like how people can eat three muffins for breakfast and then two cookie bars mid morning and then huge dinners and more dessert. Even the characters themselves are amazed at how much they eat.

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* BigEater: The volume of baked goods consumed each book is incredible, like how people can eat three muffins for breakfast breakfast, and then two cookie bars mid morning mid-morning, and then huge dinners and more dessert. Even the characters themselves are amazed at how much they eat.



* FoodPorn: About desserts, every book.

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* FoodPorn: About For desserts, every book.
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* BigEater: The volume of baked goods consumed each book is incredible, like how people can eat three muffins for breakfast and then two cookie bars mid morning and then huge dinners and more dessert. Even the characters themselves are amazed at how much they eat.


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* FoodPorn: About desserts, every book.


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* SweetTooth: Many characters love The Cookie Jar's pastries.
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* "Candy Cane Murder" (October 2007) (novella)

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* "Candy ''Candy Cane Murder" Murder'' (October 2007) (novella)



* "Joanne Fluke’s LAKE EDEN COOKBOOK" (September 2013)

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* "Joanne ''Joanne Fluke’s LAKE EDEN COOKBOOK" COOKBOOK'' (September 2013)



* WeightWoe: There are times where Hannah has to struggle with her weight problems. Not that Norman and Mike mind at all.

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* WeightWoe: There are times where Hannah has to struggle with her weight problems. Not that Norman and Mike mind at all.all.
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* MayDecemberRomance: Norman is fifteen years older than Hannah.

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Norman is fifteen years older than Hannah.



* PromotedToLoveInterest: While he was already one of Hannah's boyfriends in the books, the movies are clearly leaning more towards Hannah and Mike. It's especially evident with the DVD covers, which show Hannah and Mike together, as well as the casting list, which has Mike's actor as second billing.



* ShipTease: The writers of the movies are leaning a lot more towards the Hannah/Mike pairing than Norman/Hannah.
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** [[spoiler:Winthrop undergoes one in the film adaptation of ''Peach Cobbler Murder''. In the book, he was a ruthless and greedy murderer who was involved in the death of Vanessa Quinn's husband and who tried to kill Vanessa just to keep her quiet about the murder. He also didn't love Delores and mocked her in front of her eldest daughter who he planned to kill. In the movie, Douglas/Bobby was a conman who was blackmailed by Vanessa into killing her husband and tried to kill Vanessa just so that he could live a happy life with Delores. He also saved Hannah from Vanessa's shot during the confrontation.]]
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* LoveTriangle: Hannah is involved in one with Norman Rhodes, the local dentist, and Mike Kingston, a detective from Minneapolis.

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* LoveTriangle: Hannah is involved in one with Norman Rhodes, the local dentist, and Mike Kingston, a detective from Minneapolis. It gets more complicated in "Cherry Cheesecake Murder" with the arrival of her old boyfriend Ross Barton, whom she eventually marries in "Wedding Cake Murder"... and then, soon after returning from the honeymoon in "Banana Cream Pie Murder", he mysteriously vanishes.

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* ''Christmas Cake Murder'' (September 2018)
* ''Chocolate Cream Pie Murder'' (February 2019)
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* MamaBear:
** In the climax of ''Peach Cobbler Murder'', Delores of all characters attacked the murderer when they threatened her eldest daughter.
** It's revealed in ''Cherry Cheesecake Murder'' that when [[spoiler:Winnie Henderson was younger, she killed her abusive second husband in order to protect her unborn child from his abuse.]]
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* ''Raspberry Danish Murder'' (February 2018)

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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: If you've read the books, then you know that Moishe ''hates'' Delores. He's shredded up several pairs of her pantyhose, he's able to detect her calls to Hannah's house and he refused to hunt down a mouse for her. For some bizarre reason, he likes her in the movies as seen when Hannah hosts a dinner at her house.

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** Delores, Hannah's mother, is also portrayed by a blonde when she was described as a brunette in the books.
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If you've read the books, then you know that Moishe ''hates'' Delores. He's shredded up several pairs of her pantyhose, he's able to detect her calls to Hannah's house and he refused to hunt down a mouse for her. For some bizarre reason, he likes her in the movies as seen when Hannah hosts a dinner at her house.house.
** Mike in ''Murder She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery'' is portrayed more antagonistic towards Hannah when she offers her help.



* MyBelovedSmother: Delores is this to Hannah and Andrea.

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* MyBelovedSmother: Delores is this to Hannah and Andrea. She constantly tries to meddle in Hannah's life through an attempt to play matchmaker with her and Norman.
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Hannah is the only one in her family (with her deceased father as an exception) with red hair. Because her sisters looked like their mother and she looked like her father, people assumed that Hannah was adopted.

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* ''Banana Cream Pie Murder'' (February 2017)



* AdaptationDyeJob: Hannah is a SignificantGreenEyedRedhead in the books, but a blue-eyed blonde in the movies.

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Hannah is a SignificantGreenEyedRedhead in the books, but a blue-eyed blonde in the movies.


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* DomesticAbuse: Boyd has serious anger issues, which lead to him taking it out on his wife Danielle. In ''Strawberry Shortcake Murder'', people assume that it was her justifiably murdering her abusive spouse.
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* ClothingDamage: Moishe shredded several pairs of Delores's pantyhose, before everyone involved decided that Moishe, Delores, and Nylon should never be in the same room together. (And Hannah decide that in case it ever ''does'' happen again... Cat Treats are an excellent distraction....)
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** Subverted in the movies. At the end of ''Peach Cobbler Murder'', Hannah has her mother and sister eat over at her house and Moishe isn't annoyed by Delores's presence. In fact, she ''pets'' him and he's fine with that.
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: If you've read the books, then you know that Moishe ''hates'' Delores. He's shredded up several pairs of her pantyhose, he's able to detect her calls to Hannah's house and he refused to hunt down a mouse for her. For some bizarre reason, he likes her in the movies as seen when Hannah hosts a dinner at her house.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Moishe to a degree. He is very cuddly with Hannah, Mike, and Norman, but he hates Delores so much that he shredded several of her panty hoses.

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* {{Tsundere}}: Moishe to a degree. He is very cuddly with Hannah, Mike, and Norman, but he hates Delores so much that he [[NoodleIncident shredded several pairs of her panty hoses.hose]].

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The Hannah Swensen mysteries is a book series written by Joanne Fluke.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Best read on a full stomach.]]

The Hannah Swensen mysteries Mysteries is a book series written by Joanne Fluke.



* {{Tsundere}}: Moishe to a degree. He is very cuddly with Hannah, Mike and Norman, but he hates Delores so much that he shredded several of her panty hoses.

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* {{Tsundere}}: Moishe to a degree. He is very cuddly with Hannah, Mike Mike, and Norman, but he hates Delores so much that he shredded several of her panty hoses.
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* ShipTease: The writers of the movies are leaning a lot more towards the Hannah/Mike pairing than Norman/Hannah.
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* AdaptedOut: Hannah's niece and Andrea's daughter, Tracey, is nowhere seen in the movies.


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** Same for Mike. He has reddish-blond hair as well as a mustache in the books, but he becomes a mustache-less brunet in the movies.


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* CatsAreMean: Moishe reserves this trope only for Delores.
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* DyeHard: Some characters dye their hair a different color.

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* DyeHard: In-universe. Some characters dye their hair a different color.
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* RedheadedHeroine: Hannah. She inherited her frizzy red hair from her father.
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* WeightWoes: There are times where Hannah has to struggle with her weight problems. Not that Norman and Mike mind at all.

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* WeightWoes: WeightWoe: There are times where Hannah has to struggle with her weight problems. Not that Norman and Mike mind at all.
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* StudentTeacherRomance: Hannah was briefly involved with one of her college professors. [[spoiler:In ''Apple Turnover Murder'', he returns and is revealed to be with her youngest sister.]]

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* StudentTeacherRomance: TeacherStudentRomance: Hannah was briefly involved with one of her college professors. [[spoiler:In ''Apple Turnover Murder'', he returns and is revealed to be with her youngest sister.]]

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Hannah Swensen is a local Minnesota woman who runs her own bakery.

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Hannah Swensen is a local Minnesota woman who runs her own bakery.
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 in town, which has a strange habit of involving her delicious pastries.

The book series includes the following books:
* ''Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder'' (2001)
* ''Strawberry Shortcake Murder'' (2002)
* ''Blueberry Muffin Murder'' (2002)
* ''Lemon Meringue Pie Murder'' (2003)
* ''Fudge Cupcake Murder'' (2004)
* ''Sugar Cookie Murder'' (2004)
* ''Peach Cobbler Murder'' (2005)
* ''Cherry Cheesecake Murder'' (2006)
* ''Key Lime Pie Murder'' (2007)
* "Candy Cane Murder" (October 2007) (novella)
* ''Carrot Cake Murder'' (2008)
* ''Cream Puff Murder'' (March 2009)
* ''Plum Pudding Murder'' (October 2009)
* ''Apple Turnover Murder'' (February 2010)
* ''Gingerbread Cookie Murder'' (October 2010) (novella)
* ''Devil's Food Cake Murder'' (February 2011)
* ''Cinnamon Roll Murder'' (February 2012)
* ''Red Velvet Cupcake Murder'' (February 2013)
* "Joanne Fluke’s LAKE EDEN COOKBOOK" (September 2013)
* ''Blackberry Pie Murder'' (February 2014)
* ''Double Fudge Brownie Murder'' (February 2015)
* ''Wedding Cake Murder'' (February 2016)
* ''Christmas Caramel Murder'' (September 2016)



* DeadpanSnarker: Hannah's humor treads into this territory.
* DyeHard: Some characters dye their hair a different color.
* FieryRedhead: Hannah is pretty calm for the most part. However, events like people trying to force her to choose which guy she should marry and placing bets on the winner ''is'' enough to set her off.



* LeaveNoWitnesses: [[spoiler:Ron in ''Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder'' was killed because he witnesses Max's murder.]]



* StudentTeacherRomance: Hannah was briefly involved with one of her college professors. [[spoiler:In ''Apple Turnover Murder'', he returns and is revealed to be with her youngest sister.]]



* {{Tsundere}}: Moishe to a degree. He is very cuddly with Hannah, Mike and Norman, but he hates Delores so much that he shredded several of her panty hoses.

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* {{Tsundere}}: Moishe to a degree. He is very cuddly with Hannah, Mike and Norman, but he hates Delores so much that he shredded several of her panty hoses.hoses.
* WeightWoes: There are times where Hannah has to struggle with her weight problems. Not that Norman and Mike mind at all.
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The Hannah Swensen mysteries is a book series written by Joanne Fluke.

Hannah Swensen is a local Minnesota woman who runs her own bakery.

!!The Hannah Swensen Books Provides Examples Of:
* AdaptationDyeJob: Hannah is a SignificantGreenEyedRedhead in the books, but a blue-eyed blonde in the movies.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Andrea is the blonde, Michelle is the brunette and Hannah is the redhead.
* KindHeartedCatLover: Hannah adopted her cat, Moishe, from the streets. While he still tries his best to get extra food while she's away, she loves him regardless of his actions.
* LoveTriangle: Hannah is involved in one with Norman Rhodes, the local dentist, and Mike Kingston, a detective from Minneapolis.
* MayDecemberRomance: Norman is fifteen years older than Hannah.
** At one point, Delores became involved with a man younger than her.
* MyBelovedSmother: Delores is this to Hannah and Andrea.
* RedheadedHeroine: Hannah. She inherited her frizzy red hair from her father.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Mike is regarded as this.
* {{Tsundere}}: Moishe to a degree. He is very cuddly with Hannah, Mike and Norman, but he hates Delores so much that he shredded several of her panty hoses.

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