Book Review: Devil's Food Cake Murder

Book: Devil's Food Cake Murder (Hannah Swensen Mystery book #14) by Joanne Fluke

Description:

Hannah Swensen has to admit life is pretty sweet. Things are going well in the romance department and her bakery's delectable confections are selling as fast as she can bake them. Even her good friend Claire is head over heels with her new husband, Reverend Bob Knudson. If only they could find time to take their honeymoon!

When Bob's childhood friend, Matthew Walters, comes to town, it seems like divine intervention. Matthew, like Bob, is a Lutheran minister with a stubborn sweet tooth. Since he's on sabbatical, Matthew is happy to fill in for Bob while he and Claire take that long-awaited honeymoon. It sounds like the perfect plan-until Hannah finds Matthew face-down in a plate full of Devil's Food Cake, a single bullet in his head. It will take some sleuthing to sift out the killer, but Hannah is sure of one thing: even the most half-baked murder plot can be oh so deadly...



Rating: 4 stars

Review:

Hannah was once again trying to solve a mystery in her small town of Lake Eden. That is when she's not baking cookies and other desserts for her bakery.

This time the mystery centers around the murder of substituting minister Matthew Walters, who was filling in while the town's regular minister left for his belated honeymoon. This mystery had Hannah as well as her mother and sisters trying to uncover information and track down clues. This resulted in a really funny moment when Hannah's mother donned a costume to go undercover.

As Hannah was trying to solve the mystery, she was also trying to figure out why Norman, one of the guys she dates casually, was acting so strange and if it had anything to do with his ex-fiance (who was introduced in a previous book) who now works with him.

I like that this story had a few twists to keep the reader guessing and ended with a cliffhanger. I love reading these Hannah Swensen mystery books because the characters just seem like everyday normal people. Plus, the books come with recipes (one day I might just try one).