Banana Cream Pie Murder

By: Joanne Fluke

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

A romantic seven-day cruise is the perfect start to bakery owner Hannah Swensen's marriage. However, with a murder mystery heating up in Lake Eden, Minnesota, it seems the newlywed's homecoming won't be as sweet as she anticipated....

After an extravagant honeymoon, Hannah's eager to settle down in Lake Eden and turn domestic daydreams into reality. But when her mother's neighbor is discovered murdered in the condo downstairs, reality becomes a nightmarish investigation. Victoria Bascomb, once a renowned stage actress, was active in the theater community during her brief appearance in town...and made throngs of enemies along the way. Did a random intruder murder the woman, as police claim, or was a deadlier scheme at play? As Hannah peels through countless suspects and some new troubles of her own, solving this crime - and living to tell about it - might prove trickier than mixing up the ultimate banana cream pie.

©2017 H.L. Swensen, Inc. (P)2017 Recorded Books

If it ain't broke don't fix it!

What would have made Banana Cream Pie Murder better?

Why is it seemingly impossible for writers to allow a main character to have a little happiness. Being married doesn't preclude having a life, but for authors, it seems to be the kiss of death. A very unsatisfactory ending all the way around. My advise, give this one a pass - unless you're a glutton for punishment and love to see the main character in unnessary anguish. AWFUL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Has Banana Cream Pie Murder turned you off from other books in this genre?

No, just books in this series.

Have you listened to any of Suzanne Toren’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Suzanne Toren is a terrific reader. The content is not her fault.

What character would you cut from Banana Cream Pie Murder?

Ross Barton. He should have been left out of all the books if this was going to be his end.

Any additional comments?

You can't unring a bell. So you can't go back and pretend Ross never existed. So, now the reader is left caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. And that is a very uncomfortable place indeed. Shame, shame, Joanne Fluke.

Too much filler

If you remove the very detailed descriptions of meals eaten and recipes, there's not a lot left for this book. I was so looking forward to the newest Hannah escapades and uhhh

The whole Ross storyline isn't working... rushed marriage, no discussions of their future before hand, more interested in spending time with her sister and friends than her new husband and then the mysterious ending. Ugh!

another great Hannah Swensen mystery

it's best to read these books in order. I read this one after I read the next one but it still was good and formance is great

???When Will It Be Over???

I have been listening to this series and actually like the regular characters that show up...mother, sisters, Lisa (bakery partner), Norman...but Hannah is turning into a character I truly DO NOT LIKE. This story is particularly slow and minutely detailed in a way that shows her incredibly inconsistent thoughts about crime and her very bad choices in men. For someone who was supposedly close to her father, her man issues are astounding. The "professor" at college she didn't realize was playing her and made her shy about relationships. Her attraction to Mike who is a sleazy player who jumps any vamp that moves into his apartment building (close by & easy) and only seems to like H for her cooking, and now, married to Ross who is totally not a man of substance, has no romantic history or seemingly anything in common with H, and so condescending. Really disappointed in the characters and story lines. Don't know if I can stomach another one.

spacing

the speaker took tomuch time between chapters that at time I believed my phone had either gone dead or the story had been paused. No much empty space.

You can't leave me feeling like this!

OMG! I'm stunned. All I kept thinking during the book was that Hannah needed to be less of a prude to keep Ross' interest. Now, all I can think about is when is the next book in the series going to be published? I need to preorder it NOW!

To many recipes within each chapter. Hard to follow

What did you like best about Banana Cream Pie Murder? What did you like least?

Enjoyed the book. Lost track of what was going on in the book. Gave up on it on Chapter 15.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

Not sure. It was hard to follow with so many recipes. I listener to it thru audible. Did not like the recipes listed within the chapters. It took away from the story. In fact I gave up listening on chapter 15. Have listened to all her books. Disappointed in this one. Not enough content and too many recipes.

Have you listened to any of Suzanne Toren’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Disappointed in this one. Liked all her other books. Bought the book for the story and not recipes all thru chapters in the book.

Any additional comments?

To many recipes within the chapters. I bought the book for the story..not recipes

Murder, who did it.

Another great Murder, She Baked novel. With yummy recipes and a great who done it .

love the twist

I had been waiting for this one and was not disappointed. Loved the plot and the recipes!

Sadly disappointed

I have love these books for so long, but feel that the author maybe needs to spin off on Michelle. I think she wrote Hannah's character so intricately complex with being single that there wasn't an easy way to marry her off without sacrificing her character. The dynamics of marrying Ross make her interactions awkward at best. The chemistry still comes across between her with Mike and Norman & would have better served the series if she chose one of them. Maybe this series can be rescued with resolution to the cliffhanger.