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Murder, She Baked is an American/Canadian television film series based on the cozy mystery novels written by Joanne Fluke. The television films are centered around small-town baker Hannah Swensen, portrayed by Alison Sweeney, and Detective Mike Kingston, played by Cameron Mathison. [1] .
- Barbara Niven
Barbara Lee Niven (née Bucholz; born February 26, 1953) is...
- Alison Sweeney
Alison Ann Sweeney (born September 19, 1976) is an American...
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One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. 2024 1h 24m TV-PG. 6.4 (448) Rate. TV Movie. Hannah Swensen has been asked to teach a baking class at the college in town, but her equipment is tampered with causing an explosion that the fire department rules an accident.
Series list: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (33 Books) by Joanne Fluke. A sortable list in reading order and chronological order with publication date, genre, and rating.
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
Hannah's life is typical. She works hard at the Cookie Jar with her asistant, Lisa Herman while trying to fend off her pushy mother, Delores, who believes she needs to settle down with a husband. As Hannah notices something is off, she is asked to babysit her niece while her sister is busy with work. It is in this time Hannah stumbles upon Ron LaSalle's corpse and makes a call to the police and over time, her curiousity gets the better of her when she begins to accidentally learn more than she intended during work. Eventually Hannah ends up working alongside Bill after realizing how helpful she is after she finds out during his morning routine, Ron had a female with him. They manage to track down the owner of the lipstick on the cup and the girl confesses to being with him- but not for the reason they expected, and with her lead, Hannah manages to mark off a few more suspects. In this time, she also gets to know the recent man her mother was setting her up with, Norman Rhodes, and prepares for the annual, upcoming Woodley party. She agrees to go with Norman as friends to get both of their mothers off of their backs, then returnes to her sleuthing- with Andrea tagging along as they go to investigate the Cozy Cow Dairy when they are informed nobody had seen Ron's boss, Max Turner in a while. The girls' fear is confirmed after they find Max's car and items he planned to take with him still in his garage, and they head into his office to find various documents among Max's corpse. After informing the police and spending a good few hours trying to calm down Andrea, Hannah gets to know a new detective coming to Lake Eden- the handsome Mike Kingston who makes quite the impression on her. With further deduction Hannah is finally led onto something and goes to speak to Judith Woodley, worried that her husband, Del Woodley might be seen as a suspect, although she believes he is innocent. She asks for some proof to prove he is, and reveals what she knows to Judith- who shocks her by revealing it was her who killed Max and Ron. She makes plans to take out Hannah know that she knows the truth, but with a distraction Hannah momentarily blinds her with the recently made tea and grabs her gun, keeping her out of harms way until the police can arrive to arrest her.
Strawberry Shortcake Murder
The first annual Hartland Flour Dessert Bake-Off is held at Lake Eden and Hannah is the senior judge out of five. The Hartland Flour owner, Mr. Hart suggested that Hannah bake a dessert on TV each night of the contest. Her baking is used as a background to the nightly news and then she serves the finished dessert to the anchors at the end of the show. When coach Boyd Watson is murdered right after he returns home from judging the bake-off, his wife Danielle calls Hannah first. Hannah tells her she will be right over, but to call 911. Mike puts Danielle high on the list of suspects, Hannah needs to clear her friend’s. Lucy Richards is killed and she finds out from Norman that Lucy is blackmailing him. Hannah suspects that there are a few other people being blackmailed. With the help of Andrea they break into Lucy’s apartment and find her secret hiding place. With the blackmail evidence, there is an undeveloped role of film that Hannah takes to Norman. The pictures were not very clear but they capture Boyd’s murder and an image of a cuff-link that the murderer is wearing. The cuff link is an antique that Hannah recognizes the type so is on the hunt for who wore them. She returns Norman’s unopened letter that Lucy had and Norman tells her that he would tell her what was in it before he ever asks her to marry him. Hannah puts the clues together and eventually finds out who the murderer is. But the murderer figured out that Hannah was close to identifying him, so he sets a trap for her. Mike arrives in time to save Hannah, but Hannah has already saved herself, by hitting the culprit over the head with a spider (cast iron pan).
Blueberry Muffin Murder
Mike and Hannah continue to occasionally date with Andrea and Bill throwing them together, while Delores and Carrie continue to push Norman at her. Hannah runs into her old school chum, Greg Canfield who is staying with his Grandmother in the same complex that Hannah lives in. Lake Eden’s effort to bring tourist to town during the usually dead winter months, they hold a winter festival with contests and celebrity guest hostess. Connie Mac, is getting ready to open up one of her signature kitchen boutique stores in the Tri-County Mall so was planning on being in the area for the grand opening. After Connie Mac arrives in Lake Eden she starts pushing everyone to change things around to better suit her. When Hannah is asked by Mayor Bascomb to take Connie Mac on a tour of the venues where the events are to be held, Andrea begs to be included. It doesn’t take long for Hannah to have enough of the prima donna and for her to leave Andrea to finish the tour. Hannah has her hands full with running The Cookie Jar. The cake that Connie Mac made for the Banquet is involved in an accident, Hannah is begged to let Connie Mac use her kitchen to make a new one. With misgivings Hannah agrees, but the next morning when she arrives, she finds a huge mess and the cakes in the oven charred to blacken coals. Hannah also finds Connie Mac murdered in her pantry. Blocked from using the kitchens at “The Cookie Jar” and her business closed, Hannah and gang investigate so her business can be cleared. Hannah talks to Connie Mac’s entourage staying at the Lake Eden Inn, while Lisa use Sally’s kitchen to bake the cookies that they need to fulfill their agreements. When Hannah discovers several secrets from those closest to the celebrity hostess, but nothing she thinks caused Connie Mac’s death she pursues other avenues. When Hannah discovers that the story that Greg Canfield had told her was all lies, she starts looking into the rental agreement for Connie Mac’s boutique. Late one night while she is at the boutique with Andrea, going through their paperwork looking for more information, Greg comes in and attempts to stop Hannah from uncovering the truth. Hannah has Andrea hide and call 911, the sheriff’s deputies arrive in time to arrest Greg and to save Hannah.
1.Fluke, Joanne. Key Lime Pie Murder (Hannah Swensen series Book 9) (p. 351). Kensington Books. Kindle Edition.
2.Apple Turnover Murder (Hannah Swensen series Book 13) (pp. 290-291). Kensington Books. Kindle Edition.
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Jun 30, 2024 · I was drawn to read the Joanne Fluke cozy mystery novels because I had watched the Hallmark Hannah Swensen films (previously known as "Murder, She Baked"). I th
Series Internal Chronology. The Novellas and Books that were written out of sequence are all centered around Christmas. Their placement in this chronology is approximate only, based on several factors. In some cases you can find the reasoning on their Novel article by clicking the link here and going to the Internal Chronology section.
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