The Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke

In which Hannah Swensen, the middle-aged owner of The Cookie Jar, is running her bakery smoothly when one day she finds the Cozy Cow Dairy delivery man dead. Shot in his truck surrounded by her Chocolate Chip Cookies. When her brother-in-law, Bill, a detective on the police force, asks for her help solving the case she accepts. During her investigation she goes garbage searching, deals with her persistent mother, bakes cookies, meets the local dentist, bakes more cookies and when the owner of the Cozy Cow Dairy goes missing suddenly, Hannah's suspicions grow. Will she solve the murder in time and live to bake more cookies??  

I read this book a while ago, so I forgot some of the plot, which makes it hard to write a review. Haha! I really like this book though. The murder scenes weren't at all gory or gross, which was nice if you don't like gory stuff. The book includes about 7 recipes for cookies that are in the story. I think it's cool! Hannah is a fun character to follow. She's smart, funny and somewhat sarcastic. and Norman, the local dentist, is very lovable and sweet. The only thing I didn't like about it, was that Hannah gave her brother-in-law all the credit for solving the murder when she did all the work. And there's one woman who is being beaten up by her husband which was annoying (don't worry! If you don't like that part  of the story the husband goes away soon). I still really liked the books. They have sort of a Nancy Drew feel, just with more murder and cookies. It was fun for me to see what it was like running a bakery. I also like Hannah's cat, Moshie.

This book is in the Hannah Swensen series.

Recommended for people who like: cookies, murder, and Minnesota winters.