luffy79 's review for:

Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
2.0

This book was so forgettable that this review is serving more of a reminder to me about what it's roughly about. Hannah investigates against the wishes of his suitor Mike the cop, about the murder of the school coach Boyd. She and her sister Andrea, who collaborates quite extensively with her until a sudden final exit from the case, find out from Norman that Lucy the reporter is a blackmailer. I was wondering if Norman's sins for which he himself was being extorted were going to come out in the open but it didn't come out.

There is one part right at the end where Hannah wished that Norman and Mike were combined to become the best groom or boyfriend. I know that many women wish that in their lives. But it just seemed wrong here because Mike is nearly the complete package. The author simply wanted us to believe that the two guys are neck to neck in their toe to toe contest for Hannah's favors. Anyway that riled me. Hannah shouldn't merely think of Norman as a comforting teddy bear, as he displayed more humor than Mike. But who cares. The only certainty about the series is that Hannah's cookies get more and more sought after and Hannah herself gets slightly more and more fatter.