Joanne Fluke - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder: Candy for Christmas

In my edition of Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder, there was an additional story within it called Candy for Christmas.  This short story follows the events of Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder but before the rest of the other books; there is a letter prior to this short story in the book where Hannah writes to Joanne Fluke where she requests her biographer (Fluke) to write about something other than the murder investigations Hannah becomes involved in.

This is just going to be a short review of the story as it isn't a full book so I'm not going to rate or recommend it to anyone as it's a story found in a reprint of the first book.

Favourite Characters: Candy

Favourite Part: Candy loved to shop and she couldn't seem to shop smiling.  They'd gone out the front door of The Cookie Jar and into the next building over.  There were party dresses on the mannequins in the windows, and Hannah has said they were going to buy something for her to wear to the party tomorrow night. 

Good Points: The letter; the story

Bad Points: Too short

Joanne Fluke - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

So now for another chick lit crime book but this time it is a new series that I haven't read before now. This came from the recommendations on Goodreads which suggested series such as Jack Daniels Mysteries and Chocoholic Mysteries series as well as this series, Hannah Swensen Mysteries.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder is the very first book of the Hannah Swensen Mystery series from Joanne Fluke; all of the books in this series have recipes in them which makes it different and allows the reader to make some of the original creations that Hannah also makes in the books. Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder was originally written in 2000 but was rereleased in 2011 with even more recipes and other stories included.  

Rating: 7

Recommended To: Chick lit crime buffs; similar to the Stephanie Plum series so those readers might like them

Favourite Characters: Hannah - she's a clever cookie; Andrea - she makes me laugh

Favourite Part: Two dates in one night - not bad at all!  Hannah's frown turned into a grin as she lifted the lid and dropped her very favorite five-year-old pair of Nikes inside. - Page 299

Good Points: The story; the sense of family; the recipes 

Bad Points: Similarities to other chick lit crime books