
The producer, director, actors and supporting staff flood into town, and - to the delight of the townsfolk - local citizens will be involved as advisors and bit players. In this story some scenes for a Hollywood movie are slated to be shot in Hannah's home town of Lake Eden, Minnesota. Luckily for readers who'd like to try the sweets, recipes are provided. The star of this series is Hannah Swenson - amateur sleuth and entrepreneur - who owns a cookie bakery and loves to create new cookies for her shop and prepare treats for her friends and relatives. In this 8th book in the 'Hannah Swensen' series, the baker/amateur sleuth investigates when an actor is murdered with a 'prop gun.' The book can be read as a standalone. I am excited to read the next installment! The characters really continue to grow as evidenced by the whole town starting to support Hannah's investigations - especially her younger sister Michelle getting more involved. I'd be fine if she was perfectly single the entire series, or stopped/started several relationships, but she can't linger and hold multiple all at the same time for the entire length of the series. I love both Mike and Norman, but to keep dragging them along is painful and also holds Hannah back. I'm only saying so because the story dictates her to choose or abandon the current options. I'm rooting for Ross to win Hannah's love and let's get real, she needs to make a choice soon. The introduction of Ross as a new suitor for Hannah could have gone the wrong direction, but Ross combines the great attributes of Mike and Norman into a single man. I was very excited by the story, characters and forward motion in this book. While Dean is showing the Actor playing “ Jody” what he wanted him to do in a scene, by taking his part, in the “suicide scene” the gun that was supposed to have been a prop, was replaced with a live gun and Dean was killed.With the eighth installment of the Hannah Swensen series, Cherry Cheesecake Murder delivers strong. Once he tastes it he demands an additional one after lunch. He expects Hannah to bake a Cherry Cheesecake for him every morning. He has a running feud with Winnie Henderson because he needs a statue, that she is responsible for, moved and she wont give her permission. The direction is Dean Lawrence, a well known film director known as the “Bad Boy Director”.



The filming of a movie comes to Lake Eden. He is also spoiled and expects that whatever he wants he can have.ĭean Lawrence, who was in his forties and movie star handsome.Ĭhronology by Novel Cherry Cheesecake Murder He is a petty tyrant and womanizer, hitting or taking advantage of most women around him. He is also a womanizer and has special handlers to try and prevent him from hooking up with other women, but he often finds away around it. Dean is married to Sharyn the niece of Tom Larchmont.
