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Grandma Knudson

## Bio

**Grandma Knudson** Grandmother of Reverend Bob Knudson.
She knows all that goes on in Lake Eden. She's not afraid to speak her mind in a mild mannered way. As the community's most quiet senior citizen, could be considered the town's unofficial matriarch. She's strongly respected and has a witty sense of humor.

## Personality

She speaks her mind in a gentle way and has a sense of humor which has seen her through many rough times.

## Chronology by Novel

### Christmas Cake Murder

Helps to shake Delores Swensen out of her lethargy after her husband dies suddenly.

Counsels Delores on adjusting to her life as a new widow.

### Devil's Food Cake Murder

Actively helps Hannah with discovering what is going on and ends up by helping to capture the murderer and saving Hannah.

### Wedding Cake Murder

Counsels Hannah on the mistakes she is making in regards to her wedding and how she has to "fix" it.

## Trivia

* Can be found at The Cookie Jar whenever Lisa is telling one of the "Murder" stories.
German Chocolate Cake Cookies

Peach Cobbler Murder

**Do not preheat oven yet-make cookie dough first**

#### Cookie Dough

* In a microwave-safe bowl, melt the butter and chocolate chips on HIGH FOR 2 MINUTES, stir until smooth.
* In another mixing bowl, mix the sugar and the eggs. Add the baking powder, baking soda, salt, and vanilla.
* Stir the melted chocolate until it's fairly warm to the touch, but no longer hot. Add it to the mixing bowl and mix it in thoroughly.
* Add the flour and mix well. (Dough will be stiff and a bit crumbly.)
* Cover the dough and set it aside while you make the frosting.

#### Frosting

* Combine the sugar and coconut in a food processor. Mix with the steel blade until the butter is in small bits.
* Separate the yolks, place them in a glass, and whip them up with a fork. Add them to your bowl and process until thoroughly incorporated. (If you don't have a food processor, you can make the frosting by hand using softened butter.)

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F., rack in the middle position.

* Chill the frosting while the oven's preheating. It'll make it easier to work with. This will be especially true if you've made the frosting by hand and haven't chopped the coconut into shorter shreds.
* Pat the cookie dough into one-inch balls with your fingers. Place the balls on a greased cookie sheet, 12 to a standard sheet. Press down in the center of each ball with your thumb to make a deep indentation. (If the health board's around, use the bowl of a small spoon.)
* Pat the frosting into 1/2-inch balls with your fingers. Place them in each indentation.
* Bake at 350 degrees F. for 10 to 12 minutes. Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes, then remove them to a wire rack to finish cooling.

**Yield**: 5 to 6 dozen, depending on cookie size.

## Conversion Charts

See Baking Conversion Chart for non-USA baking conversions.
Milk Chocolate Sauce

Wedding Cake Murder

Yield: Enough Milk Chocolate Sauce for 6 individual soufflés or one large soufflé.

## Ingredients

* 1 cup whole milk
* 1 cup heavy cream
* 1/3 additional cup of heavy cream at room temperature
* 1/2 cup white ***(granulated)*** sugar
* 6 ounces ***(by weight, not volume)*** milk chocolate chips ***(I used a 6-ounce package of Nestle Milk Chocolate Chips)***
* 2 large eggs, beaten
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 1 ounce ***(1/8 stick)*** salted butter

## Directions

* Combine the milk, ONE CUP ONLY of heavy cream, and sugar in a heavy saucepan off the heat. Let the additional third cup of heavy cream sit on the counter to warm to room temperature.
* Heat the mixture over MEDIUM HIGH heat on the stove, stirring constantly until little whiffs of steam start to escape and you think it's about to boils or one large
* Pull the saucepan from the heat, but don't turn off the burner. This next step will take only a moment or two.
* Add the milk chocolate chips to the sweet milk and cream mixture, stirring them in until they're melted.
* Give the beaten eggs a final stir and add approximately 2 Tablespoons of the chocolate mixture to the eggs, stirring it in quickly. ***(This is called tempering and its important--without it you could have scrambled eggs.)***
* Off the heat, SLOWLY pour the egg mixture into the chocolate mixture in the saucepan, stirring all the while. When everything is incorporated, put the saucepan back on the heat.
* Cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture comes to a full boil. ***(This took about 3 minutes for me on my stove.)*** Pull the saucepan off the heat and this time you can turn off the burner.
* Quickly stir in the vanilla. Then stir in the butter and continue to stir until the butter is melted.
* Let the mixture cool on the counter for five minutes and then stir in the third cup of heavy cream.
* Pour the Milk Chocolate Sauce into a pitcher and serve it with your White Chocolate Soufflés.
Fiesta Dip Platter

## Book Reference

Sugar Cookie Murder

*Sally Laughlin serves this out at the Lake Eden Inn when her customers watch football games in the bar.*

### Ingredients

* 16-ounce can spicy refried beans *(I use Rosarita Spicy)*
* 3 large ripe mashed avocados
* 1/3 cup salsa ranchero *(I use La Victoria Salsa Ranchero labeled "hot")*
* 1 finely chopped onion
* 1 cup sour cream *(1/2 pint)*
* 1 can (4 1/2-ounces) chopped black olives, drained
* 1 cup finely grated cheddar cheese
* 1 cup finely chopped lettuce
* 1 cup finely chopped tomatoes

### Directions

* You can layer a 9 x 13 inch glass cake pan, or do this on a round platter.
* Spread the beans on the bottom of the dish you've chosen.
* Peel and mash the avocados. Blend in the hot salsa ranchero and layer it over the beans.
* Sprinkle the chopped onion over the avocado mixture.
* Mix the black olives with the sour cream and spread it over the chopped onions.
* Sprinkle on the grated cheddar cheese.
* Sprinkle the chopped lettuce on top of the cheese.
* Sprinkle the tomatoes on the very top.
* Press everything down with a metal spatula, cover tightly with plastic wrap, and refrigerate it for at least 4 hours so the flavors will marry.
* Serve with a basket of tortilla chips and let everyone scoop up the dip.

## Conversion Charts

See Baking Conversion Chart for non-USA baking conversions.
Matthew Walters

## Bio

Matthew is a minster with the Lutheran Church and teaches in the seminary in St. Louis, Mo. He took a four-month sabbatical.
When teenagers, while their parents were over sees as missionaries, he and his cousin Paul Walters staid with Grandma Knudson.
Matthew was a star quarterback and graduated from Jordan High School.
Paul caught up with him just as he was leaving on his sabbatical and hid the stolen loot among his books.

## Chronology by Novel

### Devil's Food Cake Murder

When Matthew arrived in Lake Eden to visit with his old friend Reverend Knudson, he found out that they were waiting for a minister to arrive to fill in while the Reverend and Claire go on their honeymoon. Matthew agrees to fill in for a couple of weeks.

After the Reverend and Claire Knudson leave, Matthew is murdered. And then another minister arrives that looks just like Matthew and claims that he is the real one, that the first one was his cousin Paul. Hannah with the help of Grandma Knudson figure out the truth and why Paul killed his cousin.
Freddy Sawyer

## Biography

Freddy is mildly mentally challenged and since his mother died he lives alone and somewhat struggled with living. His cousin Jed came to live with him and hired him as a helper in his handyman business. In some ways Jed was good for him but ultimately he was just taking advantage of Freddy.

Freddy inherited his mother's house on "Old Bailey Road" located just outside the town's limits

## Lemon Meringue Pie Murder

Hannah and her sister Michelle were walking by the docks when they spotted a foreign object beneath it. From the light they could deduce a body and realizing who it was, contacted the hospital to get Freddy there. Initially they thought he was drunk and slipped off of the dock, but when Hannah returned to the hospital she found the culprit preparing to "finish the job", explaining that she had incidentally given Freddy a piece of crucial evidence.

In the end after Jed Sawyer is caught, Doc Knight offers Freddy a job at the Lake Eden Memorial Hospital, which he accepts.
Mocha Nut Butterballs

Mocha Nut Butterballs is the fifth recipe featured in Apple Turnover Murder.

## Ingredients

* 1 cup softened butter ***(2 sticks, 1/2 pound)***
* 1/2 cup white ***(granulated)*** sugar
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 Tablespoon instant coffee powder ***(I used espresso powder)***\*\*\*
	+ ***\*\*\*If the only instant coffee you can get comes in granules or beads, crush them up into a powder with the back of a spoon before you add them to the cookie dough.***
* 1/4 cup cocoa powder ***(I used Hershey's)***
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1 and 3/4 cups all-purpose flour ***(no need to sift)***
* 1 and 1/2 cups finely chopped pecans\*\*\*\*
	+ \*\*\*\****Mother likes these with chopped walnuts. Andrea prefers pecans. I think they're best with hazelnuts. Tracey adores these when I substitute flaked coconut for the nuts and form the dough balls around a small piece of milk chocolate.***
* powdered sugar ***(that's confectioner's sugar)*** to coat the baked cookies

## Directions

* Preheat oven to 325°F, rack in middle position.
* Soften the butter.  Mix in the white sugar, vanilla extract, instant coffee powder, cocoa powder, and salt
* Add the flour in half-cup increments, mixing after each addition. ***(You don’t have to be exact. It won't come out even anyway! Just make sure to add the flour in three parts).***
* Stir in the nuts. Do your best to make sure that they're evenly distributed.
* Form the dough into one-inch balls ***(just pat them into shape with your fingers)*** and place them on an ungreased baking sheet, 12 to a standard sheet.  Press them down very slightly ***(they're supposed to look like balls, but you don't want them to roll off on their way to the oven.)***
* Bake the cookie balls at 325 degrees F. for 12 to 15 minutes, until they are set. ***(Mine took 14 minutes.)***
* Move the cookies from the cookie sheets to a wire rack.  Let them cool on the rack completely.
* When the cookies are completely cool, dip them in powdered sugar to coat them. ***(If you roll them in powdered sugar while they're still warm, they have a tendency to break apart.)*** Let them rest for several minutes on the wire rack and then store them in a cookie jar or a covered container.

## Yield

About 3 to 4 dozen simply amazing cookies.
Lemon Whippersnappers

## Book Reference

Candy Cane Murder

Preheat oven to 350 °F, rack in the middle position.

### Ingredients

* 1 package *(approximately 18 ounces)* lemon cake mix, the size you can bake in a 9-inch by 13-inch cake pan *(Andrea used Betty Crocker)*
* 2 cups Cool Whip *(measure this—Andrea said her tub of Cool Whip contained a little over 3 cups.)*
* 1 large beaten egg *(it's okay to just whip it up in a glass with a fork)*
* 1/2 cup powdered *(confectioners)* sugar in a separate small bowl *(you don’t have to sift it unless it’s got big lumps)*

### Directions

* Preheat oven to 350 °F, rack in the middle position.
* Combine dry cake mix, Cool Whip, and beaten egg in a large bowl. Stir until it’s well mixed.
* Drop by teaspoon into the bowl of powdered sugar and roll to coat the cookie dough.
* Place the coated cookie drops on a greased *(Andrea used Pam, but any nonstick cooking spray is fine)* cookie sheet, 12 cookies to each sheet.
* Bake the cookies at 350°F for 10 minutes. Let them cool on the cookie sheets for 2 minutes or so, and then move them to a wire rack to cool completely.

**Yield:** approximately 4 dozen light and lovely cookies.

*Hannah's Note: Andrea showed me the recipe. Carli wrote that this is an old church recipe and that you can use any flavor cake mix in these cookies. She especially likes Lemon Whippersnappers in the summer because they're simple to make and very refreshing.*

## Conversion Charts

See Baking Conversion Chart for non-USA baking conversions.
Hawaiian Flan

## Book Reference

Strawberry Shortcake Murder

**Hawaiian Flan** is the fifth recipe featured in *Strawberry Shortcake Murder*

## Ingredients

* 1 cup white sugar
* ½ cup water
* 6 eggs
* 1 can sweetened, condensed milk *(don't use evaporated—it won't work)*
* ¼ cup white sugar
* 1 ½ cups pineapple juice
* ⅛ teaspoon salt
* 1 small can crushed pineapple *(well drained)*
* Sweetened whipped cream topping *(optional)*

## Directions

* Preheat oven to 350°F, rack in the middle position.
* Find an 8-inch-by-8-inch square pan *(either metal or glass)* or any other oven pan that will hold 6 cups of liquid. Do not grease or butter it. Simply have it ready, next to the stove top.
* Combine one cup of white sugar with a half cup of water in a saucepan. Bring it to a boil, stirring at first, then swishing it around until the mixture turns golden brown. *(This gets as hot as candy syrup so wear oven mitts.)*
* Carefully, pour the syrup into the pan you've chosen and tip it to coat the bottom and the sides. This is your caramel sauce. *(Be very careful. This is extremely hot.)* Run water in the saucepan you used and set it in the sink. Then set the baking pan aside while you make the custard. *(You may hear cracking noises as the caramel cools. Don't worry. It's the caramel cracking, not your pan.)*
* Beat the eggs until they're light yellow and thick. *(This will take a while if you don't have an electric mixer.)* Add the sweetened condensed milk, the sugar, the salt, and the pineapple juice, and beat thoroughly.
* Get out a strainer and strain the mixture into your baking pan.
* Find a larger baking pan that will contain your custard pan with at least an inch to spare on all four sides. Place the custard pan inside the larger pan. Slip both pans into the oven and pour hot tap water in the larger pan, enough to immerse your custard pan halfway up the sides.
* Bake one hour, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
* Remove the custard pan from the water and let it cool on a wire rack for at least 10 minutes. *(This custard can be served either warm, or cold.)*
* To serve, turn the custard out in a flat bowl or a plate with a deep lip. *(This is so the caramel sauce won't overflow.)* Place slices of custard in a dessert dish and sprinkle some of the crushed pineapple over the top. Then spoon on some of the caramel sauce and top with whipped cream, if you wish.

## Trivia

**Delores prefers this custard chilled. Andrea says it's best at room temperature, and I like it warm.**

## Conversion Charts

See Baking Conversion Chart for non-USA baking conversions.
Hannah's Bananas

## Book Reference

Fudge Cupcake Murder

**Hannah's Bananas** is the fifth recipe featured in Fudge Cupcake Murder.

## Ingredients

* 1 1/2 cups melted butter *(3 sticks)*
* 2 cups granulated sugar
* 3/4 cup mashed very ripe banana *(2 medium or 3 small)*
* 4 teaspoons baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 2 beaten eggs *(just whip them up with a fork)*
* 4 cups flour *(no need to sift)*
* 2 cups finely chopped walnuts or 2 cups pecans *(measure AFTER chopping)*
* 1/2 cup granulated sugar, for later

## Directions

* Do not preheat oven--this dough must chill before baking.
* Melt butter in a large microwavable bowl. Stir in the sugar, beaten eggs, baking soda, and salt. Choose bananas that have black freckles on the skin so they are almost overripe. Mash them until they're smooth *(you can do this in a food processor or by hand.)* Add the banana puree and mix thoroughly. Mix in the flour and then the nuts. Cover your bowl and refrigerate it for 4 hours *(overnight is fine, too).*
* When you're ready to bake, preheat the over to 350°F., rack in the middle position.
* Roll the chilled dough into walnut-sized balls with your hands. *(This dough is quite sticky-you can wear plastic gloves if you like, or wet your hands slightly so the dough won't stick to them.)* Put 1/2 cup white sugar in a small bowl and roll the balls in it. Place the dough balls on a greased cookie sheet, 12 to a sheet. Press them down just a little so they won't roll off when you put them in the oven. Then return your bowl to the refrigerator and let it chill until it's time to roll more.
* Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees F., or until they're lightly golden in color. They'll flatten out, all by themselves. Let them cool for 2 minutes on the cookie sheet and then move them to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Yield: Approximately 10 dozen, depending on cookie size.

## Hannah's Note

*These cookies freeze well. Roll them up in foil, place the rolls in a freezer bag, and they will last up to 3 months or so,* if *they last that long.*

## Trivia

Lisa's cousin Beth says these are great when they're dunked in hot chocolate.

Carrie Rhodes also loves these cookies. She says that middle-aged women should eat bananas every day because they need extra potassium. *I bit my tongue when she said "middle-aged"--Carrie's at least fifty-five and people don't usually live to be a hundred and ten!)*

## Conversion Charts

See Baking Conversion Chart for non-USA baking conversions.
Cool Whip Strawberry Frosting

Chocolate Cream Pie Murder

## Ingredients

* 1 heaping cup ***(6 to 7 ounces by weight)*** of white chocolate or vanilla baking chips ***(I used Nestle chips)***
* 8-ounce ***(by weight)*** tub of FROZEN Cool Whip ***(Do not thaw! Leave in the freezer.)***
* ½ teaspoon strawberry extract
* 2 drops red food coloring, the liquid type

**Hannah's 1st Note: Make sure you use the original Cool Whip, not the sugar free or the real whipped cream.**

**Hannah's 2nd Note: If you use the gel food coloring, the color will be brighter and you may need less than 2 drops.**

## Directions

* Start by chopping your white chocolate or vanilla baking chips into smaller pieces or placing the chips in a food processor with the steel blade and processing in an on-and-off motion to chip the chips into smaller pieces.
* Get the Cool Whip out of your freezer and scoop it out. Place it in a microwave-safe bowl. ***(I used a quart Pyrex measuring cup.)***
* Add the white chocolate or vanilla baking chips to the bowl
* Microwave the bowl on HIGH for 1 minute and then let it sit in the microwave for an additional minute.
* Take the bowl out of the microwave and stir to see if the chips are melted. If they're not, heat them in 30-second intervals with 30-second standing times on HIGH in the microwave until you succeed in melting the chips and stirring the mixture smooth.
* Put the microwave-safe bowl on a towel on your kitchen counter and add the ½ teaspoon strawberry extract.
* Add the 2 drops of the red food coloring to your microwave-safe bowl.
* Stir the mixture to combine everything.
* Look at the color of your frosting. If it's a nice pink, you're done. If the color is too light, add more food coloring and stir it in until your frosting is the desired color.
* Let the bowl sit on the countertop for 15 minutes to thicken the frosting.
* When the time is up, give the bowl a stir and remove your cake from the refrigerator. Frost your Ultimate Strawberry Bundt Cake with the frosting and don't forget the sides of the crater in the middle. You don't need to frost all the way down to the bottom. That's almost impossible. Just frost an inch or so down the sides of the crater.

**Hannah's 3rd Note: You can decorate the top of your cake with fresh strawberries cut in half, cut side down, if you wish. If you are baking this cake for Valentine's Day, you can decorate the top of your cake with the little pastel-colored hearts that have sayings on them.**

* Return your cake to the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before cutting it and serving it to your guests.

**Hannah's 4th Note: You can also use this frosting on cookies. Simply frost and let your cookies sit on wax paper on the kitchen counter until the frosting has set and is dry to the touch.**

Yield: This frosting will frost a a Bundt Cake, a batch of cookies, a 9-inch by 13-inch cake, or a round two-tier layer cake.
Lonnie Murphy

## Relations

**Father:** Cyril Murphy **Mother:** Bridget Murphy

**Brother:** Rick Murphy

## Bio

**Lonnie Murphy** is a detective and crime scene investigator for Lake Eden, Winnetka County, Minnesota. He is dating Michelle Swensen, but they initially kept it quite.

He works with Mike Kingston, Bill Todd, and his older brother Rick Murphy. After Bill is elected sheriff, Lonnie becomes Mike's partner.

He was Michelle's date in Candy Cane Murder. His parents are Cyril and Brigit Murphy.

## Chronology

### Carrot Cake Murder

Lonnie was with Michelle late one night, swimming at Eden Lake when she saw the murderer, but it was at such a distance she wasn't able to identify who it was, just the time.

### Cherry Cheesecake Murder

Lonnie gets a bit part in the movie being filmed in Lake Eden, ‘’Crises in Cherrywood” as one of the Cherrywood police, Mike is the other Cherrywood PD officer.
Lonnie and Rick Murphy were involved with the arrest of Burke Anson.
At the end of the book, Michelle finds out that Lonnie entered her in the “Miss Winnetka Beauty Contest” and that she was chosen as one of the finalists. The pageant will be held later in the summer at the Tri-County Fair.

### Key Lime Pie Murder

Mike has a talk with Lonnie about hold in his emotions when he is dealing with a murder investigation.

### Cream Puff Murder

When Michelle tells Lonnie that she thinks that they should date other people for a while, to be sure of their feelings, he takes Ronni Ward out. When he cancels their next date, while at her birthday party at “Heavenly Bodies”, she throws a fit and yells at him in anger so he leaves.
She is killed right after the party

### Coconut Layer Cake Murder

When an old classmate is murdered, Lonnie is the prime suspect.

## References

1. ↑ Fluke, Joanne. Cherry Cheesecake Murder (Hannah Swensen series Book 8) (p. 338). Kensington Books. Kindle Edition.
Lake Eden's Cookbook

**Lake Eden's Cookbook** is a separate cookbook created by Joanne Fluke for the Hannah Swensen Mystery series, published in 2011.

### Recipes

* Razzle Dazzle Baked Brie
* Razzle Dazzle Champagne Cocktail
* Razzle Dazzle Faux Champagne Cocktail
* Lobster Bisque with Sour Cream and Red Caviar
* Chicken Salad (Hannah's)
* Herb's Herb Biscuits
* Peanut Butter & Jelly Pie
* Tapioca Cheesecake
* Almond Fudge Cookies
* Chocolate Date Drops
* Cranberry Pineapple Drop Cookies
* Double Chocolate Puffs (Chocolate Whippersnappers)
* Heavenly Eggnog Cookies
* Kiss My Grits Cookies
* Leigh's Lime Balls
* Lemon Softies
* Mincemeat Cookies
* Vanilla Cream Glaze
* Minty Marvels
* Norwegian Chocolate Pizza
* Raspberry Vanilla Swirls
* Bourbon Brownies
Imperial Cereal

**Imperial Cereal** is the sixth recipe featured in Apple Turnover Murder.

## Ingredients

* 9 cups dry cereal ***(any combination - I used Multi-Grain Cheerios and Rice Chex)***
* 1 cup slivered almonds ***(I've also used pecans and I like them better)***
* 1/4 cup orange juice concentrate ***(I used Minute Maid)***
* 1/4 cup packed brown sugar ***(pack it down when you measure it)***
* 1/4 cup butter ***(1/2 stick, 2 ounces, 1/8 pound )***
* 1/2 cup dried cranberries ***(I used Craisins)***

## Directions

* Preheat oven to 300 degrees F., rack in the middle position.
* Place the cereal and slivered almonds in a large ovenproof bowl or a disposable roaster or steam table pan. Make sure to support the bottom with a cookie sheet if you use disposable vessels.
* With your impeccably clean hands, mix the cereal and the almonds together until they’re evenly distributed.
* In either a 2-cup measuring cup or a microwave-safe bowl, combine the orange juice concentrate, brown sugar, and butter.
* Heat the mixture in the microwave for one minute, or until the butter has melted. Stir thoroughly.
* Pour the mixture over the cereal and almonds in the roaster. Mix it all together until the cereal is evenly coated.
* Bake the mixture, uncovered, at 300 degrees F. for 15 minutes.
* Take the roaster out of the oven and mix in the sweetened dried cranberries with a spoon.
* Set the roaster on a cold burner or a wire rack until it has cooled to room temperature. Stir it again to make sure it’s not stuck together in big pieces. Store Imperial Cereal in a tightly covered container at room temperature.

## Yield

Approximately 10 cups of sweet, crunchy goodness that will be enjoyed by kids and adults alike.
Long Distance Is Harder Than It Sounds

**Long Distance Is Harder Than It Sounds** is the 5th episode of Season 14 and the 145th over all.

## Plot

Kayla misses Cody so much, that she is thinking about going back home

## Songs Featured

Best Friend's Brother by Victoria Justice

## Main Cast

Kelli Berglund as Ally Lynch
Ross Lynch as Ross Lynch
Ryland Lynch as Ryland Lynch
Riker Lynch as Riker Lynch
Ryan Newman as Hayley Vegaz
Dove Cameron as Sina Trace
Gregg Sulkin as Ryan Vega
Sarah Hyland as Irina Schneider
Naomi Sequeira as Kayla Santiago-Lynch

## Recurring Cast

Zendaya as Avery Braxton
Challen Cates as Daniella Vegaz
Joey Bragg as Danny Hunter
Hal Sparks as Eric Benward
Stormie Lynch as Stormie Lynch
Laura Marano as Laura Jonas
Mark Lynch as Mark Lynch
Hailee Steinfeld as Hailee Steinfeld
Jeremy Kent Jackson as Henry Benward
Joe Jonas as Joe Jonas
Shelley Hennig as Leslie James
Spencer Boldman as Lucas Byron
Madison Davenport as Misa James
Peyton Meyer as Peyton Meyer
Sabrina Carpenteras Sabrina Levine
Leigh-Allyn Baker as Maxi Benward
Kathryn Newton as Shelby Dixon
Madison Pettis as Malony Seyfried
Rydel Lynch as Rydel Lynch
Rocky Lynch as Rocky Lynch
Ellington Ratliff as Ellington Ratliff
Max Turner

## Books

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

**Max Turner** is a character in the *Hannah Swensen Mystery* series*.* He was Ron LaSalle's boss, and Betty Jackson is his secretary.

## Bio

*Max is a regular shark when it comes to buying up businesses, foreclosing properties, and turning big fat profits on them.*

### Personality

Max is regarded as a penny-pincher, despite having more than enough money to get whatever he wants. He is unwilling to just throw money around- unless it would be a necessity.

## Chronology by Novel

### Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

On the day of Ron's murder, Max was suppose to leave to attend the Tri-State Buttermakers' Convention. Edna Ferguson reveals to Hannah that he was too cheap to hire Ron an assistant, when he asked for one, some months prior to the story. She also expressed surprise to think that he may have finally changed his tune and hired a woman to help him.

Later in the story Hannah and Andrea discovered his murdered corpse in his main office after they sneaked in to try to locate a document.

He was murdered by Judith Woodley because he was calling in the loan he made to to Del Woodley. Del had put up Judith's home and Max wanted it. But to Judith, that home represented her status in the community.

## References

1. ↑ Fluke, Joanne. Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen series Book 1) (p. 188). Kensington Books. Kindle Edition.
How Now, Brown Bessie

## Book Reference

Pink Lemonade Cake Murder

(This is usually served in a Margarita glass or any other glass, which not only looks nice, but holds a lot!)

**Hannah’s 1st Note:** *This is the non-alcoholic version of How Now, Brown Cow!*

### Ingredients

* 4 cups of Heavy Whipping Cream
* 4 Tablespoons Malted Milk Powder
* 6 Tablespoons Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup
* 8 ounces of crushed ice (for icy goodness)
* 3 scoops Chocolate Ice Cream
* Reddi-Wip topping in a can (for top of the milkshake)
* Maraschino cherries (to garnish)

### Directions

1. Place the 4 cups of Heavy Whipping Cream, the Malted Milk powder, the Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup and 8 ounces of crushed ice in a blender.
2. Put the lid on the blender and turn it on LOW or CRUSH mode until combined.
3. Shut off your blender, remove the lid, and add the 3 scoops of Chocolate Ice Cream. Blend it all on whatever the medium setting on the blender is until combined and smooth. Pour into large dessert glasses or margarita glasses. Top with Reddi-Wip and a maraschino cherry!
4. Serve in large glasses, like margarita or dessert glasses, replenishing ingredients as needed to keep yourself and your guests happy. Make this special with a topping with a spritz of Reddi-Wip and perhaps a maraschino cherry or two.

**Hannah’s 2nd Note:** *If the resulting drink is not thick enough for you, the blender may be filled up all the way to the ¾ full mark on the blender’s glass body (either with crushed ice, or with more chocolate ice cream), and then you can re-blend the beverage until it matches your icy-headache tolerance level.*

**Hannah’s 3rd Note:** *I, myself, like it so frosty and thick that a plastic straw will stand up on its own if left unattended in the glass . . . but then again, I AM a Minnesota girl!*

## Conversion Charts

See Baking Conversion Chart for non-USA baking conversions.
Double Fudge Brownie Murder

**Double Fudge Brownie Murder** is the eighteenth book in the *Hannah Swensen Mystery* series. It was released in 2015.

## Short Summary

*Life in tiny Lake Eden, Minnesota, is usually pleasantly uneventful. But with the upcoming trial for her involvement in a tragic accident, Hannah Swensen hardly has time to think about her bakery, let alone the town's most recent murder...*

*Hannah Swensen has a hard time focusing on her bakery at the moment, considering an unexpected trip to Las Vegas and a longstanding love triangle that may soon turn into a quadrangle—let alone the nerves she’s experiencing over the upcoming trial for her involvement in a tragic accident. When she gets back to Lake Eden, Minnesota, she’s eager to clear her name once and for all, but her troubles only double when she finds the judge bludgeoned to death with his own gavel—and Hannah is the number one suspect. Now on trial in the court of public opinion, she sets out in search of the culprit and discovers that the judge made more than a few enemies during his career. With time running out, Hannah will have to look at all the evidence and restore order to the court...*

## Main Characters

* Hannah Swensen
* Delores Swensen
* Andrea Todd
* Michelle Swensen
* Doc Knight
* Ross Barton
* Norman Rhodes
* Mike Kingston

## Minor Characters

* Howie Levine
* Judge Geoffrey Colfax

## Quotes

* “A hot, dry breeze greeted the Swensen sisters and their mother when they emerged from the air-conditioned interior of McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.” (Chapter Three)

## Trivia

* This is the second fudge title in the series.
Hannah's Whipped Orange Crème Fraiche for Sweet Orange Pie

For Sweet Orange Pie

Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder

**Hannah's 1st Note: This will hold for several hours. Make it ahead of time and refrigerate in a bowl covered with plastic wrap.**

## Ingredients:

* 2 cups heavy ***(whipping)*** cream
* 1/2 cup white ***(granulated)*** sugar
* 1/2 teaspoon orange zest ***(that's grated orange peel but just the orange part -- don't grate any of the white or it will have bitter taste)***
* 1/2 cup sour cream

## Directions:

* Whip the **cream** with the white ***(granulated)*** **sugar** until it holds a firm peak.
* **To test** for firm peaks, simply shut off the mixer, and "dot" the surface of the cream with a rubber spatula and then pull it up. If it forms a peak that doesn't droop over on itself, you have firm peaks.
* Once you have firm peaks, gently fold in the **orange zest** and the **sour cream**. You can do this by hand or by using the slowest speed on the mixer. DO NOT OVERMIX!
* **Cover** your mixing bowl with plastic wrap and keep it in the refrigerator until your are ready to use the Whipped Orange Crème Fraiche to dress up the Sweet Orange Pie dessert.

**Hannah's 2nd Note: To make Hannah's Whipped Orange Crème Fraiche even easier, Edna Ferguson (Jordan High's Head Cook and the Queen of Shortcuts), came up with Edna's Shortcut Whipped Orange Crème Fraiche.**
Easy Brown Sugar

## Book Reference

Caramel Pecan Roll Murder

If you find that your brown sugar has clumped up in hard little nuggets, don’t panic. There’s an easy way to make your own brown sugar as long as you have white (granulated) sugar and molasses.

### Ingredients

* 1 cup white sugar
* 1 teaspoon of molasses

### Directions

* Place the cup of white sugar in a small bowl
* Drizzle one teaspoon of molasses over the top of the bowl.
* Mix in the molasses until it is thoroughly combined with the sugar and the result is a nice, even color of brown.

### Hannah's Note

*I always keep molasses on hand at The Cookie Jar for this reason. All you have to remember is to mix it with white sugar to get brown sugar.*

## Conversion Charts

See Baking Conversion Chart for non-USA baking conversions.
Frosting Splatters

Plum Pudding Murder

## Ingredients

* Leftover frosting of any type
* Salted soda crackers in sheets of 4, *(if you can find them)*, or individual crackers packed in sleeves

## Directions

* Lay out the crackers salt side down on a cookie sheet, counter, or platter. Spread the unsalted side with frosting.

Yield: Makes as many crackers as you have frosting to top.

**Lisa's Note: Kids love these and so do adults. A few Frosting Splatters might just keep them from digging into the frosted cake until it's ready to be served.**
Honey Apple Crisp

Christmas Cake Murder

Preheat oven to 350°F, rack in the middle position.

* 8 to 9 cups thinly sliced apples (I used a combination of Granny Smith and Gala, peeled, cored, and sliced as thin as a quarter.)
* 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
* 1/2 cup white (granulated) sugar
* 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
* 1/4teaspoon nutmeg
* 1/4 teaspoon cardamom
* 1 cup honey (I used orange honey, but clover is also good—spray inside of measuring cup with Pam or another nonstick cooking spray to keep the honey from sticking to the inside of the cup.)
* 1/2 cup brown sugar (Pack it down when you measure it.)
* 1 cup all-purpose flour (Pack it down when you measure it.)
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 cup (1 stick, 4 ounces, 1/4 pound) salted butter

### Directions

* Prepare a 9-inch by 13-inch baking pan by spraying the inside with Pam or another nonstick cooking spray, or buttering it. Line the bottom with graham crackers.
* Spread the apple slices over the bottom of a baking dish.
* Sprinkle the apples with the lemon juice.
* Mix the white sugar with the cinnamon, nutmeg, and cardamom.
* Sprinkle on the white granulated sugar mixture.
* Drizzle the honey over the top of the apples as evenly as possible.
* In a separate bowl, mix the brown sugar with the flour and the salt.
* Melt the butter in a microwave-safe bowl or measuring cup for 30 seconds on HIGH. Leave it in the microwave for an additional minute and then check it to see if it's melted. If it's not, heat it on HIGH for increments of 20 seconds, followed by 20-second standing times until it is.
	+ **Michelle's Note**: *You can also melt the butter over LOW heat on the stovetop if you prefer, but stir it constantly and be careful not to brown it.*
* Let the butter cool on a cold burner or a towel on the counter for 5 minutes and then pour it over the brown sugar, flour, and salt mixture in your bowl.
* Use your impeccably clean hands to mix everything together until the mixture resembles coarse gravel.
* Sprinkle the mixture over the top of your pan as evenly as possible.
* Bake your Honey Apple Crisp at 350°F for 50 minutes, or until the apples are tender. You can test for tenderness by sticking a fork into the center of the baking pan. If you encounter resistance from the apple slices, bake it for another 10 minutes and then test again. When your fork goes all the way to the bottom of the pan and the crust on top is a deep golden brown, your Honey Apple Crisp is done.
* Honey Apple Crisp is wonderful served either warm or cold. Serve in dessert dishes.
* If you'd like to dress up your Honey Apple Crisp a bit, top each dessert bowl with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a generous dollop of sweetened whipped cream.

**Yield**: Serves at least 12 unless everyone at the table wants more.

## Conversion Charts

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KCOW

## Book Reference

* Strawberry Shortcake Murder
* Double Fudge Brownie Murder
* Coconut Layer Cake Murder

**KCOW** is Lake Eden's local TV and Radio station in the Hannah Swensen Mystery series.

## Radio

**Doctor Love** is a radio talk program, airing over the noon hour with call ins. The shows host is Dr. Nancy Schmidt professor of psychology at the Lake Eden Community College.

TV
--

Nightly anchors, **Chuck Wilson** and **Dee-Dee Hughes**. After getting married, Dee-Dee leaves for New York and the station hires Lynne Larchmont as Chuck's co-host.

**Rayne Phillips** is a weatherman at KCOW radio and TV station. He never gets the weather forecast right.

**Jake** is one of the wacky hosts at KCOW radio and TV station in Lake Eden. His co-host is **Kelly** and they host the "News at O-Dark-Thirty".

### Strawberry Shortcake Murder

KCOW help promote the Hartland Flour Dessert Bake-Off Hannah bakes a dessert as a background to the news and then at the end of the news program she serves the dessert to the news team and they comment on it.

### Double Fudge Brownie Murder

Ross Barton interviews with KCOW Television for the position of their manager of original content. He is hired after a week trial and P.K. Alesworth becomes his assistant.

### Coconut Layer Cake Murder

After Lynne Larchmont moves to Lake Eden she visits KCOW to talk about the upcoming movie festival, when she finds out that Dee-Dee Hughes got married and up and quit.

Lynne applied and they did a trial program, which resulted in her getting the job as the new co-anchor with Chuck Wilson.
Ernie Kusak

**Son:** Christopher**Daughter:** Lindsay

## Bio

Ernie Kusak, was a manager and head driver for Cyril Murphy's Shamrock Limousine Service. After twenty years of marriage, Ernie divorced his wife Lorna, a legal secretary for Howie Levine (Lake Eden's most popular lawyer). They have 2 teenage children, Christopher and Lindsay.

Gary Jenkins a co-worker of Ernie's buys their house and Gary invites Ernie to live in the basement. Six months later, Ernie hits it big by winning a multi-million dollar lottery.

Once he wins the lottery, he buys a condo in the same complex as Lorna and Hannah Swensen and a Ferrari.

Ernie was spoiled as a child and lavishes his kids in honor of his parental traditions; wife not too happy about that.

Ernie enjoyed a little poker hand now and then at Hal & Rose's Cafe.

### Personality

"*...he lives in an Ernie-centric universe.” Norman chuckled. “Nice image! Are his wife and children the planets...?”*

His parents always treated him like a little prince and lived to serve him.

## Chronology by Novel

### Gingerbread Cookie Murder

Hannah recently had to politely ask Ernie to lower the decibels of his theater-quality sound system while playing Christmas music at home. The music is so loud it's deafening - his neighbor didn't hear the stove timer while baking Gingerbread Reindeer Cookies, which burned slightly enough to become inedible. Ernie must have forgotten he'd agreed to keep the volume turned down just earlier that same morning!

So Hannah goes to investigate and talk to him again!

## References

1. ↑ Fluke, Joanne; Levine, Laura; Meier, Leslie. Joanne Fluke Christmas Bundle: Sugar Cookie Murder, Candy Cane Murder, Plum Pudding Murder, & Gingerbread Cookie Murder (A Hannah Swensen Mystery Book 1) (p. 1249). Kensington. Kindle Edition.
Hal McDermott

## Bio

Married to Rose and Co-owner of Hal & Rose's Cafe, He runs a poker playing room in the back as a private club, though anyone can join in and gambles on everything.

When Rose and Hall were first married, Hal ran the café while Rose continued to work as Head Secretary at the school.

## Chronology by Novel

### Cherry Cheesecake Murder

Ran a pool on which one, Norman or Mike that Hannah would marry. When she refused both, Hal was encouraged to donate the money to charity.

### Double Fudge Brownie Murder

He runs a pool on when Hannah’s baby would be born. (He was sure Hannah was pregnant because she was rushing the wedding to Ross)
Marge Beeseman

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## Relations

**Son**: Herb Beeseman, Unnamed

**Parents**: *deceased*

**Twin Sister**: Patsy Diehl**Brother**: Gus Kleins

**Daughter-in-Law**: Lisa Herman

## Books

All Complete Series

*Marge Beeseman **is a minor character in the*** **Hannah Swensen Mystery *series*.**

## Bio

*She was born and raised in Lake Eden and is the mother of Herb Beeseman, Lisa's mother-in-law, and has one other son. She also volunteers her time as the librarian at the Lake Eden Library.*

## Chronology

### Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

She was mentioned earlier on in the book when Hannah recalls the ticket Herb gave her mother sometime prior to it.

### Blueberry Muffin Murder

Marge is thrilled that Connie Mac is going to hold an author signing for her new cookbook at the Lake Eden Library. She sets up a nice display and table at the back of the library so everyone has to walk through and tour the it before reaching the author.

But when Connie Mac arrives she sweetly rearranges everything so that the book signing is in the hall outside the doors to the library. Marge special order 200 cookbooks for the event.

After Connie Mac is Murdered, Marge is despairing over what she is going to do with all of those books when the cookbooks publisher gives her 200 pre-signed cookbooks to sell to raise money for the library. Marge took great satisfaction in selling those books to the community as the arrived for the Winter Carnival banquet.

### Carrot Cake Murder

Her missing brother, Gus, makes a surprised appearance at the Beeseman-Herman Family Reunion held in August at Eden Lake. Andrea assisted with finding cabins to rent for the large number of relatives that are expected for the event.

Marge is involved with the reunion and when her missing brother shows up for it, she is one of the first people to doubt that it really is Gus. She confronts him to try and find out why he left and never sent any word back to them, but he refused to answer her.

The baseball card that Gus came to “Lake Eden” to retrieve was inherited by Marge and Patsy as his closest living relatives. Granny's Attic placed at auction from their website with a min. starting bid of $1.5 million and expected it to sell for over $2m.
Hank

**Hank** is the bartender down at the Lake Eden Municipal Liquor Store. Hank, surprisingly, seems to have some baking experience himself. He gave Hannah a quick substitute method when fruit had to be mixed with liquor for Raisin Drops in Carrot Cake Murder, Hank suggested to Hannah that *"you could use 1/4 cup orange liqueur mixed with 1-1/4 cups orange juice to plump chopped dates."*

In the Lake Eden's Cookbook, Hannah remembered his idea but had to use straight orange juice since it was snowing and didn't want to run to the store to make the Chocolate Date Drops.
Lisa's White Chocolate Supremes

## Book Reference

Blueberry Muffin Murder

**Lisa's White Chocolate Supremes** is the sixth recipe included in Blueberry Muffin Murder.

## Ingredients

* 1 cup melted butter *(2 sticks, one-half pound)*
* 3/4 cup white sugar
* 3/4 cup brown sugar
* 2 teaspoons vanilla
* 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 2 beaten eggs
* 2 1/4 cup flour *(no need to sift)*
* 2 cups (1/2 pound) real white chocolate *(or white chocolate chips)*
* 1 1/2 cups chopped macadamia nuts *(measure before chopping)*

## Directions

* Preheat oven to 350°F, rack in the middle position.
* Melt the butter. Mix in the white sugar and brown sugar. Then mix in the vanilla, baking soda, and salt. Add the eggs and stir again. Add the flour and mix thoroughly.
* If your using block white chocolate, chop it up into pieces roughly the size of chocolate chips. You can do this in a food processor by cutting the chocolate in chunks and processing it with the steel blade. If you're using white chocolate chips, just measure out 2 cups. *(You can use vanilla chips, but the cookies won't taste the same.)*
* Measure out the whole macadamia nuts. Chop them into pieces roughly the size of peas with a knife, or use your food processor and the steel blade.
* Add the white chocolate and nuts to the bowl and mix thoroughly.
* Drop the dough by teaspoon onto an UNGREASED cookie sheet, 12 cookies to standard-size sheet. Bake at 350°F for 10 to 12 minutes or until nicely browned.
* Let the cookies cool for two minutes, then remove them from the baking sheet and transfer them to a wire rack to finish cooling.

## Trivia

*Lisa developed this recipe, and it's just like they say in the potato chip commercials--you can't eat just one.*

*Lisa's White Chocolate Supremes* are Lisa's own creations, while in Sally's Kitchen Hannah and Lisa were working on them.

## Conversion Charts

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Joanne Fluke

## Biography

Fluke was born to Cliff and Esther Gibson in c. 1943 in Swanville, Minnesota. She graduated from Swanville High School in 1960, attended St. Cloud State University and earned a B.A. in psychology, in 1973, from California State University, San Bernardino.

Fluke has been baking since she was a child and comes from a long line of bakers.

Like Hannah Swensen, Joanne Fluke grew up in a small town in rural Minnesota where her neighbors were friendly, the winters were fierce, and the biggest scandal was the spotting of unidentified male undergarments on a young widow's clothesline. She insists that there really are 10,000 lakes and the mosquito is NOT the state bird.

While pursuing her writing career, Joanne has worked as: a public school teacher, a psychologist, a musician, a private detective's assistant, a corporate, legal, and pharmaceutical secretary, a short order cook, a florist's assistant, a caterer and party planner, a computer consultant on a now-defunct operating system, a production assistant on a TV quiz show, half of a screenwriting team with her husband, and a mother, wife, and homemaker.

She now lives in Southern California with her husband, her kids, his kids, their three dogs, one elderly tabby, and several noisy rats in the attic.

## References

1. ↑ Joanne at wikipedia
2. ↑ Author's site - About me