Herb Beeseman

**Mother**: Marge Beeseman**Step-Father**: Jack Herman

**Brother**: Unnammed?

**Aunt**: Patsy Diehl

## Books

at least mentioned in all Books

**Herb Beeseman** is a major character in the *Hannah Swensen Mystery* series*.*

## Bio

He is the youngest son of Marge Beeseman and was a quarterback in high school. He was in HS the same time that Hannah Swensen was but the grades weren't mentioned (Christmas Caramel Murder), so he is in his mid to late 20's at the beginning of the series.

In Peach Cobbler Murder he and Lisa Herman get married.

Is Lake Eden’s town Marshall, responsible for traffic and parking violations and answers directly to the Mayor. One of his duties is to the check the local business’ after hours to make sure everything is ok and to respond to any problems, he has keys to all of them. When he was hired by the city council to enforce parking and traffic laws, they were embarrassed by the small amount they could pay him, so told him he could pick his own title. He chose "Marshall" because of the old-west connection that has always interested him.

His hobby is illusion and he performs as an amateur magician.

### Personality

Taking his job seriously, Herb often writes various tickets for the "minor crimes" occurring in Lake Eden. However, this is with good reason, as he puts the safety of others before all else. He has a friendly relationship with Hannah and often teases her.

## Chronology by Novel

Herb is mentioned in many books in the series, but has a larger role in the following books.

### Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

Hannah greets him on the way to work and recalls how her mother become livid with him after he gave her a speeding ticket. Later, she saw him after arriving at the school to help cater the Boy Scout Awards Banquet and gave him a bag of Molasses Crackles while chatting with him. It is revealed that during the midday he works as the only member of the "Lake Eden Parking Authority", watching over the children of the school to ensure their safety and protection. Before she headed off, she explained that her mom was still upset with him, but she was sure deep down she understood why he gave her a speeding ticket. She also teased him by claiming he was once considered husband material by her mom until the speeding ticket incident- leaving him fairly stunned.

### Lemon Meringue Pie Murder

Herb rescues Hannah after she is locked in her freezer by Jed Sawyer. He becomes engaged to Lisa

### Peach Cobbler Murder

Lisa and Herb get married and Marge has given them her house as a wedding present. She has moved in with Lisa’s father, Jack as his primary caretaker so that Lisa would be free to enjoy married life with her son.

### Key Lime Pie Murder

Herb enters the amateur talent contest and asks Hannah to be his assistant for the box of death. She agrees and he wins the contest.

### Cream Puff Murder

Herb has a conversation with Hannah about smoke and fire alarms and mentions that the “Heavenly Bodies Spa” uses smoke detectors in the sauna so when Hannah is locked into the sauna by the murderer she figures out how to use the smoke alarm to get help.

### Plum Pudding Murder

Herb is gone ice fishing with the mayor and Lisa is lonely. When she finds out that Bill Todd has puppies to give away, and only one left, she is very interested because Herb has been wanting a dog. It is a Jack Russell-Yellow Lab mix that they name Dillon.

### Apple Turnover Murder

Herb is training Dillon to assist him with his work. Dillon is coming along quickly with his training and goes every where with Herb.

Herb shows Hannah how well Dillon has learned to come when called with a special dog whistle that only they can hear and what his unique code is. Dillon is also trained not to accept food from anyone, unless Herb tells him that it is alright.

Because of showing off Dillon’s new skills to Hannah, he was able to rescue her when she was locked in to one of the crypts by Perry He then radio the information to the Sheriff’s deputies and they arrested Perry.