Book Review - Lemon Meringue Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke

This is the fourth book in the Hannah Swensen Mystery series. As the past books, it's mildly entertaining, a quick and easy read. I like that Hannah has a bit more of a personality now. Looking back, it was a bit of a surprise that only one person was murdered in this story. And I like that these books are so tame that Holly can read them. I know people are murdered, but there's no gore, no detail, just happy Hannah baking cookies.

Some of the little details in this book really bugged me, but perhaps I'm being too picky. (Details really bug me.)

• If Norman bought a house and signed papers the next day, it wouldn't have taken forever to sign the paperwork (because there'd be no loan, and that's what's so time consuming). There was no reason behind making this last so long, other than taking up page space.
  

• They DO make blue jello, and this is a silly detail that was not pertinent to the book but was mentioned more than once.

• Also mentioned more than once was the increased likelihood of summer colds caused by getting wet in a summer storm. Shouldn't be that much of a problem, unless it's raining virus . . .

• And why was half a page devoted to Andrea's use of prepositions at the end of her sentences? This has not been brought up before, and it wasn't again in the book.

I can work with Hannah stumbling over dead body after dead body in her little town; it's integral to the story. But I obsess a little on the minute errata . . . can you tell?

I should have been a book editor.

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If you like this series, I'd recommend this book.