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Thank you to NetGalley, A.C. Moyer, and the publisher for providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for a honest review. The premise of the boom was interesting, which caused me to request a copy of the book. I thought the book was going to bea mystery/thriller but it mostly a cheap porn.

Unfortunately, I was very disappointed in this book. I could on,y get through 8% of the book, when my usual cutoff for a book I do not like is 10%. The writing was not stellar and the characters did not draw me into reading more. The plot was scattered but not in a good way.

I always love to read books that involve twins. I am fascinated by the relationship between the two, especially if they are identical. This book did not disappoint at all. I fully enjoyed taking a "break" to the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard to meet Tabitha and Harper Frost, identical twins who chose to live separately, one on each island, for the majority of their lives. Both approaching their 40th birthday, the twins could not be more opposite in backgrounds and personality. Tabitha has never been married but has one daughter, Ainsley and one son, Julien, who passed away as an infant. Harper has never been married either but with no children. Harper has become the scandal of her island due to her involvement in an unexpected illegal drug bust and her affair with the married doctor of her father. The death of their father, Billy Frost along with the injury of their mother has caused the women to reunite together. Harper and Tabitha trade places on their respective islands giving the opportunities to figure out who they are as individuals as well as twins.

I fully enjoyed reading this book. It was interesting from the beginning to the end. It was a light and quick read. I definitely look forward to reading more by this author. I like the fact that the author is also a twin, but fraternal instead of identical.

I enjoyed this book. However, if you read a lot of psychological thrillers, some aspects (but not all) were easy to figure out earlier in the novel.

Thank you to Netgalley, Joanne Fluke, and the publisher for providing me an advanced copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

To read 22 books in a series, it is apparent that this reader is addicted to the Hannah Swensen series. These books are a quick & easy read and often entertaining. Though I enjoyed the story, I did not feel that Raspberry Danish Murder had many of the items that I loved from books earlier in the season. I feel that once Hannah and Ross decided to get married, it caused a bit of a "is that it?" feeling. I preferred much better the dynamics between Hannah, Norman, and Mike. In my opinion, the marriage of Hannah and Ross feels fake and not based on love. Also, the murder in the story seemed to take a back seat to all of the baking going on through the book and trying to locate Ross who has seemed to disappear for unknown reasons.

I am hoping that the next one in the series will be more suspenseful and an exciting installment in the series.

Excellent book. I look forward to reading more from this author.