TVLINE | What about Bad Apple makes it distinct from any Hannah Swensen mystery that came before it? Joanne Fluke has written 30 novels to date ... and every book is about either Hannah or ...

What some Hannah Swensen fans may not know is that the movies are based on the book series written Days of our Lives alum Alison Sweeney will always be known to soap fans as the villainous Sami Brady.

College educated Hannah Swensen owns and operates Hannah's Cookie Jar, a bakery and café, in the small town of Eden Lake, Minnesota, where she grew up and where most everyone knows everyone else.