A visiting celebrity baker is cut down in the kitchen in the New York Times-bestselling series: “A delightful confection.”—Library Journal Preparations are under way for Lake Eden, Minnesota’s annual Winter Carnival—and Hannah Swensen will be extra busy at her shop, The Cookie Jar. Too bad the honor of creating the official Winter Carnival cake went to famous lifestyle maven Connie Mac—a … lifestyle maven Connie Mac—a half-baked idea, in Hannah’s opinion. She suspects Connie Mac’s sweet cable-TV image is a cover for something more bitter.
Hannah’s suspicions are confirmed when Connie Mac’s limo rolls into town. Turns out America’s “Cooking Sweetheart” is bossy, bad-tempered, and downright domineering. Things finally boil over when Hannah arrives at The Cookie Jar to find the Winter Carnival cake destroyed—and Connie Mac lying dead in her pantry, struck down while eating one of Hannah’s famous blueberry muffins.
Next thing Hannah knows, the police have declared The Cookie Jar’s kitchen crime scene off-limits. She’s a baker without an oven—and the Carnival is right around the corner. Her only alternative is to cook up a plan to save her business—by finding the killer herself…
Includes seven original cookie and dessert recipes for you to try!
“Delicious food descriptions and recipes, warm and familiar characters who grow into real people…a vivid picture of the small lake town and a well-crafted mystery provide the ingredients for yet another tempting feast that should satisfy all fans, old and new.”—Publishers Weekly
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How is Hannah supposed to make the world’s bestest cookies for the Lake Eden Winter Carnival when Americas “Cooking Sweetheart” gets murdered in the Cookie Jars pantry? By finding the killer VERY quickly of course! With help from her sister, Hannah takes down the bad guy and actually gets to share her cookie goodness with the Winter Carnival goers.
A great mystery series staring Hannah Swenson as the main character. The underlying romance along with the plausible murder scenario’s make this book a true page turner. Also, the recipe’s are a bonus!
What I thought in 2012: I’m loving this series… will have to incorporate it in every other book to catch up! And then I tried, but sometimes they get so sugary!
Connie Mac is the focus here… and it’s all about cooking and the winter carnival. It’s an early book in the series and helps you create a strong understanding of Hannah. I wonder if they’ll make this one into a TV movie. I don’t think it has been yet.
When a home and lifestyle maven is killed in town, Hannah starts investigating to find the killer. Good recipes and great characters keep the pages turning.
Liked that the author included the recipes for her readers to try.