Bakery owner Hannah Swensen just canât keep her hands out of the batter when murder stirs things up in Lake Eden, Minnesota, leaving the sheriff dead, a deputy accused, and a killer on the loose ...
For Hannah, life seems to be lacking a certain flavor lately. Maybe itâs the local sheriffâs election thatâs got her down. For years, Sheriff Grantâs been the iron hand in town. But now, Hannahâs brother-in-law, Bill, is giving the old blowhard the fight of his long, dubious careerâand Grantâs not taking it well, especially once the polls show Bill pulling ahead.
But before anyone can taste victory, Hannah makes a very unappetizing discovery: Sheriff Grantâs body in the dumpster behind the high school where sheâs teaching her cooking class. Worse, the poor man still has fudge frosting on his shirt from one of her cupcakes.
The number oneâand onlyâsuspect is Bill, but Hannahâs not swallowing it. Plenty of people had reason to hate Sheriff Grant. Soon, Hannahâs dishing up scandalous secrets, steaming hot betrayals, and enough intrigue to keep the gossip mill at The Cookie Jar going through several pots of decaf. And the closer Hannah gets to the truth, the closer she gets to smoking out a murderer with a very nasty recipe for silencing people ...
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âFor fans of culinary mysteries.ââLibrary Journal
âScrumptious.ââPublishers Weekly