Bakery owner Hannah Swensen just canβt 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 itβs the local sheriffβs election thatβs got her down. For years, Sheriff Grantβs been the iron hand in town. But now, Hannahβs brother-in-law, Bill, is giving the old blowhard the fight of his long, dubious careerβand Grantβs 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 Grantβs body in the dumpster behind the high school where sheβs teaching her cooking class. Worse, the poor man still has fudge frosting on his shirt from one of her cupcakes.
The number oneβand onlyβsuspect is Bill, but Hannahβs not swallowing it. Plenty of people had reason to hate Sheriff Grant. Soon, Hannahβs 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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βFor fans of culinary mysteries.ββLibrary Journal
βScrumptious.ββPublishers Weekly