Opening line in the book: Hannah Swenson awoke to a curious sensation.
Taken from the blurb: Preparations are underway for Lake Eden, Minnesota's annual Winter Carnival - and Hannah Swenson is set to bake up a storm at her popular shop, The Cookie Jar. Too bad the honor of creating the official Winter Carnival cake went to famous lifestyle maven Connie Mac - a half-baked idea, in Hannah's opinion. She suspects Connie Mac is a lot like the confections she whips up on her cable TV cooking show - sweet, light, and scrumptious-looking, but likely to leave a bitter taste in your mouth.
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 burnt to a crips - 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-limit. She's a baker without an oven- and the Carnival is right around the corner. Hannah's only alternative is to cook up a plan to save her business - by finding the killer herself...
One of your oldest friends has been accused of murder, your cookie shop is inaccessible because it is a crime scene, your mother's mad at you for finding another body, your fifth to be precise, and to top it off, there is a ghost on the suspect list? This third book has been a fun read set in my favourite rural lake town.
Rating: 3/5
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