The Cookie Jar is abuzz with activity. Hannah's all set to make sweets for the upcoming fair, judge a bake-off and assist a friend in his magic act. But all is not well in the tiny town of Lake Eden. Student teacher Willa Sunquist is found murdered with a key lime pie toppled over at the scene. The list of suspects runs around the block, and Hannah must sift through this motley assortment before the devious villain strikes again.

In the aftermath of her husband's disappearance, Hannah Swensen throws herself into a baking frenzy for the sake of pumpkin pie and Thanksgiving-themed treats. P.K., Ross's assistant at KCOW-TV, has been driving Ross's car and using his desk at work-- and when P.K. is murdered, Hannah suspects that Ross was the real target. Now she'll have to sift through a cornucopia of clues to stop a killer from bringing another murder to the table.

Hannah has excellent reasons to despise the caddish Bradford Ramsey, as do many other women. Nevertheless, she'd rather not expose her youthful indiscretions, especially to her policeman beau. Hannah is very busy with the mayor's wife Lake Eden, Minn. charity event at which Ramsey is host. So what should she say when she stumbles upon his murdered corpse?

Hannah Swensen, Lake Eden, Minnesota's finest bakery owner and amateur sleuth, discovers a body floating in a health club jacuzzi. When her part-time flame, Detective Mike Kingston, becomes the prime suspect, he recruits Hannah to find out whodunit.

Hannah is marrying Ross Barton, her college crush, but not before she can solve the murder case of nasty celebrity chef Alain Duquesne, who was found stabbed to death in the Lake Eden Inn's walk-in cooler.

This novel finds the residents of Lake Eden, Minnesota, buzzing with activity. Perhaps busiest of all is Hannah Swensen, proprietor of The Cookie Jar, who is experimenting with a devil's food cake recipe. But no matter how hectic times may be, Hannah can always find time to help a friend--particularly a dead one.

A Deadly Recipe': Bakery owner Hannah Swensen just can't jeep 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. A Palm Pudding Mystery: When a murder takes place at the local Christmas tree carnival, it seems there are quite a few suspects. With the twelve days of Christmas ticking away, Hannah's running out of time to nab a murderous Scrooge who...

Three mystery writers contribute candy cane-themed stories. In "Candy Cane Murder", a trail of candy canes leads to a corpse outfitted in a Santa suit, and Hannah Swensen sets out to discover who killed Kris Kringle. In "The Dangers of Candy Canes", a wealthy suburbanite takes a lethal tumble off his roof while installing a giant candy cane. Now it's up to Jaine Austen to sift through a long list of scheming neighbors with dirty secrets in their stockings...