Now in a beautifully repackaged trade paperback and including ten
scrumptious recipes for readers to try at home, the 13th installment of
Joanne Fluke's New York Times bestselling Hannah Swensen Mystery
series finds the Lake Eden, Minnesota bakery owner tracking down a
killer who is flakier than a puff pastry!
It's June in Lake Eden, Minnesota, and for Hannah Swensen, that means
bridal showers galore, plus a massive fundraising event in need of
confections--not to mention a killer who never learned that charity
begins at home . . .
Early summer brings plenty of work for Hannah, even before Mayor
Bascomb's wife drops by The Cookie Jar to place an order for
eleven-hundred cookies. Stephanie Bascomb is organizing an elaborate
three-day event to support local charities, and though it's a worthy
cause, Hannah almost flips when her business partner, Lisa, suggests
setting up an apple turnover stand. Hannah's never made a turnover--but
pushover that she is, she places her faith in Lisa's mother-in-law's
recipe and agrees to be a magician's assistant in the fundraiser's
talent show . . .
Hannah has to admit that stepping out of her comfort zone has been fun
as well as profitable. The only snag is the show's host, community
college professor Bradford Ramsey. Hannah and her younger sister
Michelle each had unfortunate romantic relationships with Ramsey, and
when he comes sniffing around between acts, Hannah tells him off. But
when the curtain doesn't go up, she discovers Ramsey backstage--dead as
a doornail with a turnover in his hand. To protect her reputation and
Michelle's, Hannah must get to the bottom of the professor's bitter
end--and track down a killer who's flakier than puff pastry--and far
more dangerous . . .
