Summertime has finally arrived in Lake Eden, Minnesota, and Hannah
Swensen, owner of The Cookie Jar bakery, is looking forward to warm,
lazy days, eating ice cream, and sharing picnics with friends. But when
a family reunion takes a deadly turn, it's up to Hannah to find a
killer...
Hannah Swensen has a lot on her plate, baking up a storm for The Cookie
Jar. But she'll always make time for her business partner, Lisa, who's
preparing for a big family reunion. Everyone is delighted when Lisa's
long-lost uncle makes a surprise appearance. No one has heard from Gus
in twenty-five years.
Uncle Gus is immediately the hit of the reunion. He's almost as popular
as Hannah's scrumptious carrot cake. But the next morning, as the whole
family gathers for the group photo, one person is missing. Hannah offers
to track down Uncle Gus, but her search leads to a shocking find. Over
by the bar at the pavilion, she spots two slices of her infamous carrot
cake, frosting-side down on the floor--and Gus's corpse with an ice pick
jutting out of his chest!
A little snooping reveals that not everyone was celebrating Gus's
return. And when Hannah unearths secrets from Gus's past, she discovers
many more people with an axe to grind. Now Hannah's got to sift through
a long list of suspects to find a killer--even if it could mean a recipe
for her own demise...
