'Delicious food descriptions and recipes, warm and familiar characters who grow into real people.a vivid picture of the small lake town and a well-crafted mystery provide the ingredients for yet another tempting feast that should satisfy all fans, old and new.'- Publishers Weekly Includes seven original cookie and dessert recipes for you to try! Hannah's only alternative is to cook up a plan to save her business-by finding the killer herself. She's a baker without an oven-and the Carnival is right around the corner. Next thing Hannah knows, the police have declared The Cookie Jar's kitchen crime scene off-limits.

Things finally boil over when Hannah arrives at The Cookie Jar to find the Winter Carnival cake burnt to a crisp-and Connie Mac lying dead in her pantry, struck down while eating one of Hannah's famous blueberry muffins. Turns out America's 'Cooking Sweetheart' is bossy, bad-tempered, and downright domineering. Hannah's suspicions are confirmed when Connie Mac's limo rolls into town. 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.

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. Preparations are underway for Lake Eden, Minnesota's annual Winter Carnival-and Hannah Swensen is set to bake up a storm at her popular shop, The Cookie Jar. Bakery owner Hannah Swensen is back-and the cookies are crumbling-as acclaimed author Joanne Fluke serves readers another helping of murder, mayhem, and mouthwatering mystery.

Blueberry Muffin Murder by Joanne Fluke