Winter in Lake Eden, Minnesota, gets heated when a murder upends Hannah Swensen's best-laid baking plans in this beautifully repackaged trade paperback reissue from Joanne Fluke's New York Times bestselling mystery series.

Preparations are underway for Lake Eden, Minnesota's annual Winter Carnival-and Hannah Swensen is set to bake up a storm at 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 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 crisp-and Connie Mac lying dead in her pantry, struck down while eating one of Hannah's famous blueberry muffins. With the crime scene off-limits, Hannah's only alternative is to cook up a plan to save her business-by finding the killer herself . . .