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 Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder Kensington Hardcover -- ISBN 1-57566-524-7 Kensington Paperback -- ISBN 1-75820-230-X Large Type -- see RecordedBooks.com Watch for a special new hardcover edition in September 2006, see below for info!      Strawberry Shortcake Murder Kensington Hardcover -- ISBN 1-57566-644-8 Kensington Paperback -- ISBN 1-57566-721-5 Wheeler Publishing, Large Type ISBN 1-58724-728-3 Audio Book -- see RecordedBooks.com   Blueberry Muffin Murder Kensington Hardcover -- ISBN 1-57566-707-X Kensington Paperback -- ISBN 1-57566-722-3 Large Print Version -- see RecordedBooks.com Audio Book -- see RecordedBooks.com 
Kensington Hardcover -- ISBN 0758201524 Kensington Paperback -- ISBN 0758201532 Large Print -- see Recordedbooks.com Audio Book -- see Recordedbooks.com 
 Sugar Cookie Murder Kensington Hardcover -- ISBN 0-7582-0681-X Kensington Paperback -- ISBN 0-7582-0682-8 Includes over 50 recipes!!! Large Print -- see Recordedbooks.com Audio Book -- see Recordedbooks.com       
 Peach Cobbler Murder Kensington Hardcover -- ISBN 0758201540 Kensington Paperback -- ISBN 0-7582-0155-9 Large Print -- see Recordedbooks.com Audio Book -- see Recordedbooks.com 
 Cherry Cheesecake Murder Kensington Hardcover -- ISBN 0-7582-0294-6 Kensington Paperback, Feb. 1, 2007 ISBN: 0-7582-0295-4 Large Print — Thorndike Press Audio Books — Recordedbooks.com 
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STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE MURDER In her debut mystery, Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder, intrepid amateur sleuth and bakery owner Hannah Swensen proved that when it comes to crime, nothing is sweeter than a woman who knows how to really mix it up. Now, the flame-haired, tart-talking (and baking) heroine is back, judging a contest where the competition is really murder. From the Book Jacket: When the president of Hartland Flour chooses cozy Lake Eden, Minnesota, as the spot for their first annual Dessert Bake-Off, Hannah is thrilled to serve as the head judge. But when a fellow judge, Coach Boyd Watson, is found stone-cold dead, facedown in Hannah's celebrated strawberry shortcake, Lake Eden's sweet ride to fame turns very sour indeed. Between perfecting her Cheddar Cheese Apple Pie and
Chocolate Crunches, Hannah's snooping into the coach's private life and
not coming up short on suspects. And could Watson's
harsh criticism during the judging have given one of the contestants a
license to kill? The stakes are rising faster than dough, and Hannah
will have to be very careful, because somebody is cooking up a recipe for
murder...with Hannah landing on the "necessary ingredients"
list. LEMON MERINGUE PIE MURDER Hiro Kimura, the cover Here’s a little taste of the story to whet your appetite for Hannah Swensen’s
next adventure: The residents of Lake Eden, Minnesota, are planning to paint the town red,
white, and blue to celebrate the Fourth of July – but the fireworks are
already going off at Hannah Swensen’s bake shop, The Cookie Jar… Hannah Swensen thought she’d finally discovered the recipe for a perfect
life. But her sometime beau Norman Rhodes tosses a surprise ingredient into the
mix when he phones to tell her he’s just bought a house from local drugstore
clerk Rhonda Scharf – which he plans to tear down in order to build the dream
home he and Hannah designed. It seems the plan has been cooking for quite some
time, and Hannah’s shocked. Especially since her ring finger is still very
much bare. The good news is that the soon-to-be-torn-down house is full of antiques –
and Norman has given Hannah and her mother first dibs. They uncover some
gorgeous old furniture, a patchwork quilt… and Rhonda Scharf’s dead body.
Not exactly what they were looking for. A little more sleuthing turns up the
half-eaten remains of a very special dinner for two – and one of The Cookie
Jar’s famous lemon meringue pies. It’s obvious Rhonda was expecting someone
for dinner – perhaps one of the men she was secretly dating. Now it’s up to
Hannah to turn up the heat – and get busy tracking down clues. Starting in her
very own kitchen… Contains 9 delicious recipes for you to try. FUDGE CUPCAKE MURDER* -- Bakery owner Hannah Swensen just can't keep her hands out of the batter when murder stirs things up in Lake Eden, Minnesota, leaving the sheriff dead, an innocent deputy accused, and a killer still on the loose... For bakery owner Hannah Swensen, life in Lake Eden, Minnesota, seems to be lacking a certain flavor. It's not that she doesn't enjoy teaching a weekly "Potluck Cooking Class" at the community outreach center. Or that she's not excited about her sister Andrea's bun in the oven -- watching the very pregnant Andrea try to sit on a stool at The Cookie Jar is worth it every time.Maybe it's this year's sheriff's election that's got her down. For years, Sheriff Grant's been the iron hand in town. But now, Hannah's brother-in-law Bill is giving the old blowhard the fight of his long, dubious career -- and Grant's not taking it in stride, especially once the local polls (and The Cookie Jar gossip) show Bill pulling ahead. But before anyone can get a taste of victory, things go sour. Just as Hannah's emptying the trash, she makes a very unappetizing discovery: Sheriff Grant's body in the dumpster behind the high school where she's teaching her cooking class. And if that weren't bad enough, the poor man still has fudge frosting on his shirt from the cupcake she gave him earlier. She'd been trying to find the secret ingredient left out of the recipe. Now she has a more important mystery to crack. The number one suspect is none other than Bill.
In fact, he's the only suspect. But Hannah's not swallowing it. Plenty of people
had reason to hate Sheriff Grant, starting with all the deputies whose cases he
stole during election years just so he could take the glory. Even his
long-suffering wife Nettie isn't blame-free. Rumor has it the Grants were doing
some serious feuding and had a skeleton rattling around in their closet. Soon,
Hannah's dishing up scandalous secrets, steaming hot betrayals, and enough
nastiness to keep the gossip mill at The Cookie Jar going through several pots
of decaf. And the closer Hannah gets to the truth, the closer she gets to
smoking out a murderer with a very nasty recipe for silencing people. Will
Hannah be able to stand the heat when someone wants her out of the kitchen...
for good? While Hannah is baking the day's goodies at The Cookie Jar, the evening's
plans begin to jell. Start with the best Lake Eden culinary creations, add
two of Hannah's "sometime" boyfriends, a pinch of her
ready-to-pop pregnant sister, and a dash of her mother and a new significant
other, an actual British lord, and what do you get? A recipe for disaster,
but the juiciest ingredient is yet to come . . .
The recently divorced Martin Dubinski arrives at the buffet with his new
Vegas showgirl wife--all wrapped up in glitter and fur. His ex-wife,
however, seems as cool as chilled eggnog. And when Hannah's mother's
antique Christmas cake knife disappears, its discovery in the décolletage of
the new--and now late--Mrs. Dubinski puts the festivities on ice.
With The Cookie Jar, Hannah Swensen has a
mouthwatering monopoly on the bakery business of Lake Eden, Minnesota. But
when a rival store opens, tensions begin to bubble... At least Hannah has her business partner Lisa's
wedding to look forward to. She's turned one of Lisa's favorite childhood
treats into a spectacular Wedding Cookie Cake. And Lisa's aunt will be
bringing her famous Peach Cobbler to the reception. But Hannah starts to
steam when she finds out that Shawna Lee has been invited--and is bringing her
own Peach Cobbler. Hannah doesn't like having the Georgia Peach in
the mix, especially when both Shawna Lee and Hannah's sometime-boyfriend,
Detective Mike Kingston, are no-shows to the wedding. Hannah has suspected
that Mike is interested in more than Shawna Lee's baking abilities. So
when she sees lights on at the Magnolia Blossom Bakery after the reception, she
investigates--and finds Shawna Lee shot to death. Everyone in town knew The Cookie Jar was losing
business to the Magnolia Bakery--a fact that puts Hannah at the top of the
initial list of suspects. But with a little help from her friends,
Hannah's determined to prove that she wasn't the only one who had an axe to
grind with the Quinn sisters. Somebody wasn't fooled by the Georgia
Peaches and their sweet-as-pie act--and now it's up to Hannah to track down
whoever had the right ingredients to whip up a murder...
Contains 14 delicious recipes for you to try.
CHERRY CHEESECAKE MURDER
There's no such thing as privacy in Lake Eden, but Hannah never thought
things would go this far. Everyone has been telling her what to do
ever since she got not one but two marriage proposals. The votes are
evenly divided between Detective Mike Kingston and town dentist Norman
Rhodes.
Everything's on schedule until Dean demonstrates a suicide scene with a
prop gun that turns out to be all too real. Hannah's on the case in
a flash. There are plenty of suspects to go around, starting with
the lead actress Lynne Larchmont--one of a slew of female visitors to
Dean's trailer--whose husband Tom is financing the film. Then
there's Tom Larchmont himself, forty years his wife's senior, and smitten
enough to be motivated by jealousy. Ross Barton was constantly
keeping Dean out of trouble...could he have had enough? Local Winnie
Henderson publicly threatened to kill Dean to stop him for moving her
brother's statue. And what about male star Burke Anson? He's
argued with Dean about something mysterious the morning of the murder.
As filming continues, Hannah shifts through the clues, hoping against hope
that the person responsible for Dean's death is half-baked enough to have
made a mistake. When it happens, Hannah intends to be there--ready
to rewrite a killer's lethal script with the kind of quirky ending that
can only happen in Lake Eden. SUGAR AND SPICE, Romantic Suspense Anthology Take two young teachers who’ve fallen in love, and add six unlucky kids who
can’t go home from boarding school for the holidays. Mix it all up with a scoop
of skullduggery, and it’s a recipe for disaster. It’ll take some sleuthing, but
Hannah and her extended family must find out who and what is responsible for
chilling the simmering romance between the two teachers. The clock is ticking
and Hannah hopes she can solve the puzzle in time to deliver the very best
Christmas present of all.
KEY LIME PIE MURDER It promises to be a
busy week for Hannah Swensen. Not only is she whipping up treats for the
chamber of commerce booth at the fair, she’s also judging the baking
contest, acting as a magician’s assistant for her business partner’s
husband, trying to coax Moishe, her previously rapacious feline, to end
his hunger strike, and performing her own private carnival act by juggling
the demands of her mother and sisters. With so much on her plate, it’s no wonder Hannah finds herself on the
midway, only moments before the fair closes for the night. As the lights
click off, she realizes that she’s not alone among the shuttered booths
and looming carnival attractions. After hearing a suspicious thump, she
goes snooping – only to discover Willa Sunquist, student teacher and
fellow bake contest judge, dead alongside an upended key lime pie. But who
would want to kill Willa and why? Before long, Hannah is sifting motives
and a list of suspects which include a high school student Willa flunked,
the hot-blooded brothers of a disqualified beauty contestant, a rodeo
cowboy, a baking competitor who failed to win her yearly blue ribbon, and
the college professor Willa was dating. As fair week draws to a close, Hannah cranks up the heat, hoping that
the killer will get rattled and make a mistake. If that happens she
intends to be there, even if it means getting on a carnival ride that
could very well be her last. INCLUDES SIXTEEN ORIGINAL DESSERT RECIPES !
Bakery owner Hannah Swensen feels a
little stuffed in her elf costume--but it's too late to count calories.
Lake Eden's annual Christmas gala is upon her and eager children are
waiting. Wayne Bergstrom, owner of Bergstrom's Department Store, happily
ho-ho-hos his way through the festivities in his Santa suit. But when a
trail of candy canes leads to his corpse in a snow bank, Hannah must find
Kris Kringle's killer.
CARROT CAKE MURDER
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