

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. So really, Im at the point where Im feeling like the Hannah Swensen mysteries. Hannah’s suspicions are confirmed when Connie Mac’s limo rolls into town. Cooking the Books: Blueberry Muffin Murder by Joanne Fluke - Criminal Element. 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.
