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In the charming town of Lake Eden, Minnesota, Baker and cooking instructor Hannah Swensen discovers the body of Sheriff Grant behind her school—his last frosting a reminder of her cupcakes. With the deputy under suspicion and the town’s political landscape shifting, Hannah uses her culinary instincts and tenacity to uncover a web of betrayal and hidden motives. Her investigation, marked by sharp wit and fragrant clues, brings the community—and the murderer—to light in true cozy-mystery fashion.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Joanne Fluke
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