New York : Kensington Books, 2018.

©2018

ix, 270 pages ; 19 cm.

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Fluke, Joanne, 1943- Hannah Swensen mystery ; 23.

Includes a recipe index.

It's Christmas many years ago, and topping young Hannah Swensen's wish list is becoming the go-to baker in Lake Eden, Minnesota. But as Hannah finds out, revisiting holiday memories can be murder . . . With her dream of opening The Cookie Jar taking shape, Hannah's life matches the hectic December hustle and bustle in Lake Eden--especially when she agrees to help recreate a spectacular Christmas Ball from the past in honor of Essie Granger, an elderly local in hospice care. But instead of poring over decadent dessert recipes for the merry festivities, she instantly becomes enthralled by Essie's old notebooks and the tale of a woman escaping danger on the streets of New York. Hannah's surprised by Essie's secret talent for penning crime fiction. She's even more surprised when the story turns real. As Hannah prepares to run a bakery and move out of her mother's house, it'll be a true miracle if she can prevent another Yuletide disaster by solving a mystery as dense as a Christmas fruitcake . . .

Juggling the responsibilities of opening her shop with the demands of Christmas, Hannah Swensen is surprised by the writing talents of an elderly local whose murder story chillingly comes true.

Swensen, Hannah (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Bakers -- Fiction.

Women detectives -- Minnesota -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Minnesota -- Fiction.

Women detectives.

Bakers.

Swensen, Hannah (Fictitious character)

Minnesota.

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths.

Christmas stories.

Mystery fiction.

Christmas fiction.

Fiction.

Christmas fiction.

Mystery fiction. NjBwBT

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9781496723796 (signed edition)

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