by Joanne Fluke
Part of Hannah Swensen, book 24
First published 2019
Hannah Swensen thought her newlywed bliss would last longer than a few weeks. Instead, she discovers her marriage crumbling just as Lake Eden hosts a star-studded television special about Minnesota movie locations. The Cookie Jar bakery should be getting positive attention from the filming, but Hannah faces bigger problems. Her supposedly devoted husband turns out to be someone entirely different than she believed. Bodyguards shadow her movements around town. Then she finds a corpse in her own bedroom. Hannah moves into her mother Delores's penthouse while the police investigate her condo as a crime scene. She partners with a former romantic interest to track down the killer stalking Lake Eden. Multiple suspects surface as the investigation reveals secrets that strike close to Hannah's heart. She must identify the murderer before becoming the next victim in a case more complicated than her signature chocolate cream pie recipe.
Genres: romance, mystery, contemporary, cozy-mystery
Vibes: cozy, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, second-chance
Setting: Lake Eden, Minnesota
Period: Contemporary
349 pages · Hardcover · Kensington