Take one amateur sleuth. Mix in some eccentric Minnesota locals. Add a generous dollop of crackling suspense, and you've got the recipe for this delicious new mystery series featuring Hannah Swensen, the red-haired, cookie-baking heroine whose gingersnaps are almost as tart as her mouth, and whose penchant for solving crime is definitely stirring things up. Hannah already has her hands full trying to dodge her mother's attempts to marry her off while running The Cookie Jar, Lake Eden's most popular bakery. But once Ron LaSalle, the beloved delivery man from the Cozy Cow Diary, is found murdered behind her bakery with Hannah's famous Chocolate Chip Crunchies scattered around him, her life just can't get any worse. Determined not to let her cookies get a bad reputation, she sets out to track down a killer. But if she doesn't watch her back, Hannah's sweet life may get burned to a crisp!
Let's just say that while I thought it a bit cheesy/contrived at first, I might have read more. However, if you're having your characters walk into a space with an at least two day old dead body and it takes them 10 minutes to notice anything out of the ordinary in that room, you're doin' it wrong. Dead bodies STINK. Sorry, but that totally ruined this book for me. If you can overlook such details, you'll probably enjoy it as a cute cozy mystery.
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