Christmas Cake Murder

*It's Christmas many years ago, and topping young Hannah Swensen's wish list is becoming the go-to baker in 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... This description comes from the publisher. *Christmas Cake Murder* is the twenty-sixth book in the Hannah Swensen series, the first of which is *Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder*.