Banana Cream Pie Murder (A Hannah Swensen Mystery)

A romantic seven-day cruise marked the perfect start to bakery owner Hannah Swensen's marriage. However, with a murder mystery heating up in Lake Eden, Minnesota, it seems the newlywed's homecoming won't be as sweet as anticipated.

After an extravagant honeymoon, Hannah was eager to settle down in Lake Eden and turn domestic daydreams into reality. But when her mother's neighbor was discovered murdered in the condo downstairs, reality became a nightmarish investigation. Victoria Bascomb, once a renowned stage actress, had been active in the theater community during her brief appearance in town and had made throngs of enemies along the way.

Did a random intruder murder the woman as the police claimed, or was a deadlier scheme at play? As Hannah peeled through countless suspects and some new troubles of her own, solving this crime – and living to tell about it – might prove trickier than mixing up the ultimate banana cream pie.

The murder mystery in Lake Eden, Minnesota, threatened to disrupt the newlywed bliss that Hannah Swensen, a bakery owner, had hoped to enjoy upon her return from an extravagant honeymoon. Despite the picturesque start to her marriage with a romantic seven-day cruise, the discovery of her mother's neighbor, Victoria Bascomb, murdered in the condo downstairs plunged Hannah into a nightmarish investigation.

Victoria Bascomb, a once renowned stage actress, had been active in the local theater community during her brief stay in town, but her time there had also earned her throngs of enemies. The police claimed a random intruder was responsible, but Hannah suspected a deadlier scheme was at play. As she delved into the countless suspects and navigated her own new domestic challenges, solving this crime and surviving to share the story might prove more difficult than mastering the ultimate banana cream pie recipe.

Features over a dozen cookie and dessert recipes from The Cookie Jar, the bakery Hannah owns and operates in the town of Lake Eden.

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