No one cooks up a delectable, suspense-filled mystery quite like Hannah Swensen, Joanne Flukes dessert-baking, red-haired heroine whose gingersnaps are as tart as her comebacks, and whose penchant for solving crimesone delicious clue at a timehas made her a bestselling favorite. And it all began on these pages, with a bakery, a murder, and some suddenly scandalous chocolate-chip crunchies. Featuring a bonus short story and brand new, mouthwatering recipes, this new edition of the very first Hannah Swensen mystery is sure to have readers coming back for seconds

Hannah already has her hands full trying to dodge her mothers attempts to marry her off while running The Cookie Jar, Lake Edens most popular bakery. But once Ron LaSalle, the beloved delivery man from the Cozy Cow Dairy, is found murdered behind her bakery with Hannahs famous Chocolate Chip Crunchies scattered around him, her life just cant get any worse. Determined not to let her cookies get a bad reputation, she sets out to track down a killer. But if she doesnt watch her back, Hannahs sweet life may get burned to a crisp.