Carrot Cake Murder

Hannah Swensen runs a bakery called The Cookie Jar, and her days are already full. Orders keep her busy, and she is also trying to work out why her cat Moishe has started acting strangely. She still makes room for her business partner, Lisa, who is organising a large family reunion.

The reunion gets an unexpected guest when Lisa's uncle Gus turns up after twenty-five years without a word from him. He becomes the centre of the party at once. Only Hannah's carrot cake, which happens to be his favourite dessert, draws a comparable crowd.

The next morning the family assembles for the group photograph, and Gus is not there. Hannah volunteers to find him. Her search takes her to the bar at the pavilion, where two slices of her carrot cake lie frosting-side down on the floor. Gus lies dead nearby, an ice pick in his chest.

Hannah now has a long list of suspects to work through. The book is a cozy mystery with a bakery setting and a light, domestic tone, and the trail she follows could put her own life at risk.