Garry Chalk
With The Cookie Jar, Hannah Swensen has a mouthwatering monopoly on the bakery business of Lake Eden, Minnesota. But when a rival store opens, and one of the owners is found shot to death in the store, Hannah is determined to prove that she wasn’t the only one who had an axe to grind with the Quinn sisters. Somebody wasn’t fooled by the Georgia Peaches and their sweet-as-pie act–and now it’s up to Hannah to track down whoever had the right ingredients to whip up a murder.
Six months after the death of her last husband, Ruby marries Nicholas, a wealthy politician. Very soon he is found dead leaving his daughter to bring Ruby to justice before she can strike again.
While newspaper writer Church struggles with the death of his wife, he receives a “special” assignment. He must answer a little girl’s question about whether Santa Claus really exists.