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Hannah Swensen, amateur sleuth and boutique bake store proprietor extraordinaire, is judging a dessert contest when fellow judge Coach Boyd Watson is found dead, face down in a delicate confection no less.

Le caramel qui ne vous tue pas vous rend plus fort ! Ces derniers temps, l'existence d'Hannah a une saveur douce-amère. Certes, sa sœur Andrea est enceinte – et c'est une source inépuisable d'irritation et d'amusement – et, oui, elle prend toujours beaucoup de plaisir à donner des cours de cuisine au lycée de Lake Eden. Mais sa vie sentimentale, elle, reste compliquée. Entre Norman le dentiste et Mike le gentil flic, son cœur balance.

Hannah’s up to her ears with Easter orders rushing in at The Cookie Jar, plus a festive meal to prepare for a dinner party at her mother’s penthouse. But everything comes crashing to a halt when Hannah receives a panicked call from her sister Andrea - Mayor Richard Bascomb has been murdered...and Andrea is the prime suspect. Even with his reputation for being a bully, Mayor Bascomb - or “Ricky Ticky”, as Hannah’s mother likes to call him - had been unusually testy in the days leading up to his death, leaving Hannah to wonder if he knew he was in danger.

Embracing a sweet escape from her usual routine at The Cookie Jar, Hannah gets asked for her help in baking pastries at the local inn for a flashy fishing competition with big prizes and even bigger names. But the fun stops when she spots a runway boat on the water and, on board, the lifeless body of the event’s renowned celebrity spokesperson….

When The Cookie Jar becomes the setting of a star-studded TV special about movies filmed in Minnesota, Hannah hopes to shine the spotlight on her bakery - not the unsavory scandal swirling around her personal life. But that’s practically impossible with a disturbing visit from the shifty character she once believed was her one and only love, a group of bodyguards following her every move, and a murder victim in her bedroom.

Eden Lake est sur le point de célébrer son premier carnaval d'hiver. Au menu ? Sports de glace, activités pour les enfants et, bien évidemment, les délicieuses pâtisseries du Cookie Jar, amoureusement préparées par la charmante Hannah Swensen. Cerise sur le muffin, Connie MacIntyre, vedette d'une célèbre émission de cuisine, doit venir signer son livre. Toute la ville est sur le pont - même la mère d'Hannah, qui passe généralement son temps à essayer de la marier.

When Hannah's mother's cherished cake knife is used to kill a beautiful out-of-towner at the town of Lake Eden's annual Christmas party, the stage is set for Hannah to once again unmask a killer.

While Hannah bustles around her bakery, The Cookie Jar, a murder case is also cooking in the small town of Lake Eden. Donning her amateur sleuthing cap, Hannah sets out to bring a killer to justice.

Hannah is thrilled to be marrying Ross Barton, her college crush. And her excitement only grows when she learns he'll be able to join her on her trip to New York City for the Food Channel's dessert chef contest. They get a taste of the Big Apple before Hannah wins the Hometown Challenge and the producers bring all the contestants to Lake Eden to tape the remainder of the show. It's nerve-wracking enough being judged by Alain Duquesne, a celebrity chef with a nasty reputation. But it's even more chilling to find him stabbed to death in the Lake Eden Inn's walk-in cooler.

It's summertime in Lake Eden, Minnesota, which means picnics aplenty for bakery proprietress and amateur sleuth Hannah. Then Uncle Gus is murdered following a big family reunion, and the only clues to be found at the crime scene are two slices of Hannah's infamous carrot cake.

The holidays have arrived, and Hannah and her good pal, Lisa, have agreed to provide all the goodies for the town's annual production of A Christmas Carol. But before anyone can say "bah, humbug!" a Santa-size sackful of trouble ensues. Like the fact that Lisa's husband will be playing Mr. Claus to his ex-girlfriend Phyllis Bates' Mrs. Claus. Or that before the curtains even go up, Phyllis is found dead in the snow - wearing a costume that the real Mrs. Claus would put on the naughty list.

Lake Eden est en ébullition ! La charmante petite ville est transformée en plateau de tournage par une équipe de cinéma. Et tout le monde est sur le pont - à commencer par Hannah Swensen, notre pâtissière favorite, dont la boutique est devenue la cantine des acteurs. Autour d'elle, c'est l'effervescence : sa mère, ses sœurs, sa nièce et même son chat Moshe, tous se préparent à jouer un rôle dans le film. Celui-ci tombe à point pour Hannah, qui, empêtrée dans ses affaires sentimentales, a furieusement envie de se changer les idées.

Drôle d'hiver pour notre héroïne préférée ! Jugez-en plutôt. C'est le repas de Noël à la salle des fêtes de Lake Eden : l'occasion pour les habitants de partager leurs meilleures recettes de l'année dans une ambiance chaleureuse. Mais celle-ci devient vite glaciale lorsqu'une des convives est assassinée avec le couteau à gâteau. Pire encore, du fait d'une redoutable tempête de neige, plus personne ne peut quitter les lieux. Coincée avec toute sa joyeuse petite famille, Hannah va tenter de débusquer le coupable.

Michael Hart had been convicted for killing his wife and spent 10 years in prison. But now he has escaped, and his lawyer is tracking down new evidence that might clear him. But then the sleepwalking begins.... And one by one, the members of the jury that convicted him are being murdered.

La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid. Tous les habitants de Lake Eden attendent avec impatience le gala de charité. À commencer par Hannah Swensen, la pétillante propriétaire du Cookie Jar, la meilleure pâtisserie de la ville. C'est en effet une très belle journée qui s'annonce avec, au menu, spectacle de magie et chaussons aux pommes à volonté. Hannah a bien besoin de se détendre. Son amour de jeunesse, Bradford Ramsey, un séducteur impénitent, est de retour dans la région, et la jeune sœur de notre héroïne, Michelle, n'est pas insensible à ses charmes.

Tis the season for trimming the tree, caroling, baking cookies, and curling up by the Yuletide waiting for Santa to drop down the chimney. But in this festive collection of holiday whodunits, murder is also paying a visit.

The moment Marian Larsen sees the patrol car stop outside her house, she feels a shiver of foreboding. The news is even worse than she feared. Marian's husband and young daughter have been in a snowmobile crash. Dan is paralyzed and Laura is dead, her body broken on the icy ground...with a chilling secret. Friends and colleagues in Marian's Minnesota hometown rally around to try and ease her grief. But soon there are more horrible accidents. Then the rumors start - that these are not coincidences at all, that someone is picking off victims one by one.

As Lake Eden’s Harvest Festival sends The Cookie Jar into pumpkin spice mania, Hannah splits her focus between scrumptious treats and sharing her tiny condo with new roommates: Norman Rhodes and his cat, Cuddles. It’s an awkward but necessary solution after Norman’s dream farmhouse burned down over the summer, torched by a criminal desperately trying to conceal a terrifying secret.

Plus piquante et acide que jamais : Hannah Swensen est de retour ! La pétillante Hannah Swensen n'a que très peu de temps pour elle. Confectionner les meilleurs gâteaux de Lake Eden est en effet une occupation à plein temps. Elle doit également faire avec ses deux prétendants, toujours aussi envahissants. Sans oublier sa mère, omniprésente, et son chat Moshe qu'elle soupçonne de faire une dépression nerveuse. Serait-elle en train de frôler le burn-out ? Et pire que tout pour cette irréductible gourmande, elle doit, après des années de laisser-aller, se résoudre à faire un régime.

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....