Hannah Swensen just can't keep her hands out of the batter when murder stirs things up...

Joanne Fluke's fifth instalment of the Hannah Swensen mysteries, Fudge Cupcake Murder, sees the intrepid sleuth track down another murderer amid the excitement of the Town Sheriff elections. Packed full of delicious recipes and perfect for fans of M. C. Beaton and H. Y. Hanna.

'Scrumptious' - Publishers Weekly

For bakery owner Hannah Swensen, life in Lake Eden, Minnesota has been lacking a certain flavour of late. But it's the Town Sheriff elections, and for years Sheriff Grant has laid down the law. Now, Hannah's brother-in-law, Bill, is giving the old blowhard the fight of his long, dubious career.

But when Sheriff Grant's body winds up in a dumpster behind the school where Hannah had been teaching her weekly cooking class, things go very sour indeed. To make matters worse, the poor man still has fudge frosting on his shirt from one of her cupcakes. The only suspect is Bill, but Hannah's not swallowing it. Can she use a particularly nasty recipe to smoke out the murderer once and for all?

What readers are saying about the Hannah Swensen mysteries:

'What more could you want from a cosy crime novel?'

'Delicious recipes, good plotlines, believable characters.A pleasurable, easy read'

'Hannah is a very likable heroine... I was hooked on the plot from the very beginning'