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This novel finds the residents of Lake Eden, Minnesota, buzzing with activity. Perhaps busiest of all is Hannah Swensen, proprietor of The Cookie Jar, who is experimenting with a devil's food cake recipe. But no matter how hectic times may be, Hannah can always find time to help a friend--particularly a dead one.

When islanders clash with Saberfox, a powerful development agency, year-round residents J.W. Jackson and his wife Zee become embroiled in the conflict. After someone tries to kill a top company executive, J.W. begins to scrutinize the inner workings of Saberfox.

A retired policeman, J.W. lives a quiet life on the Vineyard with his wife and children. But he can't resist investigating the unusual crimes that occur in this quaint land of prime real estate.

In Georgia, former librarian Aurora Teagarden is overjoyed when her new husband, rich and handsome Martin Bartell gives her a house as a wedding present. Intrigued, too, as the house once belonged to a family which simply disappeared. But when she tries to satisfy her curiosity with a bit of snooping, she is nearly killed by an ax-wielding attacker. Which sets her to thinking, whom exactly did she marry?

Aurora Teagarden islaunching a new career in real estate. Unfortunately, at Roe's first showing of a house, a corpse is the star attraction. Worse still, the body belongs to a rival realtor.

When Harry's beloved Aunt Tally approaches her 100th birthday, her alma mater schedules a birthday celebration that doubles as a fundraiser. But then a member of the alumnae association disappears. Her car is on campus, yet she's nowhere to be seen--and Tucker has sniffed out traces of human blood.

When Lily Bard, a reclusive cleaning lady with a penchant for karate, finds and reports a dead body, her shady past and connections to potential perpetrators make her a leading suspect.

Karate-kicking house cleaner Lily Bard stumbles across a dead bodybuilder. And though a hunky stranger soon tickles her fancy, she begins to suspect him of murder.

Trying to keep a low profile as a cleaning lady, Lily Bard gets sucked into a murder investigation when one of her clients is killed in an apparent tryst gone bad.

When karate-loving cleaning lady Lily Bard fled a violent past and planted herself in Shakespeare, Arkansas, she had no intention of ever going back. But now that her sister is getting married, Lily heads home--only to find herself pulled into a murder investigation.