It’s Christmas many years ago, and topping young Hannah Swensen’s wish list is now the go-to baker in Lake Eden, Minnesota. But mainly because Hannah finds out, revisiting holiday thoughts can be murder . With her imagine opening The Cookie Jar acquiring shape, Hannah’s life matches the chaotic December busyness in Lake Eden-especially when she agrees to help recreate a spectacular Christmas Ball from the past honoring Essie Granger, an elderly regional in hospice care. But instead of poring over decadent dessert quality recipes for the merry festivities, she instantly becomes enthralled by Essie’s previous notebooks as well as the story of a woman escaping danger around the roads of NY. Hannah’s amazed by Essie’s key talent for penning criminal offense fiction. She’s a lot more amazed when the story turns actual. As Hannah prepares to run a bakery and move out of her mother’s house, it’ll be a genuine miracle if she can prevent another Yuletide catastrophe by solving a secret as dense being a Christmas fruitcake . . .