Devil's food cake murder - joanne fluke

A new minister has come to Lake Eden, Minnesota, to fill in for Reverend Bob Knudson, whos on his honeymoon.

But when the replacement is found dead in a plate of devils food cake with a bullet in his head, Hannah Swensen starts asking questions.

The USA Today Bestseller Guaranteed to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth Hannah Swensen has to admit life is pretty sweet.

Things are going well in the romance department and her bakerys delectable confections are selling as fast as she can bake them.

Even her good friend Claire is head over heels with her new husband, Reverend Bob Knudson.

If only they could find time to take their honeymoon When Bobs childhood friend, Matthew Walters, comes to town, it seems like divine intervention.

Matthew, like Bob, is a Lutheran minister with a stubborn sweet tooth.

Since hes on sabbatical, Matthew is happy to fill in for Bob while he and Claire take that long-awaited honeymoon.

It sounds like the perfect plan--until Hannah finds Matthew face-down in a plate full of Devils Food Cake, a single bullet in his head.

It will take some sleuthing to sift out the killer, but Hannah is sure of one thing: even the most half-baked murder plot can be oh so deadly.

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-- Booklist Joanne Fluke is the doyenne of deadly desserts with her deliciously popular Hannah Swensen series.

-- Publishers Weekly.