Baking & Entering

A Christmas bake-off. A dead pawnshop owner. And one amateur sleuth who definitely didn't mean to get involved.

Lena Kozek only entered the bake-off for one reason: to impress Henrik Nordlund, the maddeningly handsome ex-assassin-turned-lawyer who seems to enjoy watching her get into trouble. Unfortunately, trouble is Lena's zodiac sign.

When pawnshop owner Leo Kravetz turns up dead in a holiday pastry display, Lena's friend Omar becomes the prime suspect. Omar's only crime appears to be running a bakery pop-up inside Leo's pawn shop-a detail Leo was loudly unhappy about.

Now Lena is juggling:

• a murder investigation
• a fiercely competitive Christmas bake-off
• a suspicious Elvis-themed pie server
• a town full of people with reasons to hate Leo
• and a nearly hairless cat with strong opinions about a suspicious Christmas ingredient

Add in Lena's sarcastic ghost father, a determined police detective who already thinks she's trouble, and that Norwegian lawyer who keeps getting dragged into her chaos, and solving the murder before the bake-off contest starts looking like her only option.

Because if Lena can't prove Omar is innocent, the real killer will walk free.

And Lena's holiday plans will include visiting a friend in jail.

Perfect for fans of humorous cozy mysteries, holiday whodunits, and amateur sleuths who attract trouble like flour attracts fingerprints.