Double Fudge Brownie Murder / Joanne Fluke / 356 pages

This mouth-watering mystery starts off with a Las Vegas elopement and surprise honeymoon Alaskan cruise.  The Cookie Jar bakery owner, Hannah Swensen, and her two sisters are invited.  Their mother is marrying Doc Knight and the best man, also a surprise for Hannah, is Ross Barton, a college friend, film maker, and potential flame.  Ross is contemplating a move to Lake Eden, Minnesota, Hannah's home town.  Hannah has slaydar.  She seems to be attracted to dead bodies.  While she is waiting outside the judge's chambers prior to the beginning of her trial for vehicular homicide, she hears a crash and enters the chambers to discover the judge has been bludgeoned to death with his gavel.  Of course she investigates the murder.  Several accoutrements enhance this cozy mystery:  Hannah's comparison shopping for a beau, the many recipes and personal notes, the gardening guru-like information imparted by Hannah on bell peppers and snow balls/hydrangeas... The focus in Ms. Fluke's books is quite obviously the food/recipes.  The mystery is secondary, as is Hannah's relationships with her family and beaus, but equally interesting and, of course, critical to the plot.