Contains 3 novelettes. Hannah Swensen of the Cookie Jar in Lake Eden, Minn., discovers her neighbor's head bashed in; Jaine Austen's holiday stay at her parents' home in the Tampa Vistas retirement community is enlivened by the murder of an elderly lothario; and, Maine reporter Lucy Stone investigates a four-year-old boy's disappearance. Includes recipes.

Contains holiday recipes from all three authors.

Gingerbread cookie murder / Joanne Fluke -- The dangers of gingerbread cookies / Laura Levine -- Gingerbread cookies and gunshots / Leslie Meier.