Peach Cobbler Murder by Joanne Fluke

Compared to most of the others on my list, these are pretty fluffy, but that there is one minor thread which I definitely enjoy. Hannah, cookie baker and sleuth, was an English major in college, even has a masters in English and she is an unapologetic grammar nazi. She drops snide little comments about everyone's grammar and usage, even her own! "Hannah gave a little groan as her last sentence replayed in her mind. She'd always prided herself on having decent grammar and a good command of the English language, but she'd just used the word 'know' three times in one sentence."

Aside from that, in this one the victim is Hannah's rival for the affections of Detective Mike Kingston, and newly her business rival, since Georgia import Shawna Lee and her sister have set up a bakery/pastry/coffee shop right across the street from The Cookie Jar. Given all that, it's a good thing that Hannah has an iron-clad alibi (serving desserts to the entire population of Lake Eden at her partner Lisa's wedding) for the time of the murder.

One must wonder why the official crime investigators in this little town fail to come off as complete bumbling idiots, since Hannah with her team and the gossip network solve surely every crime that occurs in this tiny town.

In a story with a wedding as the initial event, the subject of churches came up - apparently, Hannah is not an Episcopalian, although it is unclear whether or not she has any particular allegiance to any of the sects represented by the handful of churches in Lake Eden. For the moment, I suppose, I must drop the idea of a church connection. Oh, well.