Tough Cookie by Diane Mott Davidson

I had to go ahead and read the next one because the health inspector walked in on the last page of the book and although Tom had finished the basic remodel of Goldy's commercial kitchen which began when her ex (AKA the Jerk) broke windows, then was further damaged by the unscrupulous contractor - but since it was a remodel they had to meet new plumbing codes and ---

So, Goldy is shut down until the required plumbing can be ordered, delivered, and installed. So she is giving the Personal Chef racket a whirl - and the TV chef game on a semilocal PBS station. And the bodies keep piling up.

Here the title reference is to a news article about Goldy's involvement in all these murder cases, but she does make a lot of cookies (not tough) in the story.

Usual fun time. The main center of action is a resort up across the Divide from Aspen Meadows. It is winter - actually working up to Christmas - and Goldy is spending lots of time driving across the mountains in the snow.

I guess I understand something about the appeal of living in Colorado - but I am unable to perceive the charm of driving in snow. Snow is lovely seen through a picture window from the side of a roaring fire with a glass or cup of some warm beverage in hand, but it loses all its appeal the moment I have to open the door and set foot outside. Even reading about such things is sufficient to remind me of why I refer to all such places as "frozen northern wastelands."