"Cub reporter Emerald Malloy is assigned to gather 'church food' recipes from the owner of Hot Dish Heaven, a café in a small town in the Red River Valley. Upon her arrival, she learns of a local unsolved murder. Confident that solving the case will catapult her from newspaper 'gopher' to investigative reporter, she questions the locals while attending a benefit dinner-dance at the VFW."--Page 4 of cover.