Catering to Nobody (Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery, #1)
Get ready for a smorgasbord of delicious suspense prepared by Goldy Bear, an irrepressible mistress of menus and amateur sleuth. Filled with a cast of colorful characters and superb recipes, Catering to Nobody is the first in a series that has made Diane Mott Davidson a best-selling author and...
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Get ready for a smorgasbord of delicious suspense prepared by Goldy Bear, an irrepressible mistress of menus and amateur sleuth. Filled with a cast of colorful characters and superb recipes, Catering to Nobody is the first in a series that has made Diane Mott Davidson a best-selling author and the Queen of the Culinary Mystery. Goldy Bear, recently divorced, has made a home for herself and her young son in scenic Aspen Valley, Colorado. There, calls for Goldilock's Catering have been steady enough to pay the bills. But when a mourner is felled by rat poison during a funeral buffet Goldy is serving, the police quickly close her business. Now it's up to Goldy to find the rat who has tainted her food and her reputation. Diane Mott Davidson whips up a spicy mixture of cooks and crooks, and veteran narrator Barbara Rosenblat brilliantly conveys Goldy's intelligence, wit and energy. As the mystery unfolds, its tension is sweetened by delectable recipes, including Goldy's Dream Cake, Dungeon Bars, and Honey Ginger Snaps.
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ISBN:
9780788771637 (0788771639)
Publish date: 1996
Publisher: Recorded Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Humor,
Food And Drink,
Food,
Adult,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Cookbooks,
Cozy Mystery,
Culinary
Series: A Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery (#1)
Author: Diane Mott Davidson Format: Audiobook Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat Source: Library online Recommended: Re-read; different format For my review of the story when I read it last year, please click here to go to another window. Reading back over it, I found it said everything I would reiterate...
From the beginning this was a bit too cutesy for me. The first person narrator and protagonist, "Goldy Bear" is a caterer in Aspen Meadow, Colorado, and her motto is "just right." At regular intervals we get complete recipes like "Dungeon Bars" and "Wild Man Wild Rice." Also, the romantic interest...
*4.8 Stars*Scorecard: (Out of 10)* Quality of Writing - 10* Pace - 10* Plot development - 8* Characters - 10* Enjoyability - 10* Insightfulness - 9* Ease of Reading - 10* Photos/Illustrations - NAFinal Score: 67/70 = 96%*The Gush*I will admit to coming late to the whole ‘Amateur’ mystery genre, part...
The first in the Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery series, "Catering to Nobody" starts off with a death, a suicide to be exact - or is it? Then an incident happens that ends up shutting down Goldy Bear's business until things are straightened out, but Goldy isn't waiting around for the police - she needs ...
I would have given this book more than three stars if Goldy wasn't so dense in parts of this book. Sometimes she was competent enough to connect the dots. But, then there were many more instances where she couldn't manage to make blatantly obvious assumptions. I don't like figuring out the mystery h...