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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:A deliciously deadly novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Prime Cut. â??A surprisingly tart and savory reading experience.â?â??The Washington Post Book World When caterer Goldy Schulz is offered a temporary stint hosting a cooking show for PBS, she jumps at the chance. After all, she could use the moneyâ??not to mention the great exposure. Plus taping the shows at Colorado's posh Killdeer Ski Resort will be fun. A little cooking, a little chitchat. What could go wrong? The answer: everything! When Goldy has to do one of her shows live for a PBS telethon, the broadcast is riddled with culinary catastrophesâ??from the Chesapeake Crab Cakes right down to the Ice-Capped Gingersnaps. But the deadliest dish of all comes after the cameras go offâ??and a baffling accident claims a life. Then a series of suspicious mishaps places Goldy's own life in jeopardy, and… (more)
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Perhaps itâs because Iâve read so many of these (there are 15 in the series and Iâve read 10 though not in order) but it was all fairly predictable. There are the requisite number of mis-directed suspects, red-herrings and scenes of turmoil for the plucky protagonist but there wasnât a single surprise in it for me. The description of food preparation is, as always, hunger inducing but not really enough to sustain a book. In fact if I hadnât found such a perfectly comfortable reading spot Iâd have been tempted not to bother finishing simply because I felt like Iâd read it all before.
I am a little tired of the characters too. All the men in Goldyâs life are too one-dimensional to be believable: her ex-husband is evil incarnate and her current husband is so perfect that neither seems particularly realistic. Goldyâs friend Marla is the only character I actually like as she has a sense of humour and also seems more credible than the rest of the cardboard cutouts that populate the book.
I think perhaps Iâve reached my saturation point with this particular sleuthing caterer and itâs time to look elsewhere for my cosy reading.
I was impressed with Mrs. Davidson's mystery writing ability. I liked the fact that she did not gush about her recipes through her characters and I was captivated and kept guessing until the very end.
Goldy in her usual well meaning way, ends up in the middle of an old mystery â an avalanche death. In fact it seems lots and lots of people seem to have trouble getting down the mountain uninjured (or alive).
Toss into the mix the usual colorful characters who all have a reason or two to want to go on a killing spree. Of course, Goldy ends up being both the focus of the investigation, and the prime target!