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Summary: Low fat recipes and a fast paced story!
Review: In this culinary mystery by Daine Mott Davidson, Goldy the caterer becomes involved in the deadly games of the cosmetics industry. This story has many twists and turns, and dead bodies falling out .... well...everywhere! All the recipes are lowfat, but they promise to be full of flavor. This was a fun mystery, and I look forward to trying out some of these! Main Corpse and Prime Cut are still my two favorite books by this author!
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Summary: This lady is a better recipie writter than mystery writter
Review: Ms. Motts had an interesting idea for a detective novel however she failed to research the topics in her book at all. For instance blue roses have been around for decades if not centuries. Her descriptions of characters are haphazard at best and non-existent at worst. If she wishes to continue a career as a writer I strongly suggest that she at least read a few books in her genre and take a few novel-writing courses. This could have been a charming story if the plots were not so muddled; she had stuck to one main plot and no more than two sub plots. The preponderance of sub plots scanty clues, sloppy introduction and description of action of the characters make this book scream amateur, leaving the reader to wish the bleach had spilled upon the only copy of the manuscript before a publisher could read it. I would urge anyone about to purchase this novel to reconsider and look into a cat who book instead.
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Summary: Mystery and fat free
Review: Once again, I was immediately drawn into Goldy's world and had trouble putting the book down. This was her BEST yet and the recipes were to DIE for. If you have not been hooked yet on this series, you will after reading this boo
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Summary: Watch the Food channel instead
Review: One of the more common formulas in the "cozy mystery" genre is to have a strong female character running into murderous plots amongst her acquaintances/clients, while trying to run a business and live her life with a significant other who is a cop or detective. This series with Goldy and her catering business uses this formula, but unfortunately (and I feel bad for saying this), not very well. The first half of this book was extremely bland. Character development seemed to be sacrificed for unnecessary details about recipes and Goldy's constant catering concerns. I knew more about how the food was packed and transported to the catering sites then about the murdered person and those who were possible suspects. Now, personally, I love to cook, and the recipes are a great idea, but I really was disappointed in the lackluster story development and dialogue between characters. There were some occasional good moments and plot twists, but not enough to give this mystery reader a reason to continue reading books in this series. Who have I liked in this particular genre? Mary Daheim's Bed-and-Breakfast series and Dolores Johnson's Dry Cleaning series are both fun to read.
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Summary: Watch the Food channel instead
Review: One of the more common formulas in the "cozy mystery" genre is to have a strong female character running into murderous plots amongst her acquaintances/clients, while trying to run a business and live her life with a significant other who is a cop or detective. This series with Goldy and her catering business uses this formula, but unfortunately (and I feel bad for saying this), not very well. The first half of this book was extremely bland. Character development seemed to be sacrificed for unnecessary details about recipes and Goldy's constant catering concerns. I knew more about how the food was packed and transported to the catering sites then about the murdered person and those who were possible suspects. Now, personally, I love to cook, and the recipes are a great idea, but I really was disappointed in the lackluster story development and dialogue between characters. There were some occasional good moments and plot twists, but not enough to give this mystery reader a reason to continue reading books in this series. Who have I liked in this particular genre? Mary Daheim's Bed-and-Breakfast series and Dolores Johnson's Dry Cleaning series are both fun to read.
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Summary: Killer Pancake
Review: The compliments: It's full of low fat recipes. It's funny and pretty fast paced. It has good characters. It was a well written mystery.
The complaints: The ending was rather abrupt. It left me questioning what happened to everyone besides Goldy. I wish Goldy dealt with her abusive ex-husband better instead of continually having to have someone else defend her. It's time for her to take up kick boxing, judo, karate, skillet tossing, something! I didn't find the murderer's reason for killing plausible. The author describes Colorado well but at times goes overboard;some parts of the book read like a brochure.
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Summary: Killer Pancake
Review: The compliments: It's full of low fat recipes. It's funny and pretty fast paced. It has good characters. It was a well written mystery.
The complaints: The ending was rather abrupt. It left me questioning what happened to everyone besides Goldy. I wish Goldy dealt with her abusive ex-husband better instead of continually having to have someone else defend her. It's time for her to take up kick boxing, judo, karate, skillet tossing, something! I didn't find the murderer's reason for killing plausible. The author describes Colorado well but at times goes overboard;some parts of the book read like a brochure.
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Summary: Excellent,humours mystery.
Review: This is Diane's best Goldy mystery to date.This book is a page turner. If you are looking for for a new series to "get into" this is it. Goldy is a realistic character that has a habit of getting herself into trouble, no matter what she does. Don't miss this one!
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Summary: great author
Review: This is the 5th book in the Goldy the caterer series. This time the girlfriend of her beloved assistant and border, Julian Teller, is murdered. Of course Goldy can't stand by and let Julian suffer, so she pokes her nose into things and eventually solves a murder. Along the way she deals with her best friend's heart attack, her vicious ex-husband, her new husband, a teenage son, demanding clients, the cut throat cosmetic industry, and animal rights activists. All while preparing delicious low fat recipes. Don't read on an empty stomache.
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Summary: A deliciously light mystery!
Review: This is the 5th book in the Goldy the caterer series. This time the girlfriend of her beloved assistant and border, Julian Teller, is murdered. Of course Goldy can't stand by and let Julian suffer, so she pokes her nose into things and eventually solves a murder. Along the way she deals with her best friend's heart attack, her vicious ex-husband, her new husband, a teenage son, demanding clients, the cut throat cosmetic industry, and animal rights activists. All while preparing delicious low fat recipes. Don't read on an empty stomache.
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