Rating: 
Summary: one of her best
Review: "The Last Suppers" was the first one of Diane Mott Davidson's charming Goldy Bear Schulz series that I read, and I rate it as one of her best. As the book opens, Goldy is at the Episcopal church gowned in full wedding splendor, worrying not only about the life-changing ceremony but also about the food for the reception.....A female British mystery author once wrote that, despite whatever else is happening in life, women still have to worry about what to make for dinner! This is certainly true for caterer Goldy, who cooks and serves no matter what or where.The wedding does not happen as planned. The priest is found murdered, and the groom, police officer Tom Schulz, disappears. For much of the action in this book, Goldy is on her own, worrying about Tom, focused on finding him. There is more tension for Goldy in "The Last Suppers" than in any of the books of the series, but she carries on and the plot will carry you along with her. Recommended as a page-turner!
Rating:
Summary: one of her best
Review: "The Last Suppers" was the first one of Diane Mott Davidson's charming Goldy Bear Schulz series that I read, and I rate it as one of her best. As the book opens, Goldy is at the Episcopal church gowned in full wedding splendor, worrying not only about the life-changing ceremony but also about the food for the reception.....A female British mystery author once wrote that, despite whatever else is happening in life, women still have to worry about what to make for dinner! This is certainly true for caterer Goldy, who cooks and serves no matter what or where. The wedding does not happen as planned. The priest is found murdered, and the groom, police officer Tom Schulz, disappears. For much of the action in this book, Goldy is on her own, worrying about Tom, focused on finding him. There is more tension for Goldy in "The Last Suppers" than in any of the books of the series, but she carries on and the plot will carry you along with her. Recommended as a page-turner!
Rating:
Summary: one of her best
Review: "The Last Suppers" was the first one of Diane Mott Davidson's charming Goldy Bear Schulz series that I read, and I rate it as one of her best. As the book opens, Goldy is at the Episcopal church gowned in full wedding splendor, worrying not only about the life-changing ceremony but also about the food for the reception.....A female British mystery author once wrote that, despite whatever else is happening in life, women still have to worry about what to make for dinner! This is certainly true for caterer Goldy, who cooks and serves no matter what or where. The wedding does not happen as planned. The priest is found murdered, and the groom, police officer Tom Schulz, disappears. For much of the action in this book, Goldy is on her own, worrying about Tom, focused on finding him. There is more tension for Goldy in "The Last Suppers" than in any of the books of the series, but she carries on and the plot will carry you along with her. Recommended as a page-turner!
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Summary: What happened to the mysteries?
Review: I am disappointed in this series. I started with "Catering to Nobody," and have all the others (save the latest--"The Grilling Season"), but I don't think I'm going to be able to finish them. Ms. Mott-Davidson's storytelling talents began to fade with "Dying for Chocolate," paled some more in the overwrought "The Cereal Killers," and then went out altogether on "The Last Suppers," which I didn't finish. At least Grafton and Evanovich's mysteries kept things lively. In each volume, Ms. Mott-Davidson's body count rose to an incredible level and left me with serious doubts about wanting to befriend Goldy and her clan. I'm disappointed and will no recommend this series to my readers, no matter the wonderful recipes. This was a waste of my precious leisure time.
Rating:
Summary: Too Hard on Her Protagonists
Review: D.M.D. sure seems to know her cookery, and her mysteries function all right. Having just moved to Colorado, I renewed my acquaintance with her "Aspen" (?) based series. However, poor Goldy and her fiancee can't even get through their wedding without a major personal disaster. D.M.D. characters don't just investigate murder & mayhem, they get tragically involved in the crimes in very personal ways. It is getting hard to pick up another book, knowing the kind of angst Goldy and her family is in for, and I probably won't. By the way, isn't it kind of hypocritical to base the series around gourmet catering and then harp on the best friend's (& fellow ex-wife's) fatness? Kind of shallow; and very seldom moves the plot forward.
Rating: 
Summary: Wonderful
Review: Goldy's getting married!!! ... or is she!? In "The Last Suppers" Goldy must find her groom-to-be (Tom) before the person who murdered Father Olson murders Tom! You will find 10 delicious looking recipes in this book (such as: Monster Cinnamon Rolls, Lemon Butter Wafers and Chocolate Truffle Cheesecake). Another delightful book by Diane Mott Davidson.
Rating:
Summary: Not the best in the series
Review: I am reading all of the books in this series and this book was rather disappointing, although the monster cinnamon rolls were most excellent. This one was just a bit of a downer and then I missed Tom also. If you don't have to read EVERY book in a series you can skip this one. Janet Evanovich is a funnier, more enjoyable read.
Rating: 
Summary: Good, but Tom's scribblings needed more explanation
Review: I liked this book altho it was not your typical mystery. I had a hard time figuring out what the scribblings in Tom's notebook meant, and I don't feel that it was completely explained. Did 1049 & 1133 refer to times? What did "B." mean? And how about "vdd"? Did this mean victim died at 1133? Tom reported in at 11:14 that he had a body. Doesn't body infer death? The earlier "d.d." meant dying declaration. So what did "vdd" mean? Otherwise, I enjoyed the book & I did not figure out who the killer was. It was hard to believe that Montgomery would kill Olson because of the "miracle cure"!
Rating:
Summary: Not the best in the series
Review: I managed to finish this book, but will definitely not read another one in this series. She's written a passable mystery, but I found too much emphasis on food and church. If you enjoy those two things, you would really love the whole series. The author is VERY knowledgeable about church affairs, and calls on that knowledge to write this series. the emphaszis on food is meant to bring humor into the book. But I don't find that mystery and humor mix very well. Also, I just could never come to like the main character (or any of the other characters, either), and therefore, never really got pulled into caring about what happened in the books. I had really looked forward to reading one of the books in this series. This was the first one I came across. It was a disappointment for me personally.
Rating:
Summary: Too Much Food, and Too Much Church
Review: I managed to finish this book, but will definitely not read another one in this series. She's written a passable mystery, but I found too much emphasis on food and church. If you enjoy those two things, you would really love the whole series. The author is VERY knowledgeable about church affairs, and calls on that knowledge to write this series. the emphaszis on food is meant to bring humor into the book. But I don't find that mystery and humor mix very well. Also, I just could never come to like the main character (or any of the other characters, either), and therefore, never really got pulled into caring about what happened in the books. I had really looked forward to reading one of the books in this series. This was the first one I came across. It was a disappointment for me personally.
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