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Summary: Read one and I was hooked. --
Review: "Catering to Nobody" is the first delectable book in this culinary mystery series full of crazy, different characters.
Lightly entertaining, and a good murder mystery Davidson's witty writing and clever clues combine with some yummy recipes along the way to solving this short, fun mystery.
Goldy is a former battered wife who has finally divorced her abusive doctor husband and strikes out to support herself and her pre-teen son by starting an upscale catering company.
Handsome police officer Tom Schultz adds another delicious dimension to the story. If you enjoy Grafton, Evanovich, and Tamar Myers (my other favorite mystery authors who write about 'real' people) you'll enjoy Goldy's sleuthing attempts to determine 1)who keeps trying to poison her lovable (?) ex-father-in-law, 2)who murdered her son's lovely, yet peculiar prior elementary school teacher and (deep breath) 3)WHY does everyone seem to know more about the entire mystery than Goldy? Most mysterious of all her books I've read to date! Excellent.
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Summary: Count me in as a new fan!
Review: It isn't very often that a writer brings freshness and believability to a mystery. After all, "there's nothing new under the sun." Diane Mott Davidson is, however, a new voice (to me) with a lot of pluses in her column. Davidson's characters are real enough to live in my home town and Goldy's situation is familiar...how to pay the bills, raise a child alone, have a life and deal with a vengeful ex. And, to have a suicide and attempted murder thrown in for good measure just adds spice to the mix! I have the rest of Davidson's works and look forward to reading them...if only I can finish without gaining 10 pounds! Go, Goldy!
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Summary: A great culinary treat!
Review: As a chef's wife and Mary Higgins Clark fan, I was extremely weary of reading this book. To my surprise, I really enjoyed it! In fact, I bought her whole series!
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Summary: Great food! Fun mystery!
Review: Catering to Nobody is a fun read for those who love food and mysteries. It can be too wordy and trite at times, but overall it is entertaining. I look forward to reading more adventures of Goldy Bear.
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Summary: The best mystery novel that I have ever read. Wonderful.
Review: Catering to Nobody is the best mystery that I have ever read. Diane Mott Davidson has this reader hooked on Goldy Bear's delicious recipes for crime solving and eating.
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Summary: Take a bite out of this one
Review: Catering to Nobody is the first novel written by Diane Mott Davidson and I think it is a winner. A "taste" of the story goes like this. Goldy is catering a wake for her sons ex-teacher and her father-in-law is slipped rat poison in his coffee. Until the culprit is found Goldy must close down her business so she talks the detective in charge (who just happens to take a liking to Goldy) to let her do some snooping. She finds out things about her family and friends that she never knew and figures out who the criminal really is just in the nick of time. This is a witty mystery with some nice recipes along the way.
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Summary: A palpable hit in the culinary mystery line.
Review: Catering to Nobody starts with a clever title and never lets up. The main character, Goldy Bear, is a former battered wife who finally divorced her abusive doctor husband and sets out to make her own way in the world with an upscale catering company. In addition to her business, she must deal with her nearly teenaged son and help him cope with the divorce. In this entry of the series, Goldy has to deal with her ex-husband when his father is poisoned at a funeral reception she is catering. Soon Goldy realizes that the only ay to save herself and her business is to solve the mystery herself-- and along the way she meets handsome police officer Tom Schultz, who reappears in later books in this series. Goldy is a character with whom many of today's women can identify. The recipes add another dimension to the book -- try them yourselves
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Summary: The continuing adventures of Goldilock's Catering Service
Review: Continuing the adventures of Goldilock's Catering Service, this book grabs you from line one. It is a great combination of recipes, romance and mystery
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Summary: Delicious debut
Review: Despite the unfortunate name of the main character, Goldy Bear, this is an enjoyable mystery. Goldy is a caterer, divorced from an abusive ex-husband, with a young son named Arch. She caters the funeral dinner of Arch's favorite teacher and lands in deep trouble when Fritz, her former father-in-law, ingests poison from some of her food. A local policeman, Tom Shultz, is attracted to Goldy, but nevertheless he has to shut down her catering service until he can prove that Goldy had nothing to do with the poisoning. Eager to get back to work, Goldy decides that the police are moving too slowly and she begins her own investigation. She finds that many people have a grudge against Fritz and is shocked at what she learns about him. Goldy sorts through a variety of suspects until the perpetrator finally confesses. Some of the writing in this debut novel is uneven, but it has interesting characters and lays the foundation for a solid series.
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Summary: foodies, cooks, mystery and fun
Review: Diane Mott Davidson brings us Goldy, of Goldilock's Catering, "where everything is just right," a loving mother, cook, small businesswoman, and amateur detective. Goldy runs a catering business in the mountains of Aspen Meadows, Colorado, is a single mom to son Arch, and has a knack for solving murders.
Unlike another female investigator based in central California,(who shall remain nameless here but is well known to mystery fans) the one who makes herself boiled-eggs-mayo-ketchup sandwiches at odd times for nourishment, Goldy really cooks.
Included in every book in the series are wonderful, inventive recipes. As a long time family chef, I find myself identifying much more with Goldy. No matter what else is going on, no matter how little sleep she manages to get, Goldy preps and cooks on a regular basis. Bless her!
Although the plotting is uneven and stretches the imagination just a little to be credible, this first book of Davidson's long series is an entertaining read. Recommended.
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