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Sweet Revenge (A Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery #14)
Goldy Schulz is thrilled to be catering a holiday breakfast feast for the staff of the Aspen Meadow Library. But little does she know that on the menu, alongside the Great Expectations Grapefruit, Chuzzlewit Cheese Pie, and Bleak House Bars, is a large helping of murder.
While setting up at the library, Goldy spots a woman lurking in the stacks who bears a striking resembla...more
While setting up at the library, Goldy spots a woman lurking in the stacks who bears a striking resembla...more
Hardcover, 368 pages
Published
August 21st 2007
by William Morrow & Company
(first published January 1st 1994)
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This could very well be the worst Goldy mystery yet. Not only are the characters mere two-dimensional puppets, Goldy has turned into a narcissitic busy-body who I found myself rooting against. The supporting characters are merely that -- props that allow Goldy to to do whatever the heck she wants and then pull her out of trouble when she finds herself stuck.
How many times can one person put themselves in harrowing circumstances with no clear reason? How often can Goldy tromp over her friends an...more
How many times can one person put themselves in harrowing circumstances with no clear reason? How often can Goldy tromp over her friends an...more
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Murder and mayhem set against the backdrop of stealing maps from rare book libraries...Although if we had referred to said libraries as "what's called Special Collections" one more time, I was going to go crazy.
Sep 11, 2007
Auntie
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5 of 5 stars
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Culinary Mystery lover
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My friend Gretchen shared this author with me. Diane Mott Davidson has a series of Culinary Mysteries that are, in Gretchen's words, "potato chips for the mind". No deep, dark insights here...but wonderfully commentary on the foibles and peculiarities of the mountain community people of Colorado..some of whom are Episcopalians. Yes, the main character espouses faith. So delightful!
Best bonus is that the main sleuth is a Caterer and proceeds to solve crimes while on the various jobs she takes on....more
Best bonus is that the main sleuth is a Caterer and proceeds to solve crimes while on the various jobs she takes on....more
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* "Sweet Revenge" (#14) by Diane Davidson has nosy caterer Goldy get official police info from her warning complaining sheriff husband, local Aspen gossip from her best gal-pal and everyone else in town. A womanizing dishonest map-dealer former district attorney is drugged, poisoned and stabbed in the library, and his ex-wife is arrested for the murder. Goldy's abusive first husband's murderer Sandee, thought dead, nags from start to finish, presumably to encourage us to read the series before a...more
Sep 02, 2010
Benjamin Thomas
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This is the 14th of the Culinary Mystery series featuring caterer Goldy Schulz. These books have sort of become an obligation for me, rather than ones I look forward to with baited breath. I will keep reading them I'm sure, because it's like catching up on what's happening with old friends. The actual mysteries are OK but seem to be getting a little repetitive. This time around it's the height of the Christmas season and so Goldy's catering business is packed with business. This serves to drive...more
Well.
I had stopped reading this series 2 book prior to this one. I think part of it was sue to the increasing amounts of language that I was uncomfortable with (there is just some language I will not tolerate) and the other part was that I was bored with the stories. After awhile, it seemed like they were all the same or very similar. But, I picked this up cheap ($1.00!!) and thought I would give it a shot.
It was an ok read. Not great. Ok. Goldy is still a caterer that gets into all sorts of h...more
I think I’m getting to be a cranky old lady. I used to love this series. I did enjoy the book, but Goldy Schulz is just too nosy for her own good and keeps investigating murders in Aspen Meadows and the surrounding communities. Why her husband, Tom, a police investigator, tolerates her behavior, I really don’t know. In this book, she literally stumbles into his investigation of a crime scene. She was just too nosy to stay away. She also takes advantage of her assistant in her catering business....more
I usually favor Goldy over Hannah and Lucy when it comes to the most popular three cozy heroines. Towards the end of the 14th book I was ready to throw in the towel and dub Goldy a moron. But hey I've read all of Flukes dragged out mysteries and many Meier's lackluster mysteries. I don't give up easily. Besides the fact the book was much longer than usual and the end felt very rushed and that the killer's motive was weak and not thought out I felt like Goldy was a total idiot. This time around I...more
Wherever Goldy Schultz goes, there will eventually be a dead body or two. Now free of "the Jerk", her ex-husband, she is free to become attacked by others who wish her ill. Fortunately her big handsome police officer husband is often nearby, and there she is, sticking her nose into yet another of his cases that he tells her to keep away from and stick to cooking. But no, Goldy (who thrives on 3 or 4 hours of sleep) will not rest until she's nearly killed herself several times, wrecked her best f...more
The thing I like about Diane Mott Davidson's mystery series is that the protagonist, Goldy, is a caterer, and not only does she talk about food all through the story, but the recipes for the dishes she fixes during the story are included at the back of the book. It's like double the bang for your buck -- a fun story and a chance to recreate certain parts of the story right in your own kitchen! I was additionally excited to read this particular installment in the series because the local library...more
Skip to the last chapter. Read that. It's faster and less painful.
I can suspend reality and accept the coincidences of all those involved in the murders are in Goldy's life right now, that she's super-sleuth compared to the cops, and similar quirks associated with the murder-mystery genre. But Super Goldy, as she is in this book, is just too much. What human can set up for a catering event, and deal with cops after finding a body one evening, then the next day cater three events, plus run around...more
I can suspend reality and accept the coincidences of all those involved in the murders are in Goldy's life right now, that she's super-sleuth compared to the cops, and similar quirks associated with the murder-mystery genre. But Super Goldy, as she is in this book, is just too much. What human can set up for a catering event, and deal with cops after finding a body one evening, then the next day cater three events, plus run around...more
I started reading this series several years ago. There are 15 books in the series and I have read six of them. Usually when I get engrossed in a series, I prefer to read the books in the order in which they were published. That pretty much guaranties that the stream of the story is constant and references to previous installments of the ongoing tale make sense. For some reason I haven’t done this with this series but it hasn’t hampered my enjoyment of the story. That is the case with “Sweet Reve...more
Goldy Schulz is thrilled to be catering a holiday breakfast feast for the staff of the Aspen Meadow Library. But little does she know that on the menu is a large helping of murder. While setting up at the library, Goldy spots a woman lurking in the stacks who bears a striking resemblance to Sandee Brisbane—the Sandee Brisbane who killed Goldy's ex-husband, the Jerk. But Sandee is supposed to be dead . . . or so everyone believes.
Goldy's suspicions mount when the body of Drew Wellington, a forme...more
Goldy's suspicions mount when the body of Drew Wellington, a forme...more
I keep saying that I'm not going to read this series anymore, but for some reason, I keep coming back. Normally, when you think of a cozy mystery, you imagine a warm, friendly, maybe funny amateur detective. Goldy has none of those qualities and I can't remember if she ever did. She's bossy, annoying, rude and conceited. She has no regard for herself or others and gets into ridiculous situations that should get her husband fired. This particular mystery seems to drag on, the same details are rev...more
Another good mystery by this author. Good recipes included also. I always get hungry when reading her books! I recommend this book and others from her series for a nice read.
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I like this series of books. They are quick read books that are fun. Goldie Schlutz is always getting into some kind of trouble. She is funny.
Another Diane Mott Davidson "foodie" mystery. I may have read them all--this is #14. Still a good story, lots of twists and turns, and plenty of culinary speak, which adds interest for me. Recipes used to be mixed throughout the story, so you could read about something she's making for a party, then turn the page and see the recipe...yum! Now, they are neatly packaged at the end of the book. I liked the immediacy of the old way better! I will continue to read her books. There should be a half st...more
After a long absence I picked up the Goldy Shultz series again. On the plus side, it was fun getting reacquainted with characters I’d spent many hours with before. On the down side, a cozy is a cozy is a cozy... Goldy is hired to cater a library function and while she is setting up, her son Arch gets into s shouting match with a library patron who is a map collector and seller. Moments later Mr Collector turns up murdered. Goldy as usual gets roped into “figuring out what happened” by the dead m...more
The Goldy Bear mysteries are brain candy. Fun characters, good recipes at the end.
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This book was just alright. I really enjoyed the previous books as a light fluffy read when you just want something mellow and fun. Plus as a foodie, the recipes and plot intrigued me! However this book seemed very different in terms of writing style than her previous books in the series. There was a lot more swearing and referencing to swearing along with more sexual situations.
While I'm fine with all of those things, it seemed really out of place in this book especially since the previous book...more
While I'm fine with all of those things, it seemed really out of place in this book especially since the previous book...more
I'm just a sucker for Goldy and how she keeps busy with her catering business while, apparently, there are continual murders in sweet little Aspen Meadows, Colorado. It's kind of a "Murder She Wrote" idea, with great recipes and minimal blood and pathos. Goldy's answer to the stress of people continually being murdered around her, is to cook. She's a trooper, that Goldy is. She and her best friend, another ex-wife of her late husband, are a hoot and it's just fun to be a part of the group, for a...more
I've read a lot of these culinary mysteries, complete with delicious sounding recipes that I'm tempted to try, but usually don't. The protagonist, a plucky caterer in a Colorado resort area, runs into all kinds of small town, aristocratic intrigue, but despite being beat up a lot, helps solve the mysteries with the aid of her teenage son, young chef helper, and good friends. Fun with spice (but not very explicit).
In this one, an earlier killer comes back, but is she really the killer of the men...more
In this one, an earlier killer comes back, but is she really the killer of the men...more
I got this cheap the Friends of the Library book sale and it makes me ask myself, "Why do I keep reading books out of this series?" The character takes stupid chances, walks all over police investigations without getting in trouble, sloughs off her catering business on her assistant, and pays little or no attention to her son. I do not like her. The mysetery was pretty good which is why I kept reading and why I gave it at least 2 stars. It was a light, easy read. Too bad the main character makes...more
Although I enjoyed this installment of the catering mystery series, I also found it rather...middling. Mott Davidson set up a plot that could have had a lot of intrigue and suspense to it, however, for me it fell a little flat - A criminal from one of the past cases Goldy has solved shows back up in Aspen Meadow, and yet, I don't feel like this plot line was as fleshed out as it could have been. I kept waiting for more! The writing meandered a little bit, and made the mystery progress slowly. Th...more
Sweet Revenge by Diane Mott Davidson is the fourteenth of the Goldy Bear mysteries. As with all of the others I've read, I listened to an unabridged audio performed by Barbara Rosenblat. I'm not being particularly careful about reading these books in order. Sweet Revenge comes immediately before Fatally Flaky.
Sweet Revenge takes place in those weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Goldy is completely booked with catering gigs, enough, to leave her extra through the post holiday slump. Things...more
Sweet Revenge takes place in those weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Goldy is completely booked with catering gigs, enough, to leave her extra through the post holiday slump. Things...more
I'm not usually one for cozy mysteries, but after slogging through several dense reads I wanted something light. Diane Mott Davidson's main character, Goldy, is what kept me reading. She's spunky, but unlike other heroines, her spunk is very much grounded in the trials and time demands of parenthood and her catering business. I really like it that she needs the money, and is going to take a hit financially if a party or event gets cancelled. It centers her in a way that the rest of Aspen Meadow...more
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An unlikely list of suspicious items and an equally unlikely list of villains are found in the newest culinary mystery offering by Diane Mott Davidson. The worlds of map collecting and map sales are cut-throat businesses. Knives enveloped in snowballs, Rohypnol, stolen maps and the ghost of a dead murderer are featured here. First and foremost, our heroine, Goldy Schulz --- proprietor of Goldilocks Catering in Aspen Meadow, Colorado --- always seems to end up in hot water. SWEET REVENGE is no ex...more
Are we already on book 14?! I have loved this mystery series for at least 10 years and still look forward to every new book. Like dessert at the end of a meal, I save these mystery novels for after I've read a heavy or particularly difficult book. It was just what I needed this time.
The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that the language is beginning to slip into the typical coarseness of the genre. It's still not as bad as it could be, but I don't like the direction Davidson is heading.
The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that the language is beginning to slip into the typical coarseness of the genre. It's still not as bad as it could be, but I don't like the direction Davidson is heading.
Although I usually really enjoy reading about Goldy the caterer's adventures, Sweet Revenge was not quite as sweet as it could have been.
Somehow this plot did not work really well, and I was continually frustrated by Goldy's attitude, snooping and haphazard blundering around. This book seemed to stray even further from the interesting bits set around her catering and instead gave us more about her woes of dealing with wealthy clients. It really lacked all the best parts of Davidson's usual writi...more
Somehow this plot did not work really well, and I was continually frustrated by Goldy's attitude, snooping and haphazard blundering around. This book seemed to stray even further from the interesting bits set around her catering and instead gave us more about her woes of dealing with wealthy clients. It really lacked all the best parts of Davidson's usual writi...more
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New York Times bestselling author Diane Mott Davidson wrote three novels before one was accepted for publication—when she was 41. She has since written 14 more mysteries, all featuring Goldy the caterer. In addition, she has written short stories and poetry for various publications. Davidson has won the Anthony Award from Bouchercon, and has been nominated for the Agatha, another Anthony, and the...more
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