false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173297751m/269745.jpg 269745 8 Her first big catering gig in weeks has Goldy Bear Schulz salivating. But before she can collect her Elizabethan-inspired recipes (Queen of Scots Shortbread, Damson-in-Distress Plum Tart) and hie herself to the restored English castle in Colorado where she's putting on a donor's luncheon in Hyde Chapel and a high school fencing banquet in the castle's Great Room, someone blows a hole in her living room window. No sooner has she unloaded her pots and pans at the catering venue than another someone--or maybe the same one--shoots a hole in her detective husband, Tom. To make matters worse, Goldy's ex-husband has just been released from jail, and he seems to have a few reasons to want to kill her, too.<p> Between trying to solve the riddle of the castle ghost, keep her son Arch and her wounded husband safe, and get the food on the table while it's still hot, Goldy is up to her elbows in trouble. The would-be lord of the manor still looks like a business-builder for Goldy, but his Swiss-born wife seems a little wacky. And even from a sickbed, Tom's got a crime wave on his hands that seems to involve Goldy's ex, his flashy new girlfriend, the castle owner, and the dead man Goldy found floating in the castle moat. Not to mention a woman Tom once loved, who seems to have returned from the dead and is causing Goldy no end of distress. But Diane Mott Davidson's gutsy, multitalented series heroine (<I>Prime Cut</I>, <I>Tough Cookie</I>) triumphs again--the proof is in the reading as well as the eating in this fast-paced, frothy dessert. <I>--Jane Adams</I> 261487 2001 Sticks and Scones (Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery, Book 10) total:1236|5:251|4:470|3:448|2:61|1:6| 1236 4607 1571 40 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 10:38:46 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 10:39:08 -0800 2009
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The plot of this book seemed a little more convoluted. Part ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 07 23:18:48 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 23:20:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed May 14 15:26:58 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 13:10:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 01 18:26:39 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 12:48:35 -0800 2008 I've read a few mysteries with recipes and they had all fallen short, so this book was a pleasant surprise.
There was a lot going on in this book, but I believe the author did well with keeping it all straight for the ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 06:33:30 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 06:37:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Mar 01 22:35:44 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 22:46:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 17:01:28 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 17:04:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 18:54:10 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 18:58:22 -0700 2009
Alas no good recipes in this one.... Not one for scones and plum tarts]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 10 09:24:40 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 09:30:06 -0700 2009
The author includes some great recipes within the story as well. Goldy, the main character owns a catering business.]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 06:44:54 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 06:46:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 10 11:20:48 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 11:20:48 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 11:18:09 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 11:19:00 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 20:10:28 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 12:19:28 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Jan 04 23:07:21 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 23:08:00 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Oct 14 09:21:39 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 09:22:48 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Tue Aug 11 15:11:45 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 15:12:12 -0700 2009 1 0 0 false false Tue Jul 28 06:49:18 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 06:49:18 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 03 20:54:01 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 20:54:12 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed May 14 18:18:49 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 18:18:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=269745