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Dark Tort (A Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery #13)
Caterer Goldy Schulz's lucrative new gig, preparing breakfasts and conference room snacks for a local law firm, is time-consuming, but she's enjoying it . . . until the night she arrives to find Dusty, the firm's paralegal, dead. The deceased also happened to be Goldy's friend and neighbor, and now Dusty's grieving mother is begging Goldy to find out who murdered her daugh...more
Paperback, 464 pages
Published
June 26th 2007
by Avon
(first published 2006)
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Almost didn't buy this because her last book sucked so much. This one wasn't nearly as bad, but still wasn't that good. The main problems with this one is that Goldy has no plausible reason to be involved with the investigation, that she goes about it in such a haphazard way, and she leaves the vital clue lying around for a week, only to discover it just as the killer comes to polish her off. Then there's the fact that she and her husband Tom have multiple conversations where they tell each othe...more
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Having been with this series for 12 books, I had a pretty good grasp of the character of Goldy Schulz.
She was smart, capable, funny, a good cook and caterer. She was a woman who loved deeply and cared about her family and friends. She also had a nose for mysteries and murder cases.
Why oh why then did Diane Mott Davidson start dumbing Goldy down in this entry to the series?
It was so jarring, it put me off reading any more of the books. It wasn't a plot point or a simple growing the character. At...more
She was smart, capable, funny, a good cook and caterer. She was a woman who loved deeply and cared about her family and friends. She also had a nose for mysteries and murder cases.
Why oh why then did Diane Mott Davidson start dumbing Goldy down in this entry to the series?
It was so jarring, it put me off reading any more of the books. It wasn't a plot point or a simple growing the character. At...more
I find myself defenseless when it comes to Diane Mott Davidson ... I read her ! Good or bad I read her, and this was more good than bad, but not THAT good. Sorry, Diane.
My main complaint is that Diane has become redundant. How so, you ask ? In trivial word usage for one thing. Goldy is forever having "a shot of latte" or a "triple shot of latte" or "expresso latte" from her little machine in the kitchen-to-die-for until I wonder if many of her continual crisises happen because she is so jacked u...more
My main complaint is that Diane has become redundant. How so, you ask ? In trivial word usage for one thing. Goldy is forever having "a shot of latte" or a "triple shot of latte" or "expresso latte" from her little machine in the kitchen-to-die-for until I wonder if many of her continual crisises happen because she is so jacked u...more
I feel this book is so dry. Also I feel that the author is trying too hard to be "good author" because she put too much "fun scenes" and overexplaining on cooking, for instance, thermatsor (sp?) in pork tendions is 375 degree.. blah, blah.. rub butter and herbs in the bread. The book is suppose to about mystery. So I feel it has too many parts in a book. Ugh.. It took me forever to finish the book. Not my favourite. Unless you love reading about cooking, this book is for you.
#13 in the Goldy Bear caterer in a Colorado small town mystery series. Goldy again finds herself mixed up with murder while doing catering jobs. This one involves the murder of an employee at a legal office who is a friend of Goldy's. The friend's mother asks Goldy to find out what happened to her daughter and soon Goldy is trying to solve the murder. As is usual in the series, there are a series of sub plots which contribute towards resolving the mystery.
One does have to suspend belief in this...more
One does have to suspend belief in this...more
One thing is for certain, you absolutely cannot read a Diana Mott Davidson culinary mystery without being doubly satisfied. Ms. Davidson offers lovers of “cozys” interesting murders to be solved as well as complete recipes for the tempting culinary creations whipped up by her protagonist Goldy (Baer) Schultz. Yes, I know Goldy’s name is a little too “cutsy” for words, but if you can get past her name as well as abandoning all logic by ignoring the fact that the Colorado town in which she resides...more
On the recomendation of Aunt Luan, I picked this up from the library on CD. I slogging through "John Adams" by McCoullough and needed a break. i didn't feel like I could start reading a real book because I'd never finish "Adams" but though reading while driving would fill my need for a lightweight release. (btw, I did enjoy John Adams but reading non-fiction like that is still slogging).
Fun little novel. I'll keep getting these books, and I think I'll keep getting the on CD. I agree with my aunt...more
Fun little novel. I'll keep getting these books, and I think I'll keep getting the on CD. I agree with my aunt...more
Diane Mott Davidson write culinary murder mysteries. She is a caterer that keeps finding herself in the middle of murder investigations. The books include DELICIOUS recipes of the food that she is serving at her catering events. They are light-reading books that capture your attention on the first page and have complicated twists and turns and unexpected surprises.
It is always fun reading about Goldy and her family and their activities, including the meals they prepare together and Goldy’s catering, to say nothing of the recipes. But this time the mystery fell rather flat. Goldy is working for a law firm, providing breakfasts for the lawyers and sometimes meals for business meetings. One evening she enters the law office to start preparations for the bread she will serve in the morning, and she trips over the body of Dusty Routt, who is training as a para...more
I just finished reading and so I wasn't sure whether this would be better or worse. While this book repeats a lot (as did the previous one), there actually seems to be a more developed line here - as well as some fairly interesting details. Goldy seems to be a bit more stable as a character than the previous one (even with sleep deprivation). What I found funny is the summary of which actually distorts the previous book a bit. Her relationship with her son seems distant but her son's relationshi...more
This book, in non-audio form would have likely been on par with the Hannah Swenson series, which is a light reading, 3 star book. In audio form, though, it was horrible. Based on the reader's voice, I had a vision in my head of what the character would look like. The image didn't match the character, however. At one point, Goldy sees herself in a mirror and comments on her blond curls. She's described as being in her early thirties. The voice, though...it isn't. It distracted me from the story a...more
I really enjoyed this book. All of her cooking made me very hungry! I like the way she describes her characters. You really feel like you get to know them. I recommend this book.
Well, I'm almost done reading all the books in this series and it has been an interesting ride. It proves that any career can be interesting, if you pay attention to the people around you. Goldy is always wondering why someone did what they just did, or didn't, and how it ties into something else she knows. In this next book in the series, Goldy's friend, Dusty is killed. Goldy walks into the office and stumbles over her. Thinking Dusty is just playing a joke on her, Goldy is shocked to discover...more
I wasn't really sure what to expect when I started reading this book. It was interesting. The story was strong enough to keep me captivated throughout the entire book.
The main character, Goldy, is the wife of a police officer, and the owner of her own catering business. When a young friend is murdered, the mother of the deceased has asked Goldy to help find the murderer.
Along with a son who just received his driving permit, Goldy has some interesting friends who bring this story to life with fun...more
The main character, Goldy, is the wife of a police officer, and the owner of her own catering business. When a young friend is murdered, the mother of the deceased has asked Goldy to help find the murderer.
Along with a son who just received his driving permit, Goldy has some interesting friends who bring this story to life with fun...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). The person murdered this time is a young friend and neighbor who was going to take...more
I like this series for the sense of place and for the food, but I hate everything else about it. Caterer Goldy finds her young neighbor dead at the empty law firm when she arrives to prepare for the next morning’s breakfast. As always,Goldy is drawn into the investigation with the help of her assistant Julian, her sheriff husband Tom, and her best friend Marla.The investigation centers around the rich lawyers at the firm, the local Episcoal bishop, the poor family of the victim, and a deceased a...more
Ok, I admit I read mysteries. Mott is enjoyable, entertaining and a light read.
You know I have a soft spot for caterer Goldy Schulz, and sometimes I just need the comfort of her kitchen. That was the case a few weeks ago, so I started moving forward with Davidson's series.
I expected a nice read, but was delighted to find myself enjoying this book more than I'd enjoyed Davidson in years. I'll be honest, though -- I don't know whether that was because of Davidson's writing, my state of mind or this particular plot (which was set in a law firm and also involved cooking). What...more
I expected a nice read, but was delighted to find myself enjoying this book more than I'd enjoyed Davidson in years. I'll be honest, though -- I don't know whether that was because of Davidson's writing, my state of mind or this particular plot (which was set in a law firm and also involved cooking). What...more
This was in a pile of books from a friend and, while I've liked Goldy and her antics in the past, it's worn quite thin and it's the same old, same old. This book involves catering for the breakfast crowd at the old law firm and finding a body (gasp!)(ho-humm) that Goldy recognizes as that of a neighbor girl who works for the firm and who was supposed to meet Goldy for a cooking lesson. I think if Davidson would stop doing a running commentary on what Goldy's discovered every other page and beef...more
Listening to this in the car and have just a handful of pages left. Reader is the amazing and award winning Barbara Rosenblatt. If you haven't heard her read the Ameliea Peabody by Elizabeth Peters series you MUST, what a treat.
Figured out the "mystery" pretty quickly but still enjoying the Colorado references, not to mention the mouth-watering recipes, and Mott's style. I must have read some others in the series out of order. I usually HATE when I do that...it's the rule-follower in me but may...more
Figured out the "mystery" pretty quickly but still enjoying the Colorado references, not to mention the mouth-watering recipes, and Mott's style. I must have read some others in the series out of order. I usually HATE when I do that...it's the rule-follower in me but may...more
While I enjoyed this book, I would have preferred it more from third person point of view. I don't usually enjoy novels written in first person. I will likely read more of this series at some point, but I'm not in a big rush to do so. The story was well written, though, and worth reading if you enjoy the first-person style of writing. The novel includes several recipes (yum!!) at the end, but they seemed a little disconnected to me (I had just read a similar mystery novel by Joanne Fluke who inc...more
This book was okay. I certainly agree that the quality of this series has slowly been declining. The books are becoming predictable and less and less believable. I don't know if the ideas are running out or what. The murder seems distant from the main characters, the plausibility of the story seems insane, and the actually writing seemed a little strained as well, mostly in word choice and flow.
I still enjoyed the book, it was a quick read and pretty light. And sometimes a formula book (caterin...more
I still enjoyed the book, it was a quick read and pretty light. And sometimes a formula book (caterin...more
The first 25 pages were about Goldy trying to revive a person who was clearly dead, and then finding a phone so she could call an ambulance to try and revive the person who was clearly dead. Very poor editing. Also I thought it odd that she didn't mention that her ex was dead or how her son was doing. The tie in from the previous book was the half brother and Arch getting to know each other. She did that tie in without mentioning the ex had been murdered. We also found out what happened to Latte...more
It's been a few years since I last read a Goldy mystery. I thought maybe I'd grown so critical in my reading that I'd not like these books -- that I'd find them super cheesy and ridiculous (possibly why I'd stopped picking them up), but this one is a pleasant surprise. It's escape literature, for certain, but decent in that category. At least for this book, any time Davidson gets close to sappy or silly, she quickly backs away and moves the story forward. I appreciate that. This type of book is...more
One of the ones I’d missed was Dark Tort (about lawyers, and also cake – puns are de rigeur in cozies’ titles), which is what I’m reading now… NOT one of the better ones. I think in the whole of FF DMD managed to avoid one little quirk of hers which appears in nearly every other book, which always makes me roll my eyes so hard I’m afraid they’ll get stuck. In Dark Tort (Goldy Culinary Mysteries, Book 13), it’s: “My mouth watered as I placed the potato puff on a plate. With the first bite, I almo...more
Goldy Shulz, the sleuthing caterer of Aspen Meadows, Colorado, has fallen into a tub of butter. She has landed a cushy job fixing breakfasts and occasional lunches for the lawyers of a local upscale law firm. Dusty, her young friend and neighbor, is a paralegal with the firm. Dusty tells her that she wants to learn to cook for someone special in her life and enlists Goldy as her mentor. The two agree to meet in the law firm's kitchen late one evening to do the preparation for an early morning cl...more
This is the latest Goldie Schulz mystery. Even as I began to read this book, I thought to myself, "God forbid I ever find myself in Aspen Meadow, but if I do, I am never, ever going to become friends with Goldie Schulz." Aspen Meadow in all the books is portrayed as a sleepy small town in the Rockies, affluent, but small. Unfortunately for them, anyone who befriends Goldie tends to wind up extremely dead.
And for some reason, in this particular book, I couldn't quite get past that. The story rev...more
And for some reason, in this particular book, I couldn't quite get past that. The story rev...more
Pretty good, as the series goes. After reading SOOO many books in this series, though, I'd be shocked if the author came up with anything new as to plot strategy or character "development" (it's as predictable as a Nancy Drew mystery, nearly) but I do get a kick out of how the recipes factor into the development of each story. I'm always basically pleased with each book in the series if I end without being majorly irritated by the protagonist (check! I was okay with Goldy in this one) and if the...more
The action happened on the first page (first line if I remember correctly) and then nothing happened for the next 170 pages. In my opinion the author could have written page 1, then skipped the next couple of hundred pages then started again and it would have been a great book. As it was, I had to force my self to plow through the middle.
By the end, I was interested and enjoyed it...I could have just done with out all the repetition and waffle in the middle.
By the end, I was interested and enjoyed it...I could have just done with out all the repetition and waffle in the middle.
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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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