Sweet Revenge

This is a great mystery! Goldie Schulz, caterer, while setting up for a holiday breakfast at the library, sees a woman who had died in a forest fire several months earlier after she had confessed to committing a murder. Then there's the murder of a patron in the library; a former district attorney and map dealer who uses the library! Coincidentally or not so coincidentally, Goldie's catering a dinner for a very wealthy map collector and his wife at their estate home at the end of a very winding two lane mountain road. Going on!!!A fight between two dealers at the party of the map collector, another murder, Goldie is attacked by the 'dead' woman, Goldie is attacked by an unknown someone else, maps are discovered to have been stolen, and a final, very unexpected ending. A really entertaining story, plot, and characters. (Some great recipes, too.)

The female-sleuth here is Colorado caterer Goldy Schulz. The premise of this book is that Goldy is investigating the murder of Drew Wellington, the former district attorney. She was setting up for a breakfast she was to cater in the city library when she and the head librarian find the dead body of Mr. Wellington. Of course Goldy has to try to figure out what happened, even though her police detective-husband Tom reminds her to stay out of the case and let the police handle it. And there is another mystery to be solved: Goldy also thinks she sees a woman who is supposed to be dead named Sandee Brisbane. Sandee murdered Goldy's ex-husband and then committed suicide. Now Goldy wonders if Sandee really did commit suicide? Did they ever find her body? Why was Sandee, or someone who looked just like her, in the library right before they find Mr. Wellington's body? This book is well written and I would recommend it. The ending is a real page-turner and is quite clever. We discover, along with Goldy, just 'who done it'.

Now that I'm fully retired, I have decided to read more. My wife introduced me to Diane Mott Davidson's Culinary Detective, Goldy. I'm Hooked. In fact, Goldy should be a movie series. Hello - Hollywood & Hallmark. Goldy caters a Holiday Breakfast at the local library and runs smack into another murder. The deceased,a former D.A., is discovered with a valuable map on his person. Not only does Goldy have to contend with murder and her hectic culinary schedule, she keeps seeing a woman who resembles the murderer of her Ex-Husband, the Jerk. What's going on? Read Sweet Revengle to FINd OUT. Waiting for Diane Mott Davidson next book.

This book was great reading and just as lively and as much fun as her others. I love escapist mysteries (especially with the added benefit of new recipes to try out!) but not at the expense of good, competent, engaging writing and complex story lines. I hate jumbled plots that go nowhere under the pretense of being complex, and I don't like to be bored by the predictability of being able to figure out what will happen within the first several pages of the book. This book did not disappoint! It was on a par with Goldy's other mysteries and I thoroughly enjoyed it!

This book certainly measured up to Mrs. Davidson's former works. She captured the essence of Goldy and made her real...again! Her mouthwatering recipes are so enchanting, that even though I am not a cook, they make me want to try them all. When Goldy and Tom get in the kitchen, they make one believe they are real people and that they have so much fun...it is a delight to read about them. Thank you once again... for a fun read!