Author: Diane Mott Davidson

Like your mysteries with a few recipes sprinkled in and a dollop of great food descriptions? Then this series is for you. Goldy is the main character, a caterer. She ruminates best on the mysteries in her life when she is preparing food for her various catering jobs. Each book has a number of recipes included, and some of the food she makes sounds absolutely scrumptious. Over the series, Goldy has evolved and grown--something I always like to see. At first reading these books I was almost startled by Goldy--then I realized that I was reacting to the fact that she wasn't perfect, that she had bad days, could be irritable, could make mistakes with her son...in fact, she was more like a real person than I'm used to seeing in popular mystery books.

Davidson does a great job also describing the scenery where Goldy lives in Colorado, and the books are page-turners. Some humor, some suspense, pretty good on the development of relationships, great food.

Series:

Catering to Nobody
Dying for Chocolate
The Cereal Murders
The Last Suppers
Killer Pancake
The Main Corpse
The Grilling Season
Prime Cut
Tough Cookie
Sticks & Scones
Chopping Spree