The Cereal Murders

by Diane Mott Davidson Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat

Overview

Bestselling author Diane Mott Davidson has cooked up yet another tantalizing feast of murder, mystery, and mayhem. Dubbed Queen of the Culinary Mystery by her fans, Davidson adroitly defends her crown with this delectable offering of
suspense, spiced with a dash of romance and a pinch of humor.
Goldy Bear, Aspen Meadow's caterer extraordinaire, is catering a dinner at the exclusive Elk Park Preparatory School. At the end of the evening, a horrified Goldy discovers the school valedictorian's battered body heaped in the snow. When a
series of disturbing pranks leads her to believe that her son might be the next victim, Goldy launches her investigation. Delving into the scandals permeating the halls of academia, Goldy stumbles upon another grisly murder, and another.
Diane Mott Davidson's deliciously fast-paced plot and her heroine's recipes for such enticing delights as Sugar Plum Cake and Sweetheart Sandwiches leave the reader satisfied, yet hoping for more.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

This delightfully wicked mystery features food expert Goldy Bear, seen last in Dying for Chocolate . Goldy, 31 and the divorced mother of a 12-year-old son and the owner of Goldilocks Catering (``Where Everything Is Just Right!'') in Aspen Meadow, Colo., caters as many as three events a day, even while solving a murder or two. After catering the senior class dinner at the exclusive but undistinguished Elk Park Prepatory School, Goldy discovers the body of the class valedictorian, Keith Andrews, strangled by one of her extension cords. Tom Schulz, gourmet cook, Goldy's lover and head homicide detective for the Aspen Meadow police, quickly discovers that Keith may have been an extortionist and a thief. Probing further, he and Goldy find that the senior class (oddly restrained in their response to the murder) and their rancorous parents are a group for whom obsession with grades, nasty competition over college slots and blatant bribery are the norm. The book proves to be a light but delicious combination of unique personalities, first-rate recipes and sustained suspense, with only a surfeit of red herrings for leftovers. (Nov.)

Library Journal

Another food-oriented sleuth, divorced but armed with one child, works out of a small town in Colorado. The owner of Goldilocks' Catering happens upon a freshly murdered body after she serves a college advisory dinner for students at a locally famous prep school. Goldy's job and connections (including a detective boyfriend) allow her access to likely clue-holding people and places as she alternately placates and vituperates her way through the situation. This work has a humorous and charming protagonist, several slightly intrusive recipes, and a winning combination of character, plot, and setting.

School Library Journal

YA-An expensive prep school's SAT scores have dropped, parents are bribing college admissions representatives, and the class valedictorian is murdered in a snow bank. Denver caterer Goldy Bear, who has a 7th-grade son and a senior live-in student enrolled in Elk Park Prep School, keeps finding bodies at the school events she caters. To complete her worries, someone is playing dangerous pranks on her family. This light mystery is the perfect booktalking choice for home economics classes, especially when paired with other titles in which recipes play a major role, such as Virginia Rich's The Baked Bean Supper Murders (Ballantine, 1984). Not only will teens relate to the anxieties felt by all of the Elk Park seniors, but they may even emulate Goldy's live-in student's great cheese manicotti recipe.-Pam Spencer, Thomas Jefferson Sci-Tech, Fairfax County, VA

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170788552
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	05/23/2008
Series:	Goldy Schulz Series , #3
Edition description:	Unabridged

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