Crunch Time
A Novel of Suspense
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3.8 • 5 Ratings
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Publisher Description
“A cross between Mary Higgins Clark and Betty Crocker.”
—Baltimore Sun
“The Julia Child of mystery writers.”
—Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph
No one cooks up a tastier stew of murder, mystery, and mayhem than New York Times bestselling author Diana Mott Davidson. Entertainment Weekly calls her “today’s foremost practitioner of the culinary whodunit.” And now it’s Crunch Time, as Davidson’s delightful series protagonist, caterer and amateur sleuth-extraordinaire Goldy Schulz, digs into a deadly smorgasbord that includes a heaping helping of murder, a double dose of arson…and nine adorable beagle puppies!
A Goldy Schulz Mystery: Caterer and amateur sleuth Goldy Schulz is back, and this time the murder of a retired cop hits dangerously close to home.Cozy Mystery with Recipes: Includes more than a dozen delectable recipes straight from Goldy’s kitchen, from Crunch Time Cookies to Snowboarders’ Pork Tenderloin.Arson Investigation: A mysterious fire destroys a friend’s home, but when a second blaze is set to cover up a crime, Goldy knows the heat is on.Puppy Mill Mystery: What starts as an investigation into a cruel puppy mill turns deadly, leaving Goldy as the sole protector of nine adorable (and key) beagle witnesses.
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In Davidson's enjoyable if overplotted 16th culinary novel of suspense (after Fatally Flaky), Colorado caterer Goldy Schulz hires longtime friend and chef Yolanda Garcia as her catering assistant, after a string of bad luck forced Yolanda and Yolanda's irascible great-aunt, Ferdinanda, out of their rental home. Yolanda has been making extra money cooking meals for Ernest McLeod, an ex-cop turned PI, who also let the pair live in his guest quarters. But when McLeod is murdered, Yolanda's connections to his various investigations from a cheating spouse to an illegal puppy mill create suspicion. Goldy insists that Yolanda, who's also afraid of an abusive ex-boyfriend, and Ferdinanda stay at the Schulzes' house so she and her sheriff's investigator husband, Tom, can keep an eye on them. Goldy must once again sift through Aspen Meadow's unending supply of dirty secrets and suspects while whipping up delicious meals. 6-city author tour.
