Prime Cut (Goldy Culinary Mysteries, Book 8) - Softcover

Diane Mott Davidson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553574671 ISBN 13: 9780553574678

Publisher: Bantam, 2000

Synopsis

Cheesecake, beefcake, and a pair of dueling caterers whet someone's appetite for murder in this sinfully delicous novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Sticks & Scones

Caterer Goldy Schulz is convinced things couldn't get worse. An unscrupulous rival is driving her out of business. An incompetent contractor has left her precious kitchen in shambles. And she has just agreed to cater a fashion shoot at a nineteenth-century mountain cabin with her mentor and old friend, French chef André Hibbard.

Together Goldy and André struggle in a hopelessly outdated kitchen to cater to a vacuous crowd of beautiful people whose personal dramas climax when a camera is pitched through a window . . . into the buffet. Then Goldy's contractor is found hanging in the house of one of her best friends. A second murder follows and Goldy must somehow solve a mystery and prepare for a society soirée that could make—or break—her career.

It's a mystery that involves the dead contractor's unwholesome past, a food saboteur, the theft of four historical cookbooks, and an overzealous D.A. who has suspended Goldy's detective husband, Tom, from the force. What Goldy discovers is the perfect recipe for murder. And she may be dessert!

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Review:

You could die from reading one of Diane Mott Davidson's culinary mysteries: this one includes recipes for Jailbreak Potatoes (butter, whipping cream, freshly grated Parmesan cheese) and Labor Day Flourless Chocolate Cake with Berries, Melba Sauce, and White Chocolate Cream (butter, chocolate, eggs, sugar, whipping cream). So you might want to take both the recipes and Davidson's pinball machine-like plots in small bites. This time, caterer Goldy Schulz careens between the worlds of contracting and high fashion models, with bodies from both camps falling into the food. It's all in fun, and readers have been lapping up Davidson's merry mélanges with increasing appetite. Catering to Nobody, The Cereal Murders, Dying for Chocolate, The Grilling Season, Killer Pancake, and The Main Corpse are available on the paperback menu. --Dick Adler

From the Publisher:

Five-star praise for The New York Times bestselling mysteries of Diane Mott Davidson:

"The Julia Child Of Mystery Writers"
--The Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph

"Today's foremost practitioner of the culinary whodunit."
--Entertainment Weekly

"A cross between Mary Higgins Clark and Betty Crocker!"
--The Sun, Baltimore

"You don't have to be a cook or a mystery fan to love Diane Mott Davidson's books. But if you're either--or both--her tempting recipes and elaborate plots add up to a literary feast!"
--The San Diego Union-Tribune

"Diane Mott Davidson's culinary mysteries can be hazardous to your waistline."
--People

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0553574671
• ISBN 13: 9780553574678
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 384