I like to travel throughout Colorado and have found this book to be very useful in understanding the form and geologic history of the landscape I am travelling through. The book is well illustrated and detailed enough to be useful, at least for the person with a non-professional interest in geology. My major regret is that it is not available on CD or tape so that it could be more efficiently used with only one person in the car!

This is a very handy book. It's arranged by road name and by stretch of road--if you find yourself on, say, I-70 westbound from Denver, go to the table of contents and you'll quickly find something like "I-70, Denver to Dillon Reservoir." Go to that section and you'll find a small map, geological diagrams, and probably a photograph. There's also an introductory chapter that gives an overview of Colorado geology and geological history, as well as very clear explanations of geological terms.

Driving on Colorado highways you see some pretty amazing rock formations, and visitors to the state are always asking about them. This book will tell them (and you) anything you might want to know, and explain it clearly. I keep my copy in the car, and consult it often.

The book gives you roughly 100 pages of hiking trail descriptions, 50 pages of bike trails and 50 pages on snowtrails. The writing is smooth and competent- a real book rather than just a list of a few facts about traihead location, distance, major route turns, and elevation change. However- I expected more and better photos & maps based on the nice cover photo, the other evaluation of this book, and the backcover proclaiming this to be a book from "a professional cartographer and award-winning photographer". There are about 20 black & white photos and a small insert of 10 color photos that are somewhat generic and dont really give you a full sense of the special flavor of the San Juans. And the "maps" are worthless- they are small hand-drawn sketches of the region and only show major roads! No trail lines or topographic details.

Jeff La Frenierre's San Juan Adventure Guide is a complete outdoor recreation guide to hiking, biking, and skiing in southwestern Colorado's San Juan Mountain range. Of special note is an "Adventure Locator" which is divided into four sections with maps and tables. This quick and handy reference for planning activities will admirable serve any excursion from a day trip to an extended weekend to a major vacation outing. Ideal for the armchair traveler and the on-site thrill-seeker, San Juan Adventure Guide is enhanced with b/w and color photography and a "must" for anyone heading out for the San Juan country.

This was a a light, entertaining book and and fun murder mystery. The first book in the series, we are introduced to Goldy Bear (Whose real name is Gertrude Bear Korman). Goldy has started her own catering business, to support herself and her son, after divorcing her abusive ex husband. While catering a funeral, Goldy's ex father in law is poisoned, and Goldy's business is shut down. In order to clear her name and get her life back, Goldy decides to investigate the crime.
Chock full of interesting characters, a possible love interest and as an added bonus, some terrific sounding recipes. I can't wait to move on to the next book in the series.

"Catering to Nobody" is the first delectable book in this culinary mystery series full of crazy, different characters.
Lightly entertaining, and a good murder mystery Davidson's witty writing and clever clues combine with some yummy recipes along the way to solving this short, fun mystery.
Goldy is a former battered wife who has finally divorced her abusive doctor husband and strikes out to support herself and her pre-teen son by starting an upscale catering company.
Handsome police officer Tom Schultz adds another delicious dimension to the story. If you enjoy Grafton, Evanovich, and Tamar Myers (my other favorite mystery authors who write about 'real' people) you'll enjoy Goldy's sleuthing attempts to determine 1)who keeps trying to poison her lovable (?) ex-father-in-law, 2)who murdered her son's lovely, yet peculiar prior elementary school teacher and (deep breath) 3)WHY does everyone seem to know more about the entire mystery than Goldy? Most mysterious of all her books I've read to date! Excellent.

Diane Mott Davidson brings us Goldy, of Goldilock's Catering, "where everything is just right," a loving mother, cook, small businesswoman, and amateur detective. Goldy runs a catering business in the mountains of Aspen Meadows, Colorado, is a single mom to son Arch, and has a knack for solving murders.
Unlike another female investigator based in central California,(who shall remain nameless here but is well known to mystery fans) the one who makes herself boiled-eggs-mayo-ketchup sandwiches at odd times for nourishment, Goldy really cooks.
Included in every book in the series are wonderful, inventive recipes. As a long time family chef, I find myself identifying much more with Goldy. No matter what else is going on, no matter how little sleep she manages to get, Goldy preps and cooks on a regular basis. Bless her!
Although the plotting is uneven and stretches the imagination just a little to be credible, this first book of Davidson's long series is an entertaining read. Recommended.

I love Linda Howard. I have read every book of hers in print and it's a happy day when a new one comes out.

I bought this one when it first came out, and being a die hard fan, I've even re-read it. But it is far from her best book, and there is a scene at the end, just before the hero, Lucas, realises how wrong he's been, that is down right disturbing.

Dee is a good heroine, in that she is tough and smart and hardworking, but Lucas is not as good a hero. I think Howard's contemporaries are better than her Westerns, and that this is her weakest Western.

If you absolutely have to have it, then buy it, but otherwise, try another - she's a great writer, but this one sinks...

ANGEL CREEK by Linda Howard boasts compelling characters like Dee Swann and Lucas Cochran in a Western frontier. Dee is a resilient woman ready to defend her Angel Creek from the ambitious Lucas in his expansion of his ranch, but is unwittingly caught in a web of passion with this man who had roused her desires like no other.

The secondary romance between Olivia and Luis Fonteras is much more subtler and tender. Both of the stories are served with passionate love scenes bound to keep readers fanning off the heat. However, the chemistry between Dee and lucas seemed just a tad too fast and developed.

Nevertheless, LINDA HOWARD did it with this one again - strong-willed characters in a tussle of love in a glorious frontier. It is an emotional read with Dee fending herself and letting go of her assuring independence for Lucas and her Angel Creek.

ANGEL CREEK is no doubt one compelling read that sizzles and brings out all that heated smoldering flames in the wild,wild west.

The basic story of Angel Creek was excellent.
The ruthless character of Lucas Cochrane was typical.
The developement of the independent woman, Dee Swann making her a strong woman in a man's world was great.
But the seductive-rape of Dee Swann by Lucas and the outcome was not typical of the women of the 1800's. Most had more moral fear or moral guts than is being portrayed.

Plain old horny sex does not make a love story. I am glad that I can seperate a good story from the immoral ingredients [sex before marriage] used to sell a book. But authors in general follow the same old, same old - probably egged on by their editors. There should be more to a story than plain old passion - which needs to be developed to love. Not used as a focus of the story.

A bit of action was incorporated in the shoot-out - finally a little fear of lose by Lucas and Dee's devastation as the lose of Angel Creek balanced out a bit of the guff. Even Luis, with his gentleness, went too far. The two really believeable ones were Kyle Bellamy and Tillie - true to form.

Ah well, recommended with reservations -- great story but not for my library.

Plainsong, a book by Kent Haruf, is a book that describes the lives of some of the residents in Holt, Colorado. Different plots deal with various issues of life, death, and a community that connects together. A tale of Tom Guthrie, who is a history teacher at the area high school. He is left to raise his two "twin-like" sons, Ike and Bobby, after his wife abandons him and their family. Victoria, a 17 year-old high school senior, is thrown out of her house by her crude and bitter mother after she had learned that her daughter is pregnant. The McPheron Brothers, lonely, sheltered, and isolated from the rest of the world, are a couple of aged bachelors, and all they know are themselves and life on their ranch. When they were fourteen years old, they were left to live on their own after their parents died. They have missed out on important and "normal" things in their life after choosing to stay with each other and to not get married. Ken Haruf interweaves the lives of these characters beautifully through the character of Maggie Jones. She is the most "flawless" character of the bunch, because she is compassionate, generous, and beautiful. Not to mention, the responsible party for helping and improving their outlook on their lives.
This book started slowly at first but once it started to pick up, I couldn't put it down. I constantly found myself wondering what was going to happen next with each character. Ken Haruf also does a wonderful job making the reader feel what the characters are feeling. He also painted a vivid mental image of the setting which helped me visualize Holt, Colorado. This is a warm, heart-felt story in which Haruf reminds us that in hard times, people come together to mend each others hearts.

A very economically-written, precisely-edited story about human kindness found in unlikely places. Haruf's Colorado community is the quintessential small town, where everybody knows not only your name, but your business--or thinks they do. It is hard-working, undemonstrative, and--this is the meat of this book--it takes care of its own with quiet concern and a minimum of fanfare.

Haruf's characters carry the story, mostly through dialogue and description; there is very little introspection. It works: my heart ached for his protagonists, a quietly righteous teacher, his two young sons, his estranged, depressive wife; a pregnant highschool girl whose mother kicks her out of the house; two wryly hilarious old farmers who perform an unlikely act of mercy. Even the villians--the parents of a surly, lost teenaged boy and the kid himself--are human and recognizable archtypes who might well live next door. Bit-players, minor actors--although they might have spent little time in print, these too were fully fleshed and caught in as few words as possible.

The writer's approach reminds me of Larry Brown's--the tightness of the editing, the simplicity of the imagery. Amazing, too, the mood he sets by not using quote marks; I kept asking myself how it would have changed the book to do so. An interesting stylistic gesture, but one that made a subtle but profound mark on the way I read the story.

Every now and then, there comes an author keenly attuned to the rhythms of our speech, the conflicts of our hearts and the values which motivate our actions. Kent Haruf's spellbinding "Plainsong" so deftly recreates the atmosphere of a small, isolated, rural American town and populates that community with such compelling, conflicted and endearing characters that the reader simply cannot put his novel down. As did Steinbeck before him (and as do such gifted contemporaries as Kaye Gibbons and Ivan Doig), Mr. Haruf truly believes common, everyday Americans have much to say about what defines the national character. There is such dignity and decency in this book, shown against backdrops of cruelty, isolation and loneliness. Perhaps that is one reason I found myself humbled, by book's end, in reading it. This is a book to cherish and to share and will become one of the most memorable reading experiences in your life.

This profoundly important work will remind readers what the purpose of literature is: to inform us, through the action of an absorbing narrative, that humans serve a distinctive purpose, and that purpose, though obscured by personal anguish, desperate lonelines and unfair circumstances, is to understand, assist and grow to love each other. Each of the seven central characters, who evolve into their own community, seems driven to comprehend and act on the central premise of human frailty and interdependence. Thus, whether it be a father coping with the fragility of his sons' emotional health in light of their mother's evolving emotional and physical removal from life or a quietly resolute teacher searching for solutions to a teen's unexpected pregnancy or two old bachelor brothers awakening to the confusing, liberating possibilities of life, Mr. Haruf invests them with uncommon purpose and promise.

Thomas Jefferson once said that our nation possesses "hope enough and to spare." Reading this triumphant novel, a reader will find renewal in the belief that our national purpose -- built on a sense of optimism and hope -- continues to live and to thrive in the hearts and minds of our most uncommom common people.

Let me just say that I love Jude Deveraux. I know some of you that read the title of my review are thinking "She just doesn't appreciate a good Jude Deveraux story" or "Well, time travels just aren't her thing". I'll clear the air for you. Jude Deveraux is fastly becoming one of my all time favorite authors, and I am a BIG fan of time travel. But, _Legend_ just doesn't do it for me... sorry.

I started the book prepared to hate it. Let me tell you... I didn't. It was well written and entertaining. But, the story line was a little too twisted. The book starts out inroducing us to Kady Long, a famous chef. She is about to be married to her boss' son. Although he is gorgeous and gives Kady the freedom she thinks she needs, the reader knows right away that he is not the man for her. While browsing through an antique store, Kady impulsivly buys a flour tin. But, when she gets home, she realizes she bought more then she thought, and that the simple little flour tin would change her life forever.

Once Kady pries open the tin, she finds three treasures inside: a breathtaking wedding dress, a watch and a family photo. Since Kady is getting married so soon, it seems that the hands of fate were guiding her decision to buy the ancient tin. Kady tries on the dress, and is overcome by a dizzy spell. When she wakes up, she is no longer in her drab little appartment in Virginia. Instead, she is on a mountain top, and a hanging is about to take place.

Rushing to the hanging tree, Kady sees three men trying to hang a gorgeous man. She uses her wits and saves the man. It turns out his name is Cole. Kady instantly feels a pull to him, but thinks that he is not the man for her because all of her life, she's dreamt of an Arabian Night. Because of Cole's fair features, he can not be the man for her. Nevertheless, Cole feels that he is in Kady's debt for saving his life, and so the two end up getting hitched. Cole is in love with Kady, but she is still trying to decide what it is exactly that she feels for him. All this while there is a secret, and once Kady figures it out, Cole is gone from her forever. Can she still find true love? Will she ever see the truth about Gregory? Will an Arabian come from the desert and sweep her off her feet?

Okay, I never usually give a three to a book, so I'm going to break down the good things and the bad things about it so you can understand why it's not the greatest.

Bad Things- 1) About half of the book is spent with Cole. Now, I loved Cole, and he was a great character. I got tricked into thinking he would be the hero. Not so. Kady is whisked away from him, so you are left with a strange feeling of loss. Then, we are introduced to Tarik, Kady's Arabian man, and think that he could be Cole's replacement, but alas, he treats her very badly. When he later tells her that it was all an act, I had a hard time believing it. Tarik treats Kady hostilely and then it is explained in two seconds, and all is forgiven. It was a little sloppy. 2) The ending. The first part of the book was really good. I could see how Jude came to the conclusions that she did about time travle. But, the second half was too confusing. She got sloppy, and it shows. The relationship between Tarik and Kady was too shaky for me to believe that it was actually true love. 3) Jude's whole time travel idea in the second half of the book. I think Jude forgot about the cosiquences of changing things in the past. For instance, Tarik's biker straddling cousin stays back, with her cycle mind you, and when Kady and Tarik return to the real world, nothing has changed. This was a little too convinient for me to believe. One thing I really enjoy in most of Jude's books is that it is easy to believe that this could really happen. _Legend_... well... it just doesn't make the grade.

But, Jude is a good writer, and I did enjoy _Legend_. Although there are problems with the story line, it is still a pretty good book. So, if you feel you have to read all of Jude's work, it's not a waste of your time. But, if you are just looking into Jude Deveraux books, I'd say wait a while. If you're looking for a good time travle, try _A Knight in Shining Armor_, _Remebrance_ (both by Jude Deveraux), or Diana Gabaldon's _Outlander_ series.

I have been a fan of Jude Deveraux for years, have read almost all of her books, and I can honestly say that this book is close to being my favorite of all of her books. While reading it I found myself saying, "oh, just a couple more pages." Then I realized it had been another hour. What surprised me even more is the fact that I am not a huge fan of time travel, and yet I loved this book. The character Kady is sweet, believable, and funny. Her relationships with both of the main male characters kept me glued to my seat. I have read several unfavorable reviews of this novel, but I don't think those reviewers were being totally fair. This is a romance novel, not great literature. While the plot did jump around a bit, it kept the novel MOVING, which is one of my main complaints about a lot of the romance novels I read nowadays. If you are looking for a good, engrossing romance to read, I highly recommend this novel.

this is jd's second book that has time travel in it. It was a great read. It has a shocking part in the middle of the book that will make you seem like you have juss been on a roller coaster and an unexpected loop has juss came up. i liked this book a lot. Jd is a great author.

p.s cole wat a sneaky person

Taken one way, Beyond the Pale is an average fantasy. It's got all the hallmarks of your modern-day "epic". It runs to about 600 pages, it's the first of what will probably be a mega-volume series, and it introduces a host of characters that often, as yet, have little or no impact.

Why buy it? Well, the story features a lot of action and moves along quite swiftly. You'll not be bored reading it. As long as you don't set your sights too high - this is not literature, nor even a well thought-out story - you might well like it.

Taken another way, Beyond the Pale is exceptional. It is, simply put, the most derivative book written since Terry Brooks's Sword of Shannara. Anthony goes even further than Brooks: whereas Brooks copied blatantly from one source (Tolkien), Beyond the Pale is a veritable hotchpotch of derivations. For example, one of Anthony's protagonists (Travis) is simply a pale rendering of Donaldson's Thomas Covenant. Another character (Melia) talks exactly like David Edding's Polgara. At one point in the story, Anthony has a third character (the bard Falken) deliver a speech to a council of rulers which reads like a poor summation of Tolkien's Battle of the Pelennor Fields. At this junction, Anthony actually steals entire sentences from Tolkien (not to mention ideas). It's really quite remarkable.

I remember that, when Terry Brooks first came along, there were those who delighted in pointing out just how unoriginal he was. Anthony should send such people into a fervor. In this sense, he's really much better than Brooks...

I suspose that the bottom line is that Beyond the Pale is fun to read, whichever way you take it...

Well I finished and I'm writing this as a follow-up to the initial review that I had written after reading the first 79 pages. I still think it is pretty derivitave but after awhile you do get sucked into the plot. The initial similarities of the female heroine, Grace, to characters in both Stephen R. Donaldson's and Anne Rice's works faded into the background once Grace leaves the world of the Denver ER and enters Eldh. However, after several chapters another influence became glaringly apparent; Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series which also features a sometimes confusing array of characters and POV. My biggest complaint with this novel is its sketchiness. I also have a few bones to pick.

When Grace and Travis ride off on a spying expedition Grace, who has never ridden or horse, manages to mount a STALLION, no less, with only a 'small degree of difficulty'. She manages this dubious feat while wearing a heavy woolen gown. Anyone who has ever ridden knows that mounting a horse with ease takes practice. Especially in a non-Western saddle. If the stirrups are in proper riding position they are quite high. You mount facing the back of the horse so you have to place your foot into a stirrup which can easily be at your mid-chest level and swing yourself forward and around into the saddle. Most people need a boost or a stool the first few times and even then it isn't easy. Anthony wants us to believe that Grace, by sheer power of a noble demeanor, is able to control not just any horse, a STALLION! There is a reason geldings exist. It is because a stallion can be a very willful and difficult to control animal except under the most skillful and competent hands.
When I was 13 I spent a summer working at a stable where the owner kept a stallion that was used only for stud services. The other horses in the stable were either geldings and mares this included the two race horses. The stallions stall was completely enclosed for the safety of the nearby horses and any passers-by. He was let out into a pasteure of his own, away from the other horses. I was not allowed to go anywhere near him, nor did I have any desire too. If Grace has some kind of magical power over animals Anthony should have shown that earlier. Instead he waits for this scene to make a passing comment that Grace has always had more of a rapport with animals than people. Than why didn't she become a vet? Why doesn't she have a cat or a dog in her apartment? There is absolutely no evidence given that Grace has even an ounce of feeling for animals until this scene. It's just another example of the laziness of the writing. Anthony seems to have forgotten the golden rule, "A writer shows, not tells." At times he is like child playing Cops and Robbers, making things up as he goes along. Remember when you were a kid and said stuff like, "You didn't kill me just then 'cuz I was wearing a bullet-proof vest." ? It is really bad when I writer resorts to that type of plot-convenience.

I could almost excpet the idea of Travis, whose last riding experience had been a pony ride, doing all the riding he did with no mention of difficulty except a little soreness. He was riding a gentle and easygoing gelding who could easily have been just following the Falken and Melia's horses. Of course that reasoning doesn't hold up to to scrutiny when you consider that they spent a good deal of time trotting and galloping. Riding isn't just a matter of sitting in the saddle and holding on. You have to maintain a good seat or else you will be flopping around in the saddle like a sack of potatoes. You can't just saw on the reins in the direction you want to the horse to go. Most of the guidance is done with the knees and the reins should only be given the most gentle twitch with your fingers. I realize this is nitpicking but most fantasy writers seem to do at least some research about horses if riding is going to be a factor in the story. If he didn't want to spend much time in showing Travis learning to ride, he could have easily made Travis an experienced rider. Since Grace was raised in an orphanage and then went onto college and medical school it would be less plausible that she had ever had time to learn to ride but surely Travis could have spent some time pleasure riding considering he had been living in a Western town for the past seven years. I know this is nitpicking but it is details like this that can make the difference between a skillfuly written novel and one written by a talented amateur. From my understanding, Anthony is not an amateur so this type of laziness is inexusable.

One of the other peeves I had with the novel was the total lameness of the names and the magic. "Beltan" sounds like a cheesy 50's robot. For that matter, so does "Kron", the rune for fire which features early on in the novel. Without going into detail about the magic, let's just say, neither did Anthony. It was as if he couldn't be bothered spending the time to create a believable system of magic and spells.

The character of Grace has an annoying tendency toward inner histrionics at the least little social foible. I find very little about her I like. Anthony needs to work on crafting a more believable female character. He gives us no real evidence of Grace's 'noble' character. He just shows the other characters falling all over themselves in awe of her without much more proof other than physical beauty. And yet, about a third of the way through, there is a scene in which an outwardly beautiful character does something cruel and unkind and Grace meditates on the incongruency of this.

He is a little more adept with the male characters in this novel. Or at least he seems to like them more. Travis is a far less annoying character, albeit a bit whiney. There could have been more written about his friendship with Beltan. Beltan is obviously attracted to him but we aren't given very many clues why. There aren't really enough scenes that flesh out this friendship but it's pretty obvious to any savvy reader where it's leading.

My final complaint is with the big 'mysteries' of Travis' and Grace's backgrounds. Anyone with a brain can figure out, almost from the beginning, the secrets that Anthony waits until the last few chapters to reveal in very awkward inner dialogue sequences. I'm not giving anything away when I mention that dyslexia is far more complex than just having a tendency to reverse letters and numbers.

All that being said, there is some real entertainment to be found in the pages of this book. It is surprisingly funny at times. There are some interesting sattelite characters. I just wish Anthony had spent more time fleshing out his ideas. The book at times reads more like an outline or first draft.

I'm incredibly fond of this book and fully intend to get the 2nd one. Where I utterly detested Brook's Sword of Shannara (he couldn't write, I tell you!) I find this book well written and the storyflow engaging, so much so that I can actually ignore the less than original plotline. The only problem I had with his writing style is that I found it rather difficult to identify the characters. Besides the two main characters, whenever a character reappeared after a certain period of absence in the book I had to flip back to the front just to figure out who it was.

It's also true that some parts are terribly derivative. Melia is a Polgara clone, and that part about seals weakening just screams Robert Jordan at you. We've all seen this magic system somewhere before and the "off to save the world" theme is so prevalent it isn't even amusing anymore.

For me, the bottom line is that Mr. Anthony can tell a good story. His descriptions of castle life imparted a certain feeling of reality to that episode, the characters are fleshed out well enough to make them believable. The book isn't profound or soul-grabbing, it'll never make you ponder the cosmos or the meaning of life, but it really reads well.

Most of the reviews for this book are great, but I personally was terribly disappointed. I think this book should have been ABOUT HANK'S DEATH. It's not fair to kill off such an integral part of the Kat series and treat it as a secondary plot. I can only hope the next book will focus on that. I also missed Kat's family and friends. Even Charity seemed distant. I know, I know - a loss like that makes us act and feel differently, but the truth is, if Karen Kijewski and Kat Colorado's names had been changed, I would not have recognized the writing OR the character (except Charity, from the letters). I don't like that much. I like Kat and have been waiting a long time for the arrival of this book in Australia. Sorry, folks, but this was not a joyous reunion. Maybe I would have liked it better if she (KK) had just created a new character instead of using Kat in this story.

I had never heard of Karen Kijewski, although I am an avid Mystery reader, until I found the entire set at a used book store one day. I loved all 9 but was not happy with this last one for 2 reasons - she killed off Hank and this was apparently her last book. Does anyone know what happened to this author, why she's never written anymore in the series? I'm hungry for more!!! I liked Sue Grafton up to a point, but Kat Colorado has it all over the Grafton character. I've tried everything I can think of to find out more about Kijewski but have come up emtpy. If anyone knows anything, I would love an answer...

This book was very impressive. As an ex-resident of the Sacramento area I was very impressed by just how well the author had her geography down. Her characters are real and personable, and the suspense was at the perfect level. I can't wait to read the others in the series.

Unscrupulous caterer Craig Litchfield is trying to drive competitor Goldy's Catering out of business. However, Goldy is fortunate that at a time when solvency is at question, she has a paying customer. Goldy's spouse has been suspended without pay due to a dispute with the District Attorney. Additionally, Goldy's kitchen is a disaster after being trashed by an unethical contractor, George Eliot, who has fleeced other clients. However, her former mentor, Chef Andre Hibband, hires her to service a fashion shoot at the Merciful Migrations Cabin.

When George is found murdered, the DA feels he has an open and shut case. Goldy knows the prime suspect well and disagrees with the law enforcement officials. However, when Andre is found dead, an apparent heart attack victim, Goldy sees a link between the two deaths. What she does not know is that the words of the town's most infamous criminal (who has been dead for several decades) provides the answer to the puzzle, but anyone caught trying to decipher them becomes the next target of a killer.

Don't read this book on an empty stomach because the recipes are more delicious and fattening than the usual incredible fare that has made Diane Mott Davidson famous. PRIME CUT is a delighhtful Goldy culinary mystery that readers will enjoy immensely because of the refreshing, intricate, and absorbing story line. Sub-genre fans will relish Ms. Davidson's latest culinary delight.

Harriet Klausner

Unscrupulous caterer Craig Litchfield is trying to drive competitor Goldy's Catering out of business. However, Goldy is fortunate that at a time when solvency is at question, she has a paying customer. Goldy's spouse has been suspended without pay due to a dispute with the District Attorney. Additionally, Goldy's kitchen is a disaster after being trashed by an unethical contractor, George Eliot, who has fleeced other clients. However, her former mentor, Chef Andre Hibband, hires her to service a fashion shoot at the Merciful Migrations Cabin.

When George is found murdered, the DA feels he has an open and shut case. Goldy knows the prime suspect well and disagrees with the law enforcement officials. However, when Andre is found dead, an apparent heart attack victim, Goldy sees a link between the two deaths. What she does not know is that the words of the town's most infamous criminal(who has been dead for several decades)provides the answer to the puzzle, but anyone caught trying to decipher them becomes the next target of a killer.

Don't read this book on an empty stomach because the recipes are more delicious and fattening than the usual incredible fare that has made Diane Mott Davidson famous. PRIME CUT is a delighhtful Goldy culinary mystery that readers will enjoy immensely because of the refreshing, intricate, and absorbing story line. Sub-genre fans will relish Ms. Davidson's latest culinary delight.

Harriet Klausner

Unscrupulous caterer Craig Litchfield is trying to drive competitor Goldy's Catering out of business. However, Goldy is fortunate that at a time when solvency is at question, she has a paying customer. Goldy's spouse has been suspended without pay due to a dispute with the District Attorney. Additionally, Goldy's kitchen is a disaster after being trashed by an unethical contractor, George Eliot, who has fleeced other clients. However, her former mentor, Chef Andre Hibband, hires her to service a fashion shoot at the Merciful Migrations Cabin.

When George is found murdered, the DA feels he has an open and shut case. Goldy knows the prime suspect well and disagrees with the law enforcement officials. However, when Andre is found dead, an apparent heart attack victim, Goldy sees a link between the two deaths. What she does not know is that the words of the town's most infamous criminal (who has been dead for several decades) provides the answer to the puzzle, but anyone caught trying to decipher them becomes the next target of a killer.

Don't read this book on an empty stomach because the recipes are more delicious and fattening than the usual incredible fare that has made Diane Mott Davidson famous. PRIME CUT is a delighhtful Goldy culinary mystery that readers will enjoy immensely because of the refreshing, intricate, and absorbing story line. Sub-genre fans will relish Ms. Davidson's latest culinary delight.

Harriet Klausner