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    Dying for Chocolate
    Dying for Chocolate
    Dying for Chocolate
    Audiobook9 hours

    Dying for Chocolate

    Written by Diane Mott Davidson

    Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Bestselling author Diane Mott Davidson changed the mystery novel forever with her culinary crime series. Filled with heart-stopping suspense, garnished with mouthwatering gourmet dishes, and sprinkled with wry humor, these delicious
    cases have captivated readers around the world.

    Intrepid caterer Goldy Bear has moved to the posh Aspen Meadows Country Club, where her tasty concoctions are a hit with the wealthy residents. But when her boyfriend, a local analyst, perishes in a car accident, Goldy suspects that his
    death has all the ingredients of a homicide.

    If you have an appetite for murder as the main course, you will relish every word of Goldy’s perilous adventure.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMay 23, 2008
    ISBN9781436141246
    Dying for Chocolate
    Author

    Diane Mott Davidson

    Diane Mott Davidson is the author of seventeen bestselling novels. She divides her time between Colorado and Florida.

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    • 3/5
      I really enjoy Diane Mott Davidson’s writing style, and I thought I’d like Barbara Rosenblat’s narrating style. Unfortunately the incessant swallowing and smacking have caused me to abandon the audio version of Davidson’s book. Bummer.
    • 3/5
      Love the author - but the narrator is awful. I can't handle the mouth sounds and audible breating.
    • 3/5
      I liked the idea to start with and found the book entertaining. The ending was just too bizarre and unbelievable though.
    • 4/5
      Nice cozy mystery. The reveal surprised me. Loved the narrator's voice.
    • 4/5
      Another very solid mystery featuring Goldy the caterer. In this one, she meets Julian Teller, we find out that Marla really is Julian's aunt (thought it was just a ruse in one of the later entries, and Tom Schultz proposes.
    • 4/5
      My first culinary cozy, and I have to say that I enjoyed it more than I expected to. Goldy's experience as a caterer made for an interesting backdrop, and her past history with an abusive ex-husband made for a darker and ultimately more interesting reading experience. A healthy dose of humor also helped keep this story from becoming overwhelmingly sweet.I'm not a connoisseur of culinary fiction (pun definitely intended!), but I understand why this subgenre is so popular. The descriptions of the food are delectable and sensuous, and if I were to read another book in this series, it would have a lot to do with the culinary elements.There's a strong cast of secondary characters that make for an interesting mystery with plenty of red herrings to keep you guessing till the end. And as you might expect from this type of novel, there are small hints of romance, but not many.It's a far cry from my usual reading selections, but I was pleasantly surprised by this book. It would make a good read for just about anyone, but it also makes for a good introductory title for anyone who's looking to try a cozy mystery.Readalikes:Hannah Swensen series - Joanne Fluke. Another cozy culinary mystery series with quirky characters and delicious recipes, although the Hannah Swensen novels are lighter in tone.China Bayles series - Susan Wittig Albert. Both series feature female amateur detectives who investigate and solve mysteries with the help of their law enforcement significant other. China Bayles is an ex-lawyer and the proprietor of an herb shop.Coffeehouse series - Cleo Coyle. Another cozy mystery series based in the food industry, with engaging female protagonists, satisfying plots, and quirky secondary characters.
    • 4/5
      I'm really enjoying Goldie's stories so far! I haven't made any of the recipes, but I do plan to give some a try. This one ended up a tangle at the end, but it was entertaining getting there.
    • 5/5
      Dying for Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson is the second of the Goldy culinary mystery series. As with the others, I listened to the Barbara Rosenblat audio. Unfortunately for the earliest books (except for the first) the CD audios are all abridged. My library offers it for download through Oneclick but those bastards put a non-Mac friendly DRM on it. So I ended up having to buy a digital copy from iTunes as I will probably have to do for book three.In this book, Goldy and Arch have moved from their previous home to escape the ever abusive ex-husband. Goldy for room and board is cooking and answering phones in a massive home. Meanwhile Arch is attending summer school at the local private academy along with a petulant, mohawk sporting Julian.Things go horribly wrong with the death of Philip Miller. It's a rather gruesome description of how he dies. Goldy is understandably distraught. Interestingly, though, her feelings for him change as she learns more about him.Besides Miller's death, Goldy has a competing caterer complaining that she has stolen their name, a newspaper reviewer dubbed "Pierre" who is writing nothing but negative reviews of her food, and Arch bugging her to have a magic show swim party.Although I've figured out other mysteries in this series, I didn't this time. It had the right amount of herrings to keep me confused and interested.I also must admit that I have a complete and utter literary crush on Julian.
    • 2/5
      Listened to the Recorded Books cassette edition. Hmm. Goldy still annoys me; she's over-protective of her son in an annoying way and I don't understand her relationship with Schulz - why in the world wouldn't you have stuck with him in the first place and where did the marriage proposal come from in the end? Seems way too soon for that. I don't know if I'll continue working my way through these. I'm thinking maybe one more chance and if I'm still meh about them I'm giving up.
    • 3/5
      These are your basic light little mysteries, but they suffer from a two-dimensional quality. The viewpoint character is just so pure – she’s in her thirties, has a child, and still feels guilty about sleeping with her fiance before the wedding, and enjoying it – while all the other people in the small Colorado town where she lives are so nasty, snobbish, priggish, gossipy, and shallow that the reader gets a lopsided view that just isn’t believable. And the reasons these people have for committing murder strain your disbelief even further, but I won’t give anything away. I was also particularly put off by one line in Dying for Chocolate: “She had that drawn look that vegetarians get.” I haven’t looked drawn since I became a vegetarian – quite the opposite, in fact – and everyone knows that a vegetarian diet is, in point of fact, much better for you. Anyway, the books do have a redeeming quality – they all include several sinfully sweet recipes so you can take time out and cook something if the story is bothering you.
    • 4/5
      The mysteries by Ms. Davidson are lots of fun. Her hero is a caterer in a Colorado mountain town. who is preparing for an event in each book. A murder occurs. Goldie, the caterer, is married to one of the town cops and she can't help but get involved in finding out who-dun-it. Her recipes for the event are included.
    • 4/5
      This wasn't one of my favorites, although it received some of the best reviews at Amazon. Julian and Marla are introduced in this book, and oddly enough, Julian and Goldy don't really like each other (so it's unclear why she decides to let him live with her at the end of the book). Also, the killer was really easy to spot. This was the first Goldy book where I figured out the killer way in advance, and I didn't like that.
    • 4/5
      A fun read as Goldie and son are temporarily living at the estate of a friend while her home is being fitted with a security system. Needless to say people start dying from poisoning. Julian enters Goldie's life and her relationship with Schulz heats up.
    • 4/5
      Enjoy this character, love hearing about cooking/recipes
    • 1/5
      Read through several chapters of this book and just couldn't finish. No hook right off at all. From what I could tell of her character Goldy seemed like a prudish whiny spinster. Very boring.