Book: Chopping Spree
Author: Diane Mott Davidson
Source: a cousin sent it to me
GoodReads Summary: For Colorado caterer Goldy Schulz, business isn't just booming -- it's skyrocketing. Her friend Marla is constantly warning her, "Success can kill you." But Goldy doesn't take the warning literally until her next booking: a cocktail party for the Westside Mall's Elite Shoppers Club.
While setting up, Goldy is nearly run down by a truck with no intention of stopping. Then she finds an old friend in a pile of sale shoes -- stabbed with one of Goldy's new knives. Goldy must catch the real killer between whipping up Sweethearts' Swedish Meatballs, Quiche Me Quick, and Diamond Lovers' Hot Crab Dip. Why was the victim carrying a powerful narcotic? Who hired a private investigator shortly before the murder? Goldy's gourmet instincts tell her the final course in this case will be a real killer.
My Thoughts: I had a tough time powering through this book. A lot of the main focus was on describing the food dishes that the main character Goldy is making for her clients. It seemed that out of the entire book there was more of a focus on the food part of it instead of finding out what happened to Goldy's friend and who did it. This book is labeled as 'suspense' on the spine and to be honest, there really wasn't much of a suspense to it. There would have been at least if the food hadn't overpowered everything else in the book. I did however enjoy how Diane Mott Davidson wrote the characters, especially Goldy and her friend who ends up with a knife to his stomach.
Favorite Quote: "Maybe I was overreacting. Maybe there were a lot of corpses with missing toes, and I was going overboard."
Rating: 1/5
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