Fatally Flaky

This series has been going steadily downhill for a while now. I don't even buy them anymore, and I gave away all the books I had. Goldy must be the most accident prone caterer there is! Does she have to be injured/knocked out/threatened every single book? And I have more than enough of her thoroughly obnoxious teenage son. This is just more of the same.

Book Review 3 of 5 stars to Fatally Flaky, the 15th of 17 books in the cozy mystery series by Diane Mott Davidson, published in 2009. You can tell the series is coming to a close soon as it seems like the stories are getting harder and harder to write, It's rare a book series should go pa......more

In this 15th book in the 'Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery' series, caterer/amateur sleuth Goldy Schulz is catering a couple of weddings when her godfather and his friend are the victims of two separate crimes. Goldy helps her cop husband investigate. The book can be read as a standalone. ***** Goldy Schul......more

Yes, I am addicted to Diane Mott Davidson, even though the plots are thin, the writing confusing, the motivations unreadable, the characters unbelievable, and each chapter utterly predictable. You get to read about cooking and good food! Every book comes with recipes! If only she was a good writer,......more

Found this a little tedious, but because the characters are "old friends" and I like the recipes, I stuck with it. Not one of the better ones in the series.......more

I keep trying to like Goldy, but she wears thin very quickly. She's got the victim mentality that grates on my nerves, like the whole world is out to get her, nothing going right. Yet, she keeps putting up with crap from clients and others like the good little doormat she is. I don't get it. Are we......more