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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:Thanks to her recent adventures in Dying for Chocolate, Goldy Bear, the premier caterer of Aspen Meadow, Colorado, is no stranger to violence�or sudden death. But when she agrees to cater the first College Advisory Dinner for Seniors and Parents at the exclusive Elk Park Preparatory School, the last thing she expects to find at the end of the evening is the battered body of the school valedictorian. Who could have killed Keith Andrews, and why? Goldy's hungry for some answers�and not just because she found the corpse. Her young son, Arch, a student at Elk Park Prep, has become a target for some not-so-funny pranks, while her eighteen-year-old live-in helper, Julian, has become a prime suspect in the Andrews boy's murder. As her investigation intensifies, Goldy's anxiety level rises faster than homemade doughnuts. . .as she turns up evidence that suggests that Keith knew more than enough to blow the lid off some very unscholarly...… (more)
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I wasn't completely satisfied with the mystery aspects of the book. The author doesn't leave any loose ends, but the clues didn't really point to any particular culprit. Goldy eventually pieced things together and identified the right person, but following the same pattern of reasoning, I think the clues could have pointed to a number of other individuals. This is one of the earlier books in the series, though, and I know that this aspect of the series improves as it continues. The characters and the overall story line are interesting and fun, and this will keep me coming back to this series.
Not my favorite mystery series, yet this story was more entertaining than the others I've
Something that I thought was interesting about this book is that one of its central themes, the cutthroat Ivy League college admissions process, is even more relevant today, almost 20 years after the book was first published.
I also like the little taste of romance. Schultz is a patient man.
Listened to the Playaway narrated by Barbara Rosenblatt. I just don't know about this series. Goldy infuriates me - what parent, upon finding out that a dead snake has been left in her son's locker accepts the principal's assurances that it's just a 7th-grade prank? Seriously? I mean, even if you're investigating this yourself, you're telling me you, as a parent, aren't raising high holy heaven and threatening lawsuits and such if the prepetrator isn't found? I mean, come on. And yet, I continue to listen. Go figure.
Goldy's son Arch is still attending Elk Park Prep. As Goldy can't afford to give huge financial gifts to
He is but the first body in this book as tension mounts over college applications and acceptance letters. This is a school that prides itself on getting its students into the very best and the pressure placed on students, parents and teachers results in a collective insanity.
As I have family members who are teachers, I hear the horror stories. Thankfully for my relatives, nothing they've experienced comes close to violence Goldy faces: poisonous spiders in kitchen drawers, a stopped up chimney and a near strangulation.