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Dark Tort: A Novel of Suspense (Goldy Bear Culinary Mysteries) | 
 enlarge | Author: Diane Mott Davidson
Publisher: HarperLargePrint
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Rating:  62 reviews
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Format: Large Print
Media: Paperback
Pages: 480
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 006111992X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780061119927
ASIN: 006111992X
Publication Date: May 1, 2006
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Goldy Schulz has a lucrative new gig, preparing breakfasts and conference-room snacks for a local law firm. It's time-consuming, but Goldy is enjoying it -- until the night she arrives to find Dusty, the firm's paralegal, dead. The poor young woman also happened to be Goldy's friend and neighbor, and now Dusty's grieving mother begs Goldy to find out who murdered her daughter. Just because the police are on the case doesn't mean Goldy can't do a little snooping herself. While catering a party at the home of one of the firm's lawyers, she manages to overhear an incriminating conversation and ends up discovering a few clues in the kitchen. Before long, Goldy is knee-deep in suspects, one of whom is incre-dibly dangerous and very liable to cook Goldy's goose.
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 Just finished Dark Tort November 29, 2008
Fireball (El Paso, TX)
I have been reading every Goldy book in this series and this one was the least enjoyable. Goldy finally gets rid of the jerk in the last book but was just depressing to read in this one. She spent alot of time grieving over someone we barely read about in her entire series. Also, Goldy mentioned she is in her early 30s. This seems unlikely considering Arch's age. The author needs to advance Goldy's age along with her son's. I will still continue reading the series because I enjoy the characters but this one didn't even seem like the same writer.
 Food and murder, what a great combination! November 24, 2008
Dawn Dowdle (Lynchburg, VA USA)
Goldy Shulz owns Goldilocks Catering in Aspen Meadows, CO. She has been hired by the law firm Hanrahan & Jule to cater breakfasts and snacks.
When Goldy arrives late one night to prepare for the next day's breakfast, she is supposed to meet Dusty Routt, a good friend and neighbor who is a paralegal in training at the firm. Goldy was to give Dusty a cooking lesson. Dusty's uncle is the managing partner in the law firm. Unfortunately Goldy trips over Dusty's body when she arrives.
Goldy is asked by Dusty's mother to look into her death. Years before Dusty's brother died while in police custody. Her mother doesn't have faith in the police to uncover the truth.
Goldy had recently noticed Dusty wearing an expensive bracelet, and Dusty had alluded to sharing some information with Goldy when they met that night.
Can Goldy uncover the true identity of the killer without putting her family through the mud again?
I really enjoy this series. Goldy is a great character, and all the food discussion is fabulous. I just find myself eating while reading, though.
I thought the story line in this book was well written and plotted out. I would like to see her mysteries be a bit shorter as I prefer mysteries under 350 pages.
I highly recommend this book and series.
The cooking is the clue November 20, 2008
Naor Wallach (Pittsburgh, PA USA)
Goldy Schultz starts off this book by falling over a body and is then drafted by the victim's mother to solve the mystery of who killed her daughter. Along the way we find out that Goldy knew this girl for a few years and was actually friendly with her in this past year - so Goldy has to get over her own grief while trying to figure out what happened.
Goldy's catering career is actually what put her in the midst of this one as she caters for a successful law firm. Dusty (the friend) is a paralegal at the firm and is also learning to cook by observing Goldy. After the death is dealt with, Goldy struggles to keep her catering practice going, as well as solve the problem of the murder as she is too involved in grief and in the various affairs of the law office. Turns out that there is a lot going on in that office and many of the upstanding pillars of the community, are actually something quite different.
A major part of this series is the descriptions of the various dishes that Goldy makes and this one does not disappoint in that regard. For convenience, all the recipes provided are grouped in the back of the book which some might find distracting, but I liked. There is also a unique twist here where a local artist is also a cook and he paints his dishes and includes the recipes on the painting. This is actually an area (the cooking) where the first clues to what is going on arise.
As we follow along with the story, a picture of what might have transpired and what lead to it starts emerging. Midway through the book I was convinced that I knew who did the deed and why. Diane Mott Davidson does a great job of leading the reader along and I only found out that I was almost totally off base in the last couple of chapters. Of course, I am being a bit harsh on myself, there is a delicious twist at the end that I simply did not foresee. Some of the characters that I believed to have been involved, are indeed - but who the real murderer is, and why they did it, was something I totally missed.
I enjoyed the book and the twisted ending and cannot wait to visit again with Goldy and her family and friends in the next edition.
C is for catering and crime October 17, 2008
Linda Pagliuco (CT, United States)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
A murdered paralegal assistant. A recently deceased artist who painted highly sought after images of food. A team of ambitious attorneys, and their competitive wives. A harridan of an office manager. A bishop with a dark secret. Throw them into the mix with Goldy's family and friends, and you've got the recipe for her next culinary caper. Dark Tort is a puzzle of a mystery chock full of colorful characters, plot twists, and even a few LOL scenes (especially the one at the birthday party with all the leaves.) It's amazing to believe Davidson's written so many of these and is still managing to remain fresh and enjoyable. But she's done it, so you can pick this one up for when you're in the mood for something light but satisfying.
Words on Dark Tort October 9, 2008
Eillien Vroman (Port Washington, New York USA)
I am currently reading this book and I am, as always, enjoying the characters Ms. Davidson has created and utilizes in this mystery. I like their down to earth values and how they care about each other. I have a ways to go to the end but it has been an enjoyable experience thus far.
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