Altho there are also a couple of other"Goldy " mysteries on my shelf, this is the first one I read. Or perhaps I should say, "This is the one I read first." ;-p

I enjoyed the locale (the mountains of Colorado), Goldy and her (unusually well-behaved) sons (one by blood and one by choice), and (of course0 the who-dun-it. And I may even try her Irish Soda Bread recipe before passing this along; I've not seen ~let alone used~ a recipe with sour cream, so I'm curious.



From Publishers Weekly
Caterer Goldy Bear must solve the murder of a high school valedictorian in this delicious mystery.


From School Library Journal
YA-An expensive prep school's SAT scores have dropped, parents are bribing college admissions representatives, and the class valedictorian is murdered in a snow bank. Denver caterer Goldy Bear, who has a 7th-grade son and a senior live-in student enrolled in Elk Park Prep School, keeps finding bodies at the school events she caters. To complete her worries, someone is playing dangerous pranks on her family. This light mystery is the perfect booktalking choice for home economics classes, especially when paired with other titles in which recipes play a major role, such as Virginia Rich's The Baked Bean Supper Murders (Ballantine, 1984). Not only will teens relate to the anxieties felt by all of the Elk Park seniors, but they may even emulate Goldy's live-in student's great cheese manicotti recipe.

offered in the mystery vbb, selected, and now on it's way. And as I came here to "release" it, realized I had forgotten to copy that recipe. Dang!

Yay! Been looking forward to reading this one. Thanks Erishkigal!

And if you want I can send that recipe back to you :) Just let me know