Part of Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery, book 17
First published 2013
Goldy Schulz finishes catering a birthday party when one of her closest friends collapses and dies while leaving the event. Everyone assumes the woman suffered a heart attack from the excitement and rich food. The autopsy reveals murder by poison instead. Someone used Goldy's catered meal as cover for killing her friend. The attacks escalate when a colleague who looks like Goldy gets stabbed. Then the killer strikes directly at Goldy outside her own home. The murderer clearly wants Goldy dead and mistakes her lookalike colleague for the real target. Goldy realizes she has become the primary victim on someone's deadly agenda. She must identify the killer before the next attempt succeeds. The investigation forces her to examine her relationships and past catering jobs for enemies. Each clue brings more danger as the murderer grows desperate to eliminate the one witness who might expose the truth.
Genres: mystery, contemporary, thriller, cozy-mystery
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, enemies-to-lovers
384 pages · Hardcover · William Morrow
Content warnings: murder