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Tough Cookie
by Diane Mott Davidson

Published: 2001-04-03
Mass Market Paperback : 336 pages
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A deliciously deadly novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Prime Cut.

Diane Mott Davidson's unique blend of first-class suspense and five-star fare has won her scores of fans and propelled her onto major bestseller lists across the country. Now she returns with her hottest ...
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A deliciously deadly novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Prime Cut.

Diane Mott Davidson's unique blend of first-class suspense and five-star fare has won her scores of fans and propelled her onto major bestseller lists across the country. Now she returns with her hottest entree yet, serving up another tantalizing menu for murder....

When caterer Goldy Schulz is offered a temporary stint hosting a cooking show for PBS, she jumps at the chance. After all, she could use the money -- not to mention the great exposure. Plus taping the shows at Colorado's posh Killdeer Ski Resort will be fun. A little cooking, a little chitchat. What could go wrong?

The answer: everything! When Goldy has to do one of her shows live for a PBS telethon, the broadcast is riddled with culinary catastrophes -- from the Chesapeake Crab Cakes right down to the Ice-Capped Gingersnaps. But the deadliest dish of all comes after the cameras go off -- and a baffling accident claims a life. Then a series of suspicious mishaps places Goldy's own life in jeopardy, and she knows she'd better whip up her own crime-solving recipe, and fast -- before a deadly dash of danger ends her cooking career once and for all....

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TOUGH COOKIE
Written by Diane Mott Davidson
Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths | Bantam Paperback
April 2001 | $7.99 | 978-0-553-57830-0 (0-553-57830-8)

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Show business and death don't mix. Unfortunately, I discovered this while hosting a TV cooking show.

Up to then, I'd enjoyed being a TV chef. The job didn't pay well, but this was PBS. Arthur Wakefield, the floor director, had crisply informed me that most chefs made nothing for guest visits, much less five thousand clams for six shows. He could have added: And what's more, those chefs' kitchens haven't been closed by the county health inspector! But Arthur said nothing along those lines. Like most folks, he was unaware that my in-home commercial catering kitchen had been red-tagged, that is, closed until further notice. ... view entire excerpt...

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  "A culinary mystery..."by Anne D. (see profile) 10/25/06

This book was hard to get into. It had alot of characters which left some of us trying to remember who was who and which storyline went with which character. The best part of the book was by far the... (read more)

 
  "Easy read, slow at first and then quite convoluted and quick to end."by Lorey Z. (see profile) 10/24/06

I loved the author's use of descriptive adjectives-I could vision the book very vividly. I also enjoyed the recipes and our book club hostess this month chose to make some for our group discussion-that... (read more)

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