The Whole Enchilada: A Novel of Suspense

Goldy Bear Culinary Mysteries, Book 17

By: Diane Mott Davidson

Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat

Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's summary

Caterer and sleuth extraordinaire Goldy Schulz jumps from the frying pan into the fire as she tries to solve a puzzling murder that is much too close to home, in this latest entry in the New York Times best-selling series from "today's foremost practitioner of the culinary whodunit" (Entertainment Weekly).

Goldy Schulz knows her food is to die for, but she never expects one of her best friends to actually keel over when she's leaving a birthday party Goldy has catered. At first, everyone assumes that all the fun and excitement of the party, not to mention the rich fare, did her in. But what looks like a coronary turns out to be a generous serving of cold-blooded murder. And the clever culprit is just getting cooking. When a colleague - a woman who resembles Goldy - is stabbed, and Goldy is attacked outside her house, it becomes clear that the popular caterer is the main course on a killer menu. With time running out, Goldy must roll up her sleeves, sharpen her knives, and make a meal out of a devious murderer, before that killer can serve her up cold.

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©2013 Diane Mott Davidson (P)2013 HarperCollins Publishers

I loved it

Great read couldn't wait to listen each day.
Goldie does it again I love to hear Barbara Rosenblatt she is so talented

Good story, questionable narration

I liked the story but had trouble listening to the narrator. She has a gravelly voice like a long time smoker and it was painful to hear. I plan to go back to reading DMD's books.

Excellent

Barbara Rosenblat was again at her best in the performance of another hit mystery by Diane Mott Davidson.

I can't imagine Goldy with this voice!

What did you like best about The Whole Enchilada: A Novel of Suspense? What did you like least?

This voice is just not Goldy to me. I imagined her as younger and peppier. This simply sounds like an old lady smoker to me. Sorry, but it's awful.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Enjoyed the book, the plot and characters.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

I just imagine Goldy with a younger, smoother, and less "dramatic" voice. This voice says a 65 year old woman in a caftan to me.

Do you think The Whole Enchilada: A Novel of Suspense needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Yes--kept up with characters and what you would expect, but not the same same thing.

A fun read

I enjoy this series very much. Fun character and lots of twists and turns. Goldie gets her self into lots of trouble.

Loved it

I have read several of the Goldie books and this was as good as the others. I recommend this book for people who enjoy serial mystery books.

Rather Disappointing

Diane Mott Davidson was the author that started me on the journey of culinary mysteries, and I feverishly lapped up each and every one of her books as soon as they hit the shelves. However, I missed her last one, until it came out on Audible. Now I know why she stopped writing. This did not live up to her previous books. Adding to the problem was the voice used to depict Goldy. Much too deep and course. Not what I would have envisioned for the voice of a cherry over active mother of a teenager.

Author needs to do her research

I've listened to a lot of Diane Mott Davidson's Goldie Shultz series, and enjoyed them. They are formulaic, but I like the characters. This one however made me a bit angry. If the author chooses to have a character's religion play a part in the plot then the author should thoroughly research what they are writing. In this case a Catholic character is said to have attended an Episcopalian church because she was "refused communion" and "excommunicated" from the Catholic Church because she was divorced. Since this character had not remarried she would not have been either denied communion or excommunicated.

Otherwise the book was sufficiently entertaining for a mystery of it's genre.

Fun!

This is my first of the series of 17 Goldie Shultz culinary mysteries. It was easy to jump right in. Would I read others? – Sure, if the price was right. I think what makes this series great is 1) you don’t have to go through a lot of back story to get to the current story. 2) You can pick up in the middle and all the characters feel like old friends. 3) No stress reading and no one is schooling you on technical skills.


This story is enjoyable and fun, despite its rather improbable events. Goldie Shultz caters a birthday dinner for a family member which results in the death of a friend. Goldie and her friend Marla set off to find the cause of the death with the assistance of her police chief husband and way to many of his staff to be reasonable.

I think Barbara Rosenblat did a perfect job with narration. Yeah, her teenage boy voices were a bit rough but, so are teenage boys.

The writing is clumsy. There are way too many people in this story to keep track of in an audio book. The author must cook by magic for she puts parties together between lots of breaks and through a lot of physical injury. When you go into a book like this I think one doesn’t expect C.S. Lewis, but rather something light and fun. I loved all the Denver references too.

I am never let down

Diane Mott Davidson never lets me down. And if you are a fan you will love the ending on this one!