Up to No Gouda

Grilled Cheese Mysteries, Book 1

By: Linda Reilly

Narrated by: Mia Gaskin

Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins

Publisher's summary

Back in Balsam Dell to heal after the death of her husband, Carly Hale is finally pursuing her lifelong dream — opening Carly's Grilled Cheese Eatery. After only five months, business is booming as Vermont vacationers and townspeople alike flock to lunch on her Party Havartis and other grilled-cheese concoctions. That is, everyone is but Lyle Bagley, her one-time high-school boyfriend who’s now the town bully — and he just bought the building that houses her eatery and wants her out.

After a muenster of a fight, she's forced to put her nose to the rind and find a solution to keep her business afloat. But then Lyle is discovered dead behind the dumpster of Carly's shop, and one of her employees becomes the prime suspect. In order to save her eatery and prove her friend's innocence, she must sleuth out the killer before she's the one who gets grilled.

With a delightful cast of characters, an inventive amateur sleuth, and a whole host of cheesy hijinks, Up to No Gouda is the perfect cozy murder mystery to melt into.

©2022 Linda Reilly (P)2022 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Great winter read.

I was so surprised at the end. I love book where I dont have a club and I can guess they out the book. It males the book fun. As always I didn't get the killer right at all.

A little naive but a surprise!

A fun story that made this cheese-lover drool and hanker for a grilled cheese sandwich. I am rarely surprised by whodunnit but this one got me! Maybe it was the narrator but this cozy mystery’s main character is a little too sweet, doting, and naive. The dialogue is shallow and choppy. I will try the next one because of the clever plot line potential, but might not make it through the saccharin.

Great Book!

I enjoyed this book! From beginning to end it was easy to follow with a bunch of great characters. I look forward to the next book in the series.

Pleasant and light

I found this book because I enjoyed Mia's narration of another series. A cozy mystery in every sense, this book also threw in a few extra curves which made for a more entertaining story. The characters are presented well. Quite delightful, and I look forward to continuing the series.

What A Welcome New Series

I put off getting and reading this book, and I DON'T KNOW WHY! It has wonderful characters, entertaining dialogue, just the right amount of twists, turns, and layers. I did not want it to end, and now I cannot wait for the next one.

The narrator was spot on. Bravo!

Very engaging

I had no trouble getting immersed in the story and found it really fun. having an urge to make a grilled cheese sandwich, I would have preferred some recipes or a bit more on the cheese, but it was extremely well narrated with a surprise ending. I loved it.

Nice Cosy Mystery

Very good overall, would read/listen to the next. Wasn't really sure if the prospective love interest was a good it bad guy for about half the book.

Too cutesy for me

The storyline is good - an interesting mystery - but seems from a bygone era, peppered with overly cute sayings like "For the love of daisies in December." Not a book for me.

good story

the story is wonderful. the characters delightful. a good listen all around. easy listening. already ordered the rest of the series.

Great Debut

This is my first book by this author and I enjoyed it. The characters are engaging and the plot is well written. I look forward to the next book in this series.