The last suppers Book

A chum of mine, who is a reader of the annual General Ordination Examinations of the Episcopal Church, recommended this book to me, knowing that I am a member of the General Board of Examining Chaplains, the group that writes the exam. The author, Diane Mott Davidson, was for many years a member of the Board of Examining Chaplains of the Diocese of Colorado. Eventually, she would set one of her culinary murder mysteries in and around an Episcopal Church. As a bonus, Goldy Bear -- the caterer-detective protagonist -- is also a member of the diocesan examining chaplains and there are a lot of details about the General Ordination Exam in this little book. Like many of the best works of culinary fiction, this one includes recipes. Not quite a cozy, this work has greatest appeal for women readers. Davidson spends a lot of time telling the reader what the characters are wearing, right down to precisely-defined colours, which are meaningless to many men. The heroine is believable, likeable and clever and, it would appear, a pretty good cook. I'm happy to have read this particular one in her mystery series; I am unlikely to read another.