The Caterer -- The Dish -- The Unsavory Killer -- Goldy takes a job as a live-in cook at a Country Club. I have several of the books in this series, but haven't read any of them yet, so no idea how good they are. But, hey, how can you go wrong if the book includes recipes for chocolate? Picked this one up on my first trip to The Book Thing of Baltimore.

I think this is my favorite of the series that I have read so far (I've read about 4 others, in no particular order). I found myself much better able to follow the story and finish it quickly -- in the past, I have struggled some because the world of catering is a little unfamiliar. One thing I do know is CHOCOLATE, so maybe that was it -- or maybe I have gotten used to Davidson's writing style.

The food part is fabulous and I could kid myself I would try some of these great dishes, but microwave popcorn has been the extent of my cooking adventures for some time now. The mystery part is also good and nicely done -- I was a bit surprised by whodunit, even after I figured out some of the howdunit and whydunit. And did I mention it is all about CHOCOLATE?!!

I am part of Team Top Hat in the BC Monopoly Challenge and this turn part of our assignment is to make a release which celebrates collecting all of the brown squares. Chocolate is a shade of brown -- and probably the best thing in the world to eat that is brown in color (beats mushrooms, that's for sure!). So, I will be releasing this book along with a large amount of chocolate at somewhere appropriate to the theme.

This little book was released into the wide world today as part of Team Top Hat's turn at Book Crossing Monopoly. Since we have landed on all of the brown squares, we needed to do a release involving "brown." Chocolate is the best brown in the world, so Dying for Chocolate -- and a lot of different chocolate squares, kisses, and other good stuff -- were released at the food festival Taste of DC in front of the booth for the restaurant CoCo Sala, one specialty of which is macaroni and cheese topped with chocolate. Indeed, a release to die for!

Welcome to Book Crossing -- this book is now yours to read, retain, release, or any combination thereof which suits your fancy. Books registered with Book Crossing are tracked by those who have read them before to see where they will go and who they will meet on their journeys. People who participate in the Book Crossing community often establish friendships and trade books or comments on books and just relish a relationship with other readers across the globe.

You are welcome (and encouraged) to create a journal entry on the book, particularly when passing it on to a specific someone or releasing in the wild. You don't have to read the book to create a journal entry nor do you have to feel obligated to write only positive things. All those who have had their hands on the book before you would be excited to read any journal entry you choose to make.

You can remain anonymous or join Book Crossing, where you are known to others by the screen name of your choice and no personal information is revealed. If you join, you can receive e-mail updates about all the places this book travels to in the future. (I would love it if you listed me, 6of8, as your referring member).

Sharing books in this fashion is just another way of spreading good karma across the world. Whatever you choose to do, enjoy the book!