When caterer Goldy Schulz stumbles upon a dead paralegal while on her latest catering job at a local law firm, she does her own snooping to find the killer, at the behest of the victim's mother, and is soon knee-deep in suspects.

Goldy Schultz becomes the victim of threats and violence after the release of her charismatic and abusive ex-husband, a situation that escalates to the point of a murder and forces Goldy to solve a crime that would tear her family apart.

Colorado caterer Goldy Bear's wedding to detective Tom Schulz is held up at the last minute when the minister is shot and the bridegroom disappears. A selection of Goldy's recipes is part of the book.

Taking control of her life, Goldy moves her household and business to ritzy Aspen Meadows, where she caters posh parties with her son and dates both the neighborhood cop anda handsome local shrink. But when the shrink drives headling into an oncoming bus, Goldy realizes that she has put her son and herself in a potentially deadly situation.

Catering a holiday breakfast for the local library staff, Goldy Schultz is shocked to see a supposedly dead woman who is believed to be Goldy's ex-husband's killer, an encounter that precedes the murder of a high-end map dealer.