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The Golden Spoon

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The Golden Spoon

Written by: Jessa Maxwell
Narrated by: Andrea Emmes, Andy Garcia, Graham Halstead, Kitty Hendrix, Kamran Khan, Jackie Sanders, André Santana, Emily Tremaine
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“This delicious combination of Clue and The Great British Bake Off kept me turning the pages all night!” —Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Only Murders in the Building meets The Maid in this cozy and “deliciously entertaining whodunit” (Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author) where someone turns up dead on the set of TV’s hottest baking competition—perfect for fans of Nita Prose, Richard Osman, and Anthony Horowitz.

Every summer for the past ten years, six awe-struck bakers have descended on the grounds of Grafton, the leafy and imposing Vermont estate that is not only the filming site for “Bake Week” but also the childhood home of the show’s famous host, celebrated baker Betsy Martin.

The author of numerous bestselling cookbooks and hailed as “America’s Grandmother,” Betsy Martin isn’t as warm off-screen as on, though no one needs to know that but her. She has always demanded perfection, and gotten it with a smile, but this year something is off. As the baking competition commences, things begin to go awry. At first, it’s merely sabotage—sugar replaced with salt, a burner turned to high—but when a body is discovered, everyone is a suspect.

A sharp and suspenseful thriller for mystery buffs and avid bakers alike, The Golden Spoon is “as addictive as bingeing your favorite culinary competition and as satisfying as a piece of your favorite cake” (Kellye Garrett, author of Like a Sister). Cozy Crime Thrillers Domestic Thrillers Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Thriller Thriller & Suspense Crime Exciting Suspense
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What the critics say

"With behind-the-scenes insights and highly personal revelations of breakdowns, abuse, sabotage, and murder, there’s never a dull moment. Exceptional performances by each narrator deliver delicious recipes and devious plots. Appetizing listening."
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I think that the atmosphere of a cooking competition was well portrayed, The story was quite good, and the characters were also quite well developed. The characters were also interesting in there own right each with there own story. The way it was brought together however seems a little far fetched, and unlikely. However a very enjoyable book to listen to

Dangerous baking

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I had the hardest time getting through Stella's pov, the voice felt wrong. Someone said to speed it up at 1.1x, that really helped. Overall, good story. I liked the food description lol Good characters and found family theme.

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If you buy this, trust me, you need to play it at 1.1x for voices to sound normal. You'll see what I mean. For some reason they've released this slowed down, and it was almost unlistenable until someone clued me in to the problem (especially the "Stella" chapters, ugh).

FYI listen at 1.1x

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I love the idea, baking show + murder, yes please.

I like the full cast, each actor gave life to their characters except for one really painful performance, everyone else was fun.

A good, cozy read overall tho

A fun story, great escapism

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