The Golden Spoon: A Novel

"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 darkly beguiling locked-room mystery 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 a brilliant puzzle filled with shocking twists and turns that will keep you reading late into the night until you turn the very last page of this incredible debut.

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288 pages

Average rating: 6.67

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Community Reviews

srheiser
Mar 05, 2024
8/10 stars
Fun, silly, perfect for fans of the Great British Bake-Off!
Molly Morris
Dec 10, 2023
8/10 stars
Fun
Larry Burns
Sep 03, 2023
7/10 stars
A mystery much like playing game of Clue!
AlexGJ
Aug 16, 2023
4/10 stars
Marketed very badly - this is not a thriller, this is a cozy mystery, but its mostly GBBO fanfiction. The action/mystery doesn't really kick off until very near to the end, and the twist is unearned and sudden and then we skip almost immediately to an epilogue set a year later. Characters are not believable and their characterization doesn't always make sense/isn't consistent.
katannstans
Jul 26, 2023
5/10 stars
Not the worst whodunit I’ve read

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