Cheddar Luck Next Time
Published on 8. April 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-915523-47-1 (ISBN)
Description
Bird Nichols moves to a quiet, quirky Californian town in hopes of a fresh start. With an autismdriven special interest in cheese, all she wants to do is grow her gourmet cheese board business and live out the rest of her life in peace, a plan that is suddenly upended when she stumbles across a body not too far from her new home...
As the latest arrival to town and the first on the scene, Bird is thrown into the centre of the investigation, prompting her to begin her own inquiry into what happened. But when Grizz, the closest thing Bird has to real family, becomes the sheriff department's favourite suspect, the stakes rise even higher.
With a town full of suspects, Bird must take off the apron, pick up the magnifying glass and find the true murderer before they strike again.
As the latest arrival to town and the first on the scene, Bird is thrown into the centre of the investigation, prompting her to begin her own inquiry into what happened. But when Grizz, the closest thing Bird has to real family, becomes the sheriff department's favourite suspect, the stakes rise even higher.
With a town full of suspects, Bird must take off the apron, pick up the magnifying glass and find the true murderer before they strike again.
Reviews / Votes
"Cheddar Luck Next Time is filled with descriptions of cheeses that will make your mouth water and find yourself searching artisan cheese shops to make the perfect grilled cheese sandwich. Bird Nichols and her chubby, orange kitty Bowser are the perfect cozy mystery pair. Cheddar Luck Next Time is filled with twists and turns that will keep the reader on their toes until the satisfying ending. Beth Cato, through sleuth Bird Nichols, brings to life the experiences, thoughts, and needs of people diagnosed with Autism."- Nancy Coco, USA Today bestselling author of the Candy-Coated Mystery series
"A uniquely challenged protagonist, scrumptious cheese boards, and a devious mystery make this a bold new series to be relished like a decadent triple creme."
- Daryl Wood Gerber, author of the Literary Dining Mysteries
"Cheddar Luck Next Time is a light fun romp of a straight-up cozy mystery novel... Can a book be a mystery novel and yet teach you delicious ways to combine, pair and eat cheese? Yes it can, and does a Gouda job of it. Cheddar Luck Next Time is a light, quirky and fun mystery novel that shows off and ably demonstrates Cato's love of the Central Coast region of California and yes, of course, delicious cheese and cheese preparations of a delicious and tantalizing variety."
- Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer, Hugo winning SFF Fan Writer
ADDITIONAL PRAISE FOR BETH CATO
"The characters and action of A Thousand Recipes for Revenge are exciting and compelling. Cato has a gift for plot twists and suspense that bring the cast of characters and their world to vivid life and make it difficult to put her book down."
- Booklist
"Both deliciously political and politically delicious, Beth Cato's A Thousand Recipes for Revenge will have you tasting magic!"
- Juliette Wade, author of Mazes of Power
"Beth Cato has created a wondrous feast of delights, astonishing and yet, somehow, utterly believable. Every sentence made me smile, or gasp, or fall a little more in love."
- Kate HeartfieldThe Embroidered Book on A Thousand Recipes for Revenge
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Watkins Media Limited
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
244 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-915523-47-1 (9781915523471)
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Beth Cato is writing from the lived experience of someone with an autism diagnosis. She's the Nebula Award-nominated author of A Thousand Recipes for Revenge and A Feast for Starving Stone, plus the Clockwork Dagger duology and the Blood of Earth trilogy. Her short stories can be found in publications ranging from Beneath Ceaseless Skies to Uncanny Magazine. In 2019 and 2022, she won the Rhysling Award for short speculative poetry