Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Up to No Gouda
    Up to No Gouda
    Up to No Gouda
    Ebook356 pages5 hours

    Up to No Gouda

    By Linda Reilly

    4/5

    ()

    Switch to audiobook
    Read preview

    About this ebook

    The first in a delicious new culinary cozy series featuring a grilled cheese eatery owner who must solve murders in her small town before she is put under lock and brie

    Back in Balsam Dell to heal after the death of her husband, Carly Hale is finally pursuing her lifelong dream—opening Carly's Grilled Cheese Eatery. After only five months, business is booming as Vermont vacationers and townspeople alike flock to lunch on her Party Havartis and other grilled cheese concoctions. All but Lyle Bagley, Carly's one-time high school boyfriend and now town bully who just bought the building that houses her eatery and wants Carly out. After a muenster of a fight, Carly's forced to put her nose to the rind and find a solution to keep her business afloat.

    That is…until Lyle is discovered dead behind the dumpster of Carly's shop, and one of her employees becomes the prime suspect. In order to save her eatery and prove her friend's innocence, Carly must sleuth out the killer before she's the one who gets grilled.

    With a delightful cast of characters, an inventive amateur sleuth, and a whole host of cheesy hijinks, Up to No Gouda is the perfect cozy murder mystery to melt into.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSourcebooks
    Release dateJan 25, 2022
    ISBN9781728238333
    Author

    Linda Reilly

    Linda Reilly is the author of several mystery novels, including the Cat Lady Mysteries, the Deep Fried Mysteries, and the Grilled Cheese Mysteries. A member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and Cat Writers' Association, she can be found prowling the shelves of a local bookstore or library when she’s not pounding away at her keyboard. A dyed-in-the-wool New Englander, she lives with her husband and rescue cat in southern New Hampshire. For more information, visit LindaSReilly.com.

    Read more from Linda Reilly

    Related to Up to No Gouda

    Titles in the series (3)

    View More
    View More

    Related ebooks

    Mystery For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Caribbean CHRISTMAS

      Nov 9, 2022

      Caribbean CHRISTMAS
      9 min read

    • Article

      Reads to Savor

      Jul 17, 2023

      Reads to Savor
      4 min read

    • Article

      Your Page

      Dec 7, 2022

      I’m stuck at home trying to recover from COVID and I’ve read all my books, and watched too much TV. With the urge to cook something, I asked my best friend Carol to grab some supplies. She dropped off the essentials to make orange cornflake biscuits,

      3 min read

    • Article

      Putting Up the Past

      Jan 15, 2024

      Putting Up the Past
      5 min read

    • Article

      Faith, Family & The Feast

      Mar 3, 2020

      Faith, Family & The Feast
      5 min read

    • Article

      Sideboard

      Oct 4, 2022

      Sideboard
      4 min read

    • Article

      What’s In A Pie? History, Culture, And A Taste Of Home.

      Nov 22, 2022

      If you grew up in the northern United States, it’s likely you associate pumpkin pie with Thanksgiving. But travel south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and another orange-colored pie reigns supreme on the holiday table – sweet potato pie. Historically, pump

      2 min read

    • Article

      Join The Weekly CONVERSATION

      Oct 23, 2022

      Kevin Milne, your reflections this week (NZWW, Oct 24) made me smile, ruefully. “Return to lender”, indeed. Why do we book lovers loan our beloved books to family and friends, knowing that the chances of them being returned – promptly or at all – are

      3 min read

    • Article

      Magical MEMORIES

      Jun 26, 2020

      Magical MEMORIES
      6 min read

    • Article

      Back In The Kitchen

      Mar 14, 2019

      Back In The Kitchen
      11 min read

    • Article

      SMALL Ponds

      Aug 5, 2019

      SMALL Ponds
      17 min read

    • Article

      Memories of Two Grandmas

      May 21, 2019

      T here’s plenty of science to back the claims that tea’s natural antioxidants promote health and well-being. But I don’t need to be persuaded. My own preference for tea is genetically encoded thanks to both of my grandmothers. My dad’s mother, Ruby S

      3 min read

    • Article

      Happy Halloween

      Aug 23, 2022

      Happy Halloween
      4 min read

    • Article

      Tennessee Time Warp

      Sep 19, 2022

      I live in the same county in Tennessee where I grew up. If you had told this to the teenage version of myself, he would have had a panic attack. In the nineties, living in Winchester, Tennessee, the county seat of Franklin County, I felt so isolated;

      6 min read

    • Article

      Your Page

      Sep 14, 2022

      My family was among many who went through the recent floods. Our home, a converted old Salvation Army hall in a northern NSW country town, is still yet to be repaired. When a friend (hi, Nadine) put us up for a bushy weekend, I read all her copies of

      4 min read

    • Article

      Letter From The Editor

      Nov 1, 2022

      Letter From The Editor
      2 min read

    • Article

      Join The Weekly CONVERSATION

      Jul 10, 2022

      LOST SIGN ● Winning letter I have just finished reading Kevin Milne’s column when I saw your note requesting if we too had lost anything precious. Well, I have! I had the signature of Sir Murray Halberg, which I obtained in 1952 when I was 11 years

      2 min read

    • Article

      Your Page

      Feb 1, 2023

      Following retirement as a nurse, I felt the need to continue helping people so volunteered my time at a nearby nursing home. I found a lot of the people liked to talk about their younger days and where they were brought up. As a long-time reader of C

      3 min read

    • Article

      Fruitcake

      Oct 3, 2023

      As a child in Barrington, R.I., in 1964 and every other year of the early 1960s, I thought of Thanksgiving as a day to get through. The roast turkey, mashed rutabagas and potatoes, green bean casserole, and pumpkin and mincemeat pies were delicious,

      3 min read

    • Article

      My Family Was Northern And Complicated – But Food Was Our Way Of Expressing Love

      Oct 15, 2023

      I was born and grew up in Sheffield, the city of steel and, more importantly, the city of Bassetts Liquorice Allsorts and Henderson’s Relish (which is almost exactly like Worcestershire sauce, except if you say so, you will likely be run out of town)

      7 min read

    • Article

      A Dream Uprooted

      Mar 16, 2020

      A Dream Uprooted
      5 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Up to No Gouda

    4/5

    26 ratings6 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 5/5
      A delectable culinary cozy, complete with recipes for the mouthwatering dishes served at Carly’s Grilled Cheese Eatery in Balsam Dell, Vermont. Oh, how I wish this town existed as I’d eat at Carly’s establishment frequently and shop for uniquely designed and handmade cards at What a Card, owned by Gina Tomasso.Carly Hale couldn’t help but become a sleuth after a startling discovery in the alley behind her restaurant, with one of her employees as the main suspect. It is a cheerful and charming story, with an adorable Morkie named Havarti, a quaint small town, and sparkles of budding romance.My favorite descriptive lines were:“The kindness that seemed to radiate from him like bottled sunshine?”“With the chief eyeing her every move, she felt like a bug under a microscope.”“…her mind revolving like a frazzled planet around a rapidly scorching sun.” If a grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup are your comfort meal of choice, you’re in for a scrumptious time. If you’ve never thought of grilled cheese and tomato soup as your “go-to” treat, Carly and her assistant Grant have savory suggestions to change your mind. Did I mention I wish this restaurant existed? Without a doubt, I’d be a regular customer. As an alternative, I’ll not miss a book in this series.
    • 2/5
      Meh. (Audiobook) it could have been the narrators voice, it was so "cheesy" always too bright, like a 50's sitcom woman. She was also stupidly nosey, so irritating. it started out so well, she was strong, self employed, loved cheese and animals I was all ready to love this book till I didn't. I finished it with a phew, glad that's over feeling. I will not be moving on with this author.
    • 5/5
      Having lost her husband in a tragic accident, Carly is forging ahead, opening a grilled cheese eatery and getting on with her life. It isn’t easy, but keeping busy helps. She has a great staff, and things seem to going well, until she gets a non-renewal notice for the shop. And then she finds a dead body behind her eatery. Could things possibly get worse? Of course, they could! When one of her employees becomes a person of interest in the crime, Carly goes into action. She enlists some help, does some snooping, and gathers her suspects. But it’s not smooth sailing. She is really a lot better at making grilled sandwiches than she is at playing detective. It’s a well thought out mystery, with really interesting characters. There are some twists along the way and a couple of red herrings. If you read carefully, you might figure out who the murderer is before Carly does, but likely, you’ll race through the book because it’s such a fun read. Can’t wait for book two!
    • 4/5
      Up to No Gouda by Linda Reilly has Carly Hale enjoying the success of her new business venture. After the death of her husband, Carly returned to her hometown to open Carly’s Grilled Cheese Eatery. Carly is surprised when the bank tells her the building has been purchased in the foreclosure auction by a man who does not wish Carly to remain. Lyle Bagley is the town bully, and he is giving Carly one month to get out before renovations begin. Lyle’s girlfriend wants to open a high-end fashion boutique in Carly’s spot. Suzanne, Carly’s parttime employee, does not take the news well and gives Lyle her two cents. When Lyle is found dead behind Carly’s shop, Suzanne finds herself the prime suspect. Carly knows that Suzanne would not kill someone and put her son in jeopardy. She sets out to prove Suzanne’s innocence and serve up the killer up to the police. Up to No Gouda by Linda Reilly is the debut of A Grilled Cheese Mystery series. I thought Up to No Gouda contained good writing, steady pacing, and relatable characters. I enjoyed getting to know Carly and the rest of the cast. I thought a grilled cheese diner was a clever idea for a cozy mystery series. I looked online and discovered it is a new trend in restaurants. Balsam Dell, Vermont is a charming town. I enjoyed reading the descriptions of the scenery, shops, and homes. The mystery was nicely plotted out. There are a variety of suspects since Lyle was not well liked (putting it mildly). It depends on your sleuthing level on when (or if) you solve the whodunit. I thought the reason for the crime was clever. Carly conducted a good investigation. The case was nicely wrapped up at the end and I enjoyed the drama. I loved the little puppy in the story that gets named Havarti. He is a cutie pie. I do want to warn readers that reading this story will have you craving grilled cheese and tomato soup. There are certainly some unique grilled cheese combinations served at Carly’s eatery. I never thought of making grilled cheese dippers for tomato soup (I will be serving them to my mother soon). Up to No Gouda is a quick paced story that was over too soon. This is my favorite book by Linda Reilly. Up to No Gouda is a tasty tale with grilled cheese cuisine, a dead dirtbag, a framed friend, a precious puppy, an interfering editor, a sexy sports coach, and a curious Carly.
    • 4/5
      This cute, cozy mystery starts off a new series set in a quaint Vermont village and features Carly, newly-returned to her childhood hometown to run the grilled cheese shop of her dreams. Things look dire as the jerk from high school is ready to evict her restaurant, and get even more dire when he turns up dead in the parking lot. Carly goes into Miss Marple mode, as one does, to investigate the crime. The book features the usual cast of quirky small town characters. The bad guys are pretty one-note, but the other suspects have nice nuance. Carly herself is a pleasant character, a kind and forgiving person still getting over the death of her husband; of course, there is a promise of a potential romance going into future books. This is everything you’d hope for in a cozy, plus lots of grilled cheese talk. The back of the book even has recipes for the sandwiches mentioned in the book!
    • 5/5
      law-enforcement, amateur-sleuth, widow, small-business, small-town, family-dynamics, friendship, murder, murder-investigation, theft, Vermont, recipes*****You mean they eat gilled cheese somewhere besides Wisconsin? Teeheehee, guess where I live?The sandwich recipes are as good as the whodunit cozy! The story moves along well and has just enough twists and red herrings to keep this reader guessing. Can't say enough about the realism of the characters who could be anyone's neighbors. The publisher's blurb is a good hook, so no recap and spoilers are just wrong. I loved it and hope for another next year!I requested and received a free temporary ebook from Poisoned Pen Press via NetGalley.

    Book preview

    Up to No Gouda - Linda Reilly

    tcbook_preview_excerpt.html}ˎW寸"S n$T~#ܕ?2\Y401/sudP"_ac.,՗4t/c2ٹC7dEwj.U{̦7 pCɞ^FDՀ'.+c) Tb4eq~ʊ1 m!fGpq!lߵ];vx8 9 yǑp{p1b>YOsz5&sΆ,lW߽7?1{s/?va^a6_⫮?ձ??g3ni[n|PlCec}ppjEhϟ; o}9s]}uCϿ ꗻFgZe5P]SW")O6rYR#XA|: M/:ӲxnC,nd $~ϷCWybg*XA1)51V9lbr̽XX|2L=NQ4TOg̣<1rp{w~Io*7lhw1*b8C|of/cTuYXB 5tqc" UQpQM҅WK\B3EbtshMy_4GSYlqqG2+nG@eWZ3x.„r$bidx5[&&qɪ6W걼e>쇀쮮??|_˟n៿X~)7Cҕze||'M)3#EW:g?Q./w#Zc =uo2M7P'CĞ~a= -aO>UXO]y\O\Ƥɋ7! I>!P~'*xOKY[>%s~˧Dbr⧖nb ZNSw|b9O,[>qۗ7a0)mw'ss̫^HxNu, _X0pye@pجcޯCq1W ^:5teK=B +`|wgu }a &8^NȎcH&0 W?b'< fmCzYm;xY헟UG5Qφ2f"*+ 9Ԟ?>Z?~QHf|HMvN} WGvu<'83ryop<{Q7".FWy ?#!!(؃пaE0@L"=`{;n1yl1w""vq욨8haY1vBdz9dRS d|[" A`llۀLr)4qw`ƒPsuiC<76釋ڕsR&0}:UĂ@ftTje2Z4&cRCxltvp㲦bc0>~q?p#~?A֔G{>a58h.Q {0j]|\ `cls&N\_\;QLĮLD=g>yNdS#=3Z Bw fOv**λg?\@ Sm"3bz{8 Lp x.#Ӥ>=Ia 9mÌߺb~ j}c!XD.mX6Zvk96xSҗ(yH*z?"Cв@0Q5."@<Ē@w1wC'ce (> n ߈C>׌ {P5.!2>Cq5q/f9,jޝ-zvk4\زiG ;en pг$]XO3}>x ulqQwAthWCt$,%.+J|E}VpdKz>1c9ϵwns[dPJ+{h6_з5T:?g+2V|̻> ` l8FI|D vMQ^S5ȤY;"/L/kc,-+%p/kKBg[/%;X0nͶ4 lzZבZF!JdV5z CvCgG f FSmG<1k NL<%b[eS{c/M$POtqCsn9Y爿+(_|ͭ#6BIi^K S2NtvzJ74osXs14sM ׷8`I`>tjBuYHdMQ Ƒ1|9=QD%c6(IۋSؘ{z|}_ &-9햀PQ; w}l2ZaS.b ^Wh-?  i~D;Pbr$ 97jW°#_@Ϯ6ZEV`Ev{GY6ϝI,OРL 9↥)Qu1T`m*Zu;IĬ9T(,<",~VnkpGby,VX͘^B.YNM< Y0H\ 4%N0J!)-/]9_m?T%3WZ ·6]b@+Į#}RیA]hCFr7=5@} VaDz`6ayBcCXl3;w'tX$]ܮu;^ ?S%-d #G,b3p^=أ̩u0E} dRb[%I6A9q"J͓ၓӿFedBXUQŸ+)GZŔzwbP M5/[-A|,eE ~ZK1'K*|N>j]0|pwh׆i~y嚯\[+SμM(_>`뻰)_ҹʹנ S"l0OR+ h`9`aBqm`H6lH*IDM>m%^!gЎݦI%xɩ$p'{ϣGFn:s)탊Z*"Qemv$d+ն8tSn泋lWҷ, ~q(%70HHc3SOR{*'ooO4գUԐ\JOoRu3VGo)\Tƾ+ezg)=Y(^ܪc/2J o<[hAݴ*(4ܥ-FlHma3c pTa67ڽ.fUCZ dkKN^!ژǰ! `rf* %5FRE'ÝʏҮ3Dr/y3#T+"yYOרDF~3䆋c*bN>u#V)E-Lc(%p&Cy6i Ct(*h~ynmL;$ж_Tx,ǵ [$(osWL4A6{^p{k 'T /pJP/6tY}=G'l~tQ)sohJ[.1 4 7)e\ =RXϕQIܷ#i{gLh8.7ߡ`]/޻kiX3-Z sL?Jk1Jc=[fmVN.7Zʓzn$bfr;bndLw>" p֕bk RbZoEԌF:3+3`ڟ7KjZ"_6o O/硧!I"qgז+nU¾0gZ%j,ȾJ9A^uW^J} xsK,7V]j c`,4d5̸3H$,'!g{EQUZC϶P2^d Mb|R)Zk+1mp[ 3/%_3#\A_R-v,(]<{̀eYџ6FDyEI," u)fEA~TGVZ={ ΁].zܾ;{詘$㜰Κ8!Q7A ”1mB])oR 0ϟ]0u#W)tYu=-wg>z*aE I\Vƣ&*>ϔKU2l =g<ځAw(jU$/4xgotFɷ)'BQ_AO˒i, JKS-;YEkwFk#-3~ҹB? +G l  b0ӏ 6MC*GWA H: xO^VWNㆈFɮIC\s{ǜmSudd ekePN/PR5tu_̽`Tɶ3uUM1~]`w{l|~-WE4 GD-Fٵk9fSV"`OZ*԰{vИM!aYEɢlK2BK7ѡk~Mn_2rjkXS*7e8a5^>_VqFAsOF#kMב:0'ە*/ꓟ(`=Ư0k08mpo!*zuyKZH9,]η׵T*CP 4h#Z$"R 2͵~BcTwvY[ًl咬h/T/+\' ^g4sW$d3- uI RC(뺭04AB0g[G{?f^7JFUr֐WV쎹}QX,Ta펹٦2qOcj{eSjJYq]ò/?l}ycV]|qR/СdRҴ,N>vzQmlP""с*YBCe&G[sJ v*™ݴkgօ㭩X0 kLo+}Vv~,ԿET>R>v6֖ɯF[+~[BZ(ug}TTwU*ʇs?Uz KP|M?ɥ̵7)8m7r|pP[폝Aq7DiʅOW/dAeEiIՇ2 *~/¿<&R!;2)\yePwu7Aᙓ#}a[$bcug~вjʇ'&|/`1х,)'!tp<£_(2x\TAʮMaUC<͹pRKj]MĈ 53VX8Q%(_tPaXU?YA*%HeXvA _]ĥzQfc-6l'%TN [2»aޱ$ȣf}MyDm[ʋ[8x5&~X<%f4fu=6_ͱJ?;22rؽ&cKN:l!\tˇCAP1)'lV0pAk7f\3A0R6dp$#tvgSs#T6аZA|dCNX¬Y t.Cv(a-Z+q1U^=ς~Q*^E²J-4Q=,ttdCPXa%v%^g)islDZzH6I$9T}LF%RmE3٬Ɖ\hMʈ7BUJН@kfq))_n,6)LH'Wĕ{Krp]5a9UBӛ !i"#ro.{xd,PG*Moy\ઝ.^ԧȒ,QKyxZ" sw &۾\on=ǮlS Jhb_+ cq=֬ I=m,|}=ejk؃r؎$AٜTƏĪEfʊ`[N&\ѽRqSeKR6Y<,%U=J찹qԱ,hXZS]dϭ=Ӌ+OY+6ݧ_WVMJ_B&.ѻSܪ,nx[Xi2W^f{=aӢNȝi׊BJ?A62* %n(MSneLL-I GR}p2~wn$}t3ɫ7/%lEgKpê[AU޴ҭ6؏2:V6r"sUZ{.2P>K"n:=j̦%RM Ӗvk*#bPkGa+R-<@16oo!˪Ry&*Ȫ-2SlgcT(ӠgYB-u-T^tpレHxZaU7v/6 D {;f@_?&xwY,UdA&SDuFFŠm,gpw F˲w gbӏm ag2 SVcD;@] \&(W`jOykGl[(UW=mך%8W67VF0;9^Xe$顇1-ޜzFÔ@.Ez0OaPÂV-[|G覭 O mbqh})J~Ԝ[H&ׂok> HVQSϨ)T\ vOV%z(>zGMZ;W[OY[ג9cJ # Rf,qLٜB$S*``wۺa3tvfk;BP\LuV἞E? {:\"`'YU3˿6S;/Wݺrm
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1