Who Moved My Goat Cheese?

Well written with surprise twists, strong, well developed characters, and a delightful peek into farm life.

This is a fun cozy read. I’m ready for the second book to come out!

I would read another by this author. Good charactierization

Nice easy read. Good characters. Several misses at “who did it”. Fun easy read. I recommend it for mystery and plot turns.

Who Moved My Goat Cheese? is the debut novel in Lynn Cahoon’s Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series. The well-developed characters are fun and likeable and the story flows at a steady pace. The mystery is interesting and kept me guessing until close to the end and there’s a hint of romance in the air. I’m looking forward to reading the next installment in this series.

Angie Turner and her best friend, Felicia Williams, are preparing to open their farm-to-table restaurant, The County Seat, in Angie’s hometown, River Vista, Idaho. Angie’s grandmother, Margaret, recently passed and she inherited her farmhouse and recently adopted Dom, a St. Bernard puppy. Angie and Felicia closed their restaurant in California because their landlord increased the rent to the point that they couldn’t afford to remain open, so they know what’s involved and are busy lining up suppliers for their locally sourced foods and beverages, hiring and training the staff, and making sure everything is in order for their opening. Angie runs into a couple of snags – she learns the local vendors won’t sell to her unless Ian McNeal, the owner/manager of the River Vista Farmers’ Market, gives his blessing and Old Man Moss, the only local provider of goat cheese, is rather grumpy and won’t sell to just anyone, plus he’s having some problems with the Cheese Commission. After meeting with Old Man Ross at the Farmers’ Market on Saturday, Angie arranges to meet with him the following morning for breakfast at his farm. The meeting goes well and he agrees to provide the cheese curds she needs. The following day, Ian shows up at her house along with Sheriff Allen Brown, who informs her that some hikers found Old Man Ross at the bottom of the canyon trail. Since Sheriff Brown questioned her, Angie suspects it wasn’t an accident and even though she’d only met him twice, feels compelled to snoop around and find the killer. While walking Dom and trying to get a look at the location his body was found, Angie finds Precious, a newly born goat she met at Old Man Moss’s home, and decides to house temporarily her at her place even though Dom doesn’t seem happy with the arrangement. Angie uncovers lots of secrets and ends up in harm’s way.

I received an Advance Reader Copy of this book from NetGalley and voluntarily reviewed it.

This was my first read by an author I’ve heard amazing things about. I listened to the audio because it sounded like a fun read. I really enjoyed the character development and it always helps when the person telling the story uses different voices and it sounds like I’m listening to the actual person talking. I’m very happy I did the audio. Very enjoyable.

I love Lynn Cahoon so when my library got this book I had to check it out. At first I wasn’t sure I would even finish reading it. Angie is great (if a little standoffish) but Felicia, I didn’t like her at all. She seemed to be more party girl then business woman. Dom is a cute pup and Precious is the best goat. Old Man Moss was the best and I totally had it wrong on who killed him! Ugh! I love the small community setting (mainly because I live in one) and the people who live there are unique but are like family.

I can’t seem to get into this story. I’ll try again later. But I am so disappointed. Already, just a few pages in, I am encountering countless typos and grammatical problems. The same problem kept me from enjoying the last Tourist Trap mystery by Lynn Cahoon. It’s almost as if there is no editing taking place, and the book is being rushed into print. So sad, because I loved the early Tourist Trap mysteries. But the poor editing interferes with the enjoyment of a story. It is distracting and irritating.

Who Moved My Goat Cheese? by Lynn Cahoon is the first story in A Farm-to-Fork Mystery series. Angie Turner has moved to River Vista, Idaho to live on the farm she inherited from her grandmother (Nona). She has partnered with her best friend, Felicia Williams to open The County Seat which has a farm-to-table concept. It is only three weeks until they open, and the pair are still working to line up all their local vendors. One of the vendors they would like to work with is Gerald Moss of Moss Farm who sells goat cheese. The one caveat is the crusty Mr. Moss who only sells his products to people he likes. Fortunately for Angie, Mr. Moss and his goat Precious take to Angie right off. He talks to her about his farm, his cheese cave and a secret that he will enlighten her on in the future. The next morning Angie is told that Mr. Moss is dead. Angie soon discovers that not many people cared for Mr. Moss or are upset at his passing. This distresses Angie especially since Mr. Moss knew her Nona, and it sets her on the path to solving his murder. When Angie goes to investigate the scene of the crime, she comes across Precious and ends up with a new farm resident. Angie fits in her sleuthing in between setting up the restaurant, taking care of Precious and Dom (her St. Bernard pup), purchasing supplies for the restaurant, and visits from her neighbor, Mrs. Potter. Who disliked Mr. Moss enough to kill him? Angie is determined to find out in Who Moved My Goat Cheese?

Who Moved My Goat Cheese? is a good start to A Farm-to-Fork Mystery series. I liked the authors conversational writing style and the story had a steady pace. It made reading Who Moved Goat Cheese? a pleasure. The story has good characters, but I wished the author had given readers more of Angie’s backstory. I hope we learn more about Angie and Felicia in the next story. I loved Dom, Angie’s St. Bernard puppy. He reminds me of my dog, Doozy (his name tells you about his character). Dom was a delightful addition to the story as was Precious, the goat. Both were quirky, entertaining and added levity to the story. I like the theme of farm-to-table and it was nicely incorporated into the mystery. The mystery had several suspects and there was good misdirection. I was able to identify the killer early in the story, but it took longer to find out why this person killed Mr. Moss. The mystery had some intriguing elements (I would say more but I do not want to spoil it for you). I would like to have a little more action in the next book in the series. The life lesson about not being able to change the past and not to dwell on it is a good addition to the book. It is one many people struggle with daily (myself included). I am giving Who Moved My Goat Cheese? 4 out of 5 stars. I will be reading Killer Green Tomatoes when it comes out. Who Moved My Goat Cheese? is a feel-good cozy mystery that readers of Lynn Cahoon and cozy mysteries will enjoy.

I love the concept of this story—serving food freshly harvested from the fields or made fresh with ingredients from farm animals. That’s the dream behind Angie Turner and her friend/business partner, Felicia Williams venture in opening The County Seat restaurant. Farm-to-Table meals. The idea sounds simple if you can find trustworthy sources for your fresh food supplies. The murder of one of their sources puts a crimp in the grand opening plans. In between seeing to all the last minute details required to open a restaurant, Angie, accompanied by her adorable Saint Bernard puppy, Dom, asks lots of questions as to why the goat farmer, Old Man Moss, would be murdered.

This story is a fun, quick read and a satisfying whodunit. The backstory is very interesting. Baby goat, Precious, is just that….precious. I thought the bad person was fairly obvious, but that didn’t keep me from enjoying the book from beginning to end. A love interest for Angie steps in fairly quickly, also. I really enjoyed this debut story and look forward to many more books in the series.