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Monkey Bread Business
by Jodi Rath
Series: Cast Iron Skillet Mystery Series #6
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on April 16, 2021
Genres: Cozy Culinary Mystery
Pages: 158
Format: Kindle
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Also in this series: Cozies With Heart: 9 Sweet Valentine Cozy Mysteries, Pineapple Upside Down Murder , Jalapeño Cheddar Cornbread Murder, Turkey Basted to Death , Blueberry Cobbler Blackmail , Cast Iron Stake Through the Heart, Pork Chopped to Death, Punkin Strudel Mayhem, Yuletide Cast of the Iron Skillet, Deep Dish Pizza Disaster
Nature breeds new life with the sign of Spring in the air in Leavensport, Ohio, and Jolie and Ava find their new families’ lives turned upside down! With properties in Leavensport beginning to sell, Nina Sanchez opened a bakery after purchasing the lot next to M&M’s Italian restaurant. She is new to town and swears to Ava and Jolie she has no connection to the Dominican Republic Sanchez mafia family. Yet, Ava is skeptical, and this sends Jolie and Ava off on yet another investigation looking at how organized crime connects to their little village and the politics that surround it.
Meanwhile, Nina Sanchez is not thrilled to feel obliged to cross-sell and become a full-fledged member of Leavensport, especially not with Jolie and Ava investigating her history. She has no choice when her son discovers a murdered homeless woman on the street on his way to deliver bread to the local shelter—it looks a lot like a mob hit and the reveal of who the homeless woman is will send all of Leavensport on alert making Jolie question the future of her town.
Welcome to Leavensport, Ohio, where DEATH takes a DELICIOUS turn!
Monkey Bread Business by Jodi Rath is another fantastic book that makes you wonder what is going on in this small town.
Can Jolie figure out who killed Janelle before something more sinister happens?
Jolie Tucker
Jolie Tucker is our sleuth who’s recently married, Detective Mick Meiser. I sure did miss a lot from two books. Anyways, Jolie and Mick are doing great and getting used to sharing a house. It is tough at times since people in Jolie’s life just let themselves into her house. Jolie is still the same character as always but wants Mick’s mafia family to like her even though they don’t. She is learning that first hand in this book even more than from before they were in-laws. Jolie is also sick most of the time throughout, which is sad because they have a stomach bug going through town. I hope that she feels better soon.
The Mystery
Despite the flu or stomach bug going around Leavensport, there is a murder victim found at the homeless shelter that they have there in town. Well, more like on the outskirts of town. A young woman has been murdered, and no one knows why. Now Jolie has to figure it out while keeping Ava away from the frontlines of the case. Things are heating up in this small town as these two young ladies uncover what has been happening in their town for decades probably. Will Jolie and Ava be able to figure it out?
Five Stars
Monkey Bread Business by Jodi Rath is another book that I couldn’t put down. I loved reading every minute of it, and I figured out the sickness part right away. Sadly, I couldn’t figure out who killed Janelle. Let’s say that Jolie Tucker and Ava Martinez are putting a lot of things together, and someone high up, in this case, probably the one who started all of these problems, to begin with, isn’t happy. Hopefully, nothing bad happens to them. I am rating it as 5 stars and recommend it to everyone that loves this Cast Iron Skillet Mystery series as much as I do.
The recipes are Cast Iron Monkey Bread, Gooey Texas Sheet Cake Skillet, Cast Iron Frittata, Ravioli Appetizer Pops, and Deep-Fried Cookies.
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About Jodi Rath
Moving into her second decade working in education, Jodi Rath has decided to begin a life of crime in her The Cast Iron Skillet Mystery Series. Her passion for both mysteries and education led her to combine the two to create her business MYS ED, where she splits her time between working as an adjunct for Ohio teachers and creating mischief in her fictional writing. She currently resides in a small, cozy village in Ohio with her husband and her seven cats.
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2021 Beachcomber Mystery Reading Challenge
- 2021 Cloak & Dagger
- 2021 Cozy Mystery Reading Challenge on Facebook
- 2021 Craving the Cozies
- 2021 Cruisin’ thru the Cozies
- 2021 Goodreads Reading Challenge
- 2021 Medical Examiner’s Mystery Reading Challenge
- 2021 New Release Reading Challenge
- 2021 Six Shooter Reading Challenge
Wow, thank you so much for the kind review! I’m so happy you enjoyed the book! This one was a lot of fun to write and I’m having fun with the next two that come out this year too–for obvious reasons (insert winky-faced emoji here 🙂 ).
I swore I left a comment this morning! It’s not here now 😦
Thank you SO much for reading and reviewing my book! I SO appreciate you!