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Cast Iron Stake Through the Heart
by Jodi Rath, Rebecca Grubb
Series: Cast Iron Skillet Mystery Series #4
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on May 29, 2020
Genres: Cozy Culinary Mystery
Pages: 272
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 , Monkey Bread Business, Pork Chopped to Death, Punkin Strudel Mayhem, Yuletide Cast of the Iron Skillet, Deep Dish Pizza Disaster
On again, off again, ON AGAIN–Jolie Tucker and Mick Meiser are giving their relationship another try. Things seem to be working out for them so far, and love is on the menu all over Leavensport! An unexpected pregnancy with a surprising partner, a therapist pairs off with the chief of police, and the mayor of Leavensport falls for Jolie’s Aunt Fern!
Although Leavensport is serving up affairs of the heart, there are a lot of mysterious activities lurking in the air. The townspeople awake to find freshly dug empty holes throughout the fields that were recently up for sale under suspicious circumstances. Jolie and Ava believe they are taking a break from solving murders when they start teaching an online cooking course–until they witness one of their students take a stake through the heart!
Welcome to Leavensport, OH, where DEATH takes a DELICIOUS turn!
Cast Iron Stake Through the Heart by Jodie Rath and Rebecca Grubb is another tale of how Jolie and Ava try to solve a case before the police do.
Can Jolie and Ava figure out who killed one of their students?
Jolie Tucker
Jolie Tucker is our main character and point of view narrator, who is sometimes good and sometimes bad. The good when she’s investigating and stuff. For the bad is when Jolie decides to take a mental health day or gets knocked out, and then that’s it for until Jolie wakes back up. Jolie is a good person at heart, but she needs to remember to bring more than one person as back up. She is still doing her therapy and is making progress with it. I am happy she is dealing with it.
What I like about her is that she is getting gutsy and tells her family to back off and let her process things before they come to check up on her. Another thing that I like is that she forces the conversation with Mick regarding their relationship. The one thing that I dislike is that she shouldn’t be trying to perm her hair to look like her friend when she looks beautiful with it straight as well.
The Mystery
The mystery in this one was a crazy one. We have an artist commune that had most of the girls in that class (all five of them) so that they can learn to cook. Not to bad, right? Right. Well, that is until one of them gets stabbed, and now everyone is looking at that commune trying to figure out what is going on at that place. I kind of fell for the red herrings, but not as I knew something was off. They did a great job of hiding the real person behind it.
Four Stars
Cast Iron Stake Through the Heart by Jodie Rath and Rebecca Grubb is an exciting pair to write together. I could hardly tell when one stopped and the other began in writing their parts of this book. It’s another one that kept me on my toes and wanting to know more and more. Jolie is always a fun main character to read from to find out how she is thinking about certain things.
I am giving Cast Iron Stake Through the Heart by Jodie Rath and Rebecca Grubb four stars and recommending it to anyone that wants to read it.
The recipes are Potato Soup, Cast Iron Skillet Steak, Glazed Carrots, Baked Asparagus with Parmesan, Southwestern Rice Salad, Betsy’s Love at First Sight Triple Chocolate Crunch Cake, Cast Iron Mexican Polenta Bowl, Spicy Skillet Peaches, and Cast Iron Breakfast Skillet.
Cast Iron Skillet Mystery Series
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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.
About Rebecca Grubb
Rebecca Grubb utilizes her experience in the high school English classroom and her decades as a bookworm to coach writers and edit fiction and creative non-fiction. She enjoys reading and writing books, particularly mysteries and science fiction. She lives in a small town in Ohio with her husband and the three mischievous children.
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2020 Cloak and Dagger Challenge
- 2020 Craving For Cozies Reading Challenge
- 2020 Cruisin' Thru The Cozies Reading Challenge
- 2020 Goodreads Reading Challenge
- 2020 New Release Challenge
Thanks so much for taking the time to read the book and review it! We appreciate it! Jolie still has a lot of stuff coming at her that she will need to process and work through–like real people–she will take many missteps along the way to get to a better place in her life! I’m so happy you are seeing her as a flawed, real person!
Have a great day!
Jodi Rath
I am tickled that you enjoyed it! It was so fun to write! I forget the Jolie and Ava aren’t real people sometimes. Thanks for the review!
-Rebecca
Sounds like a fun read. Adding to my TBR list.
We hope you enjoy it, Dianne!