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 … 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!
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Jolie is in for a doozy of an adventure this time. We start with the girls trying to tackle all sorts of new jobs in top of running their cast iron cafe. Besides Ava being a licensed P.I. now they are also starting online cooking classes which sound kind of interesting. After much prep they start the first class only for a prank gone bad to end it early. Worried about the rocky start they soldier on only to get another surprise ending. With a murder in the mix Jolie starts asking questions while also working things out with Mick. The blend of mystery, romance, and food makes for a culinary cozy you won’t want to put down. The girls are a hoot as they try to figure things out. The addition of all the kitties just makes it even better. A must read for cozy fans. I really liked it so I give it 4/5 stars.
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.
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Cast Iron Stake Through the Heart sees Jolie and Ave get caught up in yet another murder investigation, only this time they both see the murder happen right in front of them!
The girls have set up an online cooking course and whilst teaching their students they see a masked man enter and attack one of the girls, only it turned out to be her boyfriend playing a prank. Undoubtedly everyone was shaken up by it, and Jolie wanted to cut her from the class but the decided to give her another chance. This time when the ‘same’ masked man enters another students video frame, she ends up with a steak through the heart and this time it is all real and no prank!
This book was yet another great addition to the The Cast Iron Skillet Mystery Series, filled with murder, romance and of course delicious food! It was also a collaboration between Jodi Rath & Rebecca Grubb, and the book flowed flawlessly I had no idea who wrote what parts!
Cant wait to read the next instalment of this series, I am loving how Jolie is growing stronger as a person with each new book.
4 stars
Jolie and Ava decide to start an on-line cast iron cooking class. What could possibly go wrong? Murder, mayhem, and twists and turns. This is another page turning addition to this series. The beloved characters of Leavensport, Ohio are all here to solve another crime. I recommend this book and series!