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Stick A Fork In It (2012)

by Robin Allen(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0738727954 (ISBN13: 9780738727950)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Midnight Ink

series

Poppy Markham: Culinary Cop

review 1: What would be your last meal request? As one of the main ideas in the book besides the murder, this is just one of the humorous aspects of this book. I was able to receive this book through Netgalley and I chose it because it was a cozy mystery. This is one of the genres I wanted to read more of this year. I’m glad I requested this. It didn’t disappoint.The author has all the makings of a great cozy mystery. A great sleuth, Poppy, who works for the county doing food inspections. A crazy mother-in-law who lives it up and wants Poppy to buy clothing with color. Somehow their shopping trip never does transpire. Poppy is also juggling an ex-boyfriend and a current boyfriend, and as with other cozies, this definitely provides for some interesting times. Then there are the n... moreeighbors, John With and John Without, a hilarious gay couple. She is staying with them due to renovations on her own home because of an incident in the first book. This book had a lot of characters, not too many to keep track of, but enough to add laughter and spice.This is the second book in the series. The first book is a free download from Amazon right now. I will definitely go back and read that book in the near future. I think it will definitely fill in some of the gaps with history I didn’t understand with the relationships of the characters in this book.I think the author has great series. The only thing that is disappointing to me is I have to wait for another book.Note: I received a copy of this book from the publisher Midnight Ink via Netgalley.What to Read Next?Another humorous cozy mystery series is Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series. Again, I am waiting for the next release in this series. Ugh!
review 2: Just a couple of weeks after the events of If You Can't Stand The Heat, Austin, TX health inspector Poppy Markham is inspecting a new restaurant under construction that has a rather macabre concept. The new eatery, which is called Capital Punishment, has the look and feel of a penitentiary (by design, that is, complete with electric chair) with the menu consisting of "last meals" of famous death-row inmates. With Capital Punishment weeks away from opening and a couple of unresolved issues, Poppy returns to the restaurant only to find the corpse of one of the co-owners, a former high-school football star--hanged from a catwalk in the dining room! Soon Poppy finds herself delving into the throes of this mystery. Whether it was the victim's wife or his business partners including his twin brother (all one-time high school classmates), one thing Poppy feels certain--this was no suicide (as someone tried to make it appear).Light fun read with a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the restaurant industry. Memorable characters include her father, Mitch (whose restaurant Poppy had left to become a health inspector); her materialistic stepmother Nina; her self-important stepsister Ursula; her micro-managing boss, Olive; and Poppy's gay next-door neighbors whom she calls "John With" and "John Without" (hair, that is). And just when things may be on the mend with Poppy and her ex-boyfriend, food critic Jamie Sherwood, her former lover Drew reappears after several years. All in all an enjoyable read. I was glad, though, that I had read Poppy's first "culinary cop" mystery; there's numerous references made to the events of that first book. less

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