Cobblered to Death by Rosemarie Ross, Rose Ross Zediker
My Rating: ★★★★
Courtney Archer has made a career out of being a country girl with her cooking show, Cooking with the Farmer’s Daughter. The problem? She’s a city girl and the daughter of a pediatrician. Itching to get out of her contract and finally let the world know the truth, she’s left holding a secret that could ruin her career and a gag order to boot. Unfortunately for Courtney, the truth about her background falls into a contestant’s hands on her new show, The American Baking Battle. Just when she thinks things couldn’t get any worse, the sneaky contestant turns up dead, and the murder weapon is a cast-iron pan with Courtney’s fingerprints all over it. Courtney suspects judges and contestants alike and finds herself toeing the line of danger to get her name off the suspects list.
I love cozy mysteries, and this one in particular caught my eye because Courtney is a cooking show host. I love watching cooking shows, especially the contest ones, so I knew this book would be up my alley. What I didn’t expect was to love the behind the scenes feel this book gives. It was so much fun to watch Courtney, her co-hosts, and the contestants work on and off the camera for their show. It gave the reality TV show feel that older reality shows gave.
This book also has a great cast of characters. Courtney is the cool, successful cook and TV show host with a big secret that she wants to get out in the open. However, she wants it to come out on her terms since the truth about her background could destroy her career on a good day. I think she means well and didn’t think about how becoming a farmer’s daughter for TV would turn out the way it has.
Like some other amateur sleuths, Courtney gets involved to clear her name but continues her investigation once she’s in the clear. I think that her investigating is realistic because she’s an amateur poking around in the danger zone. Courtney doesn’t happen upon information and scenarios that are totally unrealistic, and I felt that the story and her investigation read as something that could really happen.
I found all of the characters believable, especially the contestants and how they act one way on camera and another once the cameras are turned off. I found the behind the scenes drama very entertaining, and I enjoyed following each of the characters and finding out their personal stories. I’m excited to see some of them return in the next book because I loved so many of them.
All in all, I found this to be an entertaining story and I’m already excited about the next book. I will definitely be returning when that book eventually drops because I want to see what happens next and how the characters will continue to develop.
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