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The success of Magdalena Yoder's new Amish-Asian restaurant is threatened by murder in the deliciously quirky new Pennsylvania-Dutch mystery. Although the culinary fare at Magdalena Yoder's new restaurant, Asian Sensations - a unique combination of Asian and Amish cuisine - is not to everyone's taste, the good citizens of Hernia are unanimously agreed that the desserts concocted by the restaurant chef, Barbara Hostetler, are to die for. Not literally however. When a guest at the PennDutch Inn drops dead shortly after consuming a slice of Barbara's delicious Blitz torte, Magdalena finds herself arrested for murder. Did someone deliberately set her up? In order to clear her name and protect her nearest and dearest, Magdalena must identify a ruthless killer - before they strike again.

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Quirky characters abound in this mystery in which the acerbic, opinionated Magdalena's first-person account drives this at times laugh-out-loud cozy * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>Tea with Jam and Dread</b> * Filled with the author's trademark double entendres and bawdy humor, this tale of deceit, revenge, and murder is sure to please fans of willful, wordy and winsome Magdalena * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Tea with Jam and Dread</b> * A charming mystery series very much in the vein of Alexander McCall Smith's No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>The Headhunter's Daughter</b> * If you enjoy cozies with unrelenting slapstick humor, the Pennsylvania-Dutch mysteries are your cup of tea * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>Batter Off Dead</b> *

This offbeat cozy, filled with laugh-out-loud humor, is distinguished by its numerous quirky characters, the beautifully described Pennsylvania Dutch setting and culture, and the unlikely but richly evoked Mennonite-Jewish relationship between Magdalena and Gabe * <b>Booklist</b> * Those who like broad humor will best appreciate this one * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> * Quirky characters abound in this mystery in which the acerbic, opinionated Magdalena's first-person account drives this at times laugh-out-loud cozy * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>Tea with Jam and Dread</b> * Filled with the author's trademark double entendres and bawdy humor, this tale of deceit, revenge, and murder is sure to please fans of willful, wordy and winsome Magdalena * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Tea with Jam and Dread</b> * A charming mystery series very much in the vein of Alexander McCall Smith's No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>The Headhunter's Daughter</b> * If you enjoy cozies with unrelenting slapstick humor, the Pennsylvania-Dutch mysteries are your cup of tea * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>Batter Off Dead</b> *

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Tamar Myers was born in what was then the Belgian Congo in 1948, where her parents were American-Mennonite missionaries to a tribe of headhunters. She moved to the USA at the age of fifteen. On her mother's side, Tamar is descended from one of the first Amish families to settle in America in 1738. She is the author of more than forty mysteries and many short stories.

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