An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes Series

An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes PennDutch Mysteries #2 “Bubbling over with mirth and mystery.” –Dorothy Cannell “A delicious treat!” –Carolyn G. Hart Magdalena Yoder, chaste and abstemious proprietor of the Pennsylvania Dutch Inn, agrees to let a Hollywood crew film at the inn – for an exorbitant price, of course. But when the assistant director is found pinned to a barn post with a farming tool, dimwitted local police chief, Marvin Stoltzfus fingers Magdalena as his prime suspect. Now it’s time for Magdalena to use her extraordinary Amish sleuthing skills to reveal the real killer – before another Hollywood hellion goes belly up and turns Magdalena’s charming PennDutch Inn into a grisly horror flick!

An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes – PennDutch Mysteries #4 *Includes Recipes for “Magdalena Yoder’s Wedding Feast, from Soup to Nuts”* “Bubbling over with mirth and mystery.” –Dorothy Cannell “A delicious treat.” –Carolyn G. Hart Magdalena Yoder is (finally!) getting married, and nothing is going to spoil her wedding; not the man-of-her-dreams’ loopy relatives, nor the twenty-year-old barrel of genuine Pennsylvania Dutch sauerkraut from her future father-in-law, which is not Mag’s idea of a great wedding present. Especially when it contains a body! Of course, Magdalena recognizes the victim, who’s as well-preserved as a gherkin: It's her fiancé's cousin Sarah, who's been missing for 20 years. Magdalena's inn is filled with the eccentric aunts and crazy uncles of the deceased…And Magdalena suspects one of them is the killer. Now she’s in a pickle, blowing the lid off a mystery two decades old, and digging up a scandal that may shake her Amish hometown to the core and send her to a funeral—her own—instead of her wedding day!

An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes PennDutch Mysteries #3 “Bubbling over with mirth and mystery.” –Dorothy Cannell “A delicious treat!” –Carolyn G. Hart Magdalena Yoder, Amish-Mennonite proprietor of the Pennsylvania Dutch Inn, travels to Farmersburg, Ohio for the funeral of her second cousin (twice removed) who had the unfortunate luck of drowning in a vat of milk…and, as Magdalena knows, Amish men just don’t go swimming in milk in the middle of February. Something’s definitely rotten in Farmersburg… When another relative is found belly up, Magdalena puts her (impressive, but attractive nonetheless, thank you very much) nose to the scent and discovers that a vicious cheese rivalry may be the cause of all this mayhem! In between keeping tabs on her saucy sister, Susannah, avoiding her sardine-loving host and spending time with her new boyfriend, Aaron Miller (a.k.a. Pooky Bear), Magdalena must find the killer…before more Yoders bite the dust! “Myers’ story is as sweet as a piece of brown-sugar pie (recipe included)…Magdalena is so likeable!” –Booklist

An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes – PennDutch Mysteries #5 “Bubbling over with mirth and mystery.” –Dorothy Cannell “A delicious treat.” –Carolyn G. Hart Even though new husband, Aaron (Pooky Bear!), is away, Magdalena Yoder, proprietor of the prosperous Penn-Dutch Inn, is still in a honeymoon haze…until she’s pulled in by Police Chief Stolzfus (her nemesis!) to help investigate the sad demise of an Asian tourist – run over by a horse and buggy! But things really start to sizzle when it’s revealed that the victim was strangled first. And when a young Amish lad is shot, Magdalena must really use her noodle, lest she foul up her first officially deputized investigation. Added to that stress is shocking news from her Pooky Bear that shakes her world. But trust Magdalena to leap from wok to frying pan without a single scorch!

An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes – PennDutch Mysteries # “Bubbling over with mirth and mystery.” –Dorothy Cannell “A delicious treat.” –Carolyn G. Hart Tucked away in a picturesque corner of Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Magdalena Yoder's PennDutch Inn is the perfect locale for a cooking contest. Unfortunately, as Magdalena discovers when a corpse is found in the barn, some food is, literally, to die for... The killer is old Matilda, a cow accused of fatally kicking the CEO of the gourmet food company sponsoring the contest. Melvin Stolzfus, the local police chief, known to be two eggs short of an omelet, calls it accidental death. But Magdalena knows that a killer cow is a lot of bull. And when new evidence pins suspicion on Freni, the inn's own cook—who hopes her bread pudding will win the grand prize—Magdalena starts sniffing about on her own. But she'd better watch her back. The real killer has decided to cook another goose. And Magdalena may just be the next course on a murderer's menu.

An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes – PennDutch Mysteries #7 Life has been tough of late for the proprietress of the PennDutch Inn, Magdalena Yoder. Her husband turned out to be a bigamist, the guest list for her recently rebuilt PennDutch Inn is not as robust as she’d like, and her sister plans to marry her arch nemesis. So Magdalena Yoder is not in a good mood and she’s more than happy to let everyone in town know exactly how she feels. Fortunately, a group of World War II veterans once stationed in Africa have come to town. Ostensibly at the inn for a reunion with their fellow troop members, in reality the veterans are looking for “the Butcher of Tunis,” a Nazi rumored to have escaped to the U.S. hiding out as an Amish man. Also staying at the Inn are a world-famous pianist and her academic husband, who has a mission of his own… But when a dead body turns up under suspicious circumstances, Magdalena becomes the primary suspect. And another disappearance leads Magdalena to think the murderer is finally moving the pieces of a carefully orchestrated vendetta. If Magdalena doesn’t find the true murderer soon, she could lose her Inn, her good name, and so much more… “Bubbling over with mirth and mystery.” –Dorothy Cannell “A delicious treat.” –Carolyn G. Hart

An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes – PennDutch Mysteries #8 Barbara Hostetler is expecting triplets, and no one is more enthused than soon-to-be grandma and PennDutch Inn cook, Freni. But when only two babies are born, Freni seems to be the only one suspicious. Unable to accept the possibility of a monitoring fluke, Freni calls on Magdalena Yoder, amateur sleuth and the PennDutch Inn’s proprietress, to get to the bottom of the triplets minus one… Initially Magdalena takes the case to humor her cook, but as the two women question the hospital’s nurses and doctors, it becomes clear that their stories just aren’t adding up. Is there a cradle robber on the loose? And how can a baby just…go missing? “Charming and delightful...Tamar Myers [keeps] it fresh and original.” -- Midwest Book Review

An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes – PennDutch Mysteries #12 A sizzling new mystery in the national bestselling series set in the always hilarious PennDutch Inn… The entire town of Hernia, Pennsylvania is abuzz with activities to celebrate its bicentennial—including a mouth-watering BBQ and the opening of a time capsule buried in the town’s foundry! Magdalena is celebrating a full house of paying guests, but the festivities are cut short when a guest, Buzzy Porter, is murdered and the time capsule goes missing! Chief of Police, Melvin Stolfutz, who’s also Magdalena’s brother-in-law, asks her to head the investigation, as he’s out campaigning for reelection; hence too busy to do it himself (and too dim to multitask!). And all too soon, Magdalena has her hands full trying to keep community spirits high, grill the likely suspects—and smoke out the killer. “Bubbling over with mirth and mystery.” –Dorothy Cannell b>“A delicious treat.” –Carolyn G. Hart “Charming and delightful...Tamar Myers [keeps] it fresh and original.” -- Midwest Book Review

An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes – PennDutch Mysteries #9 When kindly Lizzie Mast, a local Amish woman—and Hernia’s worst cook—is found poisoned by a bad plate of crepes, bumbling local police chief, Melvin Stoltzfus, begs Magdalena Yoder, the irrepressible owner (and sleuth extraordinaire!) of the PennDutch Inn, to help him investigate. With her bed and breakfast full of quirky guests, and her handsome new boyfriend to entertain, Magdalena isn’t sure she has time for Stoltzfus’s foolery. Cleverly (and frugally!) she puts her seven guests on A.L.P.O. (the Amish Lifestyle Plan Option), where guests pay an additional fee for the opportunity to cook for themselves, clean for themselves and do Magdalena’s chores for her. Still, solving the crime won’t be a plate of flapjacks; Lizzie’s husband blames the neighbor’s ‘Amish gone wild’ sons; whose rumschpringa exploits are wreaking havoc but even more shocking, the trail of clues leads straight back to the PennDutch Inn…and Magdalena fears that this killer is cooking up something flat-out deadly!!!

An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes – PennDutch Mysteries #11 When Colonel George Custard arrives in Hernia in a shiny stretch-limo, the town isn’t exactly enthusiastic. And when he announces that he plans to build a glitzy new hotel in Hernia, the residents are outraged at the threat to their quaint, quiet town. Protests soon get heated! As usual, Magdalena is right in the thick of the action—especially when the colonel is found shot to death at the PennDutch Inn. Now Magdalena Yoder must find out who caused the Colonel’s Custard's last stand—or she may lose the PennDutch Inn forever… “Bubbling over with mirth and mystery.” –Dorothy Cannell b>“A delicious treat.” –Carolyn G. Hart “Charming and delightful...Tamar Myers [keeps] it fresh and original.” -- Midwest Book Review

An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes – PennDutch Mysteries #14 Tensions in the Mennonite-Amish community of Hernia, PA are running red. Felicia Baccustelli, a slick city gal, plans to open a wine ‘spa’ in the cozy little town. Not only are the teetotalers of the local community bubbling over with disapproval, but Magdalena Yoder, owner of the illustrious PennDutch Inn and self-appointed boss of everything, worries it could put her out of business! So when this much-disliked newcomer is found encased in cement, everyone’s a suspect, especially Magdalena. And now that former police chief, Melvin Stolzfus, is in jail himself, a newly appointed police chief takes charge of the case. But he doesn’t seem to understand the subtle nuances of life in Hernia and the town soon turns on him. If Magdalena doesn’t find the killer herself, she may end up in jail with her nemesis, Melvin Stolzfus…or worse! “Bubbling over with mirth and mystery.” –Dorothy Cannell “A delicious treat.” –Carolyn G. Hart

An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes – PennDutch Mysteries #15 Cornelious Weaver, one of Hernia’s most eligible bachelors, is due to finally tie the knot—but three days before the big wedding, he’s found dead…in another woman’s bed!! The scandal is better than a made-for-TV-movie—not that any of the good citizens of Hernia own a television—and the details get even more delicious: Cornelious wasn’t just cheating on his bride-to-be; he was carrying on affairs all over town! When the coroner’s report reveals that Cornelious’s curry was spiked, Magdalena’s hunt for the killer becomes red hot…with plenty of dishy suspects to choose from!!! “Bubbling over with mirth and mystery.” –Dorothy Cannell “A delicious treat.” –Carolyn G. Hart

An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes – PennDutch Mysteries #16 Even though she’s now married to acclaimed Manhattan doctor, Gabriel Rosen, Magdalena—still a small-town Hernia girl at heart—is delighted to be chosen as the emcee for Hernia’s first annual Holstein Competition. If there’s anyone who doesn’t pull punches in judging cows, it’s Magdalena! Plus, holding the Holstein Competition means that Magdalena’s beloved bed and breakfast, the PennDutch Inn is packed with out-of-town guests, making it a real cash-cow of a weekend! But when the contest’s organizer, Doc Shafor, kicks the bucket—not in a natural way!—and both Gabe and his daughter mysteriously disappear, Magdalena’s perfect weekend looks more sour than curdled milk! With the help of her best friend—and the interference of her new mother-in-law—Magdalena vows to herd every clue till she nabs the daring killer, and the cows (and her family) come home!!!