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Feisty Mennonite innkeeper and talented sleuth Magdalena Yoder offers a mix of murder and mouthwatering recipes in this, her ninth Pennsylvania Dutch mystery. When Lizzie Mast, a kindly Amish woman, dies of a drug overdose, Melvin Stoltzfus, the inept police chief of Hernia, Pa., asks Magdalena to investigate. Leaving her seven zany guests to fend for themselves on the A.L.P.O. (Amish Lifestyle Plan Option) at the PennDutch Inn and trying not to neglect her new love interest, handsome Jewish doctor Gabriel Rosen, Magdalena calls on Joseph Mast, Lizzie's widowed husband. Joseph attributes his wife's death to his neighbors the Keims and "rumschpringe" (the Amish equivalent of teenage rebellion). The two eldest Keim boys secretly purchased a car and ran over the Masts' Vietnamese pot-bellied pig and pet ferret. In retaliation, Joseph shot out the car's tires. Is it a simple case of retribution or something more sinister that led to Lizzie's murder? The Pennsylvania Dutch countryside provides a bucolic setting for Magdalena as she weaves in and out of the English (non-Amish) and Amish societies in her search for the killer. Magdalena's irrepressible personality, amusing colloquial speech and quirky habits (she keeps her pet kitten in her bra) will delight the reader, while the asides on Amish society offer insights into a traditional culture trying to retain its integrity in the 21st century. (Jan. 9)
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4.0�toiles sur 5 Great fun, Mars 19 2004

Par	Roger Long "longrush" (Port Clinton, OH USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Crepes Of Wrath (Paperback)

Sometimes we forget that a book of fiction is primarily to entertain the reader, to cause the reader to forget for a while his or her "otherwise drab and wretched life." I borrow that phrase without shame from Tom Lehrer.

This book is certainly an entertainment. The plot isn't all that much, I'll admit. Otherwise, I'd have given it five stars. However, I am just enthralled with Magdalena Portulacca Yoder, the skinny, middle-aged Mennonite innkeeper who runs around Hernia, Pennsylvania, with a small kitty asleep in her bra. If you haven't read the book, you won't believe that or understand it at all. Trust me, she does. And when that kitty is awakened suddenly, well....

The Amish and Mennonite neighbors (along with the "English" inn guests and neighbors) are also memorable--quirky but surely alive. The town itself and the country inn provide a fine atmosphere, one I would like to visit. My only reservation is the thinnish plot and a rather vague resolution, but at least we didn't get a confession and then a suicide.

I will definitely read more books by Tamar Myers. Thank you. You made me laugh outloud, and I haven't done that with a novel since "The Confederacy of Dunces."

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1.0�toiles sur 5 How Irritating Can One Book Be?, Mars 18 2004

Par	B. Lynn Wynn "parus55" (Woodstock, IL United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Crepes Of Wrath (Paperback)

I began this book on a recommendation by a friend. I still consider her my friend, but the book struck me as so contrived and poorly written that I had to stop reading after a few chapters. There is no character development, and the author is simply trying too hard to be funny. Her attempts at humor fall absolutely flat. The main character alternates her speech between whispered grimaces and screaming. One dimensional people walk in and out of the scenes, but for what purpose? I didn't find the author delightfully funny; the book is not amusing--nor was it worth my time.

If you like detective humor mixed with cooking and recipes, I suggest any book written by Diana Mott Davidson. If you're looking for even funnier detective humor, try Janet Evanovich's series featuring Stephanie Plum. These two authors may have been the inspiration for "Crepes of Wrath" and other books by the author, but Tamar Myers falls far short of Davidson and Evanovich. I'm surprised that there is any sort of following for these books!

For readers looking for a more serious crime maven, I suggest Nevada Barr's books featuring Anna Pigeon. Wake up folks! There are some REALLY good authors out there to be discovered!

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3.0�toiles sur 5 Edited Better than Previous, Janv. 28 2004

Par	S. Schwartz "romonko" (alberta canada) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Crepes Of Wrath (Paperback)

I have two main complaints with this series. One is that the books need to be edited since there are usually quite a few mistakes. The other is that Magdalena's stories and sayings get very repetitive after awhile. I'm glad to say that this book seems to have addressed my first complaint a bit. There are not so many glaring editorial mistakes. Unfortunately, not so for the second complaint. It is still repetitive, but Ms. Myers does introduce some new sayings, and does not dwell so much on Magdalena's stories. In this book one of the only "bad" Amish cooks in the world dies from an overdose of "angel dust". Now how did a religious, simple person like Lizzie Mast ingest a recreational drug? Magdalena is deputized by her nemesis Melvin to find out. As usual she unmasks the killer with some risk to herself, but before she does that she discovers that recreational drugs are not so unheard-of in the young Amish community. I enjoyed this book much more than I have the other most recent additions to the series. And Magdalena is still funny.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Thoroughly enjoyable visit to the PennDutch Inn.
Magdalena Yoder is hysterically funny again in this, the 9th in the Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery with Recipes series. Read more

Publi� le Mai 31 2003 par MLPlayfair

4.0�toiles sur 5 ANOTHER PUNNY PENN-DUTCH TREAT
Its back to Amish country and Magdalena Yoder's PennDutch Inn. This is the ninth book in Myers' series, and while I still enjoy reading the books I do wish Magdalena would come up... Read more

Publi� le Avril 18 2003 par Robert Edler

4.0�toiles sur 5 The Crepes of Wrath
I enjoyed this bed and breakfast tale, but did not find it quite as humorous as some of the others. Tamar Myers is worth reading if you are looking for some light mystery... Read more

Publi� le Ao� 8 2002

5.0�toiles sur 5 Crepes are Great
Though it's the 9th book in her Penn-Dutch series, Ms. Myers does it again with yet another delightful page-turner. Read more

Publi� le Mai 24 2002 par Ann Sherry