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Summary: I love a good clean pun...
Review: Bought the book yesterday and finished it today! I laughed when I saw what is probably her real family's cameo in the book - her husband as the vacationing Chief of Police, and his wife, who is, obviously, our author... Mrs. Myers has a very clever way with words, and I will be reading more of her books. Thanks!
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Summary: A warm cozy with wit !!!
Review: Enjoy this easy to read mystery with lots of chuckles....just right reading for a chilly Fall night !
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Summary: Not a mystery reader
Review: I am not a mystery reader, however I was given this book to read and pass on. I reluctantly started reading it. What enjoyment I experienced! The characters readily got my attention. The keeper of the inn was wonderful. It was as if she was personally telling me about her "pleasures" and "displeasures"; always remembering to tuck in a short prayer to stay right with God. It was light reading that kept me always changing my mind as to who the crook might be. Serious mystery readers would probably find this book too light and not too capturing. Good summer reading.
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Summary: Very amusing mystery series
Review: I bought this book completely on a whim while at a mystery book store. The play on words in the title caught my eye. I was not disappointed. This series is more amusing than a lot of mysteries, focusing mainly on the first-person oberservations of the main character. Magdelena is witty and conservative, and very clever. A lot of humor can be derived from her observations. I enjoyed this book a lot, and I've just started the second one. I also thought including recipes was a clever idea.
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Summary: Very amusing mystery series
Review: I bought this book completely on a whim while at a mystery book store. The play on words in the title caught my eye. I was not disappointed. This series is more amusing than a lot of mysteries, focusing mainly on the first-person oberservations of the main character. Magdelena is witty and conservative, and very clever. A lot of humor can be derived from her observations. I enjoyed this book a lot, and I've just started the second one. I also thought including recipes was a clever idea.
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Summary: Mystery on the Light Side!
Review: I did enjoy this book. It is genuinely funny in quite a few spots. Magdalena is quite a character. She is a no-nonsence, mean-spirited Pennsylvania Dutch woman who has turned her family farmhouse into a successful country inn. The hotel guests were interesting as we meet them through the book. The murders themselves were a bit slow and the mystery was less than breathtaking, but it was still fun to read and I will read more by this author. There is a lot about food in the book, and you will find yourself hungry as you read it. Miss Magdalena's acid tongue gets to be a bit much sometime, but nevertheless, the book is worth a read. In this book Magdelena is faced with two sudden deaths of her hotel guests. Are they connected? She sets out to find out pretty much on her own since the acting constable is a bumbling idiot.
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Summary: Mystery on the Light Side!
Review: I did enjoy this book. It is genuinely funny in quite a few spots. Magdalena is quite a character. She is a no-nonsence, mean-spirited Pennsylvania Dutch woman who has turned her family farmhouse into a successful country inn. The hotel guests were interesting as we meet them through the book. The murders themselves were a bit slow and the mystery was less than breathtaking, but it was still fun to read and I will read more by this author. There is a lot about food in the book, and you will find yourself hungry as you read it. Miss Magdalena's acid tongue gets to be a bit much sometime, but nevertheless, the book is worth a read. In this book Magdelena is faced with two sudden deaths of her hotel guests. Are they connected? She sets out to find out pretty much on her own since the acting constable is a bumbling idiot.
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Summary: Amish or Mennonite???
Review: I have read a number of culinary mysteries and I found this one a waste of my time. Two murders take place - is any one concerned? When I finished the last page of the book - where was the ending?
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Summary: Delicious characters and recipes...
Review: Magdalena it up to her apron with a group of hunters, vegins, animal rights activists and rotten politicians... all during the same week. They manage to cook themselves into a corner, and murder too. Mag's has to contend with the nutty sister; nasty dog; tempermental relative cook; really weird police and keep from losing the Inn and her mind! Shot full of witty fun and yummy recipes! WARNING: Don't read if your hungry!
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Summary: Mystery-lite
Review: Magdalena Yoder has turned her family farmhouse into a famous Amish country inn. Booked well in advance, she has the privilege of selecting her customers. So she's a little surprised when she discovers she's booked a hunting party led by a well-known Senator and an anti-hunting, animal rights group for the same week, the opening week of hunting season. With the varying dietary requirements of the two groups, she has her hands full keeping the guests happy and fed while keeping her cook in the kitchen and her sister in line. And that's before the first body shows up!As a mystery this book is a little slow. The first body doesn't show up for quite some time, and then it's the one guest we've forgotten about. Still, there is plenty of conflict to keep the reader going and I never felt the pace lagged. The guests are interesting characters, however the characters that are to be regulars seem like they could become annoying caricatures. Still, this is a fun, promising first novel and I plan to read more books by this author.
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