Between a Wok and a Hard Place: A Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery With Recipes (Magdalena Yoder Mystery Series , No 5)

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Summary: A hit-and-run mystery
Review: Magdelena Yoder has always been the nemesis of police chief Melvin Stoltzfus. It might have something to do with the fact that she tends to solve crimes before he does. In this addition to the Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery series, Melvin decides since he can't beat her, he'll ask her to join him. Magdelena is called upon to be a temporary deputy in order to help Melvin solve the murder of an Asian visitor who has been strangled and then run over by an Amish buggy. Magdelena has her usual group of interesting guests at the PennDutch Inn and they are suspects along with some local teenage boys who love to drive their buggies around town late at night. She is unwittingly aided by her father-in-law who is in search of aliens and flying saucers and who helps her uncover some important evidence. This one is a bit thin as to the plot, and the murderer's motive is pretty shaky, but it's still good fun if you're a "cozy" fan.

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Summary: Good fortune
Review: Magdelina is up to her eyeballs again! Believe it or not, the chief of police (Mag's nemesis)requests her assistance in solving a murder! Mags is dumbfounded, but not for long. Once again she sticks her proboscis into so many locations, the story does get a little confusing; a lot of situations seem to go unanswered. However, being a true fan of T.M., I continue to enjoy the escapades of Magdelina, and her usual cast of wacky guests!

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Summary: Not much WORK in this WOK....
Review: Magdelina is up to her eyeballs again! Believe it or not, the chief of police (Mag's nemesis)requests her assistance in solving a murder! Mags is dumbfounded, but not for long. Once again she sticks her proboscis into so many locations, the story does get a little confusing; a lot of situations seem to go unanswered. However, being a true fan of T.M., I continue to enjoy the escapades of Magdelina, and her usual cast of wacky guests!

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Summary: Between a Wok and a Hard Place
Review: Tamar Myers has too many sidelines in this book. Too much about too many other characters and not enough attention paid to the real mystery in question. I found this book an entanglement of Magdelena's relationships (good and bad ones) and the history connected with each one. This book was a downer.

Rating:
Summary: Between a Wok and a Hard Place
Review: Tamar Myers has too many sidelines in this book. Too much about too many other characters and not enough attention paid to the real mystery in question. I found this book an entanglement of Magdelena's relationships (good and bad ones) and the history connected with each one. This book was a downer.

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Summary: Magdalena jumps to conclusions and solves the murders again
Review: This time around Magdalena is assisting the police at their request after she happens upon a dead body in downtown Hernia. She is distracted from her sleuthing efforts by her father-in-law's sighting of a flying saucer, her guests' outrageous offspring, her sister's depression caused by lack of male companionship, and her own mixed thoughts about her marriage and perhaps too much male attention from her very own Pooky Bear. Teenage Amish wild oat sowing, a flash flood, a doctor selling back braces, and Magdalena's new red BMW all help stir the plot, but the solution is Magdalena's own. Now if she can just get Freni to unquit her job as cook again and stir up some more broken-heart healing gingerbread!