Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries Books In Order

Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth

Unique insights into Mennonite customs and authentic Mennonite recipes mark a unique mystery involving Magdalena Yoder’s Mennonite Inn, setting for a series of mysterious poisonings involving a congressman, his socialite wife, and a group of animal rights activists.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Crime

Featuring authentic Pennsylvania Dutch recipes, the second novel in the mystery series featuring Amish innkeeper and amateur sleuth Magdalena Yoder finds Yoder a prime suspect in the murder of a film director. LJ. K.

No Use Dying Over Spilled Milk

Pennsylvania Dutch inn owner/amateur sleuth Magdalena Yoder finds out that her second cousin twice removed is truly lactose intolerant when he’s discovered dead in a tank of milk. But when she heads to Ohio for the funeral, she lands smack in the middle of a war between powerful cheesemakers not to mention gallons of trouble and murder!

Just Plain Pickled to Death

It’s another case of meals, mayhem and murder in Pennsylvania’s Dutch country! Magdalena Yoder’s finally getting married, but this special affair is quickly spoiling. The cook preparing the wedding feast has found a corpse in a barrel of sauerkraut the cousin of Magdalena’s bridegroom, a woman reported missing for two decades. And when Magdalena takes it upon herself to find the killer, she soon discovers that one of the key suspects is none other than her beloved! .

Between a Wok and a Hard Place

Ever since her new husband flew the coop, Pennsylvania Dutch inn owner Magdalena Yoder has had plenty of time to kill. But the suspicious death of an Asian tourist proves that time is not the only thing around here that’s getting murdered! Magdalena follows the trail to the local Amish community where a dangerous secret is being concealed, and a killer who’s really using his noodle awaits! .

Eat, Drink and Be Wary

When Magdalena Yoder, proprietor of the PennDutch Inn, reluctantly agreed to her cook’s request to host the East Coast Delacacies Bake Off, she never thought it would turn into a recipe for murder. When the sponsor of the contest is found with a paring knife in his back, and the Inn’s cook is named the number one suspect, it’s up to Magdalena to solve the crime before the killer stops her first!.

Play It Again, Spam

The newly rebuilt Penn Dutch Inn hosts a gathering of World War II buddies who served in the Afrika Corps. In reality, though, the veterans are looking for their old commander, rumored to have slipped into the U.S. after the war, and to have taken the identity of an Amish man. Also staying over are a world famous concert pianist and her historian husband, who has a mission of his own in mind. When a dead body turns up, it looks like an old vendetta has been carried out, and it’s up to Magdalena to stir the killer to the surface.

The Hand That Rocks the Ladle

The PennDutch inn has seen its fair share of murder. But when triplets turn out to be twins, innkeeper Magdalena Yoder must sift out a cradle robber…
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The Crepes of Wrath

Tamar Myers’ novels featuring Magdalena Yoder have delighted legions of fans. Now, in The Crepes of Wrath, the first hardcover of the series, the mystery surrounds a local cook who is found poisoned to death by a bad batch of crepes. Fast paced and relentlessly funny, The Crepes of Wrath is testament to Tamar Myers’ growing appeal. 9th in the Penn Dutch mystery series and the first hardcover

Gruel and Unusual Punishment

Pennsylvania Dutch Inn owner Magdalena Yoder returns in the tenth book in the mouthwatering series…
When an imprisoned con man meets his Maker after sampling a bowl of gruel laced with arsenic, it’s cruel and unusual punishment indeed. And since Magdalena provided the last supper, she’s convinced that one of his many visitors must have added the sinister secret ingredient. With the reputation of her establishment at stake, Magdalena puts on her detective bonnet to discover who in Hernia poisoned the porridge

Custard’s Last Stand

When Colonel George Custard decides to build a glitzy new hotel in Hernia, outraged residents protest the project. Soon after, the colonel is found shot to death at the PennDutch Inn. Now Magdalena Yoder must find out who caused Custard’s Last Stand and save her beloved town…

Thou Shalt Not Grill

A sizzling new mystery in the national bestselling series

Over a half million copies of her books in print

In this latest Pennsylvania Dutch mystery, innkeeper Magdalena Yoder takes her cooking and detection skills outdoors to celebrate the bicentennial of Hernia, Pennsylvania. But the festivities are cut short when her guest, Buzzy Porter, is murdered. Soon Magdalena has her hands full trying to keep community spirits high, grill the likely suspects and smoke out the killer.

Assault and Pepper

A tasty mystery with a side of killer chili

Includes six chili recipes

Magdalena Yoder and her Mennonite congregation gather for the annual chili cook off, only to have beloved Reverend Schrock fall face first into his bowl. For his widow’s sake, Magdalena begins to look into the victim’s death, soon discovering that Schrock wasn’t all that well liked by his flock.

Grape Expectations

A couple of unprincipled outsiders have bought an old farm at the edge of the Mennonite community of Hernia, Pennsylvania. They say they want to grow fruit, but their real plan is to start a vineyard and open a winery. This scheme is a serious affront to the teetotalling Mennonites, so everyone’s a suspect when the manager of the vineyard is found entombed in cement. A new and inexperienced police chief can’t solve the crime alone, and soon Magdalena Yoder finds herself on the case risking her neck with her ear to the grapevine.

Hell Hath No Curry

National bestselling author Tamar Myers turns up the spice Praise for the Pennsylvania Dutch mysteries: Includes tasty curry recipes! Three days before he’s due to tie the knot with Priscilla Livengood, eligible bachelor Cornelious Weaver suffers a massive heart attack in another woman’s bed. The scandal is about as good as television for the insular citizens of Hernia, Pennsylvania, and it gets even spicier when the coroner’s report reveals possible foul play: Cornelious’s curry was spiked with a stimulant. Innkeeper sleuth Magdalena Yoder can’t help but investigate and soon discovers that the old adage about a woman scorned is true…

As the World Churns

Magdalena Yoder may finally be married to big time Manhattan doctor Gabriel Rosen, but she’s still a small town girl at heart, and thrilled to be the emcee for the first annual Hernia Holstein Competition. As a bonus, the PennDutch and its barn are booked solid. But then someone clobbers the contest’s originator, Doc Shafor, while he’s admiring the cows, and both Gabe and his daughter Alison go missing. With the help of her best friend and the hindrance of her mother in law, Magdalena vows to track down clues until the cows and her family come home.

Batter Off Dead

New in the national bestselling series Magdalena Yoder solves a case of hotcake homicide.

During a church breakfast, Minerva J. Jay, known for her prodigious appetite, slumps over after ingesting several stacks of pancakes. Police Chief Chris Ackerman wonders if the serving of the fatal flapjacks is a case of assault and batter. Magdalena has her own bun in the oven, but that doesn t stop the chief from asking for her help with the investigation.

Before Magdalena can begin, however, she has to make a special delivery of her own and just when she thinks she’s found her number one suspect, he turns up dead, squished flatter than a pancake by a driverless cement truck. Now, to stop the killer from cooking up another crime, Magdalena has no choice but to jump from the frying pan into the fire.

Butter Safe Than Sorry

From the national bestselling author of Batter Off Dead, the newest Pennsylvania Dutch mystery! Mennonite innkeeper Magdalena Yoder is at the bank with her four year old son when three armed Amish men burst in and start shooting and more surprisingly cursing. Magdalena protects Little Jacob, and the robbers flee at the sound of police sirens. When Jacob wonders why the bandits had mustaches unlike all the other Amish men he knows Magdalena springs into action to catch the thieves. They may be armed, but they may not be Amish!