FICTION · WOMEN DETECTIVES
Tamar Myers
I much prefer Hernia to Intercourse.
— from Custard's last stand, 2004
Most acclaimed
Butter safe than sorry
2010
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!
Custard's last stand
2004
Book 11 in the Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery with Recipes series. From the front and back flaps: Kentucky Colonel George Custard thinks Magdalena's hometown of Hernia, Pennsylvania is perfect... so perfect, in fact, he has decided to build his new mega five-star hotel there. And if everything goes according to plan, roads will be widened and wealthy tourists will start pouring in by the thousands. But not everyone thinks this is such a good idea, because the new superstructure will surely destroy the town's quaint and quite ambience. Meanwhile, Hernia has another unwelcome guest to worry about based on wild reports that Bigfoot is roaming the area. At a town council meeting, several vocal citizens including Magdalena, protest Custard's project. Soon after, the colonel is found murdered--shot to death at the PennDutch Inn. No one minded telling him off, but killing him off is a different story. With the police investigation going nowhere, Magdalena takes it upon herself to find out who caused Custard's last stand. She must stay one step ahead of both the rumors and the builders to solve the case, restore peace--and save her beloved town... INCLUDES A HALF DOZEN HEAVENLY CUSTARD RECIPES
The witch doctor's wife
2009
From beloved mystery writer Tamar Myers comes an enthralling tale of duty, greed, danger, and miracles in equatorial Africa.The Congo beckons to young Amanda Brown in 1958, as she follows her missionary calling to the mysterious "dark continent" far from her South Carolina home. But her enthusiasm cannot cushion her from the shock of a very foreign culture-where competing missionaries are as plentiful as flies, and oppressive European overlords are busy stripping the land of its most valuable resource: diamonds.Little by little, Amanda is drawn into the lives of the villagers in tiny Belle Vue-and she is touched by the plight of the local witch doctor, a man known as Their Death, who has been forced to take a second job as a yardman to support his two wives. But when First Wife stumbles upon an impossibly enormous uncut gem, events are set in motion that threaten to devastate the lives of these people Amanda has come to admire and love-events that could lead to nothing less than murder.Richly evocative, written with warmth and humor, and based on the author's own experiences, Tamar Myers's The Witch Doctor's Wife is an unforgettable African journey with a spellbinding mystery at its heart.