Book Description
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...
Custard's Last Stand: A Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery with Recipes FROM THE PUBLISHER
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...
FROM THE CRITICS
Publishers Weekly
In Custard's Last Stand: A Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery with Recipes, the 11th culinary cozy by Tamar Myers (after 2002's Gruel and Unusual Punishment), the murder of Col. George Custard puts an end to the tycoon's plans to build a fancy hotel in Hernia, Penn. In between recipes (mostly for custard), witty, eccentric Magdalena Yoder, the Mennonite proprietor of the PennDutch Inn, pulls together clues to the killer's identity.
Library Journal
Fans of this popular series will certainly be pleased with Magdalena Yoder's most recent adventure. This time out, the Hermia (PA) inn-owner and sleuth tackles a murder in her own establishment: someone has killed wealthy entrepreneur Col. George Custard, who planned to build a five-star hotel in the Amish-Mennonite community. Despite her brash attitude, Jewish boyfriend, 12-year-old foster daughter, caustic but funny remarks, and overall in-your-face technique, Magdalena manages to succeed. Broad, sometimes self-deprecating humor, nonstop action, off-the-wall incidents, and idiosyncratic characters result in clever entertainment for all collections.
Kirkus Reviews
Had Mennonite innkeeper Magdalena Yoder but known Colonel Custardﾽs plans for upscaling tiny, picturesque Hernia, Pennsylvania, with a 100-suite hotel, deluxe spa, gourmet restaurant, and hot-and-cold running amenities, she never would have rented out the second floor of her PennDutch Inn to him, his chauffeur Ivan, and his personal chef Anne. No sooner does she find out, however, than she calls a town meeting to deny him zoning rights, and the hubbub has barely peaked when the Colonelﾽs lying dead on his bedroom floor with a bullet hole in his forehead and a gun in Ivanﾽs hand. Magdalenaﾽs dopey brother-in-law, Sheriff Melvin Stoltzfus, thinks heﾽs got the culprit, but Magdalenaﾽs not so sure, and having solved a few crimes in her time (No Use Dying Over Spilled Milk, 1996, etc.), she canvasses the locals for other possible suspects, a task complicated by omnipresent members of the Fourth Estate, all convinced that sheﾽs Bigfoot (donﾽt ask). Of course, sticking her plus-size proboscis into everyoneﾽs business, from Sam Yoderﾽs Corner Market to Elspeth Millerﾽs Feed Store, worries Magdalenaﾽs Jewish fiancﾽ, Gabe Rosen, especially when it forces her to confront a 25-foot snake with naught but a meat fork while it squeezes the life out of one very tiny killer while Melvinﾽs besotted sidekick Zelda looks on. Scrawny, pesky, irresistibly funny Magdalena will have you overlooking plot glitches and reading on for her next amusing one-liner. Includes six custard recipes (not sampled).
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