Tamar Myers
Author
Series
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Even though she's now married to acclaimed Manhattan doctor, Gabriel Rosen, Magdalena-still a small-town Hernia girl at heart-is delighted to be chosen as the emcee for Hernia's first annual Holstein Competition. If there's anyone who doesn't pull punches in judging cows, it's Magdalena! Plus, holding the Holstein Competition means that Magdalena's beloved bed and breakfast, the PennDutch Inn is packed with out-of-town guests, making it a real cash-cow...
Author
Series
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes: PennDutch Mysteries #13
A piquant mystery-with a side of dangerous chili...It's that time of year again, the Hernia, PA's annual chili cook-off, and the competition is hot! When Reverend Schrock falls face first into his bowl of chili while judging the cook-off, his wife is convinced someone intentionally poisoned him and hires Magdalena Yoder for her expert nosing-around skills. But Magdalena finds...
Author
Series
Amanda Brown mysteries volume 3
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"A decades-old murder, a strange superstition, an enormous snake, and one giant secret are about to rock the beautiful Belle Vue to its core. It is a time of great upheaval for the Belgian Congo and Belle Vue is not safe from the changes. But there are more pressing problems as an unsolved disappearance brings up issues for some of the denizens of the village. Add to that a sudden influx of strangers and a horrible storm that literally divides the...
Author
Series
Amanda Brown mysteries volume 4
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Much to her chagrin, Buakane was born beautiful. If only she'd been ugly, Chief Eagle would not have noticed her. Escaping from an arranged marriage, the scrappy young girl finds her way to Julia Newton and the school. But this time her jilted husband will not be denied.
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"A lush novel, rich with tension and intricately woven, believable characters. Myers clearly loves the Congo-and you will love this book. I did! "-Mary Alice Monroe, bestselling author of Last Light over Carolina With The Witch Doctor's Wife, Tamar Myers delves into her personal history as the daughter of Christian missionaries in the Belgian Congo. Rich and alive with the sights and sounds of the continent-as exciting, evocative, charming, and suspenseful...
Author
Series
Amanda Brown mysteries volume 2
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In 1945, an infant left inadvertently to die in the jungles of the Belgian Congo is discovered by a young Bashilele tribesman on a mission to claim the head of an enemy. Recognized as human--despite her pale white skin and strange blue eyes--the baby is brought into the tribe and raised as its own. Young missionary Amanda Brown hears the incredible stories of a white girl living among the Bashilele headhunters. In the company of the local police chief,...
Author
Series
Den of Antiquity mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
The Corpse Is In The Mail! Den of Antiquity proprietress Abigail Timberlake's Halloween costume party is a roaring success-until an unexpected fire sends the panicked guests fleeing from Abby's emporium. One exiting reveler she is only too happy to see the back of is Tweetie "Little Bo Peep" Timberlake-unfaithful wife of Abby's faithless ex, Buford. But not long after the conflagration is brought under control, the former Mrs. T. discovers an unfamiliar...
Author
Publisher
T. Myers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"This debut mystery introduces Magdalena Yoder, prim, proper, and persnickety proprietor of the PennDutch Inn, where guests luxuriate in the true 'Amish experience', (read: doing Magdalena's chores and paying top dollar for the opportunity!). When one of her more reclusive guests takes a tumble down the PennDutch's picturesquely steep staircase and breaks his neck, the timing couldn't be worse. It's the start of hunting season - and her inn is packed...
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Boos
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Abigail Timberlake Washburn would rather be anywhere else on a muggy Charleston summer evening -- even putting in extra hours at her antiques shop -- than at a séance. But her best friend, "Calamity Jane," thinks a spirit -- or "Apparition American," as ectoplasmically-correct Abby puts it -- lurks in the eighteenth-century Georgian mansion, complete with priceless, seventeenth-century Portuguese kitchen tiles, that C.J. just bought as a fixer-upper....
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Magdalena Yoder, Amish-Mennonite proprietor of the Pennsylvania Dutch Inn, travels to Farmersburg, Ohio for the funeral of her second cousin (twice removed) who had the unfortunate luck of drowning in a vat of milk…and, as Magdalena knows, Amish men just don't go swimming in milk in the middle of February. Something's definitely rotten in Farmersburg… When another relative is found belly up, Magdalena puts her (impressive, but attractive nonetheless,...
Author
Series
Den of Antiquity mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Antiques dealer Abby Timberlake Washburn is thrilled when the Mrs. Amelia Shadbark-doyenne of Charleston society-invites her to broker a pricey collection of Lalique glass sculpture. These treasures will certainly boost business at the Den of Antiquity, and maybe hoist Abby into the upper crust-which would please her class-conscious mom, Mozella, no end. Alas, Abby's fragile dream is soon shattered when Mrs. Shadbark meets a foul, untimely end. And...
Author
Series
Den of Antiquity mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
With the strange appearance of a voodoo priestess coupled with the disturbing disappearance of a loved one--and with nasty family skeletons tumbling from the trees like acorns--Abby needs to find her penny auntie's killer p.d.q....or she'll be up to her ashes in serious trouble!
Author
Publisher
A Signet Book
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Life has been tough of late for the proprietress of the PennDutch Inn, Magdalena Yoder. Her husband turned out to be a bigamist, the guest list for her recently rebuilt PennDutch Inn is not as robust as she'd like, and her sister plans to marry her arch nemesis. So Magdalena Yoder is not in a good mood and she's more than happy to let everyone in town know exactly how she feels.Fortunately, a group of World War II veterans once stationed in Africa...
Author
Series
Den of Antiquity mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Charleston antiques dealer Abigail Timberlake Washburn is thrilled by her recent estate auction purchase of a spectacular bejeweled birdcage from India, but not so much by its occupant, a mouthy mynah named Monet. Still, her customers at the Den of Antiquity seem charmed by the insufferable birdbrain, so Abby figures she's stuck with him. That is, until she finds a stuffed starling resting on his usual perch with a ransom note demanding a real Monet...