Custard's Last Stand
Tamar Myers

“Think Mayberry R.F.D. with Mennonites. Think Murder, She Wrote with a Pennsylvania Dutch accent. Instead of Jessica Fletcher, think Magdalena Yoder, a plain-dressing, blunt- speaking, middle-aged innkeeper who frequently rescues the incompetent chief of police by solving his cases…The series’ popularity is rising like sticky bun dough.”— Morning Call (Allentown, PA)

Tamar Myers’s mouthwatering mysteries have “all the right ingredients” (Mostly Murder), including hilarious heroine Magdalena Yoder. In this delicious new novel, Magdalena’s cozy PennDutch Inn is faced with some very deadly competition…

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, as the new superstructure will surely destroy the town’s quaint and quiet ambience. Meanwhile, Hernia has another unwelcome guest to worry about, after wild reports that Bigfoot is roaming the area.

At a town council meeting, several vocal citizens arrive to protest Custard’s project, including Magdalena. 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!

(Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery with Recipes)
NAL, February 2003
230 pages ISBN: 0451207823
Hardcover
$19.95

Also by Tamar Myers:
As the World Churns, February 2008
Hell Hath No Curry, January 2008
Hell Hath No Curry, February 2007
Grape Expectations, January 2007
Grape Expectations, February 2006
Assault And Pepper, January 2006
Assault And Pepper, February 2005
Thou Shalt Not Grill, January 2005
Custard's Last Stand, January 2004
Gruel and Unusual Punishment, January 2003
The Crepes of Wrath, January 2002
The Hand That Rocked the Ladle, March 2000
Play It Again Spam, August 1999
Eat, Drink, and Be Wary, September 1998
Between a Wok and a Hard Place, March 1998
Just Plain Pickled to Death, October 1997
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Crime, August 1997
No Use Dying Over Spilled Milk, March 1997
Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth, August 1995
Thou Shalt Not Grill, January 1991

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