{"product_id":"the-death-of-pie-by-tamar-myers-1584c","title":"The Death of Pie by Tamar Myers","description":"\u003cp\u003eA brand-new quirky mystery with recipes in the longrunning Pennsylvania-Dutch series. n nWhen a bestselling novelist falls face-down dead into Magdalena Yoder's prize-winning apple pie during the village of Hernia's 110th Annual Festival of Pies, there is no shortage of suspects in the subsequent murder investigation. A former guest at Magdalena's PennDutch Inn, the author had made many enemies on publication of her subsequent tell-all book, exposing the faults and foibles of members of the local Amish\/Mennonite community, and mocking their way of life. But who was enraged enough to want to poison the acid-tongued writer?  n nHopelessly out of his depth, Hernia's inexperienced young Chief of Police requests Magdalena's help in uncovering the answer. As she sets about questioning her friends and neighbours, Magdalena discovers that more than one villager has a secret to hide. n nEditorial Reviews n n05\/12\/2014 nNeither the presence of an ancestral ghost nor the folksy pie recipes are sufficient to redeem Myers's tiresome 19th Pennsylvania-Dutch cozy (after 2010's Butter Safe than Sorry). Wet-behind-the-ears Hernia, Pa., police chief Toy Graham asks Magdalena Yoder, the Mennonite-raised but salty-tongued proprietor of the PennDutch Inn, for help after Ramat Sreym, a writer who alienated the entire community with her tell-all memoir, keels over at the local pie festival, smack into Magdalena's own apple pie. Magdalena agrees, only to treat the investigation--in which her best friends Agnes and Wanda are prime suspects--primarily as an excuse for lame wordplay, rude behavior, and musings on the importance of eating sweets. Additional comic relief is provided by spectral appearances of her deceased Grandma Yoder. Only long-standing devotees of the series are likely to dig in. Agent: Nancy Yost, Nancy Yost Literary Agency. (July) n- Publishers Weekly n n2014-06-02 nThe maven of Mennonite mysteries is at it again. Magdalena Yoder Rosen is the wealthiest woman in Hernia, Pennsylvania, and she likes to poke her long nose into every remotely interesting corner of the area. She's delighted when the new sheriff she's hired and whose salary she pays (along with every other town expense) asks her help in finding the murderer of beautiful novelist Ramat Sreym. Even after writing a best-seller insulting just about everyone in the local Amish and Mennonite communities, Ramat was invited back to judge the local pie contest, where she inconveniently dropped dead in Magdalena's apple pie. Unfortunately, the list of suspects includes Mother Malaise, the Yiddishe momme of Magdalena's husband, and two of her cronies. What to do? Magdalena cobbles together a faux police uniform, jumps in the town police car, and sets out to interview the suspects, a process that leads to alienating friends, promoting a romance and getting accused of the dirty deed herself. There is precious little mystery in this rambling, repetitive tale, which is far from Myers' best work (As The World Churns, 2008, etc.). Magdalena may be smart and amusing, but her atrocious alliterative amalgamations will alienate many a reader. n- Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41825311981642,"sku":"1584c","price":9.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/1584c_fcf7cd6c-1624-44fa-81a3-2fc6c0b5bb3d.jpg?v=1764380744","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/the-death-of-pie-by-tamar-myers-1584c","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}