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Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery #15
Hell Hath No Curry
Three days before he's due to tie the knot with Priscilla Livengood, eligible bachelor Cornelious Weaver suffers a massive heart attack-in another woman's bed. The scandal is about as good as television for the insular citizens of Hernia, Pennsylvania, and it gets even spicier when the coroner's report reveals possible foul Cornelious's curry was spiked with a stimulant. As the mystery heats up, Magdalena discovers that the old adage about women scorned may be truer than she thought.
272 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2007
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About the author
Tamar Myers
74 books292 followersTamar Myers was born and raised in the Belgian Congo (now just the Congo). Her parents were missionaries to a tribe which, at that time, were known as headhunters and used human skulls for drinking cups. Hers was the first white family ever to peacefully coexist with the tribe, and Tamar grew up fluent in the local trade language. Because of her pale blue eyes, Tamar’s nickname was Ugly Eyes.
Tamar grew up eating elephant, hippopotamus and even monkey. She attended a boarding school that was two days away by truck, and sometimes it was necessary to wade through crocodile infested waters to reach it. Other dangers she encountered as a child were cobras, deadly green mambas, and the voracious armies of driver ants that ate every animal (and human) that didn’t get out of their way.
In 1960 the Congo, which had been a Belgian colony, became an independent nation. There followed a period of retribution (for heinous crimes committed against the Congolese by the Belgians) in which many Whites were killed. Tamar and her family fled the Congo, but returned a year later. By then a number of civil wars were raging, and the family’s residence was often in the line of fire. In 1964, after living through three years of war, the family returned to the United States permanently.
Tamar was sixteen when her family settled in America, and she immediately underwent severe culture shock. She didn’t know how to dial a telephone, cross a street at a stoplight, or use a vending machine. She lucked out, however, by meeting her husband, Jeffrey, on her first day in an American high school. They literally bumped heads while he was leaving, and she entering, the Civics classroom.
Tamar now calls Charlotte, NC home. She lives with her husband, plus a Basenji dog named Pagan, a Bengal cat named Nkashama, and an orange tabby rescue cat named Dumpster Boy. She and her husband are of the Jewish faith, the animals are not.
Tamar enjoys gardening (she is a Master Gardner), bonsai, travel, painting and, of course, reading. She loves Thai and Indian food, and antique jewelry. She plans to visit Machu Pichu in the near future.
Series:
* Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery
* Den of Antiquity Mystery
Tamar grew up eating elephant, hippopotamus and even monkey. She attended a boarding school that was two days away by truck, and sometimes it was necessary to wade through crocodile infested waters to reach it. Other dangers she encountered as a child were cobras, deadly green mambas, and the voracious armies of driver ants that ate every animal (and human) that didn’t get out of their way.
In 1960 the Congo, which had been a Belgian colony, became an independent nation. There followed a period of retribution (for heinous crimes committed against the Congolese by the Belgians) in which many Whites were killed. Tamar and her family fled the Congo, but returned a year later. By then a number of civil wars were raging, and the family’s residence was often in the line of fire. In 1964, after living through three years of war, the family returned to the United States permanently.
Tamar was sixteen when her family settled in America, and she immediately underwent severe culture shock. She didn’t know how to dial a telephone, cross a street at a stoplight, or use a vending machine. She lucked out, however, by meeting her husband, Jeffrey, on her first day in an American high school. They literally bumped heads while he was leaving, and she entering, the Civics classroom.
Tamar now calls Charlotte, NC home. She lives with her husband, plus a Basenji dog named Pagan, a Bengal cat named Nkashama, and an orange tabby rescue cat named Dumpster Boy. She and her husband are of the Jewish faith, the animals are not.
Tamar enjoys gardening (she is a Master Gardner), bonsai, travel, painting and, of course, reading. She loves Thai and Indian food, and antique jewelry. She plans to visit Machu Pichu in the near future.
Series:
* Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery
* Den of Antiquity Mystery
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December 30, 2018
This was terrible. A series of one liners, many in bad taste. It was a total waste of time.
Mennonite hotel owner, amateur detective, is trying to find out who killed a rich playboy in the community. This setting means nothing, story-wise, it is just the set up for pages of slapstick.
I guess other people like this, for me, no. To quote the book out of context, "Vhat is dis? Haufa mischt!" The recipes actually look pretty good. She could have written a cookbook instead.
Mennonite hotel owner, amateur detective, is trying to find out who killed a rich playboy in the community. This setting means nothing, story-wise, it is just the set up for pages of slapstick.
I guess other people like this, for me, no. To quote the book out of context, "Vhat is dis? Haufa mischt!" The recipes actually look pretty good. She could have written a cookbook instead.
October 3, 2012
If you love enjoyable cozies to read, this one's right for you. It came with Amish-Mennonite recipes too for your own pleasure too. In the 15th installment, Magdalena's got a full plate with planning her wedding to Gabe, and as mayor of Hernia. There's been a couple of new changes in Hernia, when she's on a case of another murder in her inn and there's more than one suspect out there. We're welcomed into her Mennonite world and her feelings of marrying Gabe, who's Jewish, and how there's a couple of obstacles in the way. But we see how close she is to her sister and cousins and her foster daughter. There's some twists and turns and some humor into this cozy to keep you into suspense. We see the world around her from her own eyes and our own eyes too. This is a quick read to give you laughs. You'll root for Magdalena for sure, when she's close to danger once again.
July 22, 2011
It's funny--I'm not crazy about Myers' other mystery [Den of Antiquity] series, but with the Pennsylvania Dutch series, she can do no wrong. I never get tired of Magdalena's smart mouth or Freni's equally funny view of the world. I could do without the Ida charactor, and Madalena's pseudo daughter [her ex-Babester's actual daughter] charactor doesn't really come off like any teenage girl I've ever known. Up until now I only knew I liked curry-based sauces; now I know how they're made. Most of the recipes are mouth-watering, if perhaps a bit complicated for my kitchen.
November 26, 2020
What the what?!?
I’ve read many a cozy mystery in my time and while they are all a little contrived at times, they usually end up with something of a plot.
Maybe it’s because I jumped in at book number 15 in the series, long past the time when author fatigue usually kicks in, but this seemed like a barely cobbled together “mystery”. In fact, it seemed to mostly just be a vehicle for the main character’s sass and wit.
Speaking of the main character, she argued with pretty much everyone for no apparent reason, barely did anything in the way of investigating, solved the mystery by random thought, and was a total bitch for, again, no apparent reason. Not to mention her newfound obsession with her own looks, her random breakup with her fiancé, and her odd behavior that really didn’t make much sense. Honestly, by the end I was kind of rooting for one of the killers to off Magdalena.
Also, did the author just forget about the second murder? Why was the police chief murdered? There was no explanation for why she had to be offed or even who did it. Are we just to assume it was done by Cornelius‘s murderers? But why? It’s not like it was ever explained that the chief knew something about the murder or killers. Is this a set up for the next book? Do I even care? No, no I do not.
Read for the 2020 Reading Challenge prompt, “A book with a pun in the title”.
I’ve read many a cozy mystery in my time and while they are all a little contrived at times, they usually end up with something of a plot.
Maybe it’s because I jumped in at book number 15 in the series, long past the time when author fatigue usually kicks in, but this seemed like a barely cobbled together “mystery”. In fact, it seemed to mostly just be a vehicle for the main character’s sass and wit.
Speaking of the main character, she argued with pretty much everyone for no apparent reason, barely did anything in the way of investigating, solved the mystery by random thought, and was a total bitch for, again, no apparent reason. Not to mention her newfound obsession with her own looks, her random breakup with her fiancé, and her odd behavior that really didn’t make much sense. Honestly, by the end I was kind of rooting for one of the killers to off Magdalena.
Also, did the author just forget about the second murder? Why was the police chief murdered? There was no explanation for why she had to be offed or even who did it. Are we just to assume it was done by Cornelius‘s murderers? But why? It’s not like it was ever explained that the chief knew something about the murder or killers. Is this a set up for the next book? Do I even care? No, no I do not.
Read for the 2020 Reading Challenge prompt, “A book with a pun in the title”.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 23, 2019
This series started out pretty well, but it has gone haywire. There are plenty of repeating lines, the plot is nuts at times, and the characters, save Freni, are fairly annoying. I had anticipated finishing this series but I’m not sure I will bother.
Also, this book is full of curry recipes. Set in India? No. Indian characters? No. Characters keen on curry? Ummmm. I didn’t get it. It was weird.
Also, this book is full of curry recipes. Set in India? No. Indian characters? No. Characters keen on curry? Ummmm. I didn’t get it. It was weird.
September 27, 2019
Hernia's eligible bachelor is dead. He was having sex with the new police chief when his heart condition caught up with him....... until a blood panel was done and he was discovered to have been drugged.
Since the chief was with him..... the Lieutenant asked Magdalena to see about some good Public Relations for the shocked chief. Magdalena agrees, until the results of the blood panel came back.... and then she started investigating Cornelius' murder.
She begins with all those women Cornelius either dumped, or led on, or just had a sexual relationship with. Eventually, she gets to the chief and while including her in the list of suspects, also drops the deceased's mother as a suspect.
But the chief is also murdered, cleanly, in the bathtub with minimal blood anywhere else.
While Magdalena is investigating, the new pastor of Beechy Grove Mennonite Church gets the votes to revamp the church. He has dreams of changing the church into the biggest televangelist church in the United States..... until Magdalena evicts him from the parsonage...... and gets a huge clue to the murderer of Cornelius.
Magdalena is falsely imprisoned, then kidnapped.... but escaped as the car she was in drove slowly in Hernia and then ran into the Police Department.
Magdalena and Gabe are finally married, after some very steep mountains, roadblocks or pits.
Recipes
Curries
Lamb Curry
Palak Paneer
Kheema Mattar
Coconut Chicken Curry Flurry
Garden Delight Curry
"Jammin'" Gulab Jamun
Mango Lassi
Since the chief was with him..... the Lieutenant asked Magdalena to see about some good Public Relations for the shocked chief. Magdalena agrees, until the results of the blood panel came back.... and then she started investigating Cornelius' murder.
She begins with all those women Cornelius either dumped, or led on, or just had a sexual relationship with. Eventually, she gets to the chief and while including her in the list of suspects, also drops the deceased's mother as a suspect.
But the chief is also murdered, cleanly, in the bathtub with minimal blood anywhere else.
While Magdalena is investigating, the new pastor of Beechy Grove Mennonite Church gets the votes to revamp the church. He has dreams of changing the church into the biggest televangelist church in the United States..... until Magdalena evicts him from the parsonage...... and gets a huge clue to the murderer of Cornelius.
Magdalena is falsely imprisoned, then kidnapped.... but escaped as the car she was in drove slowly in Hernia and then ran into the Police Department.
Magdalena and Gabe are finally married, after some very steep mountains, roadblocks or pits.
Recipes
Curries
Lamb Curry
Palak Paneer
Kheema Mattar
Coconut Chicken Curry Flurry
Garden Delight Curry
"Jammin'" Gulab Jamun
Mango Lassi
July 26, 2025
I think I’m breaking up with Tamar Myers.
I never thought I would outgrow an author. But it appears that it’s time to give the “it’s not you, it’s me” speech to the author. She used to be one of my most favorite authors. Now, I just find her trite and one-note.
The over abundance of punny, corny word play of the main character has become tiresome, and the plot isn’t a strong enough counterpoint for me to care. I found myself skimming rather than reading 2/3 of the way through the book.
I kept two stars for the nostalgia, but I think BB King has warmed up Lucille and is preparing his voice up in heaven to break out into his most famous blues riff as I bid Magdalena Yoder a fond farewell; I don’t even think I will attempt the other books in the series.
“The thrill is gone.”
I never thought I would outgrow an author. But it appears that it’s time to give the “it’s not you, it’s me” speech to the author. She used to be one of my most favorite authors. Now, I just find her trite and one-note.
The over abundance of punny, corny word play of the main character has become tiresome, and the plot isn’t a strong enough counterpoint for me to care. I found myself skimming rather than reading 2/3 of the way through the book.
I kept two stars for the nostalgia, but I think BB King has warmed up Lucille and is preparing his voice up in heaven to break out into his most famous blues riff as I bid Magdalena Yoder a fond farewell; I don’t even think I will attempt the other books in the series.
“The thrill is gone.”
September 4, 2017
Hernia, PA's most eligible bachelor is getting married in three days when he dies of a heart attack...in another woman's bed. An autopsy reveals it was murder and innkeeper, Mennonite and part time detective Magdalena Yoder investigates and finds out that Cornelius Weaver had a lot of lovers which makes for a lot of suspects! I love the "Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery" cozy series. Magdalena is a "hoot" (a reference for those who have read the series) and there's a great and funny supporting cast. I'm looking forward to the next book!
October 13, 2018
It took me FOREVER to finish reading because Magadelena is not a really likeable character. There was a lot of funny parts in the book but Magadelena can be self absorbed and self righteous at times. I got tired of reading about her good Christian underwear.
Cornelius is the to playboy of Hernia, PA. Three days before he was going to become an honest man, he was killed while doing the mattress tango. As the mayor of Hernia, Magadelena sets out to discover the murderer.
She needs to find the killer before she becomes his/ her next victim.
Cornelius is the to playboy of Hernia, PA. Three days before he was going to become an honest man, he was killed while doing the mattress tango. As the mayor of Hernia, Magadelena sets out to discover the murderer.
She needs to find the killer before she becomes his/ her next victim.
July 22, 2025
Probably the lamest mystery book I’ve ever read. Thr author tries a bit too hard to make it funny with pins and innuendos but it is just a silly story. Cornelius is found dead in his bed after having sed with the police chief. Later we find out he’d been sleeping with six other women, including his fiancé Priscilla who is is scheduled to wed in 3 days. Then the chief asks Magdalena, the towns mayor, to help with the investigation. This is totally whacked. Since when do mayors investigate murders?
April 30, 2018
Magdalena the local innkeeper in this fascinating Amish/Mennonite series is once again embroiled in the solving of a murder. The local eligible bachelor suffers a massive heart attack whilst in the bed of a woman, other than his fiancee. It turns out the curry he had eaten had been spiked. As Magdalena investigates she discovers the man has more than five women on the go, that he has promised marriage. A woman scorned?......
October 14, 2018
Again, Magdalena has kept me laughing! I just don't get tired of this series, even when "binge reading."
One of my favorite things about this particular book is the inclusion of good, basic Indian recipes. This is a new area of cooking for me to explore, so the more simple, go-to dishes I have on hand, the happier I'm going to be!
One of my favorite things about this particular book is the inclusion of good, basic Indian recipes. This is a new area of cooking for me to explore, so the more simple, go-to dishes I have on hand, the happier I'm going to be!
October 5, 2019
This was my second Pennsylvania Dutch mystery, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I did the first. This mystery seemed to take too long to come to a conclusion, and Magadalena Yoder becomes tiresome. This first-person narrator is not nearly as clever with words as she thinks she is.
August 31, 2020
This series is full of wacky sayings as Magdalena doesn't swear according to her Amish/Mennonite upbringing. She is concerned because is not up to date on the gossip in town when she is trying to find out how wealthy Cornelius died,
December 6, 2025
Not my cup of tea (or hot chocolate as the main character in this book likes). So much conversation is sarcastic and tongue-in-cheek that it’s literally difficult to read. Won’t be reading any others in this series.
October 3, 2020
Cute. Short story. Skipped all the recipes. Enjoyed the who dunit.
December 11, 2016
Great book!
March 24, 2017
Love all of Tamar's stories
Always an interesting mystery with familiar characters and a sassy main character. Ms. Myers weave a wonderful page-turning story every time.
Always an interesting mystery with familiar characters and a sassy main character. Ms. Myers weave a wonderful page-turning story every time.
January 14, 2010
Even though he's engaged to Priscilla Livengood, Cornelius Weaver has quite a way with women. In fact, when he dies after eating poisoned curry there are a number of suspects, all women who at one time or another had an affair with Cornelius. Police Chief Olivia Hornsby-Anderson can't investigate the case because she was with Cornelius when he died so she asks Magdalena Yoder to investigate. Mags agrees and soon finds out that Cornelius was a busy man - besides Priscilla and Olivia he was having affairs with a number of other women including Alice Troyer, Caroline Sha, Thelma Unruh and Drustara Kurtz. While Mags is trying to solve the murder, she is also trying to plan her wedding to Gabe Rosen. But Mags is beginning to wonder if the Jewish Gabe will fit into her Mennonite world. Add in a second murder and Mags has her hands full.
Starting with the very first sentence ("It was the best of crimes; it was the worst of crimes") "Hell Hath No Curry" is a very funny if light cozy mystery. The book is filled with humor - lots of puns and double entendres: Priscilla's habit of misspeaking; Freni's cooking; Mags habit of being cheap even when she is extremely wealthy; and the various people of Hernia, Pennsylvania. Some of the humor is filler that doesn't add to the plot like Mags' extremely funny conversation with a telemarketer and some of it does move the story along. Author Tamar Myers also pokes fun at herself yet manages to plug one of her books "The Dark Side of Heaven" at the same time. Myers has a habit of using running gags throughout her books and it sometimes works like Mags asking for hot chocolate and lady fingers at every house she visits. But her decision to have people keep telling Mags how beautiful she is backfires, especially since it goes against her description of Mags in the previous books in the series. It's too bad because Magdalena's growing self-awareness, realizing the fact that she has been living under the shadow of her dead mother, and her worries about her marriage to Gabe made her a deeper character than she usually is and added much to the book. I also liked Mags relationship with her foster daughter Allison (although I'm not convinced teenagers really talk the way she does), but there's far too little Susannah in the book. The mystery itself is light and tends to get lost in all the jokes. There's a second murder in the book for no apparent reason except to perhaps set up yet another running gag in the series.
Readers who like funny but light cozy mysteries will enjoy "Hell Hath No Curry".
Starting with the very first sentence ("It was the best of crimes; it was the worst of crimes") "Hell Hath No Curry" is a very funny if light cozy mystery. The book is filled with humor - lots of puns and double entendres: Priscilla's habit of misspeaking; Freni's cooking; Mags habit of being cheap even when she is extremely wealthy; and the various people of Hernia, Pennsylvania. Some of the humor is filler that doesn't add to the plot like Mags' extremely funny conversation with a telemarketer and some of it does move the story along. Author Tamar Myers also pokes fun at herself yet manages to plug one of her books "The Dark Side of Heaven" at the same time. Myers has a habit of using running gags throughout her books and it sometimes works like Mags asking for hot chocolate and lady fingers at every house she visits. But her decision to have people keep telling Mags how beautiful she is backfires, especially since it goes against her description of Mags in the previous books in the series. It's too bad because Magdalena's growing self-awareness, realizing the fact that she has been living under the shadow of her dead mother, and her worries about her marriage to Gabe made her a deeper character than she usually is and added much to the book. I also liked Mags relationship with her foster daughter Allison (although I'm not convinced teenagers really talk the way she does), but there's far too little Susannah in the book. The mystery itself is light and tends to get lost in all the jokes. There's a second murder in the book for no apparent reason except to perhaps set up yet another running gag in the series.
Readers who like funny but light cozy mysteries will enjoy "Hell Hath No Curry".
September 6, 2009
This is the title that first grabbed my attention and sparked my interest in the series - loving a good play on words as I do. Now, after reading the first 14 in the series, I've finally read this one!
"Hell Hath No Curry" ranks as one of my favorites in the series. There were moments of laugh-out-loud humor (especially - SPOILER - the "singing rat" at the Sausage Barn). There was still adolescent humor that I didn't find all that funny, though.
I have enjoyed Magdalena more as she has gained some depth, owing in large part to her unexpected foster parenting of an interesting teen-aged girl. Magdalena can still get on my nerves, but in this book the mystery itself was a pretty good one. And it is always interesting to see how Magdalena goes about ruling suspects out . . . she certainly has a unique way about her.
SPOILER ALERT
The story ends with Magdalena finally marrying Gabe. A big question for me is - will Gabe continue to be part of the story in #16? (Unlike Aaron Miller, whom Magdalena married on the last pages of one book, only to have disappeared in the first pages of the next). I feel as though the author is perhaps finally figuring out who Magdalena is. I hope so, as the interactions she has with Ida Rosen, Gabe Rosen, Doc Schafor, Allison, Susannah and Wanda are priceless and I'd like to see them all the next time around.
"Hell Hath No Curry" ranks as one of my favorites in the series. There were moments of laugh-out-loud humor (especially - SPOILER - the "singing rat" at the Sausage Barn). There was still adolescent humor that I didn't find all that funny, though.
I have enjoyed Magdalena more as she has gained some depth, owing in large part to her unexpected foster parenting of an interesting teen-aged girl. Magdalena can still get on my nerves, but in this book the mystery itself was a pretty good one. And it is always interesting to see how Magdalena goes about ruling suspects out . . . she certainly has a unique way about her.
SPOILER ALERT
The story ends with Magdalena finally marrying Gabe. A big question for me is - will Gabe continue to be part of the story in #16? (Unlike Aaron Miller, whom Magdalena married on the last pages of one book, only to have disappeared in the first pages of the next). I feel as though the author is perhaps finally figuring out who Magdalena is. I hope so, as the interactions she has with Ida Rosen, Gabe Rosen, Doc Schafor, Allison, Susannah and Wanda are priceless and I'd like to see them all the next time around.
August 19, 2010
With a winning blend of humor, mystery, and recipes, national bestselling author Tamar Myers has created a uniquely flavorful series. In her latest, Mennonite innkeeper Magdalena Yoder finds that a jam- or perhaps chutney- of small town love and cheating can lead to one vindictive vindaloo...
Three days before he's due to tie the knot with Priscilla Livingood, eligible bachelor Cornelius Weaver suffers a massive heart attack--in another woman's bed. The scandal is about as good as television for the insular citizens of Hernia, Pennsylvania, and it gets even spicier when the coroner's report reveals possible foul play. Cornelius's curry was spiked with a stimulant.
A thorough canvass of the local gossips reveals that philandering Cornelius had promised to wed no fewer than five women, and did the horizontal hoochie-koochie with all of them. As far as Magdalena is concerned, a woman who will dance the mattress mambo while unmarried is capable of just about anything. And she soon discovers that the old adage about a woman scorned may be truer than she thought...
Three days before he's due to tie the knot with Priscilla Livingood, eligible bachelor Cornelius Weaver suffers a massive heart attack--in another woman's bed. The scandal is about as good as television for the insular citizens of Hernia, Pennsylvania, and it gets even spicier when the coroner's report reveals possible foul play. Cornelius's curry was spiked with a stimulant.
A thorough canvass of the local gossips reveals that philandering Cornelius had promised to wed no fewer than five women, and did the horizontal hoochie-koochie with all of them. As far as Magdalena is concerned, a woman who will dance the mattress mambo while unmarried is capable of just about anything. And she soon discovers that the old adage about a woman scorned may be truer than she thought...
September 29, 2011
Hell might hath no curry but I've got no thyme to continue this story. The constant attempts at witticism and sarcasm and too numerous mentions of Magdalena's beauty wore thin by page 132.
Don't get me wrong, I like wit and sarcasm but too much of a good thing. . . I selected this book due to the title, erroneously assuming it had much to do with the Pennsylvania Dutch people and lifestyle with recipes thrown in. What I got was the impression the Amish and Mennonite are morally depraved - something I don't think is true. I wanted to like it but it isn't going to happen.
Ditched.
Don't get me wrong, I like wit and sarcasm but too much of a good thing. . . I selected this book due to the title, erroneously assuming it had much to do with the Pennsylvania Dutch people and lifestyle with recipes thrown in. What I got was the impression the Amish and Mennonite are morally depraved - something I don't think is true. I wanted to like it but it isn't going to happen.
Ditched.
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December 13, 2017Tamar Myers should have stopped the series at 14. Without a certain major character from the first 14 books, there is no real conflict. And what is a story without conflict?
Also, Meyers seems to be just phoning this in. She and her narrator protagonist get downright nasty as opposed to funny or even sarcastic. In the book's front matter, there is a rude note from Myers asking that fans please stop sending her title suggestions because "they're really not very funny." And Hell Hath No Curry is funny? Really? I stopped reading this about 50 pages in because I just couldn't be bothered to finish. This book made me (and my mother) give up on this series. So it gets no stars from me.
Also, Meyers seems to be just phoning this in. She and her narrator protagonist get downright nasty as opposed to funny or even sarcastic. In the book's front matter, there is a rude note from Myers asking that fans please stop sending her title suggestions because "they're really not very funny." And Hell Hath No Curry is funny? Really? I stopped reading this about 50 pages in because I just couldn't be bothered to finish. This book made me (and my mother) give up on this series. So it gets no stars from me.
August 24, 2009
There were a few recipes scattered throughout the book but it didn't seem to go along well the story. When the main character Magdalena talks, she seem to go off topic. It is her personality and amplifies it but gets irritating as it seems like a filler. I wanted to know how she solved the mystery so I kept on reading and skipped a lot of her chatter.
August 23, 2010
I really, really wanted to like this book...but I didn't. It seemed to me that the author was focused more on delivering "one-liners" than on a good cozy mystery plot. I do enjoy humor, but this, in my opinion, went 'way over the top. I had purchased several other books in the series and stockpiled them to read later, but I think I'll be selling them on ebay. Oh, well...
August 9, 2016
At first, I enjoyed the humourous turn of phrase used by the main character, Mennonite Magdalena Yoder, but it did begin to wear thin by the end of the book. Still, it's a good story even if I did feel a bit like I came into the middle of a conversation because so much about the characters seems to be required.
September 5, 2008
I really enjoy this series. I can't help but think if I was the babester I would be so gone! I like that she is accepting herself as attractive but it was a bit of overkill. This is my favorite series of the genre and I like each one better then the last.
August 27, 2008
Tamar Myers just makes me laugh. It's so corny, but it's so fun. And the recipes are always intriguing. I might give it 3.5 stars just because this IS book #15 and it's kind of getting old, but hey.
September 16, 2011
It seems with every Magdelena novel, she gets sillier and the dialogue gets more ridiculous. The series
is beginning to seem slightly "off". It took me forever to finish this book (and it wasn't that many pages)
as I just couldn't get into it or stay interested in it.
is beginning to seem slightly "off". It took me forever to finish this book (and it wasn't that many pages)
as I just couldn't get into it or stay interested in it.
August 20, 2013
Too hard to read - I got do tired of the main characters self crap and whining and wailing. The only reason I kept reading it was because I kept hoping it would pick up. In the end, it was like pulling teeth for me.
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