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Hell Hath No Curry (2007)

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0451220331 (ISBN13: 9780451220332)
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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...

Tamar Myers should have stopped the series at 14. Without a major character from the first 14 books, there is no real conflict. Also, Meyers seems to be just phoning this in. She and her narrator get downright nasty as opposed to funny. 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." I stopped reading this about 50 pages in because I just couldn't be bothered. This book made me (and my mother) give up on this series.

What do You think about Hell Hath No Curry (2007)?

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.
—Kristen

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.
—Sally

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.
—Irenic

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