Butter Safe Than Sorry: A Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery

This was another great installment in the Penn Dutch Series. Magdalena and her family are as crazy as ever. Not just the people in her family the people in her town are crazy too lol. I was laughing out loud within the first 10 pages. A very enjoyable read. With good recipes too. I am sad that this is the last book in the series though. The author did a great job of tying up all the loose ends and closing the series up.

Little Jacob spys robbers while in the bank with his mom, there is a shooting. Mags is distressed......but not for long.....she is on her own mission to find the culprits and she does.....all while making sure Little Jacob is safe, fending off Doc's advances (again) and joining up with Ida Rosen (Oy Vey!) The Babester is still as HOT as ever and Allison has a BIG SUPRISE...even Freni crys. WOW! Let us hope (and pray) that Ms. Myers has more adventures for Mags and Little Jacob.....this series is too funny and charming to end......MAGS RULES! PS Did I mention Melvin is still on the loose, a Russian Snow Princess, and Susannah each add their own wit to this story? Gotta love them too!

Magdalena Yoder Rosen is an original in her Amish town where most of the people try to blend in. She is married to a Jewish doctor, is a conservative Mennonite, and owns the Penn-Dutch Inn where the rich and famous stay. Besides being loudmouthed, her sister Susannah is doing twenty years as an accessory to murder and her brother-in-law Melvin the former police chief is a killer on the run. Magdalena Yoder is in the bank with her four year old son Jacob when three Amish men burst inside to rob the place. One of the thieves uses employee Amy Neubruder as a hostage as they flee the crime scene. Magdalena Yoder wonders why the security guards did nothing while also hearing the bank president telling Amy to keep silent about the robbery and he will give her a raise and a new position. Not long afterward, Amy is killed and Magdalena Yoder's sister asks her to come see her. Susannah warns Magdalena Yoder to watch herself as Melvin is in the area and loathes her and anyone she cares about. Magdalena Yoder believes Melvin, murder and robbery go together and fearing for her observant son, she investigates. Tamar Myers weaves her usual magic with her latest Pennsylvania Dutch amateur sleuth (see Batter Off Dead) as local trouble is escalating. There are many suspects in this enjoyable cozy leading to the heroine struggling with figuring out who is protecting Melvin as she is positive he is behind everything. Butter Safe Than Sorry relies on its strong Amish cast who makes the whodunit work. Harriet Klausner