Download or read book Headhunter s Daughter written by Ken Nightingale and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Headhunter s Daughter written by Tamar Myers and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tamar Myers returns to Africa in The Headhunter’s Daughter, the second book in her wonderful mystery series set in the Belgian Congo in the mid-twentieth century—a riveting and atmospheric follow-up to The Witchdoctor’s Wife. Raised in the Congo herself, the child of missionaries, Myers uses her intimate knowledge of the people, the culture, and the landscape to add richness to this stunning story of an abandoned infant raised by a tribe of headhunters—a masterful mystery that fans of Alexander McCall Smith and The #1 Ladies’ Detective Agency will adore.
Download or read book The Girl Who Married an Eagle written by Tamar Myers and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on actual events in Tamar Myers's life, The Girl Who Married an Eagle is a beautiful addition to her Belgian Congo mystery series When Julia Elaine Newton, a young, pretty Ohio girl, volunteered to go on a mission to the Belgian Congo, she knew it was going to be a huge change. But she never expected to wind up teaching at an all-girls boarding school that consisted mostly of runaway child brides! Much to her chagrin, Buakane was born beautiful. If only she'd been ugly, Chief Eagle would not have noticed her. Escaping from an arranged marriage, the scrappy young girl finds her way to Julia Newton and the school. But this time her jilted husband will not be denied. Now it's up to Julia and Buakane to try to save the school as Congolese independence looms and Chief Eagle is set on revenge. With the help of Cripple, Cripple's husband, and even Amanda Brown, these plucky women must learn to save themselves.
Download or read book Eat Drink and Be Wary written by Tamar Myers and published by NYLA. This book was released on 1998-09-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes – PennDutch Mysteries # “Bubbling over with mirth and mystery.” –Dorothy Cannell “A delicious treat.” –Carolyn G. Hart Tucked away in a picturesque corner of Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Magdalena Yoder's PennDutch Inn is the perfect locale for a cooking contest. Unfortunately, as Magdalena discovers when a corpse is found in the barn, some food is, literally, to die for... The killer is old Matilda, a cow accused of fatally kicking the CEO of the gourmet food company sponsoring the contest. Melvin Stolzfus, the local police chief, known to be two eggs short of an omelet, calls it accidental death. But Magdalena knows that a killer cow is a lot of bull. And when new evidence pins suspicion on Freni, the inn's own cook—who hopes her bread pudding will win the grand prize—Magdalena starts sniffing about on her own. But she'd better watch her back. The real killer has decided to cook another goose. And Magdalena may just be the next course on a murderer's menu.
Download or read book Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth written by Tamar Myers and published by NYLA. This book was released on 1993-12-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes PennDutch Mysteries #1 “Bubbling over with mirth and mystery.” –Dorothy Cannell “A delicious treat!” –Carolyn G. Hart This debut mystery introduces Magdalena Yoder, prim, proper, and persnickety proprietor of the PennDutch Inn, where guests luxuriate in the true “Amish experience,” (read: doing Magdalena’s chores and paying top dollar for the opportunity!). When one of her more reclusive guests takes a tumble down the PennDutch’s picturesquely steep staircase and breaks his neck, the timing couldn’t be worse. It’s the start of hunting season – and her inn is packed to capacity! What at first seems to be a horrible accident (and insurance nightmare for Magdalena!) could turn out to be a much more sinister event; and when another mishap occurs, Magdalena is certain there is a killer in her group – and it’s up to her to sniff out the culprit...before the world’s most incompetent town sheriff throws her in jail! Readers will delight in this laugh-out-loud cozy mystery debut – and relish the country cooking recipes included.
Download or read book Private Tutor to the Duke s Daughter Volume 11 written by Riku Nanano and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2024-02-22 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bad news stuns the southern capital: a church plot has severed contact with the city of water, leaving Allen and Lydia stranded in the middle of enemy territory and a burgeoning civil war. And no aid can reach them while the impregnable Fortress of Seven Towers stands. To help their tutor, Allen’s students will need to overcome the greatest defenses that nature and human ingenuity can create without him—and they’ll need to work fast. Lynne Leinster, for one, doesn’t know if she has it in her. Despite her tough talk, the young noblewoman feels intimidated by her friends’ brilliance. What can she do that they can’t do better? She’ll need to find her answer soon, because this crisis will demand everything that the girls have to give. And all the while, a sinister conspiracy draws nearer to its goal.
Download or read book Thou Shalt Not Grill written by Tamar Myers and published by NYLA. This book was released on 2005-01-04 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes – PennDutch Mysteries #12 A sizzling new mystery in the national bestselling series set in the always hilarious PennDutch Inn... The entire town of Hernia, Pennsylvania is abuzz with activities to celebrate its bicentennial—including a mouth-watering BBQ and the opening of a time capsule buried in the town’s foundry! Magdalena is celebrating a full house of paying guests, but the festivities are cut short when a guest, Buzzy Porter, is murdered and the time capsule goes missing! Chief of Police, Melvin Stolfutz, who’s also Magdalena’s brother-in-law, asks her to head the investigation, as he’s out campaigning for reelection; hence too busy to do it himself (and too dim to multitask!). And all too soon, Magdalena has her hands full trying to keep community spirits high, grill the likely suspects—and smoke out the killer. “Bubbling over with mirth and mystery.” –Dorothy Cannell b>“A delicious treat.” –Carolyn G. Hart “Charming and delightful...Tamar Myers [keeps] it fresh and original.” -- Midwest Book Review
Download or read book Sheepfarmer s Daughter written by Elizabeth Moon and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 1988-06-01 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter may be the daughter of a humble sheep farmer in the far north end of the kingdom, but she dreams of so much more. After refusing her father’s orders to do the sensible thing and marry the pig farmer down the road, Paks, runs away to join a band of mercenaries, dreaming of daring deeds and military glory. But life in the army is different than she imagined, and her daydreams at first seem to be turning to nightmares. But Paks refuses to let her dreams die—and does her duty with honor and integrity. Her path is an arduous one, but it will transform her into a hero remembered in songs, chosen by the gods to restore a lost ruler to his throne. The Compton Crook Award‑winning first novel from Nebula‑winning author Elizabeth Moon. The first in the Paksenarrion Trilogy—now with an all‑new introduction by the author. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Download or read book Between a Wok and a Hard Place written by Tamar Myers and published by NYLA. This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes – PennDutch Mysteries #5 “Bubbling over with mirth and mystery.” –Dorothy Cannell “A delicious treat.” –Carolyn G. Hart Even though new husband, Aaron (Pooky Bear!), is away, Magdalena Yoder, proprietor of the prosperous Penn-Dutch Inn, is still in a honeymoon haze...until she’s pulled in by Police Chief Stolzfus (her nemesis!) to help investigate the sad demise of an Asian tourist – run over by a horse and buggy! But things really start to sizzle when it’s revealed that the victim was strangled first. And when a young Amish lad is shot, Magdalena must really use her noodle, lest she foul up her first officially deputized investigation. Added to that stress is shocking news from her Pooky Bear that shakes her world. But trust Magdalena to leap from wok to frying pan without a single scorch!
Download or read book Custard s Last Stand written by Tamar Myers and published by NYLA. This book was released on 2004-01-06 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes – PennDutch Mysteries #11 When Colonel George Custard arrives in Hernia in a shiny stretch-limo, the town isn’t exactly enthusiastic. And when he announces that he plans to build a glitzy new hotel in Hernia, the residents are outraged at the threat to their quaint, quiet town. Protests soon get heated! As usual, Magdalena is right in the thick of the action—especially when the colonel is found shot to death at the PennDutch Inn. Now Magdalena Yoder must find out who caused the Colonel’s Custard's last stand—or she may lose the PennDutch Inn forever... “Bubbling over with mirth and mystery.” –Dorothy Cannell b>“A delicious treat.” –Carolyn G. Hart “Charming and delightful...Tamar Myers [keeps] it fresh and original.” -- Midwest Book Review
Download or read book The Crepes of Wrath written by Tamar Myers and published by NYLA. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes – PennDutch Mysteries #9 When kindly Lizzie Mast, a local Amish woman—and Hernia’s worst cook—is found poisoned by a bad plate of crepes, bumbling local police chief, Melvin Stoltzfus, begs Magdalena Yoder, the irrepressible owner (and sleuth extraordinaire!) of the PennDutch Inn, to help him investigate. With her bed and breakfast full of quirky guests, and her handsome new boyfriend to entertain, Magdalena isn’t sure she has time for Stoltzfus’s foolery. Cleverly (and frugally!) she puts her seven guests on A.L.P.O. (the Amish Lifestyle Plan Option), where guests pay an additional fee for the opportunity to cook for themselves, clean for themselves and do Magdalena’s chores for her. Still, solving the crime won’t be a plate of flapjacks; Lizzie’s husband blames the neighbor’s ‘Amish gone wild’ sons; whose rumschpringa exploits are wreaking havoc but even more shocking, the trail of clues leads straight back to the PennDutch Inn...and Magdalena fears that this killer is cooking up something flat-out deadly!!!
Download or read book Daughter of the Pacific written by Yoko Matsuoka and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1973 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Culinary Criminality written by Sandra Balzo and published by NYLA. This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UNCOMMON GROUNDS A 21st-century spin on the traditional cozy— Maggy Thorsen, a divorcée whose husband left her for a 24 year old, is eager to open a coffee shop, Uncommon Grounds, in the small Wisconsin town of Brookhills. In a world where Starbuck's and other chains are ubiquitous, Maggy is up for the challenge, which becomes even greater when Maggy discovers the body of one of her partners, Patricia Harper, on the floor of their coffee shop. Determined to find out who killed Patricia, Maggy delves into the mystery with a sense of humor that would make Miss Marple smile. FLAMINGO FATALE From the New York Times bestselling author of A Cat in the Stacks mystery series, a novel about a single mom, wits and grits, double shifts...and murder! When Wanda Nell Cullpepper’s returns home from a long day of waitressing at the Kountry Kitchen diner and a night shift at the Budget Mart, the last person she wants to see is her no-account ex-husband, Bobby Ray, talking big and flashing cash. Just when she thinks things can’t get worse, Wanda Nell wakes up to find Bobby Ray dead—killed with her favorite pink flamingo yard ornament! Now the sheriff is eyeing Wanda Nell as the primary suspect. Kountry Kitchen Southern cooking recipes included! TOO MANY CROOKS SPOIL THE BROTH Readers will delight in this laugh-out-loud cozy mystery debut - and relish the country cooking recipes included. This debut mystery introduces Magdalena Yoder, prim, proper, and persnickety proprietor of the PennDutch Inn, where guests enjoy the true “Amish experience.” When one of her more reclusive guests takes a tumble down the PennDutch's picturesquely steep staircase, the timing couldn't be worse. What at first seems to be a horrible accident turns out to be a more sinister event. Magdalena is certain there is a killer at her inn—and it's up to her to catch the culprit!
Download or read book Parsley Sage Rosemary and Crime written by Tamar Myers and published by NYLA. This book was released on 1995-09-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes PennDutch Mysteries #2 “Bubbling over with mirth and mystery.” –Dorothy Cannell “A delicious treat!” –Carolyn G. Hart Magdalena Yoder, chaste and abstemious proprietor of the Pennsylvania Dutch Inn, agrees to let a Hollywood crew film at the inn – for an exorbitant price, of course. But when the assistant director is found pinned to a barn post with a farming tool, dimwitted local police chief, Marvin Stoltzfus fingers Magdalena as his prime suspect. Now it’s time for Magdalena to use her extraordinary Amish sleuthing skills to reveal the real killer – before another Hollywood hellion goes belly up and turns Magdalena’s charming PennDutch Inn into a grisly horror flick!
Download or read book Final Verdict written by Adela Rogers St. Johns and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 1031 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1962, this is the biography of American journalist, novelist and screenwriter Adela Rogers St. Johns’ father, Earl Rogers, a renowned Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer in the early 20th century. St. Johns draws on a succession of her father’s well-known court trials, including the trial that centered on perhaps the most famous lawyer-client disagreements recorded in legal history: those that developed between Clarence Darrow, indicted for attempted jury bribery in Los Angeles in 1912, and Earl Rogers himself. St. Johns’ fascinating book was adapted for a TNT television film of the same name in 1991, starring Treat Williams as Earl Rogers and Olivia Burnette as the young Adela Rogers St. Johns.
Download or read book Assault and Pepper written by Tamar Myers and published by NYLA. This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes – PennDutch Mysteries #13 A piquant mystery—with a side of dangerous chili... Includes six different chili recipes!! It’s that time of year again – the Hernia, PA’s annual chili cook-off – and the competition is hot!!! When Reverend Schrock falls face first into his bowl of chili while judging the cook-off, his wife is convinced someone intentionally poisoned him and hires Magdalena Yoder for her expert nosing-around skills. But Magdalena finds that dear old Reverend Schrock wasn’t exactly beloved by his congregants...and the more Magdalena digs, the spicier the secrets she uncovers... “Bubbling over with mirth and mystery.” –Dorothy Cannell b>“A delicious treat.” –Carolyn G. Hart “Charming and delightful...Tamar Myers [keeps] it fresh and original.” -- Midwest Book Review
Download or read book Hell Hath No Curry written by Tamar Myers and published by NYLA. This book was released on 2007-02-06 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with Recipes – PennDutch Mysteries #15 Cornelious Weaver, one of Hernia’s most eligible bachelors, is due to finally tie the knot—but three days before the big wedding, he’s found dead...in another woman’s bed!! The scandal is better than a made-for-TV-movie—not that any of the good citizens of Hernia own a television—and the details get even more delicious: Cornelious wasn’t just cheating on his bride-to-be; he was carrying on affairs all over town! When the coroner’s report reveals that Cornelious’s curry was spiked, Magdalena’s hunt for the killer becomes red hot...with plenty of dishy suspects to choose from!!! “Bubbling over with mirth and mystery.” –Dorothy Cannell “A delicious treat.” –Carolyn G. Hart
