"as tasty as shoofly pie"
The day Magdalena has always been waiting for has finally
come and now she is six hours into her honeymoon with Gabe
Rosen, a doctor from New York City who came to Hernia
Holstein to get away from the pressure. Unfortunately,
his possessive mother Ida calls them on their honeymoon.
When the phone rings again Magdalena thinks it is Ida, but
it turns out to the warden at the state penitentiary; he
tells her a murderer escaped. He is the ex-chief of police
of Hernia who targets her family. The honeymoon ends abruptly because Magdalene wants to
make sure her loved ones are protected and because she
wants to make sure everything is ready for the guests who
are coming in for the first Hernia Holstein competition.
The originator of the contest Doctor Shador is beaten up
and can't remember who hurt him. Magdalena gets Gabe to
judge the contest but soon after that he and Magdalena's
step-daughter Alison disappear. Magdalena rounds up a
posse to find them. AS THE WORLD CHURNS is as tasty as shoofly pie. This is a
delightful mystery due to the characters, especially the
secondary and recurring ones. Although "Monster-in-Law"
is obviously not a new relationship concept, Ida as the
mother in law from hell is Magdalena's worst enemy as she
came to town to find Gabe which results in keeping the
storyline fresh. Tamar Myers has quite a few shocks in
store for the reader. These surprises will change
Magdalene's thoughts about herself and everybody will not
see the final surprise coming because the protagonist
never thought it could happen. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted January 31, 2008
SummaryMagdalena Yoder may finally be married to big-time Manhattan
doctor Gabriel Rosen, but she's still a small-town girl at
heart, and thrilled to be the emcee for the first annual
Hernia Holstein Competition. As a bonus, the PennDutch and
its barn are booked solid. But then someone clobbers the
contest's originator, Doc Shafor, while he's admiring the
cows, and both Gabe and his daughter Alison go missing. With
the help of her best friend (and the hindrance of her
mother-in-law), Magdalena vows to track down clues until the
cows—and her family—come home.
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