Occasional recipes, rich in butter and sugar, don't make up for the story's sour tone.
Another guest bites the dust as this carping narrator fails to display the high IQ she brags of: matters become clear to her only when the villain is overcome by a desire to confess. Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth book by Tamar Myers Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Books > Mystery Books ISBN: 1551109662 ISBN13: 9781551109664 Lazy Gourmet by Tamar Myers See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 5.99 Paperback 9.79 Mass Market Paperback 4.19 - 4.69 Select Condition Like New Unavailable Very Good 4.69 Good 4. Police chief Jeff Myers initiates an investigation of the suspicious death, but leaves soon for a vacation with his wife Tammy, who is, Magdalena's observes, ``dingier than a mailbox on a gravel road.'' With the case in the hands of a dim deputy, Magdalena undertakes some sleuthing and learns that her patrons are secretly linked in their pasts. When not badmouthing her sinful, slothful, divorced sister and her ``bizarre excuse for a dog,'' Magdalena attends to an unfortunate combination of guests: a congressman, his wife and aide, who are in the area for the first weekend of deer-hunting season a quartet of anti-hunting activists and Heather Brown, who calls herself a ``photo-hunter.'' Ironically, one of the hunting foes bags the first big game when, in the middle of the night, he finds Heather sprawled dead on the inn stairs. 1, 2 Usage Often shortened to just too many cooks.
This debut mystery introduces Magdalena Yoder, a mean-spirited Mennonite innkeeper who offers service with a sneer to the ``well-heeled, highfalutin customers'' patronizing her PennDutch Inn in southern Pennsylvania. Too many cooks in the kitchen Meaning of Idiom ‘Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth’ This proverbial idiom means that too many people trying to do the same work or activity at the same time will either hinder progress or ruin the final result.
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