Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries Books in Order
Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries by Tamar Myers contains 25 books, published between 1993 and 2025. The first book is Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth (1993) and the newest is Fowl Play (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 25
- Published
- 1993–2025
- Pages on record
- 4,586 in 18 of 25 books
- Reading time
- 76–115 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,586 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 25 titles with a page count on record.
Magdalena Yoder, a Mennonite hotelkeeper in Pennsylvania, solves crimes in Tamar Myers's Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries. Cooking runs through the 25 books, and the titles pun on food: Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth (1993), Between a Wok and a Hard Place and The Crepes of Wrath. Fowl Play (2025) is the latest, over three decades after the first.
How many Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries books are there?
Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries has 25 books, released between 1993 and 2025.
Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 25 Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 119932552/4
- 219952722/4
- 319962722/4
- 419972662/4
- 519982722/4
- 619982722/4
- 719992622/4
- 820002612/4
- 920012722/4
- 102002–2/4
- 1120032722/4
- 1220042562/4
- 1320052592/4
- 1420062722/4
- 152007–2/4
- 162008–2/4
- 1720092582/4
- 182010–2/4
- 1920142002/4
- 2020162172/4
- 212019–2/4
- 2220212242/4
- 232022–2/4
- 2420232242/4
- 252025–2/4
Do you have to read Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries books in order?
You should read the Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries book also stands alone.
Where to start with Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries
Start with Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth (1993), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries book?
Fowl Play (2025) is the newest Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries book released so far.
Is there a new Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries book coming?
No next Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries at a glance
- Still running
- Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,586 pages across the 18 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 262 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries books, 10 of 25, were published in the 2000s.
What the Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries books are about
22 of the 25 Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: magdalena yoder (fictitious character) is tagged on 17 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Magdalena Yoder (Fictitious character) 17 of 22 books
- Mennonites 15 of 22 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 13 of 22 books
- Hotelkeepers 12 of 22 books
- Cooking 9 of 22 books
- Yoder, magdalena (fictitious character) 6 of 22 books
- Pennsylvania 5 of 22 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 22 books
- Pennsylvania Dutch 3 of 22 books
- American literature 2 of 22 books
More books by Tamar Myers
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Tamar Myers books in order 49 books




















