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 200300 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.

  1. 1
    Too Many Crooks Spoil the BrothPennsylvania Dutch Mystery #11993 · 255 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993255
  2. 2
    Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and CrimePennsylvania Dutch Mystery #21995 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995272
  3. 3
    No Use Dying Over Spilled MilkPennsylvania Dutch Mystery #31996 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996272
  4. 4
    Just Plain Pickled to DeathPennsylvania Dutch Mystery #41997 · 266 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997266
  5. 5
    Between a Wok and a Hard PlacePennsylvania Dutch Mystery #51998 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998272
  6. 6
    Eat, Drink and Be WaryPennsylvania Dutch Mystery #61998 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998272
  7. 7
    Play It Again, SpamPennsylvania Dutch Mystery #71999 · 262 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999262
  8. 8
    The Hand That Rocks the LadlePennsylvania Dutch Mystery #82000 · 261 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000261
  9. 9
    The Crepes of WrathPennsylvania Dutch Mystery #92001 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001272
  10. 10
    Gruel and Unusual PunishmentPennsylvania Dutch Mystery #102002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002
  11. 11
    Custard's Last StandPennsylvania Dutch Mystery #112003 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003272
  12. 12
    Thou Shalt Not GrillPennsylvania Dutch Mystery #122004 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004256
  13. 13
    Assault and PepperPennsylvania Dutch Mystery #132005 · 259 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005259
  14. 14
    Grape ExpectationsPennsylvania Dutch Mystery #142006 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006272
  15. 15
    Hell Hath No CurryPennsylvania Dutch Mystery #152007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007
  16. 16
    As the World ChurnsPennsylvania Dutch Mystery #162008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008
  17. 17
    Batter Off DeadPennsylvania Dutch Mystery #172009 · 258 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009258
  18. 18
    Butter Safe Than SorryPennsylvania Dutch Mystery #182010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010
  19. 19
    The Death of PiePennsylvania Dutch Mystery #192014 · 200 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014200
  20. 20
    Tea with Jam and DreadPennsylvania Dutch Mystery #202016 · 217 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016217
  21. 21
    Puddin' on the BlitzPennsylvania Dutch Mystery #212019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019
  22. 22
    Mean and ShellfishPennsylvania Dutch Mystery #222021 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021224
  23. 23
    Death by Tart AttackPennsylvania Dutch Mystery #232022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022
  24. 24
    Meat Thy MakerPennsylvania Dutch Mystery #242023 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2023224
  25. 25
    Fowl PlayPennsylvania Dutch Mystery #252025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025

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.

More books by Tamar Myers

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.