BOOK REVIEW

Title: Grape Expectations: A Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery with Recipes

Author: Tamar Myers

In ten words or less: Wise cracking Mennonite innkeeper investigates murder in Penn Dutch country.

Review:Magdalena Yoder, owner of the Penn Dutch Inn in Hernia, Pennsylvania, is disturbed when a local farmer sells out to a developer planning to build a vineyard and upscale hotel and restaurant. Magdalena's concerns about the effect on her business is overshadowed when one of the owners of "Grape Expectations" is murdered near the property.
This is the 14th in the series, and the plots are getting a little thinner, the supporting characters not as charmingly eccentric, and Magdalena's snappy comebacks fall flat. Myers needs to give the series a megadose of new energy, or give the good citizens of Hernia a rest.

Why bother? Once witty series has passed its prime.