{"title":"Tamar Myers","description":"Tamar Myers, who is of Mennonite background, is the author of the Pennsylvania Dutch mysteries and the Den of Antiquity series. Born and raised in the Congo, she lives in North Carolina.","products":[{"product_id":"just-plain-pickled-to-death-paperback","title":"Just Plain Pickled to Death - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eMagdalena Yoder is (finally!) getting married, and nothing is going to spoil her wedding; not the man-of-her-dreams' loopy relatives, nor the twenty-year-old barrel of genuine Pennsylvania Dutch sauerkraut from her future father-in-law, which is not Mag's idea of a great wedding present. Especially when it contains a body! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf course, Magdalena recognizes the victim, who's as well-preserved as a gherkin: It's her fiancé's cousin Sarah, who's been missing for 20 years. Magdalena's inn is filled with the eccentric aunts and crazy uncles of the deceased...And Magdalena suspects one of them is the killer. Now she's in a pickle, blowing the lid off a mystery two decades old, and digging up a scandal that may shake her Amish hometown to the core and send her to a funeral-her own-instead of her wedding day!","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51438239973599,"sku":"9781503059634","price":16.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/7mO-l0-BkE9781503059634.webp?v=1790093709"},{"product_id":"monet-talks-mass-market-paperbound","title":"Monet Talks - Mass Market Paperbound","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharleston antiques dealer Abigail Timberlake Washburn is thrilled by her recent estate auction purchase of a spectacular bejeweled birdcage from India, but not so much by its occupant, a mouthy mynah named Monet. Still, her customers at the Den of Antiquity seem charmed by the insufferable birdbrain, so Abby figures she's stuck with him. That is, until she finds a stuffed starling resting on his usual perch with a ransom note demanding a real Monet (the painted variety) in exchange for her purloined pet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince she doesn't happen to have a priceless masterpiece on hand -- and since a mynahless existence isn't all that distasteful a prospect -- Abby figures she'll let the thief keep the annoying avian. But when her mama Mozella is abducted by the craven birdnapper, Abby must leap into the fray to rescue mater and mynah alike ... before the feathers really start to fly!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharleston antiques dealer Abigail Timberlake Washburn is thrilled by her recent estate auction purchase of a spectacular bejeweled birdcage from India, but not so much by its occupant, a mouthy mynah named Monet. Still, her customers at the Den of Antiquity seem charmed by the insufferable birdbrain, so Abby figures she's stuck with him. That is, until she finds a stuffed starling resting on his usual perch with a ransom note demanding a real Monet (the painted variety) in exchange for her purloined pet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince she doesn't happen to have a priceless masterpiece on hand -- and since a mynahless existence isn't all that distasteful a prospect -- Abby figures she'll let the thief keep the annoying avian. But when her mama Mozella is abducted by the craven birdnapper, Abby must leap into the fray to rescue mater and mynah alike ... before the feathers really start to fly!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51438383300831,"sku":"9780060535179","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/zVjk3t_4P19780060535179.webp?v=1790096864"},{"product_id":"the-witch-doctors-wife-paperback","title":"The Witch Doctor's Wife - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A lush novel, rich with tension and intricately woven, believable characters. Myers clearly loves the Congo--and you will love this book. I did!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Mary Alice Monroe, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eLast Light over Carolina\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eThe Witch Doctor's Wife, \u003c\/em\u003eTamar Myers delves into her personal history as the daughter of Christian missionaries in the Belgian Congo. Rich and alive with the sights and sounds of the continent--as exciting, evocative, charming, and suspenseful as Alexander McCall Smith's \u003cem\u003eNo. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency\u003c\/em\u003e novels--Myer's unforgettable excursion to colonial Africa\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003erecalls Barbara Kingsolver's \u003cem\u003eThe Poisonwood Bible, \u003c\/em\u003e even the Academy Award-nominated film \u003cem\u003eBlood Diamond. \u003c\/em\u003eAward-winning author Carolyn Hart raves: \"Mesmerizing....\u003cem\u003eThe Witch Doctor's Wife\u003c\/em\u003e will long linger in the hearts and minds of readers. Authentic. Powerful. Triumphant.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom beloved mystery writer Tamar Myers comes an enthralling tale of duty, greed, danger, and miracles in equatorial Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Congo beckons to young Amanda Brown in 1958, as she follows her missionary calling to the mysterious dark continent far from her South Carolina home. But her enthusiasm cannot cushion her from the shock of a very foreign culture--where competing missionaries are as plentiful as flies, and oppressive European overlords are busy stripping the land of its most valuable resource: diamonds. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle by little, Amanda is drawn into the lives of the villagers in tiny Belle Vue--and she is touched by the plight of the local witch doctor, a man known as Their Death, who has been forced to take a second job as a yardman to support his two wives. But when First Wife stumbles upon an impossibly enormous uncut gem, events are set in motion that threaten to devastate the lives of these people Amanda has come to admire and love--events that could lead to nothing less than murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly evocative, written with warmth and humor, and based on the author's own experiences, Tamar Myers's \u003cem\u003eThe Witch Doctor's Wife\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable African journey with a spellbinding mystery at its heart. \u003c\/p\u003e--Carolyn Hart, author of Dare to Die\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom beloved mystery writer Tamar Myers comes an enthralling tale of duty, greed, danger, and miracles in equatorial Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Congo beckons to young Amanda Brown in 1958, as she follows her missionary calling to the mysterious \"dark continent\" far from her South Carolina home. But her enthusiasm cannot cushion her from the shock of a very foreign culture--where competing missionaries are as plentiful as flies, and oppressive European overlords are busy stripping the land of its most valuable resource: diamonds. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle by little, Amanda is drawn into the lives of the villagers in tiny Belle Vue--and she is touched by the plight of the local witch doctor, a man known as Their Death, who has been forced to take a second job as a yardman to support his two wives. But when First Wife stumbles upon an impossibly enormous uncut gem, events are set in motion that threaten to devastate the lives of these people Amanda has come to admire and love--events that could lead to nothing less than murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly evocative, written with warmth and humor, and based on the author's own experiences, Tamar Myers's \u003cem\u003eThe Witch Doctor's Wife\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable African journey with a spellbinding mystery at its heart. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51459965059295,"sku":"9780061727832","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/JZbYGedG9A9780061727832.webp?v=1790369663"},{"product_id":"the-headhunters-daughter-a-mystery-paperback","title":"The Headhunter's Daughter: A Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eTamar Myers returns to Africa in \u003cem\u003eThe Headhunter's Daughter, \u003c\/em\u003ethe second book in her wonderful mystery series set in the Belgian Congo in the mid-twentieth century--a riveting and atmospheric follow-up to \u003cem\u003eThe Witchdoctor's Wife. \u003c\/em\u003eRaised in the Congo herself, the child of missionaries, Myers uses her intimate knowledge of the people, the culture, and the landscape to add richness to this stunning story\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eof an abandoned infant raised by a tribe of headhunters--a masterful mystery that fans of Alexander McCall Smith and \u003cem\u003eThe #1 Ladies' Detective Agency \u003c\/em\u003ewill adore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Tamar Myers, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Witch Doctor's Wife\u003c\/em\u003e, comes a spellbinding tale of equatorial Africa and a child torn dangerously between two worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1945, an infant left inadvertently to die in the jungles of the Belgian Congo is discovered by a young Bashilele tribesman on a mission to claim the head of an enemy. Recognized as human--despite her pale white skin and strange blue eyes--the baby is brought into the tribe and raised as its own. Thirteen years later, the girl--now called Ugly Eyes--will find herself at the center of a controversy that will rock two separate societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung missionary Amanda Brown hears the incredible stories of a white girl living among the Bashilele headhunters. In the company of the local police chief, Captain Pierre Jardin, and with the witch doctor's wife, the quick-witted Cripple, along as translator, Amanda heads into the wild hoping to bring the lost girl back to civilization. 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