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It's another case of meals, mayhem and murder in Pennsylvania's Dutch country! Magdalena Yoder's finally getting married, but this special affair is quickly spoiling. The cook preparing the wedding feast has found a corpse in a barrel of sauerkraut--the cousin of Magdalena's bridegroom, a woman reported missing for two decades. And when Magdalena takes it upon herself to find the killer, she soon discovers that one of the key suspects is none other than her beloved!
Jenn, September 2, 2006 (view all comments by Jenn)
Just as Magdalena is about to marry Aaron, a relative arrives to the wedding. What is strange about this relative's appearance is the wedding guest arrived 20 after death in a 20 year old barrel of sauerkraut!
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