1. Recipes for Love and Murder- The first and most popular of the Tannie Maria series: Tannie Maria, our fifty-something, short and soft main character, with her brown curls and untidy Afrikaans, is introduced to the readers. What will this amateur detective uncover in a small town marinated in secrets? 2. The Satanic Mechanic- Tannie Maria seeks out counsellor, jokily known to all as "the satanic mechanic". Then a murder flings her straight into Detective Henk Kannemeyer's investigation. Not only is she dating the dashing Henk, she now has to work beside him: a potential recipe for disaster. 3. Death on the Limpopo- Ladismith's famous crime fighter is back - with a tin of buttermilk rusks in hand - to restore peace from the Klein Karoo to the great Limpopo River. The third instalment in the Tannie Maria Mystery crime series plunges Maria and her friends into pools of danger, amid water maidens, murders, and Harley Davidsons. 4. The Milk Tart Murder- When Oom Frik of Oom Frik's Fantastiques dies during a vintage movie screening in Ladismith, Tannie Maria and her policeman boyfriend Henk are on the scene. When a second body turns up, there's a clue: a letter addressed to Tannie Maria asking for advice - and a milk tart recipe.