Tannie Maria & the Satanic Mechanic

Title: Tannie Maria & the Satanic Mechanic
Subtitle: A Tannie Maria Mystery
Author: Sally Andrew
Genre: Crime Novel South Africa
Imprint: Umuzi
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa 2016
ISBN 9781415207673 / ISBN 978-1-41-520767-3
Softcover, 13 x 21 cm, 349 pages

About: Tannie Maria & the Satanic Mechanic

Everybody’s favourite agony aunt and crime fighter Tannie Maria needs some counselling advice of her own. Lingering troubles from a previous marriage still sit heavy on her, while fresh worries about Slimkat, a local man whose fight for his people’s land threatens his life, keep her up at night. Tannie Maria seeks out counsellor, jokily known to all as “the satanic mechanic”. Straight out of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and from hot-as-hell Hotazel, Ricus fixes both cars and people.

But Maria’s counselling tune-up switches gears when 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. Blending an intriguing mystery with characters as lovable as the setting of the rural Klein Karoo, this book is Sally Andrew’s delightful, warm-hearted sequel to Recipes for Love and Murder.

Bonus: Tannie Maria's recipes at the end of Tannie Maria & the Satanic Mechanic

One day, I'll write a proper cookbook, then I won't have to squash in just a few recipes at the end. How can I choose when they are all so lekker? I want to give you a taste of the Karoo - coffee, beskuit, apricot jam and brandy. And flavours of autumn - pumpkin, sweet potato, pomegranates, figs. And some cake recipes - cakes are so kind and clever.

And then there are the delicious dishes that travelled to my kitchen from faraway places - Scotland, Somalia, Greece and New York. Oh well, I can't give them all, but here are a handful of my favourite recipes. Of course it is the best ingredients that will make the best meals. Buy your meat and dairy from a free-range farmer, where the animals are happy, out in the veld.

MEAT
Lemoni's Moussajka (with Bechamel Sauce)
Ouma's Karoo Lamb Pie
Fatima's Lamb Livers and Rice
West African Chicken Mafe
SWEET
Venus Cake
Candy's Cheesecake
Sweet-Potato Cake
Henk's Favourite
Pikkie's Pumpkin Pie
Aunt Sandra's Malva Pudding
Lassie in Love's Shortbread
Van Der Hum Liqueur
BREAD AND RUSKS
Mosbolletjie Bread and Rusks
USING A HOT BOX