"The annual Billy Goat Gruff Festival is the undisputed highlight of Hernia's social calendar. But when Magdalena Yoder, village mayor and owner of the PennDutch Inn, had the brainwave four years ago, little did she realize that it would soon attract visitors from far and wide - even Australia, as the unexpected arrival of Gabe's long-lost cousin, Miriam, at the inn confirms. Unfortunately, the shock of Miriam's one-legged appearance is soon usurped...

Married to prominent Manhattan doctor Gabriel Rosen, Magdalena Yoder is delighted to be selected as the emcee for the first annual Hernia Holstein Competition, but when someone murders the contest's founder, she launches a personal investigation.