Posted by Gwen B.
Truly for me it is “all about the Amish”. I do not read the
genre of mystery but I enjoy all Amish themed things so I have a list of books
that I have read and recommend. Click on the titles to request the books from our catalog.
In the sleepy rural town of Painters Mill, Ohio, the Amish and
English residents have lived side by side for two centuries. But sixteen years
ago, a series of brutal murders shattered the peaceful farming community. In
the aftermath of the violence, the town was left with a sense of fragility, a
loss of innocence. Kate Burkholder, a young Amish girl, survived the terror of
the Slaughterhouse Killer but came away from its brutality with the realization
that she no longer belonged with the Amish. Now, a wealth of experience later,
Kate has been asked to return to Painters Mill as Chief of Police. Her Amish
roots and big city law enforcement background make her the perfect candidate.
She’s certain she’s come to terms with her past until the first body is
discovered in a snowy field. Kate vows to stop the killer before he strikes
again. But to do so, she must betray both her family and her Amish past and
expose a dark secret that could destroy her.
The
discovery of a dead infant in an Amish barn shakes Lancaster County to its
core. But the police investigation leads to a more shocking disclosure:
circumstantial evidence suggests that eighteen year old Katie Fisher, an
unmarried Amish woman believed to be the newborn's mother, took the child's
life. When Ellie Hathaway, a disillusioned big-city attorney comes to Paradise,
Pennsylvania to defend Katie, two cultures collide, and, for the first time in
her high-profile career, Ellie faces a system of justice very different from
her own. Delving deep inside the world of those who live 'plain', Ellie must
find a way to reach Katie on her terms. And as she unravels a tangled murder
case, Ellie also looks deep within, to confront her own fears and desires when
a man from her past re-enters her life.
Sarah
Kauffman sought permission from her church elders to paint murals on a few of
the Amish community's barns. Each was designed like an old-fashioned quilt square,
representing a piece of the Amish traditions Sarah loved. The works of art were
intended to draw more tourists to the Home Valley in the struggling economy.
But instead, they invited a menace. One by one, each barn is set ablaze and
destroyed…. The arson fires spread fear
through the community—among Amish and Englischers alike. Arson investigator
Nate MacKenzie, an outsider, struggles to investigate the crime scenes while
adhering to Amish ways. As the fires rage, beliefs are challenged, a way of life
is questioned and family secrets are exposed. Now Sarah wonders if she's being
punished for her pridefulness…or whether there's a more malevolent will at
work.
For
Jon Mills, the journey begins with his decision to retrieve his ten-year-old
son from the hands of the Bishop who had ten years earlier cast Mills out of
the Order, the same Bishop who is Jon Mills' father. When Mills turns up dead,
dressed in Amish garb, and with the boy missing, Professor Michael Branden
plunges headlong into the closed culture to unravel the mystery and find the
boy. Working in tandem sometimes and at cross purposes at others with his old
friend Sheriff Robertson, Professor Branden digs through the past, recent and
otherwise, to uncover the truths that many would prefer to leave undisturbed.
When two women―one
Amish, one English―each with different motives, join forces to organize a
successful on-line quilt auction, neither expects nor wants a friendship. As
different as night and day, Deborah and Callie are uneasy partners who simply
want to make the best of a temporary situation. But a murder, a surprising
prime suspect, a stubborn detective, and the town's reaction throw
the two women together, and they form an unlikely alliance to solve a mystery
and catch a killer.
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