Download or read book The Amish Detective Amish Vengeance written by Hannah Schrock and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Liv Roberts finds her best friend dead in the apartment they share, her world is turned upside down. Who would brutally harm sweet, kind Rebecca? Only when Liv decides to investigate and starts digging into Rebecca's past does she discover a life her best friend hid from her for years: She was born and raised among the Amish. Joshua, Rebecca's estranged brother, is a man whose heart is closed off from the rest of the world. When Liv arrives at his front door, asking questions, he sees the beautiful outsider as the only connection to the sister he lost long before she died. Together, they work to unravel the tangled tapestry of two worlds which eventually led to Rebecca's murder - even as they grow dangerously close to each other. A wonderfully clean and wholesome Amish mystery story from Hannah Schrock, with suspense and the romantic interest that will keep her avid fans, enthralled until the revelations come in a surprising finale.

Download or read book Amish Revenge Amish Mystery and Suspense written by Ruth Bawell and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-09 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth finally had her son back, and she couldn't be happier. She was marrying, Eli, the man who helped her find him, and was already knee deep in wedding preparations. But her new-found joy is soon broken, when her friend Abigail discovers that her son, Matthew, has run away. Elizabeth brings Abigail back home with, to find a tragedy of her own. Eli's mother has been killed, and Eli is filled with anger and sorrow. And, to make matters worse, Matthew is a suspect in the killing. As Elizabeth and Abigail lean on their faith as they face Will Eli find out who killed his mother, and why? Was Matthew ever coming home? Ruth Bawell writes CLEAN short, Amish Romance and Mystery stories that always have a good old fashioned happy ending.

Download or read book Murder Amongst the Amish written by Hannah Schrock and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catherine Ebersol was raised in the small Amish community in Millersburg, Ohio. But two years ago, her wanderlust for the things of the Englisch world got the best of her and she left everything behind. Her familye. Her best friend, Ivy. And the man who still held her heart - Matthew Schwartz. Now, her best friend is in trouble and Catherine is pulled home to help. When she arrives, she not only has to deal with the fact that her friend is missing, but she has to deal with the emotions of seeing Matthew again. Matthew was terribly hurt when the woman he loved chose the Englisch world over his love. He'd pined for her secretly for the last two years, and now she was back and he wasn't sure what to feel. As they work together to discover what happened to Ivy, will they be able to put the hurts of the past aside and allow their love for one another to rekindle? Or will they hold onto their individual dreams, and at the end find they are even further apart? Is the love they once had for one another strong enough to last, and are they both strong enough to get through the shocking truth of what actually happened to Ivy? A new Amish Mystery and Romance story from Hannah Schrock...wrapped in romance, suspense and a compelling end...

Download or read book Fallen written by Linda Castillo and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo’s new thriller Fallen, a rebellious Amish woman leaves the Plain life, but the secrets she takes with her will lead Chief of Police Kate Burkholder down a dark path to danger and death. When a young woman is found murdered in a Painters Mill motel, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is shocked to discover she once knew the victim. Rachael Schwartz was a charming but troubled Amish girl who left the fold years ago and fled Painters Mill. Why was she back in town? And who would kill her so brutally? Kate remembers Rachael as the only girl who was as bad at being Amish as Kate was—and those parallels dog her. But the more Kate learns about Rachael's life, the more she's convinced that her dubious reputation was deserved. As a child, Rachael was a rowdy rulebreaker whose decision to leave devastated her parents and best friend. As an adult, she was charismatic and beautiful, a rabble-rouser with a keen eye for opportunity no matter who got in her way. Her no-holds-barred lifestyle earned her a lot of love and enemies aplenty—both English and Amish. As the case heats to a fever pitch and long-buried secrets resurface, a killer haunts Painters Mill. Someone doesn’t want Rachael’s past—or the mysteries she took with her to the grave—coming to light. As Kate digs deeper, violence strikes again, this time hitting close to home. Will Kate uncover the truth and bring a murderer to justice? Or will a killer bent on protecting a terrible past stop her once and for all—and let the fallen be forgotten?

Download or read book The Amish Detective the King Family Arsonist written by Hannah Schrock and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gloria Kauffman's world has been turned upside down. Her beloved cousin, Susan King, died three days ago in a house fire which also claimed her parents and twin brothers. The entire family is in mourning, and the community is shaken to the core when the police determine the fire was an act of arson. Who would commit such a heinous crime? And who will be next? At the service, Gloria meets Detective Paul Miller, a young man whose determination to solve the case is second only to hers. They join together to investigate the crime and develop a bond that dangers on forbidden love. Gloria believes there's something suspicious about the crime.The King family were nothing but good, generous, pious Amish people. Who would have wanted to hurt them, and why? It isn't long until Gloria finds out the sad, shocking and terrible truth - and that truth might come at the cost of her life. A superb new Amish mystery story from Hannah Schrock, with suspense and a romantic interest that will keep her avid fans, enthralled until the revelations come in a surprising finale.

Download or read book Shamed written by Linda Castillo and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this gripping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo, a devastating murder exposes an Amish family’s tortured past. The peaceful town of Painters Mill is shattered when an Amish grandmother is brutally murdered on an abandoned farm. When Chief of Police Kate Burkholder arrives on the scene, she learns that the woman’s seven-year-old granddaughter is gone, abducted in plain sight. Kate knows time is against her—the longer the girl is missing, the less likely her safe return becomes. The girl’s family is a pillar of the Amish community, well-respected by all. But Kate soon realizes they’re keeping secrets—and the sins of their past may be coming back to haunt them. What are they hiding and why? Kate’s investigation brings her to an isolated Old Order Amish settlement along the river, a community where family is everything and tradition is upheld with an iron fist. But the killer is close behind, drawing more victims into a twisted game of revenge. Left behind at each new crime scene are cryptic notes that lead Kate to a haunting and tragic secret. What she uncovers threatens to change everything she thought she knew about the family she’s fighting for, the Amish community as a whole—and her own beliefs. As time to find the missing girl runs out, Kate faces a harrowing choice that will test her convictions and leave one family forever changed.

Download or read book Pray for Silence written by Linda Castillo and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2010-06-22 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo delivers an electrifying thriller in which Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must confront a dark evil to solve the mysterious murders of an entire Amish family. The Plank family moved from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to join the small Amish community of Painters Mill less than a year ago and seemed the model of the Plain Life—until on a cold October night, the entire family of seven was found slaughtered on their farm. Police Chief Kate Burkholder and her small force have few clues, no motive, and no suspect. Formerly Amish herself, Kate is no stranger to the secrets the Amish keep from the English—and each other—but this crime is horribly out of the ordinary. State agent John Tomasetti arrives on the scene to assist. He and Kate worked together on a previous case during which they began a volatile relationship. They soon realize the disturbing details of this case will test their emotional limits and force them to face demons from their own troubled pasts—and for Kate, a personal connection that is particularly hard to bear. When she discovers a diary that belonged to one of the teenaged daughters, Kate is shocked to learn the girl kept some very dark secrets and may have been living a lurid double life. Who is the charismatic stranger who stole the young Amish girl's heart? Could the brother—a man with a violent past, rejected and shunned by his family and the Amish community, have come to seek out revenge? As Kate's outrage grows so does her resolve to find the killer and bring him to justice—even if it means putting herself in the line of fire. Topping her own bestselling debut, Linda Castillo once again immerses us in the world of the Amish with a chilling story that is both a fast-paced thriller and intriguing psychological puzzle.

Download or read book Broken English written by P. L. Gaus and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 2 of the Amish-Country Mysteries, Broken English compulsively explores a fascinating culture set purposely apart. In the wooded Amish hill country, a professor at a small college, a local pastor, and the county sheriff are the only ones among the mainstream, or "English," who possess the instincts and skills to work the cases that impact all county residents, no matter their code of conduct or religious creed. David Hawkins came to the quiet town of Millersburg to escape his demons and unexpectedly found salvation in Amish life-until his English daughter is brutally murdered.

Download or read book Down a Dark Road written by Linda Castillo and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER (July 2017)** In Down a Dark Road, the electrifying new thriller in Linda Castillo's New York Times bestselling series, a convicted murderer is on the run and Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must catch him before he strikes again. "Murder in Amish country has a certain added frisson, and Castillo’s the master of the genre.” —People magazine “Castillo weaves the particularities of the Amish mindset into a complex mystery that will leave you crying with pity or seething with rage.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred) Two years ago, Joseph King was convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to life in prison. He was a “fallen” Amish man and a known drug user with a violent temper. Now King has escaped, and he’s headed for Painters Mill. News of a murderer on the loose travels like wildfire, putting Chief of Police Kate Burkholder and her team of officers on edge. But this is personal for Kate. She grew up with Joseph King. As a thirteen year old Amish girl, she’d worshipped the ground he walked on. She never could have imagined the nightmare scenario that becomes reality when King shows up with a gun and takes his five children hostage at their Amish uncle’s farm. Armed and desperate, he has nothing left to lose. Fearing for the safety of the children, Kate makes contact with King only to find herself trapped with a killer. Or is he? All King asks of her is to help him prove his innocence—and he releases her unharmed. Kate is skeptical, but when the facts and the evidence don’t align, she begins to wonder who she should trust. Spurned by some of her fellow cops, she embarks on her own investigation only to unearth an unspeakable secret—and someone who is willing to commit murder to keep it buried.

Download or read book Shamed written by Linda Castillo and published by Center Point. This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kate Burkholder races against the clock to find a missing Amish girl. An Amish grandmother is murdered on an abandoned farm, her seven year old granddaughter abducted. Chief of Police Kate Burkholder plunges headlong into a case that quickly becomes a race against the clock. She knows the longer the girl is missing, the more likely a tragic outcome. The family of the missing girl is well thought of--a pillar of the Amish community. Their pain is palpable and they cooperate in every way, but Kate soon learns they're keeping secrets... The investigation takes Kate to an isolated Old Order Amish settlement along the river in southern Ohio. At first, the community seems upstanding and helpful. But when Kate starts asking questions, they stonewall her--and the situation soon becomes dangerous. What are they hiding and why? After an attempt on her life, Kate unearths a haunting and tragic secret that changes everything she thought she knew about the family for whom she is fighting, the Amish community as a whole--and everything she thought she knew about herself. Will she reach the girl in time to save her life?"--

Download or read book Gone Missing written by Linda Castillo and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linda Castillo's bestselling series has been called "gripping" [People] and "impossible to put down" [Bookpage] and the "teeth chattering suspense" [USA Today] continues with GONE MISSING—a deeply chilling novel about a rite of passage gone horribly wrong. Rumspringa is the time when Amish teens are allowed to experience life without the rules. It's an exciting time of personal discovery and growth before committing to the church. But when a young teen disappears without a trace, the carefree fun comes to an abrupt and sinister end, and fear spreads through the community like a contagion. A missing child is a nightmare to all parents, and never more so than in the Amish community, where family ties run deep. When the search for the presumed runaway turns up a dead body, the case quickly becomes a murder investigation. And chief of Police Kate Burkholder knows that in order to solve this case she will have to call upon everything she has to give not only as a cop, but as a woman whose own Amish roots run deep. Kate and state agent, John Tomasetti, delve into the lives of the missing teen and discover links to cold cases that may go back years. But will Kate piece together all the parts of this sinister puzzle in time to save the missing teen and the Amish community from a devastating fate? Or will she find herself locked in a fight to the death with a merciless killer?

Download or read book Plain Dead written by Emma Miller and published by Kensington Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2016 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a newspaperman is murdered in the Amish community of Stone Mill, Pennsylvania, Rachel Mast digs up the dirt to find out who wanted to bury the lead... Although she left her Old Order Amish ways in her youth, Rachel discovered corporate life in the English world to be complicated and unfulfilling. Having returned to Stone Mill, she's happy to be running her own B&B. But she's also learning--in more ways than one--that the past is not always so easily left behind. After local newspaperman Bill Billingsly is found gagged and tied to his front porch, left to freeze overnight in a snowstorm, Detective Evan Parks--Rachel's beau--uncovers a file of scandalous information Billingsly intended to publish, including a record of Rachel pleading no contest to charges of corporate misconduct. Though Evan is certain of her innocence, it's up to Rachel to find the real killer. A closer examination of the victim's unpublished report leads Rachel to believe the Amish community is far from sinless. But if she's not careful her obituary might be the next to appear in print...

Download or read book A Gathering of Secrets written by Linda Castillo and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Gingerich barn burns to the ground in the middle of the night and eighteen-year-old Daniel is missing. When Daniel's body is found inside--burned alive-- Chief of Police Kate Burkholder's investigation of the murder of the well-liked young Amish man reveals a plethora of secrets and a chilling series of crimes"--

Download or read book Plain Killing written by Emma Miller and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2014-12-20 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “delightful” mystery that spans from Pennsylvania’s Amish country to New Orleans’s French Quarter (Publishers Weekly). When the Amish community of Stone Mill, Pennsylvania, refuses to discuss a murder with the police, it's up to Rachel Mast to bridge the cultural gap and stop a killer from striking again. . . While swimming in a local quarry, Rachel and her cousin Mary Aaron discover the body of an Amish girl, fully clothed in her white bonnet, floating face down in the water. The drowned young woman, Beth Glick, had left Stone Mill and her Old Order Amish life a year ago, causing her to be shunned by her family and her people. But if Beth had joined the English world, why was she found dressed in Amish clothing and strangled? Rachel's boyfriend, police detective Evan Park, is getting nowhere with questioning Beth's family. He's also troubled over the fate of three other Amish girls who left Stone Mill in the last two years. As someone who gave up the Plain lifestyle herself, then returned to operate a B&B, Rachel is able to use her ties to the community to learn more about the missing girls. But when her search eventually leads to the dark underbelly of the secular world, Rachel finds her own life in dire jeopardy. . . “An exciting tale of mystery, love, and danger that will have readers turning the pages like crazy, wondering what the next big secret to be revealed will be and how Rachel will handle it.”—Booklist

Download or read book Amish Jane Doe written by Shelley Shepard Gray and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mystery Don't miss this page-turner for the mystery lover He left her without a word… Now he needs her help to catch a killer Escaping his Amish community as a teen was about survival, but leaving meant breaking LizBeth Troyer’s heart. Now Detective Jackson Lapp is working a cold case—and the clue to a murdered Amish girl’s identity leads him back to his hometown. Can Jackson and LizBeth rebuild their broken trust and work together to catch a killer before another young Amish woman is murdered? New York Times Bestselling Author

Download or read book Plain Murder written by Emma Miller and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman who left the Amish community long ago returns to Pennsylvania—and finds herself negotiating between her people and the police… In this unique mystery debut, a shallow grave is found on a Pennsylvania farm, and one woman straddling the Amish and outside worlds must uncover a killer—and create a life on her own terms… Fifteen years after leaving her Old Order Amish life, Rachel Mast has returned to Stone Mill, Pennsylvania. Corporate success didn't bring true happiness, but Rachel also knows she can never be Amish again. Instead she runs a B&B and tries to help her community in ways they can't help themselves. But now a gruesome discovery has been made on her Uncle Aaron's cow pasture—the body of prominent Englisher businessman Willy O'Day. Aaron refuses to hire a lawyer, trusting his innocence, and his faith, to see him through. Rachel isn't so sure, especially given the long public feud between the two men. Her relatives won't speak to the police, but they will talk to Rachel—if she puts on a skirt and bonnet. Rachel knows emotions and entanglements run as complicated in the Amish world as outside it. But as she delves deeper to clear Aaron's name, she discovers secrets that put her own life in danger… “Rachel’s struggle to reconcile her traditional upbringing and ‘Englisher’ lifestyle provides this whodunit with its most intriguing element.”—Publishers Weekly

Download or read book Sworn to Silence written by Linda Castillo and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now the subject of the Lifetime original movie "An Amish Murder" "" "Sworn to Silence" is the first in Linda Castillo's "New York Times" bestselling Kate Burkholder series."" "Some secrets are too terrible to reveal. Some crimes are too unspeakable to solve. . . ." In 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. A young Amish girl named Kate Burkholder survived the terror of the Slaughterhouse Killer . . . but ultimately decided to leave her community. 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.