Download or read book The Englischer s Murder Amish Mystery and Suspense written by Ruth Bawell and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-09 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tiny village of Sutter's Field, Pennsylvania, an outsider-a blogger doing research on Amish life for a series of articles-has been found on top of a hill, bludgeoned to death. There are no footprints in the snow save her own, and no one saw it happen. Having become something of a minor celebrity in her own community, Rebecca Troyer is called upon by Charity Springer to solve this impossible crime. The last person to see the victim, twenty-two year-old Aaron Mullet, has been arrested on circumstantial evidence. He promises he didn't do it, and his friend Charity believes him-but won't say why. Rebecca is determined to prove Aaron innocent, but the cost for his freedom could also cost him his life in the community. Join the crafty Rebecca Troyer as she puts her mind to the case to root out the truth-including some surprising truths inside her own heart.

Download or read book Haunted written by Ruth Price and published by Global Grafx Press. This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone knew the old Crawley house was haunted. What if everyone was right? They say the Crawley house is haunted, but Luke King knows better. When his brother comes home claiming the ghost attacked him, Luke vows to prove it all Noah's overactive imagination. What Luke finds will transform himself and his Amish district forever. After discovering the truth of her best friend, Salome's disappearance, Susie Zook is haunted by her mistakes. If only she had spoken up, Salome might still be alive. But when Salome's killer returns, Susie vows to protect her home and family, even if she must commit a terrible crime. With two women's lives in the balance, ghosts of the past collide with sins of the present in this suspenseful Amish mystery novel. Can Luke protect the woman he loves? Will Susie forgive her best friend's killer? Find out in Haunted, Book 2 of the Amish Mystery series. If you love Amish mysteries with suspense, a touch of romance and the chill of a restless ghost, start reading Haunted today!

Download or read book Sworn to Silence written by Linda Castillo and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 368 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. A KILLER IS PREYING ON SACRED GROUND.... 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. *BONUS CONTENT: This edition of Sworn to Silence includes a new introduction from the author and a discussion guide.

Download or read book The Shipshewana Amish Mystery Collection written by Vannetta Chapman and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 1187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning author Vannetta Chapman’s Shipshewana Amish Mystery series now available in one volume! Falling to Pieces In the Amish community of Shipshewana, two women—one Amish, one English—reluctantly join forces for a short-term business venture. Neither is looking for friendship, but when the town's newspaper editor is murdered, and an unexpected prime suspect is identified, the women form an unlikely alliance to solve the mystery. A Perfect Square Amish-English sleuthing duo Deborah Yoder and Callie Harper set out to solve a murder. But more than an innocent man’s future is at stake. In book two of the Shipshewana Amish Mystery series, God’s grace touches the long-lost past as well as lives shaken by current tragedy. Material Witness The Fall Crafters Fair has barely begun in Shipshewana when murder strikes the small town once again—this time on the property of Daisy's Quilt Shop. It will take all of the sleuthing skills Deborah Yoder and Callie Harper possess to catch the perpetrator. But the stakes are higher than ever before, since the material witness is their best friend's child. Everyone will have to go on a journey of faith deep into the heart of God’s grace.

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 Accidental Murder written by Ruth Bawell and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-29 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rebecca Troyer is back, this time solving a bizarre case of a death initially ruled as accidental. When Joshua and Ishmael run into harsh waters on their fishing trip, things take a turn for the worse when Ishmael falls into the water and drowns. It's a tragic scenario about to be made more tragic when Elizabeth King, the girlfriend of Ishmael's brother Isaac, reveals that she suspects some foul play is at hand. Furthermore, she suspects that Isaac, her liebchen, may actually be behind a fiendish plot to do away with his own brother. Summoning the sharp-witted Rebecca Troyer to the case, Elizabeth hints that more secrets are about to be unearthed. Rebecca will soon find herself embroiled in a family's lies, and a plot to betray a sacred trust.

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 In Plain Sight written by Linda Castillo and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Linda Castillo, the New York Times bestselling author of A Gathering of Secrets, comes a new Kate Burkholder short mystery, In Plain Sight: a story of star-crossed love and murder in Amish country. Seventeen year old Amish boy, Noah Kline, is struck by a car as he walks alongside a dark country road late one night in Painters Mill. Seriously injured, he lapses into a coma. Initially, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder believes it’s a straightforward hit and run, a driver that panicked and fled. But evidence soon emerges that the incident wasn’t accidental at all--and Kate uncovers a story of teenage passion and jealousy that may have led to attempted murder.

Download or read book Sworn to Silence written by Linda Castillo and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 385 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.

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 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 Plain Killing written by Emma Miller and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rachel Mast finds the Amish are no more immune from crime than the people they call the English. It's been years since restless Rachel fled her family's farm as a teen. Starting with only the eighth-grade education afforded most Amish kids, she earned an MBA from Wharton and became successful in business. But Rachel never felt at home in the English world. So she came back to run a bed-and-breakfast in Stone Mill, near central Pennsylvania's thriving Amish community. Now she lives between the two worlds. Her boyfriend, Evan Parks, is a state trooper, but her best friend remains her cousin Mary Aaron Hostetler. Her uncle Aaron and aunt Hannah, tolerant of Rachel's English ways, allow her to drive Mary Aaron and a group of Amish teens to swim at the local quarry, where they're horrified to find the body of Beth Glick. Like Rachel, Beth left Amish life, but unlike Rachel, she left after her baptism and therefore was shunned by the community. What caused her to come back, dressed in Amish garb, to a place she knew she would be unwelcome? Rachel is determined to find out. Ignoring Evan's pleas for caution, she investigates the paths of teens leaving Stone Mill. A panicked call from Hannah Verkler, who disappeared years ago, convinces Rachel she's on the right track. But Hannah's call is from New Orleans. Can Rachel and Mary Aaron find Hannah in a city that represents everything the Amish reject?

Download or read book The Pact written by Linda Castillo and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Pact a gripping Kate Burkholder short mystery from New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo, a terrifying disappearance in Amish country reveals the power of friendship. Three days before Thanksgiving, two boys disappear without a trace. Eleven-year-old Aaron Kuhns is Amish. Kevin Dennison is twelve and “English.” They’re adventurers, explorers, and inseparable best friends. When they don’t return home from what was supposed to be a fun afternoon of fishing, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must find the missing boys before the first winter storm of the season bears down on Painters Mill.

Download or read book The Hidden One written by Linda Castillo and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discovery of an Amish bishop's remains leads chief of police Kate Burkholder to unearth a chilling secret in The Hidden One, a new thriller from bestselling author Linda Castillo. Over a decade ago, beloved Amish bishop Ananias Stoltzfus disappeared without a trace. When skeletal remains showing evidence of foul play are unearthed, his disappearance becomes even more sinister. The town’s elders arrive in Painters Mill to ask chief of police Kate Burkholder for help, but she quickly realizes she has a personal connection to the crime. The handsome Amish man who stands accused of the murder, Jonas Bowman, was Kate’s first love. Forced to confront a painful episode from her past, Kate travels to Pennsylvania’s Kishacoquillas Valley, where the Amish culture differs dramatically from the traditions she knows. Though Bishop Stoltzfus was highly respected, she soon hears about a dark side to this complex man. What was he hiding that resulted in his own brutal death? Someone doesn’t want Kate asking questions. But even after being accosted and threatened in the dead of night, she refuses to back down. Is she too close to the case—and to Jonas—to see clearly? There’s a killer in the Valley who will stop at nothing to keep the past buried. Will they get to Kate before she can expose the truth? Or will the bishop’s secrets remain hidden forever?

Download or read book The Amish Muffin Murder written by Ruth Bawell and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-04 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katie Zook had been hoping for another mystery to solve, so when a guest drops dead at her grandmother's inn, she can't help but be excited. And, she must admit to herself, part of that excitement comes from the chance to see handsome Detective Bradford again. But when the trail of clues leads to a suspicious muffin and her best friend Emma's bakery, Katie gets serious. Emma's father is being suspected of the murder, and Katie has to prove him innocent.With help from Detective Bradford, Katie unravels the secrets that someone has been willing to kill for. And as her investigation deepens, so do her feeling for the handsome detective. But the murderer is still out there, and willing to kill again. Katie doesn't have the time to think about an impossible romance. Does she?

Download or read book Blood Brothers written by Samantha Jillian Bayarr and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seth and Kyle grew up believing they were cousins, and had made a blood-brother pact when they were young. But with that pact came responsibility. After years of not seeing each other, Kyle must go in search of Seth to make good on that pact. But does that pact involve murder? How many more secrets will they find buried on Old Man Yoder's farm?

Download or read book Her Last Breath written by Linda Castillo and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the NYT bestselling author of Sworn to Silence comes a chilling tale of a tragic accident, a beautiful Amish woman, and the dark side of the seemingly perfect Amish world