Washoe County Library System

"When two sisters return home for a visit after leaving the Amish world, both are troubled by the secrets--and the people--they left behind"--Provided by publisher.

Rose Kauffman is engaged to Silas Good, a well-liked Amish fellow, so why does she still pine for Nick Franco, the former foster son of the bishop? Especially now that Nick has left the Amish community under a cloud of suspicion after the death of the bishop's biological son. Meanwhile, Rose's older sister, Hen, has returned to live at her parents' farm with her young daughter. Hen and her modern husband, Brandon, are separated by mutual agreement,...

Book 3 of the Amish-Country Mysteries

A compulsively readable series that 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...

"Everyone in Painters Mill knows the abandoned Hochstetler farm is haunted. But only a handful of the residents remember the terrible secrets lost in the muted/hushed whispers of time and now death is stalking them, seemingly from the grave. On a late-night shift, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called to the scene of an apparent suicide -- an old man found hanging from the rafters in his dilapidated barn. But evidence quickly points to murder...

"For generations, Ellie Hostetler's family has tended their Lancaster County orchard, a tradition her twin brother, Evan, will someday continue. Yet when Evan's draft number is called up in the lottery for the Vietnam War, the family is shocked to learn he has not sought conscientious objector status, despite their Old Order Amish belief in nonresistance. The faraway war that has caused so much turmoil and grief among their Englisher neighbors threatens...

Though Caleb Beachy lived in the outside world for some years, he returns to his Amish community with a heavy burden on his conscience, which keeps him from pursuing a perfect romance with Josie Yoder.

"P. L. Gaus's widely praised Amish-Country Mysteries continue to "probe the tension between the self-reliance of the Amish world and the urgencies of the English world" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). In Whiskers of the Lion, Sheriff Bruce Robertsonis charged with finding a young Amish woman on the run from a murderous drug ring so she can testify in federal court. Wrestling with a recurring childhood nightmare of a deadly lion, the Holmes County...

"In the first novel of Beth Wiseman's new Amish Inn series, matchmaking widows ensure that two young artists have a second chance at love"--

After Beverly Overholt's beloved Orange Blossom Inn is broken into, she calls Eric Wagler, the inn's handsome owner to handle the repairs. Beverly's been closed off to love for years, but with Eric, she can't help seeing a glimmer of hope even if they're from different worlds.

Bookmobile librarian Sarah Anne Miller Canon encourages Atle Petersheim to learn about love through reading romance novels after he mentions his intention to court a local widow as Christmas approaches in the third novel of the series following An Amish Surprise.