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1) The fiddler
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"A wrong turn in a rainstorm leads Englisher Amelia Devries to Michael Hostetler, and the young Amishman's charming Old Order community of Hickory Hollow. Despite their very different backgrounds, Amelia and Michael both feel hemmed in by the expectations of others and struggle with how to find room for their own hopes. And what first seems to be a chance encounter might just change their lives forever"--Page 4 of cover.
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Kate Burkholder grew up in idyllic Painters Mill, where many residents drive buggies, shun electricity, and distance themselves from the complications of modern life, but the presence of a serial killer shatters the stillness of the town, leaving its citizenry terrified and on guard.
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Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must confront a dark evil to solve the mysterious murders of an entire Amish family of seven. 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.
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When the Slabaugh family is found dead in their barn, it appears to be a gruesome accident: methane gas asphyxiation caused by a poorly ventilated cesspit. But it's soon revealed to be murder, possibly tied to a series of vicious hate crimes against the Amish. Alongside state agent John Tomasetti, Kate Burkholder searches for the link between the crimes, and uncovers a dark secret beneath the placid surface of this idyllic Amish community.
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"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 and...
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Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Publication Date
[2015]
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English
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"Marlena Wenger, a young aunt from the Beachy Amish caring for her infant niece, finds comfort and hope from an Old Order Amish mother and her family who extend friendship to a homeless man, whose few possessions include a collection of love letters"-- Provided by publisher.
7) Rage
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"In this gripping new installment of the Edgar Award winning series, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates a brutal double murder that takes her into the dark underbelly of society and exposes the dangers of Amish lives gone wrong. Summer has arrived with a vengeance in Painters Mill, and a macabre discovery by three Amish children brings the quiet to a grinding halt. Chief of Police Kate Burkholder arrives on scene to find the dismembered...
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Lena Rose Schwartz hadn't planned to leave her Old Order community in Centerville, Michigan. But then, she could not have foreseen the accident that made her and her siblings orphans. After her parents' funeral, her younger brothers and sisters are farmed out to various nearby relatives. But when the deacon in charge of the arrangements tells her there aren't places enough for everyone, she agrees to go live with her father's second cousin and his...
9) Hannah's joy
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"As a young widow Hahhah struggles to adapt to Amish customs, she enounters William Brand, who works in the furnitureshop next door. William struggles too and feels isolated from the community because of his stutter. Having studied speech threapy in college, Hannah offers to help William improve his speach, and slowly their timid friendship blossoms into deep affection. Still, Hannah is aware the the barriers between them are great. Her late husband,...
10) Gone missing
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English
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Investigating the disappearance of an Amish teenager, chief of police Kate Burkholder and state agent John Tomasetti stumble on a dead body at the same time another girl goes missing, and later discover sinister links to numerous cold cases.
11) Her last breath
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When her best friend's husband and two children are killed in a suspicious car accident, Amish community member Kate Burkholder maintains a vigil by a grievously injured survivor who may hold answers before investigating a brutal killer who makes her question everything about her Amish culture.
12) Sarah's gift
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2011.
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English
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Amish midwife Sarah Mast takes over responsibility from her aging aunt to run the Pleasant Valley birthing center and must fight those skeptical of her abilities, including Aaron Miller, who previously seemed drawn to her.
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2012.
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English
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Old Order Amish Rhoda Byler's unusual gift and her remarkable abilities to grow herbs and berries have caused many to think her odd. As rumors mount that Rhoda's "gift" is a detriment to the community, she chooses isolation, spending her time in her fruit garden and on her thriving canning business. Miles away in Harvest Mills, Samuel King struggles to keep his family's apple orchard profitable. As the eldest son, Samuel farms with his brothers, the...
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"At just 30 years old, with dark-blonde hair and freckles, Barbara Weaver was as pretty as the women depicted on the covers of her favorite "bonnet" stories - romance novels set in Amish America. Barbara had everything she'd ever wanted: five beautiful children, a home, her faith, and a husband named Eli. But while Barbara was happy to live as the Amish have for centuries - without modern conveniences, Eli was tempted by technology: cell phones, the...
15) Susanna's dream
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2014.
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English
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"As young girls, three Amish sisters were separated and told nothing about one another. When the long-held secret of their parentage came to light many years later, two of the grown women reconnected. Now they reach out to the third . . . Susanna Bitler's life is in complete turmoil. Still reeling from the death of her mother, she is further disheartened when her business partner hints that she is going to quit the gift shop they run together in a...
16) A life of joy
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When she returns for an extended visit to her hometown in Virginia, eighteen-year-old Lindsay Bedford reconnects with old friends and faces family pressures as she tries to decide whether or not to stay in her Amish community.
18) A place of peace
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"Miriam Lapp, who left the Amish community in Pennsylvania three years ago, is heart-broken when her sister calls to say that her mother has dies suddenly. Traveling home, she is forced to face the heartache from her past, including the rift with her family and her broken engagement with Timothyh Kauffman. The wounds are reopened when her father disowns her and she finds the out that Timothy has proposed to his new girlfriend. Miriam returns to Indiana...
19) A sister's test
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Ruth finds her dream to marry Martin Gingerich and raise a family about to be realized when her life is shattered and her faith is put to the test.
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The peaceful town of Millersburg, Ohio, in the heart of Ohio's Amish country, is rocked by the vicious murder of one of its citizens at the hands of an itinerant ex-convict. When a local reporter covering the story ends up dead as well, with the convict already behind bars, suspicion falls on David Hawkins, father of the first victim. But Hawkins is nowhere to be found, not even among the protective Amish colony that had taken him in as one of its...





