The
quiet Amish lifestyle isn't all that it seems in this debut cozy
mystery series, for fans of Amanda Flower and Wanda E. Brunstetter.
Petunia
Yoder is Blueberry, Pennsylvania’s youngest old maid, at twenty-two
years of age, and completely unmarriageable. But she’s determined to
celebrate her friends’ weddings with joy and a full heart.
Unfortunately, Petunia’s best friend, Eden Beiler, is playing a
dangerous game with a man who is ruining her reputation.
Ike
Smoker is the community’s ice man—the one who cuts, stores, and sells
the ice—and when Petunia discovers him dead with an ice pick in his
chest, Eden is found on the scene with blood on her hands. Homicide
detective Asher Nate is new to the area, and he has a challenge on his
hands. The Amish community sticks close together, and he doesn’t
understand the subtleties and nuances of the clues he uncovers. He needs
an Amish interpreter, and he asks Petunia if she’ll help. In a bid to
keep her best friend out of prison, she agrees.
The community is
filled with people who had good reason to hate Ike Smoker, especially as
Petunia and Asher begin to uncover his secrets. Was someone trying to
protect their family's reputation? Or to exact revenge for a sin buried
deep in the past?
There’s a litany of damning clues that litters
the ground—and if Petunia and Asher can’t come up with the truth, they
could end up as the next ones on the killer’s list.
About The Author
Publishers Weekly bestselling author Patricia Johns writes sweet romance for Harlequin Inc. and Kensington Books.
She writes from Alberta, Canada, where she lives with her husband and son.
My Review
I enjoy a read by Patricia Johns and this one did not disappoint!
Set
in Blueberry, Pennsylvania, a man that it seems a lot of people did not
care for is found murdered. Add to this he is Amish and a young woman
is seen with blood on her hands, did she kill the man she professes to
have loved?
As we journey for answers, a friendship develops between
the police detective and an Amish woman, Petunia Yoder and Asher Nate,
and I had to wonder how that would work out?
As the list of suspects grow and many surprises drop, I kept changing my mind, and wow, with the bomb shells!
In this quite, supposedly peaceful town, there sure was a lot of action, and thus a page turner for me!
Now I can't wait for the next book in this series!
I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Crooked Lane Books, and was not required to give a positive review.
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