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Iowa

The Secrets of Crittenden County

Found

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Beautiful color pictures; explains Amish beliefs, customs, way of life.

Virginia

Who We Are and What We Believe

It has been several years since Lester first agreed to be a tour guide at a local tourist site. It is something he enjoys very much. There are a tremendous number of tourists that come to Amish country. What brings them here? Some come merely out of curiosity, somewhat like taking a trip to the zoo. Others have a high respect for the Amish and appreciate the many values that they teach and hold dear. Then there are those who can appreciate the spiritual emphasis and the way they strive to serve God and to live separate from the world. When leading tours, Lester tells them is that he welcomes their questions, so he has a better idea of what they wish to know. Usually they have many questions. Unfortunately, there is a lot of incorrect information in some books that have been written about the Amish. That is one reason for this book, which covers a broad field and hopes to do justice in representing the Amish.

Our Amish Values

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South Carolina

Amish Inn Mysteries #4

Murder Simply Played 

Michigan

Shadows of Lancaster County

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Tennessee

As Leah looks after her motherless siblings, an alarming secret is brought to light that may bring sorrow to Leah, Sadie, and the Ebersol family.

The Prodigal

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When Katie Lapp finds the satin infant gown in the trunk in her parents' attic, she knows it holds a secret she must discover. Why else would her Amish mother, a plain and simple woman who embraces the Old Order laws, hide the beautiful baby dress in the attic? But nothing could have prepared Katie for the startling news that stumbles out of her anguished parents on the eve of her wedding to Bishop John.

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The Shunning

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A secret past forces Melissa James to flee her marriage and seek refuge with a Pennsylvania Dutch family, while her husband fears his own mistake will prevent their reunion.

Sanctuary

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Louisiana

The Amish Nanny

The Search

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Indiana

A Kate Burkholder Novel

In this riveting new thriller in Linda Castillo's New York Times bestselling series, 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?

Shamed

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Large print for easier reading. Sequel to The Postcard (also for sale separately).  #largeprint #Amish #Lancaster #Pennsylvania #PennsylvaniaDutch #romance #love #ThePostcard #bestselling-author

Maryland

The Crossroad

Linda Castillo

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Florida

A Novel of Suspense

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?

Fallen

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Beard Cutting, Hate Crimes, and the Trial of the Bergholz Barbers

On the night of September 6, 2011, terror called at the Amish home of the Millers. Answering a late-night knock from what appeared to be an Amish neighbor, Mrs. Miller opened the door to her five estranged adult sons, a daughter, and their spouses. It wasn't a friendly visit. Within moments, the men, wearing headlamps, had pulled their frightened father out of bed, pinned him into a chair, and?ignoring his tearful protests?sheared his hair and beard, leaving him razor-burned and dripping with blood. The women then turned on Mrs. Miller, yanking her prayer cap from her head and shredding it before cutting off her waist-long hair. About twenty minutes later, the attackers fled into the darkness, taking their parents' hair as a trophy.

Four similar beard-cutting attacks followed, disfiguring nine victims and generating a tsunami of media coverage. While pundits and late-night talk shows made light of the attacks and poked fun at the Amish way of life, FBI investigators gathered evidence about troubling activities in a maverick Amish community near Bergholz, Ohio?and the volatile behavior of its leader, Bishop Samuel Mullet.

Ten men and six women from the Bergholz community were arrested and found guilty a year later of 87 felony charges involving conspiracy, lying, and obstructing justice. In a precedent-setting decision, all of the defendants, including Bishop Mullet and his two ministers, were convicted of federal hate crimes. It was the first time since the 2009 passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act that assailants had been found guilty for religiously motivated hate crimes within the same faith community.

Renegade Amish goes behind the scenes to tell the full story of the Bergholz barbers: the attacks, the investigation, the trial, and the aftermath. In a riveting narrative reminiscent of a true crime classic, scholar Donald B. Kraybill weaves a dark and troubling story in which a series of violent Amish-on-Amish attacks shattered the peace of these traditionally nonviolent people, compelling some of them to install locks on their doors and arm themselves with pepper spray.

The country's foremost authority on Amish society, Kraybill spent six months assisting federal prosecutors with the case against the Bergholz defendants and served as an expert witness during the trial. Informed by trial transcripts and his interviews of ex-Bergholz Amish, relatives of Bishop Mullet, victims of the attacks, Amish leaders, and the jury foreman, Renegade Amish delves into the factors that transformed the Bergholz Amish from a typical Amish community into one embracing revenge and retaliation.

Kraybill gives voice to the terror and pain experienced by the victims, along with the deep shame that accompanied their disfigurement?a factor that figured prominently in the decision to apply the federal hate crime law. Built on Kraybill's deep knowledge of Amish life and his contacts within many Amish communities, Renegade Amish highlights one of the strangest and most publicized sagas in contemporary Amish history.

Renegade Amish

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New York

Plain Threats

Two Amish tales of redemption and love 

Jedidiah's Bride by Rebecca Kertz 

When handsome stranger Jedidiah Lapp saves her twin brothers' lives, Sarah Mast never expects to see their hero again. When they meet once more, Sarah begins to feel something special for him. Jedidiah soon sees Sarah as part of his future, too. But dare he ask her to leave her family behind and build a life with him? 

Plain Threats by Alison Stone 

More than a year after her husband was accused of murder and died in prison, someone is reminding Amish widow Rebecca Fisher that all hasn't been forgiven. Turning to Englisher and former army ranger Jake Burke for help rattles her traditional community. But before long, Rebecca senses Jake is the only person she can trust with her safety...and her fragile heart.

Jedidiah's Bride

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The Postcard

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Danger in Plain Sight

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A Novel

Raised in a Pennsylvania Amish community, young mother Rachel Yoder has led a simple life within her close-knit family. Widowed three years ago, she has moved back in with her parents, attempting to raise her daughter, Katie, without further emotional upheaval. Meanwhile, four hours and a whole world away in New York City, Ellie Lawrence is laser-focused on a high-powered public relations career, with too little time for her family, her friends, or even her boyfriend.

Then one fateful day, these two very different women receive shocking news of a mistake made three decades earlier and long kept hidden: Shortly after their births, the two were accidentally switched in the hospital. Shaken to the core by this momentous news, Rachel and Ellie are plunged into an exploration of who they are and where they really belong. While Ellie is eager to learn more about her Amish family and their life in the countryside, Rachel cannot help but feel jealous as she watches the only mother she has ever known bonding so easily with her natural daughter. But Rachel also knows that her own biological family is out there, and with Katie at her side she heads for Manhattan, where she establishes a connection with the raucous, spirited Lawrences.

As Ellie and Rachel make their way through unfamiliar landscapes, they face life-altering challenges and grapple with a crucial question: Will their old conventions and desires give way to new customs and yearnings? With the Christmas holidays fast approaching, it takes the love of two families for Rachel and Ellie to discover their own paths to fulfillment and happiness.

A Plain and Fancy Christmas

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Shadow of Lancaster County 

Lenora Worth

California

An Uplifting Inspirational Romance

Can love bloom twice in a lifetime...in this novel by New York Times bestselling author Lenora Worth. Working together in her Amish garden Will grow more than just flowers... After losing her first love, Amish garden nursery owner Rebecca Eicher thought she'd shuttered her heart forever. But when Englisch stranger Jeb Martin asks for work, there's an instantaneous connection--almost like Rebecca knows him. But Jeb has a past he's been hiding. And when her brother helps play matchmaker, will the truth bring them together or break them apart? From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope. Amish Seasons Book 1: Their Amish Reunion Book 2: Her Amish Child Book 3: Seeking Refuge Book 4: Secrets in an Amish Garden

Secrets in an Amish Garden

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When an Amish boy is kidnapped, a bishop, fearful for the safety of his followers, plunges three outsiders into the traditionally closed society of the 'Plain Ones'. In the Old Order Amish communities of Ohio's Holmes County, it is rare for one of the self-styled 'plain' people to seek aid from an outsider, one of 'the English.' But Bishop Eli Miller needs help and finds it in a local academic, Michael Brandon. Murder, suspicion and seclusion abound in the first novel in a brand new crime series set in Amish country.

Blood of the Prodigal

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After a vicious murder in the heart of Amish Country, Professor Michael Branden, Sheriff Bruce Robertson, and Pastor Cal Troyer set out to catch a killer in the peaceful town of Millersburg, Ohio.

Broken English

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While helping to investigate a fatal accident involving an eighteen-wheeler and an Amish horse-and-buggy, Professor Michael Branden becomes suspicious about the so-called "accident" as he uncovers a gang of teenage Amish robbers, land swindles, a missingbank official, and murder.

Clouds Without Rain

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When a college-aged Mennonite girl with a checkered past turns up bloodied and battered during the worst blizzard of the year, the subsequent investigation will implicate her in the killing of the wealthy mother of her boyfriend.

Cast a Blue Shadow

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An Amish-Country Mystery

In Whiskers of the Lion, Sheriff Bruce Robertson is 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 sheriff finds himself torn between allegiance to the legal system he upholds and the beliefs of the people he is sworn to protect.

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Shelley Shepard Gray

Found

Lester Beachy

Our Amish Values

Rachael O. Phillips

Murder Simply Played

Mindy Starns Clark

Shadows of Lancaster County

Beverly Lewis; Baker Publishing Group (Compiled by)

The Prodigal

Beverly Lewis

The Shunning

Beverly Lewis; David Lewis

Sanctuary

Mindy Clark & Leslie Gould

The Amish Nanny

Shelley Shepherd Gray

The Search

Linda Castillo

Shamed

Beverly Lewis

The Crossroad

Linda Castillo

Fallen

Donald B. Kraybill

Renegade Amish

Rebecca Kertz; Alison Stone

Jedidiah's Bride

Beverly Lewis

The Postcard

Matha Perry

Danger in Plain Sight

Cynthia Keller

A Plain and Fancy Christmas

Mindy Starns Clark

Shadow of Lancaster County

Lenora Worth

Secrets in an Amish Garden

P. L. Gaus

Blood of the Prodigal

P. L. Gaus

Broken English

P. L. Gaus

Clouds Without Rain

P. L. Gaus

Cast a Blue Shadow

P. L. Gaus

Whiskers of the Lion