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1) The fiddler
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A wrong turn in a rainstorm leads Englisher Amelia Devries to Michael Hostetle, 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.
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When Solly and Rachel Slabaugh, along with Solly's brother Abel, are found dead in a hog pit, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates the gruesome scene. Once again teaming up with Agent John Tomasetti, Kate reveals that the death may not have been accidental, but one of the most horrific hate crimes ever to befall the Amish community of Painter's Creek.
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"Deep within the peaceful heart of Amish country, a life-or-death emergency shatters a quiet world to its core. Number-one New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs delivers a riveting story that challenges our deepest-held beliefs. Caught between two worlds, Caleb Stoltz is bound by a deathbed promise to raise his orphaned niece and nephew in Middle Grove, where life revolves around family, farm, faith--and long-held suspicions about outsiders....
4) Dear to me
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The brides of Webster County volume no. 3
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English
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What's a girl to do when she loves animals and her boyfriend loves to hunt? Will her desire to become a vet drive a further wedge between them-- and alienate her from the close-knit Old Order Amish community?
5) Gone missing
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Kate Burkholder mystery volume 4
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Language
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.
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Kate Burkholder volume 5
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English
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When her best friend's husband and two children are killed in a suspicious car accident, Amish community member Kate maintains a vigil by a grievously injured survivor who may hold answers.
8) The heirloom
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Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Clara Bender believes a visit to Hickory Hollow may help her find direction after her father remarries. While restoring an heirloom quilt with her great-aunt Ella Mae Zook, the two form a warm bond. When Clara's life is again upended by an unexpected incident and a young Amish man, will she find where her heart belongs?"--
9) The telling
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Seasons of Grace volume 3
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English
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Determined to forgo traditional medicine as she struggles to come to terms with a grave medical diagnosis, graduate student Heather Nelson hopes to find answers and healing in Amish country.
10) The bridesmaid
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English
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Twenty-four-year-old Amish woman Joanna Kurtz holds two secrets--she wants to be a published writer, and she longs to be married to an Amish man who lives two states away.
11) The timepiece
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Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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Adeline Pelham drives up in a sleek, red sports car to an Amish farm and upends the family inside, claiming to be a long lost daughter from another mother.
Sylvia Miller's Old Order family is upended with the arrival of Adeline Pelham. It isn't that Adeline means to be a threat, but her very existence is a reminder of a painful secret. As Sylvia and her mother struggle to come to terms with the news, it is a challenging time to welcome an Englisher--...
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Shiloh Run Press, an imprint of Barbour Publishing, Inc
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English
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"Join Mandy Frey as she and three friends leave their Amish community in Indiana for the trip of a lifetime to Hawaii. But when Mandy and one of her friends miss the cruise ship after a port of call on Kauai, how will they adjust and get back home?"--Goodreads.com.
13) The tinderbox
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English
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"When Sylvia Miller finds the key to an old tinderbox of her father's, her curiosity is piqued. Shocked by the secrets it holds, Sylvia confronts her father. The truth about the tinderbox will forever change not only her own life, but also that of her family and her Amish community"--
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Indiana cousins volume 2
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English
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Traumatized after surviving an automobile accident in which her boyfriend was killed, Katie Miller struggles to find her way out of depression, while Freeman Bontrager tries to gain Katie's trust in hopes of winning her heart.
15) An evil heart
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Series
A Kate Burkholder novel volume 15
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First U.S. edition, First Canadian edition.
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 25 cm.
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English
Description
"Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates the brutal death of a young Amish man in An Evil Heart, the latest installment of the bestselling series by Linda Castillo. On a crisp autumn day in Painters Mill, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder responds to a call only to discover an Amish man who has been violently killed with a crossbow, his body abandoned on a dirt road. Aden Karn was just twenty years old, well liked, and from an upstanding Amish...
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Home to Hickory Hollow volume 4
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English
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"Jennifer Burns has always had an 'old soul,' but joining the Amish world will challenge her spirit--and her heart--in ways she never expected"--Provided by publisher.
17) The guardian
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Home to Hickory Hollow volume 3
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English
Description
After schoolteacher Jodi Winfield finds a little girl on the side of the road, she delves into the isolated community of the Lancaster Old Order Amish to find answers.
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Minotaur Books
Language
English
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"New York times bestselling author Linda Castillo is known as a 'master of the genre' (People) for her pulse-pounding mystery series set in Amish country. Now, together for the first time in print, 'A Simple Murder' features six original short stories starring whip-smart chief of police, Kate Burkholder"--
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Indiana cousins volume 1
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English
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Loraine must decide whether she will pledge her love to Wayne Lambright who, crippled after a tragic accident, feels unworthy of her love, or Jake Beechy who, after leaving their Amish community, returns to renew their courtship.
20) The last bride
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English
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"Set in Amish country's beloved fictional Hickory Hollow, Tessie Miller, the youngest of her Old Order parents' five daughters, followed her heart, and the unthinkable has happened. Will she find a reason for hope, in spite of her desperate plight?"--Provided by publisher.