Kiowa County Public Library District

The Slabaugh family are model Amish farmers, prosperous and hardworking, with four children and a happy extended family. When the parents and an uncle are found dead in their barn, it appears to be a gruesome accident: methane gas asphyxiation caused by a poorly ventilated cesspit. But in the course of a routine autopsy, the coroner discovers that one of the victims suffered a head wound before death--clearly, foul play was involved. But who would...

Anna moves with her mother to Middlefield, Ohio, to open a gift shop and recover from a broken heart, and she finds it difficult to trust when Lukas begins paying attention to her, leading her to keep a secret that changes their lives.

Sarah Kauffman, having seen the barns on which she painted murals of old-fashioned quilt squares burn down one by one, serves as a guide to arson investigator Nate MacKenzie and wonders if the destruction has been caused by her pridefulness, and, as Nate searches for clues, the people of Home Valley are forced to question their beliefs and join together to protect their future.

Ruth Byler, the new teacher at the Amish schoolhouse, is furious when Zach Bender interrupts her class to insist the students show her respect, but she soon learns that there is more to Zach than she thought.

An Amish man exiled from his community in Ohio for fast living, returns to kidnap his son from his grandparents. Sleuth and professor Michael Branden is hired to find the boy, only to learn that the father has been murdered and the boy is missing.

Kate Burkholder, a former Amish resident of Painters Mill, is returning as police chief sixteen years after a series of brutal murders took place there, but when a new victim is found under her watch, she struggles with a secret that could hurt both her and her family.

"As the widow of a revered Millersburg College alumnus and one of the school's biggest donors, Juliet Favor has immense wealth that empowers her acquisition of whatever, and whomever, she wants. So when Juliet is murdered the night before she is slated to sign a new will--one that would prove unfavorable to both the college and her two children, Sonny and Sally--Sheriff Bruce Robertson faces no shortage of suspects. Professor Michael Branden and Pastor...

Amid a whirlwind of drugs, sex, and other temptations of the “English” world, a group of Amish teenagers on their Rumschpringe test the limits of their parents’ religion to the breaking point. The murder of one and the abduction of another challenge Professor Michael Branden as he confronts the communal fear that the young people can never be brought home safely. Along with Holmes County Sheriff Bruce Robertson and Pastor Cal Troyer, Professor...

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.

Anna moves to Middlefield, Ohio to mend her broken heart. She protects herself from further betrayal by focusing on the new gift shop she and her mother bought, until she begins falling for Lukas. Will their future be destroyed if she tells him the truth of her past?