Amish Country Mysteries: Blood of the Prodigal : An Amish Country Mystery (Hardcover)

from coffeeandabookchick

I enjoyed this quite a bit. Although a quick read, it's an exceptionally smart mystery, and it certainly does an effective job in telling a sound story full of absorbing insights into the Amish way of life. There are intelligent layers within this story, of both the personal lives of the Professo...

from richardderus

Rating: 3.8* of five The Publisher Says: Plume's paper edition copy: A compulsively readable new series that explores a fascinating culture set purposely apart. In the wooded Amish hill country, a professor at a small college, a local pastor, and the county sheriff are the only ones among the m...

from Maydacat

P. L. Gaus has given the mystery reader a gem of a story with The Blood of the Prodigal. Not quite a cozy and with some aspects of a police procedural, it is an unique approach. With characters that come alive on the page and with clues to follow, the reader will be engrossed from the very beginn...

from Robin661

Blood of the Prodigal (An Ohio Amish Mystery) P.L. Gaus This is the beginning of the Amish Mysteries set in Ohio. It is about the grandson of one of the leaders in the Amish community and his kidnapping. The pastor, professor and the sheriff are the only three Englishers that the Amish have any k...

from thornton37814

This is a fascinating glance at Ohio's Amish country with far less romanticism of the culture than one finds in most books that are sometimes labeled Amish fiction. Bishop Miller's grandson has gone missing, but the Bishop knows his son has taken them. He reluctantly enlists the aid of an "Englis...