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Kate Burkholder thrillers volume 2
Description
Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must confront a dark evil to solve the mysterious murders of an entire Amish family of seven. Formerly Amish herself, Kate is no stranger to the secrets the Amish keep from the English--and each other--but this crime is horribly out of the ordinary.
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Series
Kate Burkholder thrillers volume 5
Description
An extraordinarily beautiful Amish woman, a dangerous femme fatale, is the central figure in a story that reveals a dark side of Painters Mill and its seemingly perfect Amish world
A rainy night, an Amish father returning home with his three children, a speeding car hurtling toward them out of nowhere.
What at first seems like a tragic, but routine car accident suddenly takes on a more sinister cast as evidence emerges that nothing
3) Gone missing
Author
Series
Kate Burkholder thrillers volume 4
Pub. Date
2012
Description
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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Series
Kate Burkholder thrillers volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Description
When the Slabaugh family is found dead in their barn, it appears to be a gruesome accident: methane gas asphyxiation caused by a poorly ventilated cesspit. But it's soon revealed to be murder, possibly tied to a series of vicious hate crimes against the Amish. Alongside state agent John Tomasetti, Kate Burkholder searches for the link between the crimes, and uncovers a dark secret beneath the placid surface of this idyllic Amish community.
8) Gone missing
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Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
277 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
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.
11) Breaking silence
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Series
Pub. Date
2011
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viii, 302 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
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.
12) Lydia's charm
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Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
376 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
When Lydia King suddenly finds herself widowed and jobless, she moves to Charm, Ohio, to be close to her mother and help with her grandfather. But when tragedy strikes her young life yet again, can she find strength in a family of young boys who need a mother, or will the gifts from a secret admirer prompt her to pursue an impossible love?
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Series
Pub. Date
c1999
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v, 230 p. ; 23 cm.
Description
When an Amish, or "plain" boy is kidnapped, Bishop Eli Miller reluctantly seeks help from outsiders, the "vain ones" known as English. Pastor Caleb Troyer and Professor Michael Branden, boyhood friends and lifelong residents of the county the Amish and English share, understand better than anyone that the bishop would not have enlisted their help unless it were a matter of gravest concern, and they begin searching for the boy.
14) Lydia's Charm
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Suddenly a widow, Lydia King moves with her son to Charm, Ohio, to be close to her mother and help with her grandfather. Then gifts begin appearing on her porch from a mysterious source. Menno Troyer, a local store owner, is also recently widowed and needs a mother for his four boys. Levi Stutzman is dedicated to caring for his handicapped family. Will the anonymous gifts bring Lydia hope for a new life? And will the gift giver be there when tragedy...
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Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
387 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Description
Ruth Zook returns home to Holmes County, Ohio, with a heavy suitcase and a heavier heart. Coerced into becoming a drug mule, Ruth decides to destroy her illicit burden -- and pays with her life. When Fannie Helmuth confesses that she was similarly coerced, Sheriff Bruce Robertson realizes that the drug dealers' operation reaches all the way to Florida's Pinecraft Amish community, and moves his investigation south.
16) Dark harvest
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Series
Maplecreek Amish trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
547 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Description
Widower Luke Brand is a leader in the peaceful Amish community of Maplecreek, Ohio. But now his people are under attack - and the main target appears to be the children. Policewoman Kat Lindley is running from the big-city job that nearly got her killed, and memories of the abused boy she failed to save. Now she agrees to undertake a dangerous masquerade within the Amish community, desperate to help Luke save Maplecreek's children.
17) Finding Margo
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Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
360 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Description
"International pop star, Margo Hartman is dead tired of touring and a needy entourage. Running away from it all seems like the perfect solution until someone wants her dead for real"--
18) Broken English
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Pub. Date
p2012
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (6 hr., 19 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Trained by the U.S. military to kill, "English" outsider David Hawkins came to the quiet town of Millersburg and found salvation among the pacifist Amish. But Hawkins' fragile tranquility is shattered when a marauding ex-convict descends on Millersburg, unleashing a wave of violence whose casualties include an investigative journalist and Hawkins' only daughter. Now Sheriff Bruce Robertson suspects that Hawkins has forsaken his pacifism in the name...
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Pub. Date
p2012
Physical Desc
6 sound discs (ca. 69 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When an Amish, or "plain" boy is kidnapped, Bishop Eli Miller reluctantly seeks help from outsiders, the "vain ones" known as English. Pastor Caleb Troyer and Professor Michael Branden, boyhood friends and lifelong residents of the county the Amish and English share, understand better than anyone that the bishop would not have enlisted their help unless it were a matter of gravest concern, and they begin searching for the boy.
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Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (ca. 71 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Sara Yoder is learning that danger can lurk in freedom's shadow. John Schlabaugh and Abe Yoder - Sara's friends and fellow travelers on the Amish rite of passage, Rumschpringe - are missing. Worried, but distrustful of most English, Sara calls Pastor Cal Troyer for help. Then Sara also disappears. Troyer, along with his old friends Professor Michael Branden and Sheriff Bruce Robertson, must race against the clock to find a murderer and break a ruthless...
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