The quilting super sleuths are at it again! Deborah Yoder
and her friend Esther find a dead girl floating in a pond as
they are on their way to deliver a casserole to Esther's
future husband, Tobias. When the local police get involved
and begin their investigation, Tobias' cousin, Reuben
Fisher, the owner of the pond, seems to be their prime
suspect. He was seen coming out of the farmhouse on their
property with the girl a few days earlier. Reuben refuses to
answer any of the questions the police are asking. Blood on
the bottom of his shoe links him to the death and he is
taken to jail and charged with the murder.
Deborah seeks out Callie Harper, the new owner of Daisy's
Quilt Shop and now Deborah's business partner, to help her
do a little sleuthing on the side. After all, they helped to
solve another murder mystery just a few months before here
in Shipshewana. But with Reuben refusing to talk, even to an
attorney, they have very little to work with. The only
person he does speak to is Deborah, and that is to tell her
to make sure that Tobias and Esther move forward with their
plans to marry in a couple of weeks.
Callie has her own mystery to solve. An elderly gentleman
stops at her shop early one morning and asks her to find his
daughter who has been missing for almost fifty years. When
she calls the man's son, she learns that Mr. Bontrager is
living in an old folk's home and has dementia. Caleb
Bontrager tells Callie to disregard his dad's request, but
Callie just can't seem to let it go. She's determined to
find out whatever she can about this missing child and
possibly reunite the two of them.
When Deborah's and Callie's separate investigations merge
together, pieces of their puzzles begin to fall into place,
just like putting together an Amish quilt. Will Deborah be
able to prove that Reuben didn't kill the girl in the pond?
Can Callie find a child who has been missing for fifty
years?
Vannetta Chapman's Amish mystery is a true delight. It
explores the questions regarding why our lives take some of
the turns they do, and why bad things happen to good people.
This compelling story is woven together with little details
that keep you enticed right to the end, just like the little
details of a beautiful quilt. Return to Shipshewana and
catch up on the happenings of the Amish community and the
group of quilters who have become wonderful friends. THE
PERFECT SQUARE is a winner!
There's more to the quaint northern Indiana town of
Shipshewana than handcrafted quilts, Amish-made furniture,
immaculate farms and close-knit families. When a dead girl
is found floating in a local pond, murder is also afoot. And
Reuben, brother of Deborah's best friend's fiance, is in
jail as the suspect!
Reuben refuses to divulge any information, even to clear
himself of a crime Deborah is certain he didn't commit. So,
with her English friend, Callie---fellow sleuth and owner of
Daisy's Quilt Shop---Deborah sets out to uncover the truth.
But the mystery deepens when an elderly man seeks Callie's
help in finding his long-lost daughter, missing since the
days of the 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes.
An old man who has lost his past. A young man who may lose
his future. Once again Deborah and Callie find themselves
trying to piece together a crazy quilt of lives and events--
-one that can bring unexpected touches of God's grace and
resolve the tragedy that has shaken this quiet Amish
community.
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