Receiving reader mail whether is it snail mail, email, or a tweet is one the
most fun things about being an author. I especially love the mail that tells
me how much the reader loved my characters. For me, the most important part
of the story is the characters. Even as a reader, it is the characters that
make me fall in love with novel.
After the release of
MURDER, SIMPLY STITCHED,
the second book in the
Amish Quilt Shop
Mysteries, I received a flood of reader messages saying how much
they loved Petunia the Nubian goat, who
knocked my main character Angie Braddock back on her behind every chance
that she got. But then after the release of
MURDER,
SERVED SIMPLY, the third book in the
series, I got just as many messages asking me where Petunia was and if she
would return. Since I love Petunia myself, I
decided to put her into the main cast of characters.
So back by popular demand Petunia the Nubian goat returns in
MURDER, PLAINLY READ. The trick of Petuniaβs triumphant
return was deciding where to put her. In
the second novel, she belongs to a murder suspect who doesnβt appear in any
other books and wouldnβt fit into another
plot. My only choice was to have one the main cast adopt Petunia. Jonah
Graber, a friendly Amish man who is Angieβs
best childhood friend, was the perfect choice. Always looking for new
business ventures, Jonah would want a goat to
start his new goat lawn service business, a business where goats are used to
clear land for farming. Also Jonah, being
the nice guy that he is, would not hesitate to take in a homeless goat.
Angie, who loves Petunia in her own way, is happy that Petunia is back too.
Sheβs just not looking forward to the
bruises that she will receive from being knocked over again and again by
Petunia. Being toppled over by Petuniaβs head
butts might give Angie bruises, but it sure keeps the readers and me
laughing, which is all I ever want as a writer.
Welcome baaack Petunia!
National Bestselling Author
Isabella Alan is the pseudonym for Amanda
Flower. Amanda Flower, a two time Agatha-
nominated mystery author, started her writing career in elementary school
when she read a story she wrote to her sixth
grade class and had the class in stitches with her description of being
stuck on the top of a Ferris wheel. She knew at
that moment sheβd found her calling of making people laugh with her words.
Amanda is an academic librarian for a small
college near Cleveland.
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In the latest from the author of MURDER, SERVED SIMPLY, an Amish man
checks out permanently, but quilt shop owner
Angie Braddockβs got this mystery coveredβ¦
With so much to do between running her shop and spending time with her new
boyfriend, itβs amazing Angie is able to
help organize the Rolling Brook library's annual book sale. Luckily sheβs
working alongside brash librarian Austina
Shaker, a lady who isnβt afraid to make waves to get books to her patronsβ
even the Amish. Unfortunately, this draws the
ire of cranky Bartholomew Belier, an Old Order Amish bishop, who publicly
vows to ruin Austina.
And she certainly might be ruined after Belier is found dead in her
bookmobile. Now Angie must employ the help of her
loyal quilting circleβas well as her beloved French bulldog, Oliverβif she
hopes to prove Austinaβs innocence before
the real killer books itβ¦
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