PLAIN DEAD is the third book in An Amish Mystery series but does well as a stand alone. Rachel Mast was raised Old Order Amish, but she now lives in between that world and her English world. She is the owner of a bed and breakfast and her boyfriend is the local detective. Evan and Rachel have just become engaged but she still hasn't told anyone in her family. She is afraid of hurting them with the news because it will show them how much she has changed and won't be taking her baptismal vows. Her past has just slapped her in the face once again, and even though she tries to bury it, we all know how that goes.
Rachel has been getting ready for the Winter Frolic. It is a week long craft fair, which will hopefully bring lots of money the community needs. She is excited and has worked hard to get her small community of Stone Mill the growth it needs to survive. Her bed and breakfast is booked solid from the festival and life is running smoothly...until the nasty and bitter newspaper reporter, Bill Billingsly threatens Rachel with exposing the truth as to why she came back to Stone Mill. He is bringing so much embarrassment and heartache to so many people, and it looks like Rachel is next in line. He has gone too far with all this gossip, and then he turns up dead, frozen and naked on his front porch.
PLAIN DEAD is filled with mystery, suspense, and romance. Everything you could want in a delicious cozy. I love Rachel's character and how she is not afraid to keep digging until she finds out the truth. The mystery in PLAIN DEAD is well plotted and will keep you guessing as to who did it. I changed my mind on who it was a few times, and I love when I think I have it all figured out only to be thrown in a different direction by the author. Emma Miller is quickly becoming one of my favorite go-to Amish authors. PLAIN DEAD is very easy to read and well written. I cannot wait to continue with this wonderful series.
When a newspaperman is murdered in the Amish community of
Stone Mill, Pennsylvania, Rachel Mast digs up the dirt to
find out who wanted to bury the lead⦠Although
she left her Old Order Amish ways in her youth, Rachel
discovered corporate life in the English world to be
complicated and unfulfilling. Having returned to Stone Mill,
sheβs happy to be running her own B&B. But sheβs also
learningβin more ways than oneβthat the past is not always
so easily left behind. After local newspaperman Bill
Billingsly is found gagged and tied to his front porch, left
to freeze overnight in a snowstorm, Detective Evan
ParksβRachelβs beauβuncovers a file of scandalous
information Billingsly intended to publish, including a
record of Rachel pleading no contest to charges of corporate
misconduct. Though Evan is certain of her innocence, itβs up
to Rachel to find the real killer. A closer examination of
the victimβs unpublished report leads Rachel to believe the
Amish community is far from sinless. But if sheβs not
careful her obituary might be the next to appear in printβ¦
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