Vannetta Chapman
The Amish Village Mystery Collection: Murder Simply Brewed, Murder Tightly Knit, Murder Freshly Baked (An Amish Village Mystery)
By Vannetta Chapman (Zondervan)
Release date: December 1, 2015
In Middlebury’s Amish Artisan Village, murder is the last thing anyone expects. Can Amber and Hannah find these killers before fear unravels the community. or they strike again?Murder Simply BrewedAmber Wright is optimistic about the growing profit from her collection of Amish shops in Middlebury, Indiana—until she receives a call that Ethan Gray is dead.
Material Witness (A Shipshewana Amish Mystery)
By Vannetta Chapman (Zondervan)
Release date: September 4, 2012
Tragedy strikes on the opening night of the Fall Crafters Fair when a woman is killed in the parking lot of Daisy’s Quilt Shop, and the only material witness is one of Melinda Byer’s boys. The investigation takes a more bizarre turn when detective Shane Black becomes convinced the killer was actually after Callie. This time it’s a madman loose in the largest crowd of the year, and he’s looking for something or someone. If they can’t figure out what, one of Deborah and Callie’s close circle of friends may be next. Masked identities, antique quilts with hidden messages, an Amish boy whose handicap makes him stronger, one brave dog, and a possible hidden treasure.
Murder Freshly Baked (An Amish Village Mystery)
By Vannetta Chapman (Zondervan)
Release date: June 9, 2015
When delicious baked goods become lethal, a trail of poetry leads to a sweet-toothed killer. Don’t taste it / Don’t share it /Just throw it away / If you try my bakery pie / You won’t live to see another day. The Amish Artisan Village of Middlebury, Indiana, might be the last place you would ever expect to find a murderer. But Amber has been managing the Village for decades and there’s nothing she hasn’t seen. Or so she thought.
Murder Simply Brewed (An Amish Village Mystery)
By Vannetta Chapman (Zondervan)
Release date: March 25, 2014
When the coffee shop manager is murdered in Middlebury’s Amish Artisan Village, two women from different walks of life must join together to solve the mystery. Spring has arrived in Middlebury, Indiana, and Amber Wright is optimistic about the growing profit from her collection of Amish shops—until she receives a call that Ethan Gray is dead. Hurrying over to A Simple Blend, she finds a solitary hole in the front window and the store manager lying next to the espresso machine, dead from an apparent heart attack. All the money is still in his register. When Amber hires a young Amish woman, Hannah Troyer, to take over the shop’s duties, the two women become fast friends—as well as amateur sleuths.
Murder Tightly Knit (An Amish Village Mystery)
By Vannetta Chapman (Zondervan)
Release date: December 16, 2014
In a town where Amish and Englisch Mingle every day, a grisly murder leads to mutual suspicion. Can Amber and Hannah find the killer before fear unravels the community . and before he strikes again?Even before she heard of Owen Esch’s death, Hannah Troyer knew something was amiss at The Cat’s Meow yarn shop.
What the Bishop Saw (The Amish Bishop Mysteries)
By Vannetta Chapman (Harvest House Publishers)
Release date: April 25, 2017
Somewhere in the Embers Lies the Truth A fire blazes out of control in the San Luis Valley of Colorado, leaving an elderly Amish bachelor dead. Bishop Henry Lapp rushes to the scene, and he learns the fire was no accident. Someone intended to kill Vernon Frey. But who would want to kill Vernon? Well, practically everyone—Amish and Englisch alike. When the police point the finger at a suspect Henry knows is innocent, the bishop must decide whether or not to use his mysterious, God-given gift—one he’s tried desperately to ignore all these years—to try and set the record straight.
When the Bishop Needs an Alibi (The Amish Bishop Mysteries)
By Vannetta Chapman (Harvest House Publishers)
Release date: August 29, 2017
A Terrible Secret Hides in the Bulrushes Amish bishop Henry Lapp eagerly awaits the annual arrival of 20,000 sandhill cranes to the San Luis Valley of Colorado. But his visit to the Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge reveals more than just a miracle of God’s creation. Hidden among the bulrushes and cattails is the deceased body of a young woman. As the local authorities attempt to unravel the mystery, Henry feels God’s calling to use his extraordinary talent to aid in the investigation. His ability to draw from memory in photographic detail could help solve this puzzling case.
Nike Chillemi
Blood Speaks: A Veronica “Ronnie” Ingels/Dawson Hughes Novel, Book Three (Authorized Operations 2)
By Nike Chillemi (Crime Fictionista Press)
Release date: November 21, 2016
Veronica “Ronnie” Ingels, Brooklyn gal PI, waited a long time for the solitaire on her finger. When her sometimes boss, a shadowy figure and director of a secret government organization, offers a one-week bridal shopping vacay in Virginia, she jumps at it. Joined by bridesmaids, Sandra Daube and Bertha Dagney, Ronnie sets off for the village of Heritage Cove on Arrowhead Lake, Virginia. Their joyous stay at the rustic yet luxury Heritage Cove Inn is shattered by a murder with tendrils and a clandestine motive stretching back to the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. It doesn’t take long for Ronnie and her gal-pals to become targets of the killer.
Last Days: A Katerina
By Nike Chillemi (Crime Fictionista Press)
Release date: March 3, 2021
A spry elderly woman has died mysteriously in a Florida coastal town, and the head of a clandestine organization in Washington D. C is interested in the case. All evidence, or lack thereof, points to accidental death, but Detective Katerina \”Kat\” Andruko has nagging doubts. She also has doubts about a mysterious phone call profiler Dimitri Garmonin, PhD, her intended, took and hid from her. As if that wasn\’t enough, Kat\’s former fiancé and fellow law enforcement officer gleefully taunts her, predicting the demise of her relationship with Dimitri.
Mindy Starns Clark
My Brother’s Crown (Cousins of the Dove Book 1)
By Mindy Starns Clark, Leslie Gould (Harvest House Publishers)
Release date: October 1, 2015
France, 1685. Catherine Gillet knows her brother, Jules, wants to protect her from the sinister threats of the French crown. But Jules is involved in a potentially deadly enterprise, one connected with an encoded document. When his actions put the whole family at risk, will Catherine find a way to save them?Virginia, present day. Renee Talbot, a direct descendant of Catherine’s, is fascinated by the document that’s been part of her family legacy for more than three centuries.