West Routt Library District

Kate Burkholder, a former Amish resident of Painters Mill, Ohio, is returning as police chief sixteen years after a series of brutal murders took place there, but when a new victim is found on her watch, she struggles with a secret that could hurt both her and her family.

The Plank family moved from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to join the small Amish community of Painters Mill, Ohio, less than a year ago and seemed the model of the Plain Life. On a cold October night, the entire family of seven is found slaughtered on their farm. Police Chief Kate Burkholder and her small force, assisted by state agent John Tomasetti, have few clues, no motive, and no suspect. Formerly Amish herself, Kate is no stranger to the secrets...

Sarah Kauffman, having seen the barns on which she painted murals of old-fashioned quilt squares burn down one by one, serves as a guide to arson investigator Nate MacKenzie and wonders if the destruction has been caused by her pridefulness, and, as Nate searches for clues, the people of Home Valley are forced to question their beliefs and join together to protect their future.

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?

Although Martha Hostettler is pleased with the success of her dog breeding business, she really lights up in the presence of Luke Friesen. Unfortunately, her father wants her to steer clear of him. Her dad has already fired Luke--and now he's convinced the young Amishman is behind the destruction and mayhem that plagues the Hostettlers. Not content to sit idly by, Martha determines to ferret out the true culprit and exonerate her secret beau. As she...

"Some Amish men don't know what's good for them. That's what Millie Fisher told herself when young Ben Baughman set his heart on marrying Tess Lieb. With Tess's father refusing to give his blessing and Tess's ex-boyfriend being a wet blanket, the hapless couple was bound to butt heads more than Millie's Boer goats. But when Ben tragically dies in a mysterious fire, Millie wonders if someone in her hometown of Harvest, Ohio, wanted Ben out of the wedding...

Rebecca Keim returns to Wheat Ridge full of resolve to make her relationship with John Miller work. But in her absence, John has become suspicious. Does she still love someone else?

When a young woman is found murdered in a Painters Mill motel, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is shocked to discover she once knew the victim. Rachael Schwartz was a charming but troubled Amish girl who left the fold years ago and fled Painters Mill. Why was she back in town?And who would kill her so brutally? Kate remembers Rachael as the only girl who was as bad at being Amish as Kate was--and those parallels dog her. But the deeper Kate digs into...

"Betsie Troyer is back home in her Amish community where she knows she belongs. Free from the confusing Englisher way of life, Betsie and Charley Yoder have made promises to each other, and her life is back on track--until she agrees to do a favor for the Englisher family she use to board with. Now the outside world is again threatening her peace and rebellious Michael is turning her dreams upside down. Thankfully, Charley is safe and reliable, or...

"Millie is happy that her childhood friend, Uriah Schrock, has returned to Harvest after decades away. He was sweet on Millie in their school days, but she only had eyes for her future husband. Now, there's a new spark between them, so Millie is concerned when Uriah doesn't show up at the Harvest concert series - or for his job as the village square's groundskeeper. Perhaps Millie has been involved in too many murder investigations, but she has a...