Murder Simply Brewed (Amish Village Mystery Series #1)

by Vannetta Chapman

Overview

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. The police believe Gray’s death is a by-product of vandalism, but Amber and Hannah aren't convinced.

Clues that don't add up, a neighbor who is pulled into the midst of the investigation, a town with secrets to hide, and a blossoming romance—all will combine to push Amber and Hannah into unfamiliar roles in order to reveal answers to the mysteries around them.

"Chapman's latest is a mix of mystery and romance with vivid characters, a realistic setting and themes of loss, trust and love." — Romantic Times, four-star review

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310325802
Publisher:	Zondervan
Publication date:	03/25/2014
Series:	A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery #14 , #1
Sold by:	Zondervan Publishing
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	4,917
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Vannetta Chapman is author of the best-selling novel A Simple Amish Christmas. She has published over one hundred articles in Christian family magazines, receiving over two dozen awards from Romance Writers of America chapter groups. In 2012 she was awarded a Carol Award for Falling to Pieces. She discovered her love for the Amish while researching her grandfather’s birthplace of Albion, Pennsylvania.  Visit Vannetta's webiste: www.vannettachapman.com  Twitter: @VannettaChapman  Facebook: VannettaChapmanBooks

Editorial Reviews

02/15/2014
Englischer Amber Wright manages a complex of Amish shops set in the heart of Middlebury, IN. Her idyllic existence is shattered when Ethan Gray, the proprietor of a coffee shop, dies suddenly of an apparent heart attack. His body is found by Hannah, a young Amish woman from a neighboring store. Although the police rule Ethan's death is the result of natural causes, the ensuing vandalism perpetrated upon members of the tight-knit community casts doubts on that assumption. A bloody message, taken from the Bible's Book of Daniel, is found near Tate Bowman's fields. Amber and Hannah turn into amateur sleuths as they attempt to identify the culprit. As the vandalism escalates, so does Tate and Amber's mutual attraction. Will they figure out who is behind the trouble before more people are killed? VERDICT Fans of romance and cozy mysteries will fall in love with the characters in this series opener by the RITA- and Carol Award-winning Chapman (Falling to Pieces). Readers will look forward to visiting the Amish Village Shops and their quirky inhabitants in the next installment.

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