Mysteries Of Lancaster County Books
This is the first book in a new series from Guideposts. The Classen sisters have all moved back to the family homestead in Bird in Hand, PA. They will reopen the family's resale and gift shop that is in the old barn.
Mysteries of Lancaster County: The ties that bind by Janice Thompson.
Elizabeth Ludwig (In the Fullness of Time). Mary takes up painting again using the cemetery as her backdrop. She comes upon a family mystery.
An Unbroken Circle is the 3rd book in the Mysteries of Lancaster County mystery fiction series. Mystery arises at Secondhand Blessings when Martha promises to hold a unique crazy quilt for her late mother’s best friend Anne, who says it is a family heirloom. But then an elderly Amish customer comes along and demands that she be allowed to buy the quilt, claiming that it belonged to her family. Do the two share some connection the Classens don’t know about? Can Amish neighbor Rachel Fischer help the sisters uncover the clues they need from members of the tight-lipped Amish community? As the sisters piece together the patchwork of tantalizing clues amid Amish and Englishers alike, they soon realize that solving this mystery is not as easily sewn up as they had hoped. Meanwhile, a friendly Mennonite deliveryman joins Bill in the queue of would-be suitors for free-spirited Mary. But is she ready to give her heart to him, or anyone else, just yet?
Dean arrives in Bird in hand to search for his Amish birth mother. His search leads to Secondhand Blessings where he finds a keepsake box from his birth mother. The box contains a hidden compartment with a deed.
A famous tv chef drives by the home. They decide to film a secret episode for the chef's show. Mary and Martha get news that their families can't travel to be with them for the holiday's. Soon accidents start to happen. Can they all survive them including the chef?
Mysteries of Lancaster County: Summer Harvest Secrets by Janice Thompson.
Lauren sells a vintage camera of her grandfather to Secondhand Blessings. Elizabeth opens the back and discovers an undeveloped film. With permission she gets it developed.
Mary accepts a date with the baseball coach. Before the date she goes to a friends and get her hair done, but there is a problem. She ends up with blue hair.
Mysteries of Lancaster County: Lilacs, Lavender, and Lies by Leslie Gould.
Elizabeth is excited when her high school sweetheart comes to town. She soon learns he has had a difficult life since leaving. He now wants to reconnect with his daughter.
Mary's friend Jake has returned to visit his brother Caleb and Caleb's new wife Anna. Anna is not so welcoming. Soon Caleb's workshop is set on fire with him in it. Other businesses in the area have also been set on fire.
As Martha is floating across the sky in a hot air balloon she thinks she sees a kidnapping. No one files a missing person's report so the sisters take things into their own hands. All they can find to go on is a charm from a Girl Scouts summer camp years ago.
Elizabeth loves her small close knit community especially in times of trouble because people come out to help. When Moses an Amish farmer is ingured and unable to work. Elizabeth and her sisters. They start to buy their milk from the farmer, but then the complaints on their bake good start to come in .
An old type writer comes into her shop and when Mary unspools the ribbon she finds a clue to a 50 year old mystery. As Mary and her sisters dig into the mystery more they discover someone wants the secrets to remain buried.
Martha takes her family on a holiday train ride. They soon realize that a little Amish girl is missing. As people search for her they ask if she wondered off or was she taken? Martha's sons and 2 grandsons visit. Martha tries to get to the bottom of grandson Dylan's sour mood.
Elizabeth has a near miss on an icy road in Lancaster County. A furniture truck crashes, after the driver is taken to the hospital the police open the back of the truck. They discover a desk that has opened containing a stash of drugs. If the Amish furniture store a front for drug smuggling? Martha is acting very strange.
Mary finds herself wanting to comfort Katura after the loss of a dear friend Bertha. Dan returns to Bird -in-Hand after turning his back on the Amish life years ago. He starts to show an interest in Katura. Soon two more strangers show up in town with similar stories of searching for a loved one.
Martha meets a lady who use to fly secret missions during the Cold War. There is still one mission that haunts the lady.
As the double wedding approaches the sisters are trying to get everything right. Martha is dealing with a picky baker. The sisters are receiving a lot of mail. One letter stands out. It tells them to vacate their home and store right away. They find out they are not the only ones receiving this kind of mail. Note from the author says this is the last book in the series.