Magdalena Yoder, practical Mennonite proprietor of the quaint Penn Dutch Inn starts having deaths in her hostelry.

When an elderly recluse discovers a corpse on his land, Officer Henry Farrell follows the investigation to strange places in the countryside, and into the depths of his own frayed soul.In Wild Thyme, Pennsylvania, secrets and feuds go back generations. The lone policeman in a small township on the sparse northern border, Henry Farrell expected to spend his mornings hunting and fishing, his evenings playing old-time music. Instead, he has watched the...

"Opening her hostelry to a Hollywood movie crew despite misgivings, Mennonite innkeeper Magdalena Yoder is horrified when the ensuing cacophony results in a murder in which she suddenly finds herself the chief suspect."--from NoveList.

"In Wild Thyme, Pennsylvania, summer has brought Officer Henry Farrell nothing but trouble. Heroin has arrived with a surge in burglaries and other crime. When local carpenter Kevin O'Keeffe admits that he shot a man and that his girlfriend, Penny, is missing, the search leads the small-town cop to an industrial vice district across state lines that has already ensnared more than one of his neighbors. With the patience of a hunter, Farrell ventures...

Ms. Bubbles Yablonsky heeding a call from her boss at the News-Times and racing her Camaro toward a potentially big news story. But when she arrives at an abandoned coal mine, she finds the love of her life, Steve Stiletto, knocked unconscious . . . and the body of another man with a sizeable hole in his chest. Moments later, Bubbles and Stiletto are trapped by an explosion. Convinced that someone wants them dead, they search for their intended assassin...

Fifteen years after leaving her Old Order Amish life, Rachel Mast returns to Stone Mill, Pennsylvania. Knowing she can never be Amish again, Rachel runs a B&B and tries to help her community in ways they can't help themselves. When the body of a prominent Englisher businessman is found in her Uncle Aaron's cow pasture, Aaron refuses to hire a lawyer, trusting in his innocence and faith. Rachel isn't so sure that's enough, and begins to delve into...

On a winding mountain road into the small town of Denton, Pennsylvania, Detective Josie Quinn finds the body of a local teenage girl, Dina Hale. The sight of plum-colored bruises gathering around the girl's neck pierces Josie's heart, but the discovery of a second girl's empty purse in the dirt nearby gives her a flicker of hope that one person, at least, made a lucky escape. Dina's parents are grief-stricken as the town rallies together in a desperate...

"The discovery of an Amish bishop's remains leads chief of police Kate Burkholder to unearth a chilling secret in this new thriller from bestselling author Linda Castillo. Over a decade ago, beloved Amish bishop Ananias Stoltzfus disappeared without a trace. The mystery of what happened to the esteemed old man has haunted his small Pennsylvania community for years. When skeletal remains showing evidence of foul play are unearthed and revealed to be...

All appears peaceful in sleepy Port Quincy, Pennsylvania--but in this small town, old grudges die hard. After dumping her cheating fiance and cancelling the wedding, Mallory Shepard can't bear another disaster. So when the former bride-to-be unexpectedly inherits Thistle Park, a ramshackle mansion in her ex's hometown of Port Quincy, it's a problem she can't afford- literally. Abound with stray cats, peeling wallpaper, and nosy neighbors, Mallory...

Innkeeper Magdalena Yoder has her hands full investigating the murder of one of her guests, Buzzy Porter, and the disappearance of a centennial time capsule, at the bicentennial barbecue in Hernia, Pennsylvania.