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Falling to pieces

Title:

Falling to pieces

Author:

Chapman, Vannetta, author.

Series:

Shipshewana Amish mystery ;

Series Number:

Summary:

"When two women-one Amish, one English-each with different motives, join forces to organize a successful on-line quilt auction, neither expects nor wants a friendship. As different as night and day, Deborah and Callie are uneasy partners who simply want to make the best of a temporary situation. But a murder, a surprising prime suspect, a stubborn detective, and the town's reaction throw the two women together, and they form an unlikely alliance to solve a mystery and catch a killer" -- Cover verso.

Coming together to organize an on-line quilt auction, two women--one Amish, one English--find their alliance moving beyond the short-term business venture after the town's newspaper editor is murdered and an unexpected prime suspect is identified.

Edition:

Center Point large print ed.

Physical Description:

415 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.

Genre:

Large type books.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Christian fiction.

Subject Term:

Amish women -- Fiction.

Female friendship -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Homicide -- Fiction.

Criminal investigation -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Shipshewana (Ind.) -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Center Point Pub.,

Publication Date:

2012

2011

ISBN:

9781611732764

Publication Information:

Thorndike, Me. : Center Point Pub., 2012.

Call Number:

LP CHAPMAN

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607002734765	Large Print Fiction	CHAPMAN	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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A horrific crime shatters Lisa Harper's idyllic childhood. Her father is dead and her desperate mother, Annie, quickly marries Dutch Hauk, an abusive monster who soon reveals his hatred for Lisa. To protect her, Annie defies her ruthless husband and forfeits custody to a trusted friend. Enraged, Dutch vows to keep Annie and Lisa apart-and he does. Years later, though keenly aware of Dutch's evil intent, Lisa and her mother seize a chance to be a family, safe in a home where love dwells. But they fail to fathom how far Dutch will go to keep his vow.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

A quilting shop is the setting for this mystery with an Amish woman as amateur detective. Deborah Yoder solves a series of crimes that have embroiled her non-Amish friend, Callie. Unfortunately, Chapman (A Simple Amish Christmas) strains credulity with plot and characters: the villains lack subtlety; a county coroner has usurped the duties of police and district attorney; journalists blithely engage in behavior that would get real ones fired, sued, or boycotted. Although this novel is published by an evangelical Christian publisher, law-abiding characters cheerfully engage in unethical practices, such as a cop seeking to date a murder suspect. Yoder is generally well drawn, but there's a moral disconnect when she devises a plan to have a newspaper print lies in order to catch the bad guy. Lying is a far more serious offense for the Amish than the novel's chosen problem of doing business over the Internet. The Amish also don't use weapons to attack others, even if the weapons are quilting implements. This is the first book of a planned trilogy that could be vastly improved with better research. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.