About the Book: The people of Appleseed Creek in the heart of Ohio’s Amish Country are under attack. Soon after the dust has settled on a buggy accident that turned out to be murder, an unknown assailant begins cutting off the long hair of Amish women and the beards of Amish men.
In this small community, when Chloe discovers the body of an Amish businessman who was stabbed in the back and whose beard was cut off, she knows that finding the murderer and restoring peace to Appleseed Creek is as much her responsibility as anyone else’s.
My Thoughts: I "found" Amanda when I read A Plain Death. When book 2, A Plain Scandal came out, I grabbed it up. Amanda flower writes about an English young woman, Chloe, and her close relationship to two Amish young people-a brother, Timothy, and sister, Becky.
In fact, when Becky decides to leave her Amish roots (in book 1), she comes to Chloe almost begging to be her roommate. Chloe takes her in and is ever so glad because Becky is one fab cook! And Timothy is not so bad either! A great carpenter and easy on the eyes.
This read, A Plain Scandal, has it all. With a combination of humor, faith, romance and mystery this is one fantastic read!
This fiction read is based on real life accounts of hair cutting of the Amish women and beard cutting of the Amish men. If you know the Amish hair cutting is a sin. Something that just isn't done! But there seems to be two more mysteries going on, too. A murder and the house that Chloe and Becky reside in. Just when I thought I knew whodunit, another twist was added.
This is a most serious mystery but Amanda is able to put great humor and wit into her writing.
I would suggest that one read A Plain Death first simply because there is quite a bit about the Amish and the family that is mentioned in book 2.
Even though I really liked book 1, book 2 is absolutely great!
Book 1
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