Blood of the Prodigal - An Amish Country Mystery

From the choppy waves off Lake Erie's Middle Bass Island to the too tranquil farmlands of Holmes County's Amish countryside, mystery and foreboding lurk under layers of tradition and repression before boiling up to the surface with tragic consequences.For Jon Mills, the journey begins with his decision to retrieve his ten-year-old son from the hands of the Bishop who bad ten years earlier cast Mills out of the Order, the same Bishop who is Jon Mills's father.When Mills turns up dead, dressed in Amish garb, and with the boy missing, Professor Michael Branden plunges headlong into the closed culture to unravel the mystery and find the boy.

About the author

P. L. Gaus is the author of seven books in the Amish-Country Mystery series. He lives in Wooster, Ohio, an area that is close to the world's largest settlement of Amish and Mennonite people. Gaus lectures widely about the lifestyles, culture, and religion of the Amish.

Summary

Mystery and foreboding lurk in a quiet Old Order Amish community when a young boy goes missing one early morning without a trace. With a strong distrust of law enforcement and the modern “English” ways, the bishop must put his faith in an unlikely partnership. Will he find the boy before it’s too late?

Product details

• Authors: P L Gaus, P. L. Gaus, Paul L. Gaus
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.1999
• EAN: 9780821412763
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-1276-3
• No. of pages: 235
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 221 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 435 g
• Series: Ohio Amish Mysteries; The Amish-Country Mysteries; The Amish-Country Mysteries; Ohio Amish Mysteries; Amish Country Mysteries
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense