Murder Freshly Baked

June 1, 2015

Amish Artisan Village owner Amber Wright and storekeeper Hannah Troyer are on the trail of a poetic pie poisoner in the third installment (after Murder Tightly Knit) of this popular series. Meanwhile, a handsome Englisher is pursuing the Amish girls in Middlebury, IN, and breaking hearts along the way.

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May 1, 2015
Amish Artisan Village manager Amber is alarmed to receive a poem indicating that pies in the village bakery are poisoned. More notes are sent, and a pie with a skull and crossbones carved on the top is discovered in a few locations. When Amber receives a warning that a loved one will be killed if she tells anyone else about the pies, she launches an investigation. Amish coffee-shop manager Hannah is ready to help, even as she prepares for her wedding. Amber's new husband, Tate, also wants to help, but Amber becomes more secretive as more warnings arrive in her messages. Chapman's series offers a satisfying blend of diverse characters, intriguing mystery, Amish life, and nonintrusive inspirational messages. This well-conceived series has definite crossover appeal to fans of Debbie Macomber's Blossom Street books.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)