Plain Missing: An Amish Mystery

Miller’s pleasing fourth Amish mystery set in and around Stone Mill, Pa. (after 2016’s Plain Dead), finds B and B owner Rachel Mast, who has left the Amish faith in which she was raised, attending to her mother, who’s undergoing chemotherapy. Meanwhile, the disappearance of Elsie Hostetler, Dathan Bender, and the horse-drawn carriage they were riding home in one evening sets tongues a-wagging in Stone Mill. Has the couple eloped? Mary Aaron, Elsie’s sister, refuses to believe that her profoundly religious sibling would just run away and enlists Rachel’s help in tracking down the truth. When Elsie’s body is found hastily buried in the Amish cemetery, Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Lucy Mars, a colleague of Rachel’s fiancé, Evan Parks, also asks Rachel to help her broach the reticence of the Amish. For such a peace-loving community, there’s no shortage of suspects. Another shocking death draws Rachel and Mary Aaron into a life-threatening nightmare in a novel that sensitively and sympathetically portrays the members of this religious sect. [em]Agent: Evan Marshall, Evan Marshall Agency. (Apr.) [/em]