Stolen Past

Amish Inn Mysteries #10

by Tara Randel

Pleasant Creek, Indiana, loves its history. Each summer the town sponsors Heritage Day, a festival commemorating the signing of the original town charter. Liz Eckardt couldn't be happier to participate in the star-spangled celebration.

But someone else isn't happy. Antique items related to the historic event are being stolen from Pleasant Creek's people and businesses, including Liz herself. Does the culprit merely want to torch the celebration or is there more to his sinister plot?

Liz and the Material Girls, aided by Mayor Jackson Cross, will have to band together if they're going to pull off this event without anyone getting hurt. Will this year's celebration go down in history? Or go up in flames?

Genres: Cozy Mystery

220 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2017

About the author

Tara Randel is an award-winning, USA Today bestselling author. Family values, a bit of mystery and, of course, love and romance, are her favorite themes, because she believes love is the greatest gift of all. Tara has received the Heart of Excellence Readers' Choice Award and the National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award. Visit Tara at www.tararandel.com. Like her on Facebook at Tara Randel Books.

Reviews

[Tina Loves To Read · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an Amish Cozy Mystery, and this is the tenth book in the Amish Inn Mysteries series. I have read and reviewed the first nine books in this series before reading this book. You can read this book as a standalone without any problems in fact this book is really different then the other books in this series. I really love the characters in this series. This book is very different then the other books in this book series. I miss the Inn in this book, but we get more about the town which was fun. I really enjoyed the mystery in this book.

[Christa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been enjoying this series by various authors from Annie's Publishing. This one was another good adventure for main character, Liz, in the small Indiana town where she has many friends, some of them Amish. As usual, there is a murder to solve, and Liz, her friends, and her bed and breakfast feature prominently in the mystery storyline.

This book was quick and easy to read, while being very entertaining.

[Pat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Historical items are going missing including Liz's inkwell. The thief has an unusual demand before the items will be returned!!

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whenever I read these books I always picture certain characters as the cast of The Golden Girls. 🤔

[Pamela Pavkov · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stolen Past is a very interesting mystery written by Tara Randel in the Amish Inn Mystery series. This story explores the true history of Pleasant Creek during the festival that is held each year. This year there is someone stealing historic artifacts from local residents including Liz Eckardt. The person responsible for the thefts ramps up the mystery when they demand an accurate reenactment of the signing of the town charter or there will be serious trouble for the entire town. Liz has been placed in charge of the reenactment and her stress level takes on a whole knew level. As the threats keep coming someone is sabotaging Liz's efforts to follow thru. The person responsible for all this disruption will shock you. A lot of knew information about the history of the town comes to light but is it true?

I was not given a complimentary copy of this book to read and review. I was not approached to post a favorable response. I have rated this story with five stars for meeting my expectations of a wonderful story that I can highly recommend to others.

[Mayda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Historic objects are being stolen from all over town, from public places and private citizens. Then a strange ransom note is delivered, with an even stranger request. The thief demands a reenactment of the town’s founding. Much happens in this cozy mystery. The delight of this story, as well as the rest of the series, is the continuing growth of the characters as they go about their everyday lives. The mystery is intriguing, but the stories of the characters themselves are even more entertaining.

[Cozy Reader Lady · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Stolen Past (Amish Inn Mysteries #10)" by Tara Randel is slightly 4th of July themed. Mostly in that it's mentioned that the Heritage Day Celebrations are being held in conjunction with 4th of July. However it is more about the Heritage Day theme. This one is also one of the more cozy level mysteries of the series. No murder in this one.

There's plenty of theft, a little arson and a little hostage taking. Liz gets pulled into putting together a reenactment of the original Heritage Day ceremony commemorating the founding of the town after a thief steal the town's historic items and demands it in exchange for the return of everyone's possessions. I had one primary suspect but it turned out to be my back up suspect.

Also, enough of the will the wont they between Liz and the Mayor. We're ten books in and each of the last 3 or 4 books has left their relationship at Liz saying they're just friends but the Mayor has given her a "look" that says they've got more to talk about later along those lines. Well, I feel like we're well past later after the first of those looks.

[Sharon Bezrutczyk · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a new series for me and I am enjoying it.

[Jennifer Robb · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this series while looking for books in a different series by the same publisher. I have been enjoying this series. I liked that in this book, there was not a murder that was being investigated, but rather a series of thefts.

It was also a clever way to give readers some history about Pleasant Creek, Indiana.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoy all these books in the series! Cute little page turners that do t reveal the “ who done it” till the end!

Merged review:

I enjoy all these books in the series! Cute little page turners that do t reveal the “ who done it” till the end!

[Tatiana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable read, but the different authors write each character differently. I wish they'd write them more consistently. Otherwise, a good story...but an odd premise, too.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still one of my favorite series! Going to make homemade mac and cheese and molasses cookies :)

[Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good mystery, though the culprit was rather obvious.