Grave Inheritance: Amish Inn Mysteries

by Rachael O. Phillips

It's a scorching hot summer in Pleasant Creek, Indiana, but the temperature isn't the only thing that's boiling. Everyone's on edge, including Liz Eckardt and her quilting group, the Material Girls. So when charming Anglophile Cyrus Whittington arrives in an antique car to stay at Liz's bed-and-breakfast, it's like a breath of cool, fresh air. Liz feels an immediate connection with the elderly eccentric. Like her, he came to Pleasant Creek searching for long-lost Amish relatives. She sets out to help him find his family.

But Cyrus seems to have brought more than a love of glass and china along with him. A rash of break-ins at nearby Amish farms coincides with his appearance. And when Cyrus shows Liz his precious heirloom tea service and declares he's looking for a matching set among the Amish to confirm his heritage, Liz can't help but wonder if he's hiding something. Is her new friend guilty of the crimes? When she begins receiving threatening phone calls, and even a smashed teacup in the mail, she's steaming mad - and ready to investigate.

That's not the only trouble brewing at the Olde Mansion Inn. Stirring the pot are a mysterious stranger seen skulking around the grounds, and two female guests who, ostensibly vying for Cyrus' attention, may have agendas of their own. Add in one appliance salesman who comes and goes just as the criminal acts are happening, and Liz's world will be anything but cozy until she finds the perpetrator.

It will take the combined skills of Liz, the Material Girls, Mayor Jackson Cross, and, of course, the English bulldog Beans to serve up a cuppa justice before any more lives are fractured. Will it be tea - or jail - for two?

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Published February 5, 2020

About the author

Rachael Phillips, a church music director, began her unplanned writing career when the church secretary demanded newsletter articles, or else. She has written more than 400 articles, newspaper columns, devotions, and stories along with several books. Rachael enjoys speaking at women’s meetings and conducts writing workshops. She and Steve, her high school sweetheart and husband of thirty-eight years, live in Upland, Indiana. They have three grown children and five grandchildren.

Reviews

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the copies I actually picked up at a library book sale. So glad I snagged it. This is a very fun series of books.

[Cozy Reader Lady · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Grave Inheritance (Amish Inn Mysteries #11)" by Rachael O. Phillips may be the last one of this series I read for now. I was binging this series but I'm on book 11 and there's really been bo character growth since the first book. This is probably due to multiple authors writing this series and not totally coordinating character development. Like, seriously, this is the fifth book where Liz and the Mayor have gotten to the end of the book and she still doesn't know exactly what she wants from him but he's given her a look or made a comment that it's time they figure it out. I agree, time to figure it out.

This one gets a little more intense than other books in the series. However, the intensity really hits in the last couple of chapters. Other wise it's just a string of B&Es with a little theft plus a genealogy mystery. There was a slight twist at the reveal I wasn't expecting but made more sense than any other motive I could come up with.

[Candee · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you look through the reviews that I've given, you'll see few 5-star reviews. This probably rates closer to a 4.6 or 4.7, but since there's no way to notate that, I had to give a 5. It's a well put together storyline that kept me guessing until the perpetrator was revealed. What I can't stand is that this far into the series, there's still no development of Liz's and Jackson's relationship. It's old and boring at this point.

[Lis Sigona · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delightful storylines of the material Girls, Liz the Innkeeper and her guests at the Inn and regulars of the community. Never disappointed in these lighthearted stories and always look forward to have them arrive.