Elizabeth Classen has always loved the close-knit community of Bird-in-Hand, especially because, in times of trouble, neighbors come together to care for one another or lend a helping hand. So when Moses Troyer, an Amish dairy farmer, is injured in a buggy accident and is left unable to work, Elizabeth and her sisters, Martha and Mary, help out by purchasing milk from his daughter. However, things take a sour turn when the Classen sisters start getting complaints about their baked goods not tasting right and even making people sick! The sisters trace the source of the issue back to the milk they purchased from the Troyers. They soon discover it wasn’t simply one bad batch of milk, but the entire supply! Could it be sabotage? And if it is, who would harm the Troyers’ business when they need it most? Can Elizabeth and her sisters find out who the culprit is before the cows come home?
Elizabeth Ludwig is an accomplished speaker and teacher, often attending conferences where she lectures on editing for fiction writers, crafting effective novel proposals, and conducting successful editor/agent interviews. Book three in her popular EDGE OF FREEDOM series, Tide and Tempest, was named a finalist for the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence. Elizabeth was also named a finalist in the 2015 Selah Awards for her novella “One Holy Night”, part of the bestselling anthology collection, Christmas Comes to Bethlehem, Maine. Most recently, she was honored to be awarded a HOLT Medallion for her book, A Tempting Taste of Mystery, part of the SUGARCREEK AMISH MYSTERIES series from Guideposts. Her latest releases include Sheeps Passing in the Night, part of the MYSTERIES OF MARTHA’S VINEYARD series, also from Guideposts, and The Coffee Club Mysteries from Barbour Publishing. To learn more, visit ElizabethLudwig.com.
The mystery involves cows, onions, poison, and romance. I liked the mystery overall, but I didn't like the romance part of it. I wanted that to end differently.
So I picked this book up at the library because it had cows on the front hahaha and I wanted to challenge myself to just read a random book lol. So many mixed feelings now.
The story read like a high school senior book project. Very light hearted and pure all around. Amish, cows, family feuds, and poisoned milk filled the pages haha and it’s because of the mystery I kept reading haha I needed to figure out how it ended!!!! I almost gave three stars because of that but I just couldn’t. Super pure story. Loved the cows haha