What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

I want to read fiction with an Amish protagonist--but I don't want romance. Thanks in advance. :)

What about Plain truth by Jodi Picoult? (The protagonist in not exactly the Amish girl, but you kinda get to know her a lot)

Just a suggestion..

You could try searching or asking in the group "Fans of Amish Fiction": https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

If you like Sci-Fi, anything by Michael Bunker ought to be interesting. Probably Pennsylvania is a good place to start.

Thanks, everyone. :)

I would second 'Plain Truth' - loved it. Also 'The Friday Gospels' by Jenn Ashworth maybe worth a look - if I remember rightly it is also about the Amish.

Try Summerhill Secrets by Beverly Lewis if you don't mind YA.

Try Summerhill Secrets by Beverly Lewis if you don't mind YA.

and if you liked the Little House books, I'm sure you would enjoy the 4-book series beginning with~ lots and lots of info about Amish culture.

If you're into zombies/vampires at all - The Hallowed Ones I thought was fantastic :)

Linda Castillo, as a recall, has a mystery series set in Amish County; main detective used to be a member of the Amish (? been a while since I read the series). Also Jane Jenson has a book, Kingdom Come that is a mystery set in Amish territory.

The Amish Village Mystery Collection: Murder Simply Brewed, Murder Tightly Knit, Murder Freshly Baked is a series set in an Amish town with lots of tourists. There is some romance, but the main focus is the mystery, as I recall. The author of this series also has another series set in Amish county.

Linda Castillo: Sworn to Silence.

Adult crime, tends to get cruel, and very bloody.
MC is an Ex-Amish Cop (Sheriff, I think), female, Kate Burkholder in a community in rural USA Amish and non-Amish.
Seven (#07) Novels, and a few short story-novellas.

So far I have read 2 of the novels and 1 short-novella.
Kate Burkholder series
My reviews:
Sworn to silence, a bit too much about myself, maybe. Sorry for that.
and
Pray for silence

Looking over the reviews I cannot warn enough, that these books are in my view FSK 18 - German rating for adult-only.
If you want to compare it to other writers regarding the blood-torture level, think Mo Hayder, Karin Slaughter and Val McDermid (The Mermaids Singing-series/Wire in the blood) .

As I have not read more yet, one fear is that it will get more cruel/bloody in the series and the other that they are built the same way, one of the main reasons I drop authors I otherwise like (Jeffery Deaver being one example) or tend to not read more than one book in a few months by that author. Looking at how much time has passed, I may read the third book now.

Even with the warning, I like the books and recommend them if you are up to it.