Hearse and Buggy - Laura Bradford

The first title in a brand-new mystery series featuring an Amish community in the fictional town of Heavenly, Pennsylvania, Hearse and Buggy offers an inside glimpse into the Amish lifestyle. OThe best cozy mystery debut I've read this year.O--Harlan Coben. Original.

nThe simple life gets complicated when death comes calling in the first novel in the national bestselling Amish Mystery series. nClaire Weatherly has fled a high-stress lifestyle for a slower pace--in Amish country: Heavenly, Pennsylvania. She only planned a short visit but instead found herself opening an Amish specialty shop, Heavenly Treasures, and settling in.

Claire loves her new home, and she's slowly making friends among the locals, including Esther, a young Amish woman who works in the shop. So when the store's former owner, the unlikable Walter Snow, is murdered, and the man Esther is sweet on becomes a suspect, Claire can't help but get involved. n nNewly returned Detective Jakob Fisher, who left Heavenly--and his Amish upbringing--as a teenager, is on the case.

But his investigation is stalled by the fact that none of his former community will speak with him. Claire's connections make her the perfect go-between. n nAs Claire investigates, she uncovers more than she wanted to know about her neighbors.

And suddenly, everything she had hoped to find in this peaceful refuge is at risk...n