"The quiet Amish lifestyle isn't all that it seems in this debut cozy mystery series, for fans of Amanda Flower and Wanda E. Brunstetter."--Publisher's description.
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In this first Amish Seamstress Mystery, we meet Petunia Yoder. She is twenty-two years old and has been deemed "completely unmarriageable" and "Blueberry, Pennsylvania�s youngest old maid". She is opinionated and not afraid to speak her mind, she is barely a passable cook, but she stays true to her Amish beliefs, and has a heart as big as all outdoors. She lives with her father who runs a tourist company showing Englishers around the Amish community. She helps him and makes ice cream treats for the tourists. She is also an experienced seamstress making wedding clothes for her Amish community.
Ike Smoker cuts, stores, and sells ice to the community. He has been seeing Petunia's best friend Eden Beiler and the whole community is not happy about it. He doesn't care that his actions are ruining her reputation and she is convinced he is the love of her life.
Petunia needs ice for a new batch of ice cream from the ice house. When she arrives she finds Ike dead with an ice pick in his chest and Eden covered in his blood. She swears she didn't kill him and Pet believes her but homicide detective Asher Nate is the one that needs to be convinced. Eden is arrested but the detective is new to Blueberry. He knows to get to the truth he is going to need help understanding the Amish and their ways. He asks Petunia to be his Amish interpreter. She will do anything to help her friend so with her father's permission she agrees to work with him.
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This series is off to a fine start. I enjoyed meeting Petunia "Pet" Yoder. She is not your typical young Amish woman, that is for sure, but I feel bad that she has already been declared an old maid and that she has accepted her fate. She just needs to find a strong man who likes to cook. There is a little spark between her and Detective Nate but he is not Amish. He does respect Pet and quickly sees she is a puzzle solver so they work pretty well together. I love the relationship Pet has with for father. He accepts her for who she is and suffers through her burnt pies and deflating breads while supporting her and striving to always keep her safe. I felt these core characters were nicely developed for the first book in this series.
I was surprised that Ike Smoker was allowed to behave as he did and stay within the community. He may dress like the Amish and drive a horse and buggy but he is an awful man without any scuples. Allowing him to stay in the community does set up a notable mystery. It is not hard to see the list of suspects grow as Pet and Asher find out all that the man has done. Like any community you could find anywhere,Ã? Englishers or Amish, people have secrets and will go to great lengths to keep them from being revealed. Pet turned out to be an excellent amateur sleuth. She listened carefully, asked great questions, was aware of everything happening around her, snooped when she had to, thought things out, and talked things through with Asher.Ã? I really enjoyed following along with the both of them as they sorted through all the clues.
Blueberry, Pennsylvania is an interesting town. The author described the area very well. It was very easy to map out the community in my head. I love the seamstress theme of the series and getting to see inside the Amish way of life including some darker sides. The subplots were interesting and added depth to the book, especially that of a young bride-to-be whom Pet was sewing for.
I am a little confused about the title. Ike was murdered and he wasn't a bridegroom.
Murder of an Amish Bridegroom introduces a wonderful protagonist and a handsome detective, both of whom I want to get to know better. They are caught up in an intriguing mystery that is very well written. I am eager to see what Ms. Johns has in store for her characters next.
Kristina
Dec 24, 2023
A diverting tale!
Murder of an Amish Bridegroom by Patricia Johns is the debut An Amish Seamstress Mysteries. Petunia Yoder lives in Blueberry, Pennsylvania and is considered the youngest old maid. Petunia is an outspoken individual with a mind of her own. When Petunia�s best friend, Eden, is arrested for her boyfriend�s murder, she is determined to help her friend. Petunia is lucky that Detective Asher Nate can use an Amish consultant. Detective Nate discovers that the Amish will not speak to an Englisch detective. I liked the characters in the story except for Eden. I know it is fiction, but her parents should have sent her to live with relatives to get her away from Ike Smoker. I was surprised that Petunia�s father and the bishop let Petunia get involved in the investigation (even in fiction). The mystery was uncomplicated. There were a handful of suspects along with a red herring. There is repetition of case details (I do not need the same information repeated multiple times). The whodunit can be solved long before the reveal. Murder of an Amish Bridegroom is a cute, lighthearted story. The series has similarities to Amanda Flower�s Amish cozy mystery series. I did find the title choice to be odd since an Amish bridegroom was not murdered. Murder of An Amish Bridegroom is a diverting tale with a blackhearted boyfriend, a bestie in trouble, a kindhearted detective, a wedding dilemma, and an outspoken Petunia.
