A Simple Murder

Eleanor Kuhns certainly knows how to write and research a story, with both the setting and the time period integral to the tale. Will Rees is a flawed hero readers can enjoy, and he has enough sense of purpose to get the job done when obstacles begin to build around him. The details and description p......more

It’s 1795, and Will Rees has spent the last few years as a traveling weaver while grieving his wife. He’s left his son and his Maine farm in the care of his sister and her husband, but his most recent trip home leads to the discovery that they’ve been abusing that trust, and his son, David, has run......more

I have always had a thing for the Shakers. Mother Ann Lee, the founder of the sect, fascinates me, her rich blend of feminism and traditional approach to relations between the sexes especially. She contained so many contradictions! So when I heard of a series of historical murder mysteries set in a......more

I was drawn to this book initially as I love historical fiction, and I usually stay right around the Victorian period, but i decided to stray a bit and delve into the Amish community. This is the first book about the Amish/Shakers I have ever read, but I found it interesting. It kept my attention, b......more