Saturday, April 23, 2016

Off The Grid

The book of the month for me in April was Off The Grid by Ruth Hartzler. The subtitle of the book is Amish Christian Cozy Mystery. Kate is the main character. She works in the witness protection program for the U.S. Marshalls. Unfortunately someone is stalking her and tried to kill her.


Her boss thinks this might be an inside job. So he calls on an old friend to hide Kate away until the killer can be caught. The problem is that the old friend is Amish. Kate is whisked away to Pennsylvania to live among the Amish.


Kate's cover story is that she is from another Amish community, but has had a buggy accident and lost her memories. Great cover so as not to arouse suspicion over her not knowing the Amish customs. Kate must wake up early and work hard all day. She does eat well. But there is little entertainment.


Things get interesting when she rides by herself to visit an Amish neighbor, only to find him dead and the killer gunning for her. Kate was supposed to lay low. Now she is in the middle of a murder investigation. And she wants to help the cops.


This book is about 250 pages long. I zoomed through it because it reads very well. Have never heard of the author before. This books is the first installment of a series involving Kate. I might just have to order the sequels. They were published very recently and go for full price though.p\f

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