Matchmaking Can Be Murder
When widowed Millie Fisher moves back to her childhood home of Harvest, Ohio, she notices one thing right away; the young Amish are bungling their courtships and marrying the wrong people! A quiltmaker by trade, Millie has nevertheless stitched together a few lives in her time with truly romantic results. Her first mission? Her own niece, widowed gardener Edith Hochstetler, recently engaged to rude, greedy Zeke Miller. Anyone can see he’s not right for such a gentle young woman, except Edith herself.
Pleased when she convinces the bride-to-be to leave her betrothed before the wedding, Millie is later panicked to find Zeke in Edith’s greenhouse, as dead as a tulip in the middle of winter. To keep her niece out of prison and to protect her own reputation, Millie will have to piece together a patchwork of clues to find a killer before she becomes the next name on his list.
Series: An Amish Matchmaker Mystery – Book #1
Author: Amanda Flower
Genre: Cozy Mystery/Older Sleuth
Publisher: Kensington Books
Page Count: 336
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The first in a series from Kensington Books comes Amanda Flower’s cozy series “An Amish Matchmaker Mystery” with the fantastic debut of book one, Matchmaking Can Be Murder.
This new cozy series is enchanting. It allows readers to catch a glimpse into the lives of other residents of Harvest, Ohio. This also lets them learn about characters they have only heard about in Ms. Flowers’s other Amish series, “An Amish Candy Shop Mystery.” The cast of this new series, Millie, her niece Edith, best friend Lois, and Darcy, bring joy to the reader in ways that only a cozy book can. They are well-rounded individuals with normal human emotions, along with faults and flaws that will endear them to the audience. There are even a couple of mischievous goats that are the star of the show.
In this new cozy series, Millie has moved home after a long time away and is trying to integrate back into her Amish community. It isn’t easy to do as she has lived away from her church and family for a long time and has serious guilt over past events that haunt her. But Millie is determined to forgive herself and move forward. When her niece comes to her just before her wedding and decides to cancel the event, Millie is pleased. As a matchmaker, she knows that Edith’s marriage would have been a disaster. But when Edith’s ex-fiancé turns up dead in her niece’s greenhouse, Millie moves quickly to catch the killer and prevent her community from turning against her family.
The writing in this new cozy book is professional and flawless. There are numerous suspects, loads of clues, and even a few red herrings. Descriptions aren’t long, meandering, drawn-out text that makes no sense or does not move the story forward. There is just enough description to give readers a look into the town and homes, as well as Millie and Edith’s life, without being annoying or rambling.
The killer is unmasked, and justice is served. There are no open-ended questions lingering, and no relationship triangles left unresolved. Readers will want to know what happens to each of the characters and how their lives evolve from where they left off in Matchmaking Can Be Murder. I am thrilled with this new cozy series and can’t wait for the next addition. I hope readers will flock to the stores to get this one!
Readers who have read any of Amanda Flower’s http://www.amandaflower.com/ “An Amish Candy Shop Mystery” books https://www.thecozyreview.com/toxic-toffee/ will love the new series “An Amish Matchmaker Mystery” and may also enjoy Barbara Ross’ https://maineclambakemysteries.com/ cozy series “Jane Darrowfield Mysteries” https://www.thecozyreview.com/jane-darrowfield-professional-busybody/.
About the Author:
Amanda Flower is a USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author of over twenty-five cozy mystery novels in several cozy series. She started her writing career in elementary school when she read a story she wrote to her sixth-grade class and had the class in stitches with her description of being stuck on the top of a Ferris wheel. She knew at that moment she’d found her calling of making people laugh with her words. In addition to being an author, Amanda is a former librarian with fifteen years of experience in Northeast Ohio.
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