Broken English (Ohio Amish Mystery Series #2) | P. L. Gaus

Broken English (Ohio Amish Mystery Series #2) | P. L. Gaus | Broken English

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	Broken English (Ohio Amish Mystery Series #2) P. L. Gaus Ohio University Press, 2000 - 205 pages average customer review:based on 6 reviews view larger image
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The peaceful town of Millersburg, Ohio, in the heart of Ohio's Amish country, is rocked by the vicious murder of one of its citizens at the hands of an itinerant ex-convict. When a local reporter covering the story ends up dead as well, with the convict already behind bars, suspicion falls on David Hawkins, father of the first victim. But Hawkins is nowhere to be found, not even among the protective Amish colony that had taken him in as one of its own regardless of his shadowy past. Following on the critical and popular success of his first book, mystery writer P. L. Gaus again brings us the moral and legal conundrum of Professor Michael Branden, Sheriff Bruce Robertson, and Pastor Cal Troyer as they set out to uncover the truth that seems so elusive in their otherwise quiet corner of the world. Along the way, Gaus paints a unique portrait of the relationship between the Amish and the "English" cultures as seen from the inside. Against this backdrop, Broken English is a tale of honor, deception, and revenge, where circumstances and the search for justice test the mettle of the closest of friends and reveal the desperate measures of the strongest of foes.

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Great Gaus!

I hope Paul Gaus continues on with his Amish work. I am a fan of Amish Lit. and mystery. I have read many books before about the Amish and "their ways" by people who claim to be experts. They are not, but Mr. Gaus is. Right from the begining to the last page, his detail and knowledge, entangled with suspense and intrigue will make you too, a Gaus reader for life. His story lines and characters are easy to follow, and you will not put it down until you are finished.

Broken English

Broken English is the 2nd book I have read by P.L. Gaus , I reccommmend all of his books in this series .

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Interesting follow-up to Blood of the Prodigal

Ever since I met the author and his wife, I have been wanting to sit down with a cup of hot tea and read these books back to back. Now that this one has arrived in the mail, I will be able to do that (well, almost). I thoroughly enjoyed this one as much as I enjoyed his first one. No, this one did not have as much information on the Amish as his first book (The Blood of the Prodigal) which focused on the shunning practice. This one though shows that a man can be redeemed in spite of his past. This one also shows that what goes around will come around.

Professor Branden was asked again to solve the mystery. An Amish man's daughter was murdered in what was considered a break & entering gone wrong. The murderer was captured and put behind bars, apprehended by a man who just happened to be there down the street from the murder scene. Then within a few days, another person was murdered which threw the first murder case out of whack since the suspect is behind bars. Now instead of just one murderer, there's two and the second one is roaming free.

This one is not as intense as the first book was but it is very well-done and intriguing enough to keep me turning the pages till the end. This one shows the author's knowledge of firearms and it is rather interesting to read about it.

All in all, while this one doesn't have a personal feel of the characters to it like the last one did, it did have a suspense-feel to it and in my opinion, it is written much better than Grisham's books.

4/29/08

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It's OKay

I wasn't too crazy about this book.Maybe it's becaouse I've read so many books about the Amish. That this wasn't really all that great.I felt like the writter could have told us more about the characters then he was letting us know.
Not a favorite but good for some one who has just started to read Amish Fiction books.

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