A Prayer for the Night (Ohio Amish Mystery Series #5) | P. L. Gaus

A Prayer for the Night (Ohio Amish Mystery Series #5) | P. L. Gaus | A Prayer for the Night

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	A Prayer for the Night (Ohio Amish Mystery Series #5) P. L. Gaus Ohio University Press, 2006 - 184 pages average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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Amid a whirlwind of drugs, sex, and other temptations of the ?English? world, a group of Amish teenagers on their Rumschpringe test the limits of their parents? religion to the breaking point. The murder of one and the abduction of another challenge Professor Michael Branden as he confronts the communal fear that the young people can never be brought home safely. Along with Holmes County Sheriff Bruce Robertson and Pastor Cal Troyer, Professor Branden works against the clock to find a murderer and a kidnapper, and to break a drug ring operating in the county, determined, wherever the trail may lead him, to restore the shattered community. In his desperate search, Branden struggles with the reluctance of the Amish to trust the law to help them find the answers to their problems. In A Prayer for the Night, his fifth Ohio Amish Mystery, P. L. Gaus deftly balances the pace and practices of Amish life in northern Ohio against the unfolding urgency of a hostage situation. As Gaus has proven before, the mystery gains from its exploration of the ever-widening chasm between the traditional life of the Amish people and their interaction with the outside world.

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A Splendid Read!

This is one mystery you'll truly enjoy! I love reading about the Amish and this book is no exception. The author displays a keen knowledge of the Amish lifestyle and I love the way the three boyhood friends have become modern day sleuths among the people of the past. You won't be sorry for buying this book!

A Prayer for the Night

What a wonderfully written novel. I loved the story of teens looking to find themselves, whether Amish or otherwise. The mystery and problem-solving - very good. I felt that I knew all the characters well - this book has the story-telling quality like CSI - CSI Ohio!

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Gaus writes with intelligence and a deep knowledge of his subject

In order to make an informed decision about embracing an Amish lifestyle, young adults from those communities are encouraged to explore the tempting outside world of "the English" (i.e. non-Amish) through a process called Rumschpringe. In A Prayer for the Night, P. L. Gaus' fifth Ohio Amish mystery, this process goes wildly awry, plunging an adventurous group of young Amish into a dangerous world populated by thugs, criminals and drug dealers; as the novel opens, one of their number has been brutally slain, and another has been kidnapped, triggering a police investigation into the murder and a frantic search for a missing girl.

The New York Tines Book Review once described Gaus as "...a sensitive storyteller who matches his cadences to the measured pace of Amish life..." Entirely accurate, that phrase manages to catch both the strengths and weaknesses of Gaus's very formal, very sober, very detail oriented writing style. To those accustomed to the stripped down, faster paced style of writing so prevalent in modern police procedurals, Gaus' prose may seem a bit stilted, as reading him requires patience and attention. That effort is rewarded, however, by the telling glimpses Gaus provides into the lifestyle and thinking of today's Amish. Writing with intelligence and a deep knowledge of his subject matter, Gaus draws readers deep into the novel, making them feel as if they are part of the events unfolding before them. It's these insights and attention to detail that have earned Gaus a loyal audience, and which will help him keep it.

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