{"product_id":"harmless-as-doves-p-l-gaus-9780821419670","title":"Harmless as Doves: An Amish-Country Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs he goes about his milking chores on a cold October morning, Bishop Leon Shetler daydreams of escaping the Ohio winter and taking a bus to the Pinecraft Amish community in Florida for a vacation. His reverie is suddenly interrupted when young Crist Burkholder enters the barn, head down, hat in hand, to make a confession. \"I just killed Glenn Spiegle.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An Amish murderer?\" Sheriff Robertson asks when he arrives on the scene. \"Who will believe that?\" But Burkholder is adamant about his guilt, fueled by the passion of his love for Vesta Miller, the young woman both he and Spiegle so desperately wanted to marry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo sooner does the sheriff start his investigation than he learns of two more murders in the Pinecraft community, and a startling connection is made. There's no way around it -- Professor Mike Branden will have to put his research trip on hold and, along with detective Ricky Niell, travel south to investigate. There they discover the disturbing truth about Spiegle's conversion to the Amish faith and the reason for the long-smoldering hatred that has reached into the secluded pastoral valleys of Holmes County.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHarmless as Doves\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eP. L. Gaus\u003c\/b\u003e takes the action to Florida in one of the most exciting mysteries in this series. This is Gaus at his best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e P. L. Gaus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821419676\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821419670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.77h x 5.86w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/24\/2011 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/16\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2011 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2011 pg. 62","brand":"P. L. Gaus","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49082579648767,"sku":"9780821419670","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/harmless-as-doves-p-l-gaus-9780821419670","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}