Separate from the world
Subtitle: an Ohio Amish mystery
By: P.L. Gaus.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780821418147; 9780821418154
Subjects: Branden, Michael (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; College teachers -- Fiction; Amish -- Fiction; Amish Country (Ohio) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Enos Erb, an Amish farmer, makes an unusual request of Michael Branden, burned-out history professor and amateur sleuth, given that the Amish practice nonviolence and have no use for the justice system of the outside English world. Erb wants the professor's help finding his brother's murderer. People's unwillingness to confront evil hampers Branden's investigation, which gets interrupted by the apparent suicide of a coed, campus unrest and the kidnapping of an Amish child. Between helping Pastor Cal Troyer cope with a personal crisis and keeping Sheriff Bruce Robertson from blundering impulsively, Brandon realizes that a clever, murderous sociopath is exploiting the preconceptions of Amish and English.