Author: P. L. Gaus
Year: 2006
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Mystery, Fiction
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9780821416730
9780452296701
0821416731
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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.
This book is part of the "Amish-Country Mysteries" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Harmless as Doves"
First published in 2011
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 | "Cast a Blue Shadow"
First published in 2003
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 | "Clouds without Rain"
First published in 2001
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 | "Broken English"
First published in 2000
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