This morning my Kindle has some unusual preordered books (for me) arriving: Amish fiction and a World War 1 historical mystery. Both are $1.99 special editions with bonus material:
Perry Borntrager had been missing for months from the quiet Amish community
of Crittenden, Kentucky, when his body is discovered at the bottom of an
abandoned well. The first death from mysterious circumstances in more than two
decades brings the scrutiny of the outside world: A police detective arrives to
help the local sheriff with the investigation. His questioning begins with Lydia
Plank, Perry's former girlfriend, and Perry's best friend, the Englischer
Walker Anderson.
When battlefield nurse Bess Crawford returns from France for a well-earned
Christmas leave, she finds a bruised and shivering woman huddled in the doorway
of her London residence. The woman has nowhere to turn, and propelled by a firm
sense of duty, Bess takes her in.
Once inside Bess's flat, the woman reveals that a quarrel with her husband
erupted into violence, yet she wants to return home—if Bess will go with her to
Sussex. Realizing that the woman is suffering from a concussion, Bess gives up a
few precious days of leave to travel with her. But she soon discovers that this
is a good deed with unforeseeable consequences.
What Bess finds at Vixen Hill is a house of mourning. The woman's family has
gathered for a memorial service for the elder son, who died of war wounds. Her
husband, home on compassionate leave, is tense, tormented by jealousy and his
own guilty conscience.
Then, when a troubled houseguest is found dead, Bess herself becomes a prime
suspect in the case. This murder will lead her to a dangerous quest in war-torn
France, an unexpected ally, and a startling revelation that puts her in jeopardy
before a vicious killer can be exposed.
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Have you downloaded anything lately that's out of the norm from your usual book purchases?
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