Bonnet Novels

Amish- themed books are growing in popularity within the Christian fiction genre. Readers are attracted by the simpler time, curious about the cloistered community and admire the strong and traditional faith of the Amish. Typically, Amish fiction is either a romance or family saga. However, there are a few mysteries that feature either Amish characters or Amish communities.


The Telling by Beverly Lewis
Struggling to come to terms with a serious medical diagnosis, Heather Nelson is determined to forgo traditional medicine, against her father’s wishes, in hopes of finding answers and healing in Amish country. But first, Heather offers to drive her Amish friend Grace to Ohio, in order to find Grace’s mother. Will mother and daughter and a seriously ill student, find the answers they long for?


A Gift of Grace by Amy Clipston
When Rebecca Kauffman’s sister Grace, who left the Amish years earlier is killed in an automobile accident, it is up to Rebecca and her husband Daniel to raise her two teenage English daughters in their Old Order Amish community. Can Rebecca reconcile the two worlds in her home or will the clash of cultures be too much.

When the Heart Cries by Cindy Woodsmall
When seventeen year-old Hannah Lapp, who has been raised in a traditional Old Order Amish family, wants to break with tradition and marry outside her Amish faith, the challenges are many. The night before Hannah and her fiancé Paul are to be married, tragedy strikes and Hannah faces losing her place in the community.

Separate from the World by Paul L. Gaus
When Enos Erb an Amish farmer seeks help from burned-out professor and amateur sleuth Professor Michael Branden about the bizarre death of his brother. Branden’s investigation is hampered by the unwillingness of people to talk, by the apparent suicide of a coed, campus unrest and the kidnapping of an Amish child. His search for the truth teaches Branden and his friends a lesson in what the Amish call “the most beautiful virtue” humility.