Thursday, March 26, 2020

The Crow's Call (Amish Greenhouse Mystery #1) by Wanda E. Brunstetter

I always like it when you take a typical genre and flip it around.  Wanda Brunstetter has been doing this for a long time with her Amish fiction.  

From the back:  Mysterious Events Plague a Greenhouse in Pennsylvania’s Amish Country

When Vernon King, his son, and son-in-law are involved in a terrible accident, three women are left to cope with their deaths, as they become the sole providers of the family they have left. The women’s only income must come from the family greenhouse, but someone seems to be trying to force them out of business.

Amy King has just lost her father and brother, and her mother needs her to help run the family’s greenhouse. It doesn’t seem fair to ask her to leave a job she loves, when there is still a sister and brother to help. But Sylvia is also grieving for her husband while left to raise three children, and Henry, just out of school, is saddled with all the jobs his father and older brother used to do. As Amy assumes her new role, she also asks Jared Riehl to put their courtship on hold. When things become even more stressful at the greenhouse, will Amy crumble under the pressure?

This was such a good book!  Brunstetter has really found her calling and every book just gets better and better.  I love how she take the day to day and turn it into such good books.  Who is causing all the trouble for the King family?  

I enjoyed reading it because of the strength of their faith and how the family works through their grief while still remembering past joys. I am interested to find out if the crow is really a symbol of foreboding or is there more going on?  Brunstetter allows the characters to struggle with life just like real people do and find hope. Enjoy this great first book in the series and be sure to keep an eye out for book two, The Mockingbird's Song.  Happy Reading!  

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