March 10, 2023
Millie Fisher, a widow and matchmaker in the Amish community of Harvest, Ohio, and her best friend Lois, an "Englisher"--and definitely not Amish--are headed off to a Valentine's Day spaghetti supper, a fundraiser for a drug-counseling center. On the way, they stop at the Sunbeam Caf�, operated by Lois' granddaughter. Unsurprisingly, Lois does not react well when she sees her ex-husband with his new, much-younger wife, Paige, in town on their honeymoon. The next day, appalled by her own rudeness, Lois picks up Millie to go to the pseudo-chalet where the couple are staying to apologize. As they arrive, the cuckoo in the giant carved tower emerges and promptly crashes, killing Paige. Though Lois is a suspect, along with her ex-husband, the unlikely duo proceed to investigate. What they unearth points to the importance and desperate need for the drug-counseling center. This entertaining mystery, the fourth in the series, is set in the same locale as the author's Amish Candy Shop novels.
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