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  • Bibliography:
    11 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1999
  • Latest Book:
    April 2015
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Full Series List in Order

An Ohio Amish Mystery

1 - Blood of the Prodigal (Jun-1999)
2 - Broken English (Jun-2000)
3 - Clouds Without Rain (Jun-2001)
4 - Cast a Blue Shadow (Nov-2003)
5 - A Prayer for the Night (Jul-2006)
6 - Separate from the World (Jul-2008)
7 - Harmless As Doves (Jul-2011)
8 - The Names of Our Tears (Jun-2013)
9 - Whiskers of the Lion (Apr-2015)

Book List in Order: 11 titles



  • WHEN AN AMISH BOY IS KIDNAPPED, CAN THREE MEN BRIDGE THE DIVIDE BETWEEN TWO PEOPLES? The Amish, or "plain people," and English, or "vain ones," share a home county in the pastoral hills of Ohio. As summer approaches, boyhood friends and lifelong res...



  • The peaceful town of Millersburg, Ohio, in the heart of Ohio’s Amish country, is rocked by the vicious murder of one of its citizens at the hands of an itinerant ex-convict. When a local reporter covering the story ends up dead as well, with the c...



  • Written in the tradition of Tony Hillerman, in Clouds without Rain, P. L. Gaus once again provides compelling intrigue and insight into Amish culture and tradition alongside contemporary American life.In the wake of a fatal accident involving an Amis...



  • A BRUTAL MURDER SENDS A MENNONITE COLLEGE GIRL SPIRALING INTO HER TROUBLED PAST As the widow of a revered Millersburg College alumnus and one of the school's biggest donors, Juliet Favor has immense wealth that empowers her acquisition of whatever, ...



  • 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 ...



  • Book 6 of the Amish-Country Mysteries

    Enos Erb, an Amish man, claims that his brother,-benny,-a dwarf like himself- has been murdered. Upon investigation, links to a controversial genetics study examining the effects of inbreeding within the A...



  • The chill of autumn is just settling into Holmes County, Ohio, when Bishop Leon Shetler is startled out of his morning reverie by the words, "I just killed Glenn Spiegle." No one -- least of all Sherriff Bruce Robertson -- believes that Crist Burkhol...



  • Ruth Zook returns home to Holmes County, Ohio, carrying a heavy suitcase and a heavier heart. Coerced into becoming a drug mule, Ruth retaliates by destroying her illicit burden and pays for it with her life. When Fannie Helmuth confesses that she wa...



  • Sheriff Bruce Robertson is charged with finding a young Amish woman on the run from a murderous drug ring so she can testify in federal court. Wrestling with a recurring childhood nightmare of a deadly lion, the Holmes County sheriff finds himself to...






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    Amish bishop Small Henry Rupp has the burden on his heart that the people of his congregation in Holmes County, Ohio, have become too complacent with English attitudes and culture, and he is especially worried about the corrosive impact that tourism ...



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    First Death - an accident or a homicide? Second Death - a murder or a suicide? Events unfold quickly on a single Monday, the first day of classes for Professor Michael Branden's new semester. The tragedies envelope a Schwartzentruber sect, the most c...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

P.L. Gaus / Paul L. Gaus has published 11 books.

P.L. Gaus / Paul L. Gaus does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Whiskers of the Lion, was published in April 2015.

The first book by P.L. Gaus / Paul L. Gaus, Blood of the Prodigal, was published in June 1999.

Yes. P.L. Gaus / Paul L. Gaus has 1 series.