Matchmaking Can Be Murder by Amanda Flower

Book Description

When widowed Millie Fisher moves back to her childhood home of Harvest, Ohio, she notices one thing right away—the young Amish are bungling their courtships and marrying the wrong people! A quiltmaker by trade, Millie has nevertheless stitched together a few lives in her time, with truly romantic results. Her first mission? Her own niece, widowed gardener Edith Hochstetler, recently engaged to rude, greedy Zeke Miller. Anyone can see he’s not right for such a gentle young woman—except Edith herself.

 
Pleased when she convinces the bride-to-be to leave her betrothed before the wedding, Millie is later panicked to find Zeke in Edith’s greenhouse—as dead as a tulip in the middle of winter. To keep her niece out of prison—and to protect her own reputation—Millie will have to piece together a patchwork of clues to find a killer, before she becomes the next name on his list . . .

My thoughts:

Matchmaking Can Be Murder is the first book in An Amish Matchmaker Mystery series penned by  Amanda Flower . In this book we meet widowed matchmaker Millie Fisher and her two rambunctious goats, Peter and Phillip and reconnect with characters from the authors series An Amish Candy Shop.  Speaking of reconnecting, widowed Millie Fisher reconnects with Lois Kenny, her Englisch friend when she moves back to her childhood home of Harvest, Ohio.   They soon become involved in a murder mystery much to the chagrin of Deputy Aiden Brody and much to my delight as I laughed throughout this novel.

Millie and Lois are really serious about their sleuthing, Lois has even given Millie somewhat of a code name, I had to admire their spunk and commitment to proving a persons innocence. They may be amateur sleuths but I can easily imagine many more investigations and justice being served with the help of this dynamic duo. There are some unexpected plot twists along the way and I honestly thought I knew who the culprit was but as usual in the end I was completely surprised. 

Overall, I thought this novel was well written with well developed characters and that it moved a great pace.   The description of the town, the businesses and the animals added to the story and held my interest throughout, making everything and everyone come to life.  I am looking forward to the next book in the series to find out what the author has in store for her readers next.  I have a feeling it's going to be another fantastic read. 

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.  All opinions are completely my own.