Book Description:
It was supposed to be a simple remodel.
She didn’t plan on finding buried treasure…or looking down the barrel of a gun.
Agatha Lapp is elated when Channel 4 News decides to run a feature story on Amish businesses. The extra publicity should guarantee even more success for her Plain and Simple B&B, especially after she’s finished with the remodel. The cameras are rolling live when Agatha raises the rubber mallet and punches the first hole in her living room wall. That’s when things get complicated…
Hidden inside the wall is a diamond-studded belt buckle stolen twenty years earlier. The police return the buckle to the owners and refuse to re-open the case. The public is convinced more stolen goods are hidden at Agatha’s. When overzealous treasure hunters break into the B&B and a dead body is found half a mile down the road, Agatha knows she needs to take this investigation into her own hands.
With the help of a retired detective and her best friend, Agatha sets out to solve the mystery of the Lost Texas Treasures and find a killer. Their chase leads them through the Texas Hill Country to the famed YO Ranch where Agatha finds herself looking down the barrel of a gun. Suddenly, she’s no longer worried about a remodel. She just wants to live through this showdown.
Vannetta Chapman is a USA Today and PW Bestselling author of over 30 books. She has written for Abingdon Press and Harvest House Publishers, and she currently writes for Harper Collins Christian Publishing and Harlequin/Love Inspired. She's received numerous awards including the ACFW Carol Award for best mystery (Falling to Pieces), and she was a Christy Award finalist (Anna's Healing). She recently signed a contract for an additional six books with Harlequin/Love Inspired.
Chapman has a BA and MA in English literature from the University of Texas at Arlington. She has taught for numerous writing groups and speaks around the country on writing, how to publish, and steps to finding an agent and landing a publishing contract. Chapman’s releases include Amish romance, cozy mystery, novellas, romantic suspense, and dystopian.
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Agatha is at it again. As usual, not by choice, but as a victim of circumstance. Who would think that a renovation project would open the door to another mystery? Clearly Agatha and her friends did not, but that's exactly what happened..And on hand to help Agatha solve the mystery are her good friend and employee, the gun toting Gina, and her neighbor, "friend," and retired police officer, Tony.
The story draws you in from the start and moves on from there as it takes twists and turns that keep you guessing almost to the very end. Woven into the mystery and intrigue are tender moments, moments that had me laughing out loud, and others that had me holding my breath wondering what would happen next. The characters are delightful and engaging, and the setting had me wishing there was a real Agatha's Amish B&B in Texas Hill Country that I could go visit. The story moves along at a good pace offering details to help you try to fit all of the pieces together in order to figure out who done it.
Although Dead Set is the third installment in Agatha's Amish B&B series, it can be read as a stand alone. I highly recommend that you don't miss out on this delightful story, and while you're at it, go ahead and read the rest of the series. You won't be disappointed.
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