Kappy King and the Puppy Caper

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LILLARD, AMY
KAPPY KING AND THE PUPPY CAPER

Content to be unmarried and plain-spoken, Kathryn "Kappy" King is an odd-woman-out in the Amish community of Blue Sky, Pennsylvania. But she's skilled at making the special kapps local women need to cover their hair. And she might be the only one who can unearth the danger hiding in this peaceful valley...

When Kappy's neighbor, Ruth Peachey, turns up dead in her yard, everyone in Blue Sky believes it's a tragic accident. Until the Englisch police find  the gentle dog breeder was deliberately struck down -- and arrest her mentally-challenged son, Jimmy, for the crime...

Jimmy's sister, Edie, returns to Blue Sky to clear his name, yet no one will speak to a shunned former Amish woman, much less give her information. Determined to help, Kappy starts digging for the truth among her seemingly-innocent neighbors. But suddenly a series of suspicious "accidents" threatens Edie and the Peachey farm -- property Edie is determined to protect for her brother's future.

Now, as danger looms large in the small community, Kappy must bait a trap for a killer snapping hard at her heels. And Edie must decide whether to make a home once more in the town she thought she'd left behind...

My Review:

published in 2017

Cracking good fun! Kappy is...unique. A misfit among her Amish neighbours but more out of habit than for any tangible reason. She was raised by an eccentric aunt and I think the community just let her slip into that position after her aunt's death. Which makes Kappy an outlier and she's fine with that. Especially after her broken engagement. Sort of. Love the things I don't know about this Amish community as much as the things I do. Looking forward to exploring why folks are so standoffish and what's up with the Bishop in future books in this series.

So there's Kappy, content to live a lonely existence until murder happens just down the road and somehow she becomes embroiled in it all. She spends most of this book trying to get back to peacefully sewing her kaps but Amish-turned-Englischer Edie keeps dragging her into the fray. These two make a great detective team, switching Holmes and Watson rolls along the way. Kappy, plain-spoken and calm. Edie, cagey and volatile. But a friendship develops nevertheless as they hone their sleuthing skills.

A solid mystery, with enough red-herrings and intriguing suspects to keep me befuddled right til the end. (I was almost right.) And the criminal take-down is hilarious! Yay Kappy! Shrinking Amish maidel she's not. :-) Plus there's potential romance for both our heroines -- definitely of the rom/com variety. I laughed myself silly.

A quirky cozy mystery that's lots of fun.

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