P. L. Gaus


P. L. Gaus is the author of the Ohio Amish Mysteries including, most recently, Clouds without Rain, and Cast a Blue Shadow. He teaches chemistry and alternative cultures at the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio.


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Blood of the Prodigal

An Ohio Amish Mysteries

“No one who enjoys a fresh approach to the mystery novel, plus an insider’s look at Ohio’s Old Order Amish culture, should miss Blood of the Prodigal. P. L. Gaus gives us a kind, gentle, and intriguing look at crime inside Ohio’s famous Amish colony.”—Tony Hillerman


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Broken English

An Ohio Amish Mystery

“Gaus weaves his extensive knowledge of Amish ways into this fascinating, suspenseful tale.”—Ohioana Quarterly


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Clouds Without Rain

An Ohio Amish Mystery

“Gaus is a sensitive storyteller who matches his cadences to the measured pace of Amish life, catching the tensions among the village‘s religious factions.”—The New York Times Book Review


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Cast a Blue ShadowOn Sale

An Ohio Amish Mystery

“The author portrays the conflicts among the various Amish sects whose varying degrees of strictness in some instances cause them to shun each other. Eschewing any academic pedantry, Gaus manages to expertly enlighten as well as entertain.”—Publishers Weekly


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A Prayer for the Night

An Ohio Amish Mystery

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.…


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Separate from the World

An Ohio Amish Mystery

As another college year draws to an end, Professor Michael Branden is weary after nearly thirty years of teaching. Sitting in his office on a warm spring day, he receives an unexpected visit from an Amish man who claims his brother, a dwarf like himself, has been murdered.…

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