Down to the Bone by Karen Harper

   Mystery and romance.  Wonderful story of conflict concerning an Amish widow and the mysterious happenings at her farm a year after her husband dies.  There is a great deal of historical interest in the old barn on her farm.  Enter a love interest, but he isn’t Amish.  She wants to keep the farm going for her twin sons, but Amish tradition means the males in the community do the farm work and her doing it is not acceptable. So, she should remarry.  Lots of community interest there.  Not much of it wanted.  But who is appearing in the dark shadows around the barn and fields?  Great story.  Until the ending.  When the mystery was solved I didn’t think it was possible. So I had to go back and look again at the story.  Weeks later, I still don’t think it adds up.  The guilty person had too many other irons in the fire to spend so many hours and occasions “haunting” her farm and not be missed.  Liked all the characters, setting and plot, until the very end!  8 out of 10.  Want to read another of Karen Harper’s books to see how she wraps up another plot.