Ettie Smith Amish Mysteries Books in Order

Ettie inherits her friend Agatha's house and discovers a body beneath its floorboards. Convinced her late friend was innocent, she investigates old connections and hidden secrets while a mysterious key adds another complication to the case.

An abandoned baby arrives on Ettie and Elsa-May's doorstep wrapped in a quilt containing a plea for secrecy. Protecting the boy means finding who left him and why revealing his presence could put his life in danger.

Strange lights in a barn accompany the deaths of two Amish men. With Thea implicated and refusing to speak to anyone but Ettie, the elderly sleuth must connect the clues before an innocent girl is blamed.

Ettie's unexpected Christmas gathering is interrupted by a dead man in her front yard. As suspicion draws attention to her estranged daughter Myra, uncovering the truth threatens to expose secrets uncomfortably close to Ettie's own family.

Ettie doubts a key witness's seemingly convincing account of a crime. Looking beyond the testimony reveals hidden motives and conflicting details, leaving her to uncover the truth before someone innocent bears the consequences of another person's story.

An Amish woman's murder places her brother Jacob under suspicion, while the community's silence frustrates a new detective. Ettie helps investigate the victim's life, searching through old disputes and secrets before Jacob is convicted.

A murdered woman is found outside Ettie's house without her valuable engagement ring. Police suspect robbery, but Ettie doubts the explanation and investigates when an Amish man is implicated, suspecting the victim knew something dangerous.

Bethany's new quilt shop becomes a crime scene when a man is found dead inside. Ettie joins the investigation, piecing together connections that suggest the shop owner may be in danger from someone familiar.

Following an attack on Paula, Ettie and Elsa-May suspect the arrested woman has been framed. Their investigation points toward a former police officer, but convincing Detective Kelly becomes urgent as he shifts suspicion to another possible innocent suspect.

Ettie finds a dead man in Ruth's bakery, clutching a Bible. While police focus on the bakery's cash and Ruth suspects recipe-related trouble, Ettie must sift through competing theories to discover what brought murder into the shop.

An apple grower warns Florence that people want him dead, then dies moments later. When authorities blame his heart, she turns to her sister Ettie Smith to investigate the warning and uncover what really happened.

Titus Graber is found dead over a crossword puzzle, and Ettie Smith suspects murder. She studies the puzzles he created, wondering whether their clues contain a warning from the victim or a message from his killer.

After finding bones in a field, Ettie hears Gertie's claims that two supposed accidents were murders. She initially dismisses them, but Gertie's disappearance forces her to reconstruct the story and follow its clues before another life is lost.

Ettie Smith's estranged daughter Myra is accused of murder, and Ettie refuses to believe she is responsible. With her sister helping, she retraces the victim's last day and uncovers secrets that complicate her understanding of Myra.

Uncle Alfie's murder and his nephew Jazeel's disappearance bring a worried fiancee to Ettie Smith. Investigating the family exposes motives for revenge, while a secretive housekeeper and troublesome neighbors complicate her search for both the killer and Jazeel.

Widow Nell asks Ettie to find the man who vanished shortly before their wedding forty years earlier. Ettie and her sister uncover other disappearances, following clues to Rose Cottage and the secrets surrounding Nell's lost love.

Selena inherits her estranged grandfather's neglected house, then discovers he died in prison after admitting to murder. Seeking Ettie Smith's help, she tries to uncover the truth about his conviction and the family history she never knew.

Ettie believes she knows who murdered Ebenezer Fuller behind his barn, until discoveries about his past undermine her theory. Hidden identities and an unexpected visitor complicate the winter investigation she undertakes with her sister Elsa-May.

Ettie has always distrusted her neighbors, Stacey and Greville Charmers. When an intruder kills Greville, investigating why the couple moved beside the Amish community leads her toward a secret others are determined to protect, even at her expense.

Two murders leave scarecrows at the victims' homes, reminding Ettie Smith of killings from the 1960s. When the detective dismisses her suspicions, she pursues the possible connection herself despite the difficulties of her worsening back pain.

When candy-shop owner Brunhilde Hoffman is found dead, Ettie Smith and her sister Elsa-May investigate. Looking beyond the victim's pleasant reputation uncovers an unexpected past, leaving the sisters to determine who had a reason to kill her.

While Ettie Smith judges cookies at a fair, a woman's body is discovered beneath a quilt in another tent. Ettie and her sister Elsa-May turn their attention from the festivities to uncovering the secrets behind the killing.

Former realtor Deena Brown has joined the Amish community and developed a passion for jigsaw puzzles. When murder interrupts her new life, Ettie Smith investigates connections to Deena's former clients and ex-husband to untangle what happened.

While helping at a wedding in an Amish bed and breakfast, Ettie Smith and her sister discover the groom dead. One owner stands over the body with no memory of events, leaving the sisters to investigate his troubling behavior.

After an Amish woman is attacked and left near death, Detective Kelly asks Ettie Smith to investigate the community's guarded response. An arrest fails to convince Ettie, who searches the victim's past for the real attacker.

Ettie Smith arranges an anonymous kitten gift for her sister Elsa-May, but the man helping deliver it is found dead. Feeling responsible, Ettie investigates his many enemies to discover who turned the surprise into a murder case.

Missing Amish buggies become part of a murder investigation when the community’s largest buggy maker is killed. Elderly sleuth Ettie Smith follows the connection between theft and death, uncovering secrets along the back roads of Amish country.

A key baked into a loaf of bread brings Ettie Smith and her sister to a baffled antique dealer. When a body is found at his shop, the sisters must discover how the strange clue connects to murder.

An Amish funeral goes wrong when a coffin contains the wrong body and the intended occupant is missing. Ettie Smith and Elsa-May investigate the apparent mistake, discovering reasons to doubt that a simple funeral-home blunder explains it.

A visiting quilt historian draws attention to an Amish charity auction, where a body is discovered beneath antique quilts. Ettie Smith and Elsa-May question the people involved, unconvinced that the local detective is following the right lead.

Ettie Smith and Elsa-May investigate a local murder involving a missing document and suspicious neighbors. An unexpected connection to Freda’s prized chickens and valuable eggs exposes old grudges, leaving the sisters searching for a killer before another attack.

Ettie and Elsa-May guard gingerbread houses at an Amish Christmas fundraiser until a dog causes a revealing mishap. A sponsor is shot, and the sisters turn the disrupted celebration into an investigation of secrets and spreading rumors.

Ettie and Elsa-May refuse to believe their friend committed a crime, despite a matching police sketch and mounting evidence. When the friend disappears, their effort to clear her name becomes a race to uncover troubling small-town secrets.