Shadows We Remain

Book excerpt: At sixteen, Eli Reader is ripe for Rumspringa-a rite of passage into the outside world to sow his wild oats before marrying and settling down into a conservative Amish life. So, when Eli disappears, the community of Caroline Creek is quick to cast judgement. But Eli's sister Maria suspects that there is something more sinister to her brother's disappearance. Acting on her instincts could cost her everything-the affections of Marvin, her teenage crush, the judgement of the community, and the wrath of the powerful men on the minister bench. Maria teams up with private investigator Bruce Ellsworth, and together they embark on a journey that leads to the mob, corrupt FBI agents, and a decades-old secret-Eli is not the first from Caroline Creek to disappear under mysterious circumstances. What's even worse is that the criminals may be getting help from someone inside the community.