A Killing in Amish Country: Sex, Betrayal, and a Cold-blooded Murder
Written by Gregg Olsen, Rebecca Morris and Linda Castillo
Narrated by Coleen Marlo
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About this audiobook
Thirty-year-old Barbara Weaver was content to live as the Amish have for centuries-without modern convenience-but her husband, Eli, wanted a life beyond horses and buggies. Soon he gave in to the temptation of technology and found ways to go online and meet women. When Barbara was found dead, shot in the chest at close range, all eyes were on Eli . . . and his mistress, a Conservative Mennonite named Barb Raber.
A NEW KIND OF BETRAYAL-AND DEATH . . .
Barb drove Eli to appointments in her car. She gave him everything he asked for: a laptop, rides to his favorite fishing and hunting spots-and sex. Above all, she gave him the cell phone he would use to plan a murder. The Weaver case marked only the third time an Amish man was suspected of killing his wife in more than two hundred years in America. But the investigation raised almost as many questions as it answered: Was Barb Raber the one who fired the fatal shot? Or was Barbara Weaver dead before someone entered the house? What did Eli's friends, family, and church really know about him? And will life among the "Plain People" ever be the same?
Gregg Olsen
#1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Gregg Olsen has written more than thirty books, including Lying Next to Me, The Last Thing She Ever Did, and two novels in the Nicole Foster series, The Sound of Rain and The Weight of Silence. Known for his ability to create vivid and fascinating narratives, he’s appeared on multiple television and radio shows and news networks, such as Good Morning America, Dateline, Entertainment Tonight, CNN, and MSNBC. In addition, Olsen has been featured in Redbook, People, and Salon magazine, as well as in the Seattle Times, Los Angeles Times, and New York Post. Both his fiction and nonfiction works have received critical acclaim and numerous awards, including prominence on the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. Washington State officially selected his young adult novel Envy for the National Book Festival, and The Deep Dark was named Idaho Book of the Year. A Seattle native who lives with his wife in rural Washington State, Olsen’s already at work on his next book.
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Reviews for A Killing in Amish Country
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I am a true crime buff. I've read too many to count.There are things I look for in a true crime book - Is it a complete recounting of the crime? Is the telling unbiased? Is there a reasonable amount of background information that would be of interest to the reader?I found this book delivered on all of these counts. There were reasonable accounts of the biographies of the principles in the book as well as the Amish culture.Highly recommended.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I was searching for a True Crime Audiobook by author Gregg Olsen. This was one I found. I'd noticed before that many of his books aren't available from any of the three library systems where I hold library cards.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Amish people are known as "plain." Their simple lifestyle bans the use of electricity, cell phones, automobiles, and all the things that non-Amish consider necessary. This is a fascinating book written by two very competent and excellent writers. When Barbara Weaver was found in her bed with a bullet in her chest, many knew immediately that it was her husband who killed her.Time and time again, she let him back in her life after he blatantly cheated and broke not only his marriage vows, but the vows he took when he became Amish. Kicked out of the Amish, shunned twice, he gave in to the temptation of sex and multiple partners. Using a cell phone, he trolled sites looking for sex partners, calling himself the "Amish Stud!." And, because of the lure of being with someone Amish, he had no trouble finding women who were drawn to him.The book focuses on his trial and the fact that he used an older woman to help kill his wife. She was not his usual type of woman, she was non descript, and some would say ugly. He played her emotionally, and she did his bidding. It was text messages left on the phones of both he and his partner that convicted them of murder.This is a very interesting, and well written book, outlining how the Amish lifestyle did not encourage a wife to leave her husband.Four stars! Highly recommended.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Good real crime, but very repetitive.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Another great read from Mr. Gregg Olsen and Rebecca Morris. It is interesting as I have read many fiction Amish books. I like many are fascinated by this lifestyle. Yet, even when I have read a few fiction Amish murder mystery stories, I was still shocked by the thought that murder happens in this community. I mean it does but the murder rate is very low. As I read this story of Barbara and Eli Weaver, I felt conflicted by the people in their community. On one had I understood their reason for forgiving and not holding ill will but on the other hand, I felt like they turned their back on Barbara. Then there were all of the women that Eli had relationships with. They knew that Eli was married but yet they continued to have relationships with him. If he had never mentioned killing his wife, I believe these women would have still carried on a relationship with him. By the end of this book I did feel like Barbara got justice.