Thrills & Chills Book Discussion: A Killing in Amish Country
Schedule
Wed, 17 Sep, 2025 at 06:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
206 Broadway St, Findlay, OH, United States, Ohio 45840 | Findlay, OH
This month’s book will be A Killing in Amish Country by Gregg Olsen and Rebecca Morris. At just 30 years old, with dark-blonde hair and freckles, Barbara Weaver was as pretty as the women depicted on the covers of her favorite "bonnet" stories - romance novels set in Amish America. Barbara had everything she'd ever wanted: five beautiful children, a home, her faith, and a husband named Eli. But while Barbara was happy to live as the Amish have for centuries - without modern conveniences, Eli was tempted by technology: cell phones, the Internet, and sexting. Online, he called himself "Amish Stud" and found no shortage of "English" women looking for love and sex. Twice, he left Barbara and their children, was shunned, begged for forgiveness, and was welcomed back to the church.
Barb Raber was raised Amish, but is now a Conservative Mennonite. She drove Eli to appointments in her car, and she gave him what he wanted when he wanted: a cell phone, a laptop, rides to his favorite fishing and hunting places, and, most importantly, sex. When Eli starts asking people to K*ll his wife for him, Barb offers to help. One night, just after Eli had hitched a ride with a group of men to go fishing in the hours before dawn, Barb Raber entered the Weaver house and shot Barbara Weaver in the chest at close range.
It was only the third murder in hundreds of years of Amish life in America, and it fell to Edna Boyle, a young assistant prosecutor, to seek justice for Barbara Weaver.
Copies are available on the book discussion table in the Adult Services Department.
E-book and audiobook copies are available on Libby.
Thrills & Chills is a mystery, thriller, and true crime book club. We meet every third Wednesday of the month. New members always welcome!
