Down to the bone cover

Down to the bone

by Karen Harper

Rachel Mast is doing all she can to keep her life together one year after the tragic death of her husband. Against all Amish traditions, she is running her small farm and raising her twin boys on her own. And for the first time in a long time, Rachel is happy. Then things start happening.... Her dead husband's belongings turn up in unexpected places, her sons are acting strangely and Rachel feels as if she's being watched. She knows someone is trying to scare her, but who and why? Is it Eben Yoder, her Amish neighbor, who's determined to make her his wife? Or someone else in the community who wants her to conform to their ways? Or is it Mitch Randall, the stranger who has taken an unusual interest in her barn...and in the young widow herself, making Rachel feel things she's never felt before? As Rachel begins to dig up the past for answers, someone is equally determined to keep it buried. Someone who won't stop at murder to keep the truth hidden.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?