After Ettie Smith's friend, Agatha, dies, Ettie is surprised to find that Agatha has left her a house. During building repairs, the body of an Amish man who disappeared forty years earlier is discovered under the floorboards. When it comes to light that Agatha and the deceased man were once engaged to marry, the police declare Agatha as the murderer. Ettie sets out to prove otherwise. Soon Ettie hears rumours of stolen diamonds, rival criminal gangs, and a supposed witness to the true murderer's confession. When Ettie discovers a key, she is certain it holds the answers she is looking for. Will the detective listen to Ettie's theories when he sees that the key belongs to a safe deposit box?

When Ettie has problems with her bread sinking in the middle, she turns to her friend, Ruth Fuller, who owns the largest Bakery in town. When Ruth and Ettie discover a dead man in Ruth's Bakery with a knife in his back, Ruth is convinced the man was out to steal her bread recipe. It was known that the victim, Alan Avery, was one of the three men who were desperate to get their hands on Ruth's bread secrets. When it's revealed that Avery owed money all over town, the local detective believes he was after the large amount of cash that Ruth banks weekly. Why was Alan Avery found with a Bible clutched in his hand? And what did it have to do with a man who was pushed down a ravine twenty years earlier?

When Ettie stumbles across some bones in a field, the local detective believes she knows the truth behind the man's murder. In her efforts to prove to him that she knows nothing, Ettie is led to Amish woman, Gertie, and her menacing neighbor. Gertie shares with them a shocking tale of two other murders that were deemed 'accidents.' Ettie dismisses the story as nothing more than Gertie's vivid imagination until Gertie goes missing.

Elderly Amish woman, Ettie Smith, finds a body outside her house. Everything Ettie thought she knew about the victim is turned upside down when she learns the dead woman was living a secret life. As the dead woman had been wearing an engagement ring worth close to a million dollars, the police must figure out whether this was a robbery gone wrong. When an Amish man falls under suspicion, Ettie has no choice but to find the real killer. What information about the victim is Detective Kelly keeping from Ettie? When every suspect appears to have a solid alibi, will Ettie be able to find out who murdered the woman, or will the Amish man be charged over the murder?

When a former Amish woman, Camille Esh, is murdered, the new detective in town is frustrated that no one in the Amish community will speak to him. The detective reluctantly turns to Ettie Smith for help. Soon after Ettie agrees to see what she can find out, the dead woman's brother, Jacob, is arrested for the murder. To prove Jacob's innocence, Ettie delves into the mysterious and secretive life of Camille Esh, and uncovers one secret after another. Will Ettie be able to find proof that Jacob is innocent, even though the police have DNA evidence against him, and documentation that proves he's guilty? Can Ettie uncover the real murderer amongst the many people who had reasons to want Camille dead?

A literary work from nationally bestselling author, Tamar Myers, THE DARK SIDE OF HEAVEN is the poignant, yet uplifting tale of a naïve Amish woman's banishment from her community and her passage into the real world. It is the story of her struggle to come to terms with life-altering decisions. It is a novel about religious conflict hard choices.

Ettie Smith always knew something was amiss with Stacey and Greville Charmers, the neighbors next door. When Greville is killed by an intruder, Ettie knows there is more to the story. Once Ettie learns the reason Stacey and Greville came to live on the edge of the Amish community, will that give her a clue to who killed Greville? Will Ettie place herself in danger when she uncovers the secret that more than one person wants to keep hidden? Other books in the Ettie Smith Amish Mysteries series: Book 1 Secrets Come Home Book 2 Amish Murder Book 3 Murder in the Amish Bakery Book 4 Amish Murder Too Close Book 5 Amish Quilt Shop Mystery Book 6 Amish Baby Mystery Book 7 Betrayed Book 8 Amish False Witness Book 9 Amish Barn Murders Book 10 Amish Christmas Mystery Book 11 Who Killed Uncle Alfie? Book 12 Lost: Amish Mystery Book 13 Amish Cover-Up Book 14 Amish Crossword Murder Book 15 Old Promises Book 16 Amish Mystery at Rose Cottage Book 17 Amish Mystery: Plain Secrets