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Judy Clemens was born and raised a Mennonite, and is still involved with the church. She lives in rural Ohio, where she is pleased to see women in leadership in every aspect of the community. Dairy farming is not a part of her daily life, for which she is grateful, since it's such a difficult job. She lives in an old farmhouse with her family, and their livestock consists of four housecats.
While Stella Crown is getting a new tattoo, her tattoo artist is called into the back room by his wife, Mandy. Exhausted from managing her Pennyslvania dairy farm, Stella falls asleep. When she wakes up, the tattoo parlor is empty, so Stella goes home. Later that evening the police arrive to tell her that Mandy is dead, and Wolf, the tattoo artist, is missing. Describing the polar opposite worlds of the tattoo parlor and dairy farm, Clemens writes about a woman comfortable in both but unable to handle her own emotions. If only caring about people were as easy for Stella as riding a Harley or hooking up a milking machine. Featuring fast-paced prose and well-drawn characters who are mostly good people who help each other, Clemens's mystery also paints a complete picture of the hard work that goes into farming while educating the reader on the rules and regulations governing the tattoo business. The third entry in Clemens's Stella Crown series (after the Agatha Award-winning Till the Cows Come Home, 2004, and Three Can Keep a Secret, 2005) won't disappoint fans of the first two books. Strongly recommended --Library Journal Starred Review Clemens lives in Ohio.
