As he goes about his milking chores on a cold October morning, Bishop Leon Shetler daydreams of escaping the Ohio winter and taking a bus to the Pinecraft Amish community in Florida for a vacation. His reverie is suddenly interrupted when young Crist Burkholder enters the barn, head down, hat in hand, to make a confession. "I just killed Glenn Spiegle." An Amish murderer? No sooner does the sheriff start his investigation than he learns of two more murders in the Pinecraft community, and a startling connection is made. In "Harmless as Doves, "P. L. Gaus takes the action to Florida in one of the most exciting mysteries in the series. This is Gaus at his best.