pick4.5 Rounded up to 5
A suicide 6 months ago. A body found in a burned barn. What do they have in common? Maybe, secrets. In the 10th book in the Kate Burkholder Series by Linda Castillo, Kate is trying to figure these things out. Kate Burkholder is the Police Chief of Planters Mill, Ohio. She grew up Amish but left the way at 18. Kate has now found herself investigating why the fire started. The more she digs, the more she realizes ⬇️
pickIn Dark Company is a novella. It starts with a mystery of a girl running through a corn field in Planters Mill. Kate Burkholder, the Chief of Police, is soon on the case. The girl doesn't remember anything about herself or how she arrived in Planters Mill. Soon, Burkholder finds herself in trouble again, but I think that's just the way she is made. 4⭐️ Quick Read
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pickKate Burkholder #11.5, less than 2 hours in length.
Two young boys go missing-one Amish and one English-and Chief Kate Burkholder is racing to find them before the bad weather claims their lives. Nothing added to the series at large in terms of plot, but these shorts are always enjoyable reads or listens while I‘m out running errands.
pickI love this series. I am rereading (listening) to them because I think I have missed some. Down a Dark Road is the 9th one in the Kate Burkholder Series by Linda Castillo.
A childhood friend, Joesph, is in prison for murder. He escapes and asks Kate Burkholder to help clear his name. Kate soon finds out there's more going on than she thought. Of course, Kate finds herself in trouble. I always think to myself, Kate, don't go meet ⬇️
pickAnother great one in the Kate Burkholder Series. A little different as not as much blood and stuff. Kate is asked to go undercover in an Amish community for the NY State Police. Could Kate be walking into a more dangerous situation than either her or the NY State Police thought? 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌓
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pickI absolutely inhaled this 11th installment in the Kate Burkholder series. A grandmother is out picking walnuts with two of her grandchildren when she is brutally murdered. The killer abducts one of the little girls and soon other community people begin dying. Because of the danger to the child, Kate worked extra hard to find her alive and being her home. The stakes were super high throughout. Really good, I couldn‘t turn the pages fast enough.
pickThe thing I love about the Kate Burkholder Series is that Catillo always seems to grab me pretty quickly. The way she has developed Kate and John Tomasetti is extraordinarily well. Though she does make me laugh when Kate says how safe her job is. It cracks me up because she's the Police Chief of Planters Mill, Ohio, with a small force. I enjoy that she writes about the Amish, and I get to learn a little something about them. Planters Mill ⬇️
pick4⭐️
A Kate Burkholder Novella. A quick read that doesn't involve a murder! The Bishop calls the police early one morning to say a baby has been left on his porch. Kate has to find out who would leave a newborn baby with the Amish Bishop. Are the parents Amish or English?
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pick4.5⭐️
The Dead Will Tell is the 6th book in Linda Castillo's Kate Burkholder Series. It was tense pretty much from page one. I never lost interest in it. Castillo is continuing to develop the character of Kate. Kate has grown quite a lot since the first book.
Kate Burkholder investigates a murder that may have ties to a 35 year old murder. A person dies, and the police find notes saying, 'I know what you did.' The police try to get ⬇️
pick#10 in the Kate Burkholder series featuring the ex-Amish Chief of Police in Painter‘s Mill, OH-a small town with a large Amish population. The case involves the murder of an 18 y/o Amish male who was beloved by the community. As the investigation progresses, Kate finds that he wasn‘t a nice guy at all, and many of the local Amish are hiding big secrets. Kate is forced to re-examine trauma from her own past. Really good, but hard to read at times.
Castillo continues to develop all the characters in the Kate Burkholder Series. In this book, one gets what they have been hoping for for a while. I love how Castillo draws me in at the beginning of the book, and I keep trying to figure out who the culprit is. This time, I was so far off base. Highly recommend this series.
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