Shamed is another excellent entry set in Painters Mill, Ohio and the Amish community.
from description: An Amish grandmother is murdered on an abandoned farm, her seven year old granddaughter abducted. Chief of Police Kate Burkholder plunges headlong into a case that quickly becomes a race against the clock. She knows the longer the girl is missing, the more likely a tragic outcome. The family of the missing girl is well thought of—a pillar of the Amish community. Their pain is palpable and they cooperate in every way, but Kate soon learns they’re keeping secrets...
There are now eleven books featuring Kate Burkholder, Chief of Police in Painters Mill, and the two books that I've read have had compelling mysteries with complex situations. Insights into the Amish community and the contrast of the peaceful lifestyle and the violence that intrudes makes the books even more engrossing.
Read in March; blog review scheduled for June 30.
NetGalley/St. Martin's Press
Mystery/Crime. July 16, 2019. Print length: 320 pages.
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I love Steve McCurry's photographic blog and this entry is about reading in different settings, in different countries, for different reasons.
Everywhere I go in the world, I see young and old,rich and poor, reading books.Whether readers are engaged in the sacred or the secular,they are, for a time, transported to another world.
I don't think I've read anything by Linda Castillo. Will have ti check out this series.
ReplyDeleteLove that quote and it's so true.
I'd seen the covers and thought the books were more in the line of cozy mysteries, but Kay's recommendations persuaded me to try them. Definitely not cozy, but well-plotted mysteries with great characterization. :)
DeleteOh lucky you! This one of my few go-to spend whatever on it authors! I am going to get this one when it releases and know I will enjoy it because I've read every one of the books and enjoyed them all. You should pick up the first one to get the background history of the characters if you can. Enjoy more of them!
ReplyDeleteI intend to go back and pick up the earlier books, but haven't yet gotten around to doing it. So many books...such a long list of TBR!
ReplyDeleteI love this series! And I'm looking forward to reading this latest book. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm looking forward to some of the earlier books! ;)
DeleteI so need to get into this series. Everything about it sounds so good -- and from the sounds of it, it seems like a series you can jump in at any time too
ReplyDeleteYep, even though it is nice to have all the backstories, Castillo doesn't make it a necessity. Each of the two books I've read were perfect as stand-alones.
DeleteGood to know that all the literature out there featuring the Amish is not just romance!
ReplyDeleteMysteries that turn up buried secrets are always satisfying. I think that is in part why I like mysteries...I'm a nosy person!
I love the secrets, too! I'm certainly a nosy reader--I love the puzzling out of what happened and why/
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