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The peaceful town of Painters Mill is shattered when an Amish grandmother is brutally murdered on an abandoned farm. When Chief of Police Kate Burkholder arrives on the scene, she learns that the woman’s seven-year-old granddaughter is gone, abducted in plain sight. Kate knows time is against her - the longer the girl is missing, the less likely her safe return becomes. The girl’s family is a pillar of the Amish community, well-respected by all. But Kate soon realizes they’re keeping secrets - and the sins of their past may be coming back to haunt them....

While enjoying a sleigh ride with his children, Amish widower Adam Lengacher discovers a car stuck in a snowdrift and an unconscious woman inside. He calls upon Chief of Police Kate Burkholder for help, and she is surprised to recognize the driver: fellow cop and her former friend, Gina Colorosa. Years before, Kate and Gina were best friends at the police academy and patrol officers in Columbus, but time and distance have taken them down two very different paths. Now, Gina reveals a shocking story of betrayal and revenge that has forced her to run for her life. 

The New York Times bestselling series hailed as "gripping" (People magazine) and "compelling" (USA Today) returns with Police Chief Kate Burkholder called to the scene of a horrific tragedy on a peaceful Amish farm. The Slabaugh family are model Amish farmers, prosperous and hardworking, with...

From Linda Castillo, the New York Times bestselling author of A Gathering of Secrets, comes a new Kate Burkholder short mystery, In Plain Sight: a story of star-crossed love and murder in Amish country. Seventeen year old Amish boy, Noah Kline, is struck by a car as he walks alongside a dark...

A sadistic killer pushed Chicago cop Marty Hogan past her limits - and it was all caught on video. She lost her job, her sense of self, her entire world until an open detective position in small-town Texas gave her a chance at redemption. Police Chief Clay Settlemeyer knows all about mistakes and second chances - he's still earning his own, so he's willing to give Marty the opportunity to prove herself. But when her ex-partner is murdered, it looks like Chicago is coming to small-town Texas with a vengeance.

From the New York Times bestselling author of THE DEAD WILL TELL comes a new short story offering a glimpse into Chief of Police Kate Burkholder's past and her Amish roots. It's autumn in Painter's Mill, and fourteen year old Katie Burkholder has been tasked with picking apples in Zimmerman’s...

After a childhood betrayal and tragedy, Lindsey Metcalf made a vow always to protect her younger sister, Traci. Although the two women have drifted apart, Lindsey's worst fears are triggered when Traci mysteriously disappears from her home in Seattle. After filing a missing persons report, she learns that her sister has been hiding a lurid double life. Having had her fair share of run-ins with the police, Traci isn't high on the department's list of priorities. And the only man able to help Lindsey find the truth has his own trouble with the law....  

"Narrator Kathleen McInerney quickly pulls listeners into the frightening mystery...Her emotionally balanced portrayal of Burkholder is believable and makes listeners feel like they are solving the mystery right alongside her." -- AudioFile Magazine Chief of Police Kate Burkholder races against...

Die junge Rachel Esh wird tot im Wald gefunden. Sie war fünfzehn und erfror jämmerlich. Offenbar wollte sie weg von zu Hause. Schon längere Zeit machen böse Gerüchte die Runde über diese isolierte Amisch-Gemeinde im Bundesstaat New York. Aber niemand will offen sprechen. Deshalb bittet die örtliche Polizei Kate Burkholder um Hilfe. Allein und auf sich selbst gestellt soll sie herausfinden, was sich dort wirklich abspielt. Kate gibt sich als trauernde Witwe aus und taucht ein in eine Welt, die voller Verbrechen und Grausamkeit ist.

Als das gleißende Scheinwerferlicht des entgegenkommenden Fahrzeugs sie blendet, bleibt ihnen nicht einmal mehr die Zeit, um zu schreien. Auf der regennassen Straße im ländlichen Ohio sterben in dieser Nacht drei Menschen. Ein amischer Vater und zwei seiner Kinder. Als Polizeichefin Kate Burkholder die traumatisierte Witwe trifft, kommen ihr erste Zweifel: Es ist eine Freundin aus Jugendtagen, deren Schönheit schon damals das Schlechte magisch anzog.

Cases of random violence have erupted across the country - murderous acts committed by previously non-violent people. Detective Adam Boedecker, grieving brother to one of the suicide-murderers, has discovered that all the suspects had taken a new breakthrough anti-depressant, Valazine. Elizabeth Barnes has devoted her heart and soul to pharmaceutical research. She's at the top of her game and slated to be awarded top honors for her latest breakthrough drug. Until a detective contacts her about a recent wave of homicides.

“An exceptionally engaging audiobook, delivered by a masterful narrator.” —AudioFile on A Simple Murder, an Earphones Award winner In this short mystery from bestselling author Linda Castillo, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must race through a dangerous blizzard to save an elderly Amish...

For the first time in print comes a collection of five short stories in the Edgar award-winning Kate Burkholder series, PLUS one new, never-before-published story, from New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo. When two young boys don’t return home from an innocent afternoon of fishing...

Wer bin ich? Diese Frage stellt sich die rothaarige Frau, seitdem sie im Tiefschnee der Rocky Mountains gefunden wurde. Sie hat keine Ahnung, was passiert ist oder woher sie kommt. Nur dieses unterschwellige Gefühl, in Gefahr zu schweben, scheint vertraut. Ein Zettel in ihrer Tasche verrät ihren Namen: Hannah. Als John, der Mann, der sie gerettet hat, sie in eine Unterkunft bringen will, versucht jemand, ihren Wagen einen Abhang hinunterzudrängen. Hannah weiß, wenn sie überleben will, muss sie herausfinden, wer sie wirklich ist.

Es war ihre einzige Möglichkeit, das Gefängnis zu überleben: Nach einem brutalen Angriff ist Abby Nichols geflohen. Nun setzt sie alles daran, zu beweisen, dass sie keine Mörderin ist. Dabei lässt sie sich von niemandem aufhalten. Auch nicht von dem attraktiven Sheriff, der sie in den Rocky Mountains aufspürt. Der Auftrag, eine entflohene Mörderin wieder einzufangen, begeistert Sheriff Jake Madigan nicht gerade. Bis er der Gesuchten gegenübersteht.

Nur wenige Minuten dauert der Routineeinsatz in Chicago – aber lange genug, um Erin McNeals Leben zu erschüttern. Ihr Partner wird von einer Kugel getroffen, während sie selber einen der Täter erschießt. Daraufhin ist ihr Ruf als Cop ruiniert, ihr Selbstbewusstsein zerstört. Ein halbes Jahr später versucht die hübsche Polizistin in der Kleinstadt Logan Falls einen Neuanfang. Doch dieser gestaltet sich schwieriger als erwartet: Zum einen ist Chief Nick Ryans Sex-Appeal einfach entwaffnend.

Chief of Police Kate Burkholder confronts a mysterious beast terrorizing the residents of Painters Mill in this new original short mystery from bestselling author Linda Castillo. On a foggy spring night, an Amish man crashes his buggy after a large, unidentified animal spooks his horse. Kate...

Abgeschlachtete Tiere auf der Weide, ein Farmer, der an sein umgekipptes Fuhrwerk gefesselt fast erfriert: In Painters Mill häufen sich die Verbrechen...

A troubling discovery leads Chief of Police Kate Burkholder on a strange investigation ending at a long-abandoned Amish farm in this short mystery from bestselling author Linda Castillo. When a family dog brings home a human bone, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder finds herself on a desperate...

Linda Castillo's bestselling series has been called "gripping" [People] and "impossible to put down" [Bookpage] and the "teeth chattering suspense" [USA Today] continues with GONE MISSING—a deeply chilling novel about a rite of passage gone horribly wrong. Rumspringa is the time when Amish...