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From Linda Castillo, the New York Times best-selling author of Sworn to Silence and Among the Wicked, this collection of stories featuring Chief of Police Kate Burkholder combines three amazing novellas for the first time together.

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.

Two years ago Joseph King was convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to life in prison. He was a "fallen" Amish man and, according to local law enforcement, a known drug user with a violent temper. Now King has escaped, and he’s headed for Painters Mill. News of a murderer on the loose travels like wildfire and putting Chief of Police Kate Burkholder and her team of officers on edge. A nightmare scenario becomes reality when King shows up with a gun and kidnaps his five children from their Amish uncle’s house. He’s armed and desperate with nothing left to lose.

When a baby - only hours old - is discovered on the Amish bishop's front porch in Painter's Mill, Ohio, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called in to investigate. The newborn is swaddled in an Amish crib quilt, and the only other item found with the child is a hand-carved wood rattle, which...

When a historic barn burns to the ground in the middle of the night, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called in to investigate. At first it looks like an accident, but when the body of 18-year-old Daniel Gingerich is found inside - burned alive - Kate suspects murder. But who would want a well-liked, hardworking Amish man dead? Kate delves into the investigation and discovers Daniel had a dark side. He was a sexual predator. His victims were mainly Amish women, too afraid to come forward, and he's been getting away with it for far too long. Now someone has stopped him, but who?

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...

Nat Jennings nearly died the night her family was murdered - and spent the next three years wishing she had. Now, she is returning to the sleepy bayou town of Bellerose, Louisiana, driven by cryptic messages only she can hear - messages pleading for her help. After serving six years for a crime he didn't commit, Nick Bastille is back in Bellerose, mourning his precious son, who drowned while Nick was away at prison, unable to protect him. But when Nat approaches him with a shocking revelation, his denial slowly turns to a desire for revenge.

"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...

In The Pact a gripping Kate Burkholder short mystery from New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo, a terrifying disappearance in Amish country reveals the power of friendship. Three days before Thanksgiving, two boys disappear without a trace. Eleven-year-old Aaron Kuhns is Amish. Kevin...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

Der Tag des Gerichts ist gekommen - Der vierzehnte Band mit Polizei-Chefin Kate Burkholder von Spiegel-Bestseller-Autorin Linda Castillo. Auf einem Feld werden die Knochen des vor achtzehn Jahren verschwundenen Amisch-Bischofs Ananias Stoltzfus gefunden. Neben ihm liegt die Waffe von Jonas Bowman, mit der der umstrittene Geistliche gerichtet wurde. Die Polizei in Pennsylvania glaubt, in Bowman den Täter gefunden zu haben, aber die Ältesten der amischen Gemeinde können nicht an Jonas’ Schuld glauben und bitten Polizeichefin Kate Burkholder um Hilfe.

A volte, tra la vittima e il carnefice, la linea di confine può essere molto sottile... La pacifica comunità amish di Painters Mill, in Ohio, è scossa da un omicidio: la sessantenne Mary Yoder è stata brutalmente accoltellata nei pressi della sua fattoria, mentre raccoglieva noci con le sue nipoti. Proprio una di loro, Elsie Helmuth, di sette anni, viene rapita dall'assassino. La famiglia della bambina è rispettata da tutta la comunità, eppure, quando il capo della polizia Kate Burkholder incontra i genitori della piccola, capisce che nascondono qualcosa.

Aveva sempre saputo che sarebbero andati a cercarla. Sapeva anche che, malgrado tutto, non sarebbe stata pronta. Quando lavori nella polizia da un po', impari ad apprezzare le cose ordinarie. E in una cittadina come Painters Mill, Ohio - cinquemila anime, un terzo delle quali di religione Amish - è tutto molto ordinario. Salvo quando cade mezzo metro di neve e improvvisamente tutti danno i numeri. Sono solo le nove del mattino, e Kate Burkholder, capo della polizia, è già sul posto del quarto incidente...

Sie war eine rebellische junge Amisch-Frau. Besiegelte sie damit ihr Schicksal? Ein brutaler Mord in einem Motel schockiert ganz Painters Mill. Für Polizeichefin Kate Burkholder ist das Opfer keine Unbekannte. Rachael Schwartz war eine charmante, aber auch rebellische junge Frau, die der strengen Ordnung ihrer amischen Familie entfloh. Doch was nur wenige wissen: Rachael hütete ein dunkles Geheimnis. Eines, das auch der Mörder kennt.

Sie war eine rebellische junge Amisch-Frau. Besiegelte sie damit ihr Schicksal? Ein brutaler Mord in einem Motel schockiert ganz Painters Mill. Für Polizeichefin Kate Burkholder ist das Opfer keine Unbekannte. Rachael Schwartz war eine charmante, aber auch rebellische junge Frau, die der strengen Ordnung ihrer amischen Familie entfloh. Doch was nur wenige wissen: Rachael hütete ein dunkles Geheimnis. Eines, das auch der Mörder kennt.

Lügen, Korruption und tödliche Intrigen: Der 12. Band der Serie mit Polizeichefin Kate Burkholder von Bestsellerautorin Linda Castillo. Der Anruf von Adam Lengacher, einem verwitweten amischen Familienvater, erreicht Kate Burkholder mitten in einem Schneesturm. Er habe eine halb erfrorene Frau auf seinem Grundstück gefunden, sie sei eine "Englische" und Kate solle sofort kommen. Kate erkennt die Frau sofort: Es ist Gina Colorosa, ihre Team-Partnerin von damals auf der Polizeiakademie in Columbus. Doch jetzt ist Gina auf der Flucht. Und das vor ihren eigenen Kollegen.