Amish Police

Detective Olivia Mast would rather run through gunfire than return to her former Amish community in Unity, Maine, where she killed her abusive husband in self-defense and witnessed her family's murder. After an Amish man is murdered, the community will not answer questions from the police, so she begrudgingly dons her old prayer kapp and heads to Unity to investigate the murder undercover. To make things even worse, her captain also orders her to protect the man she dated as a teen: Isaac Troyer, who was attacked on the night of the murder but can't remember the incident.

After Maria Mast's abusive ex-boyfriend is arrested for being involved in sex trafficking and modern-day slavery, she thinks she and her son, Carter, can safely return to her Amish community. But the danger has only just begun. Someone begins stalking her, and they want blood and revenge.

On a crisp autumn day in Painters Mill, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder responds to a call only to discover an Amish man who has been violently killed with a crossbow, his body abandoned on a dirt road. Aden Karn was just twenty years old, well liked, and from an upstanding Amish family. Who would commit such a heinous crime against a young man whose life was just beginning? The more Kate gets to know his devastated family and the people—both English and Amish—who loved him, the more determined she becomes to solve the case.

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....

Quando un tornado si abbatte su Painters Mill dissotterrando dei resti umani, spetta al capo della polizia Kate Burkholder la responsabilità di effettuare i primi rilievi e comunicare il ritrovamento delle ossa alla famiglia. Da subito la vicenda appare più complessa di quanto non sembri: emergono alcuni dettagli inquietanti, indizi che portano a pensare che quella morte non sia stata accidentale. Dietro al macabro rinvenimento si nasconde qualcosa d'indecifrabile, un mistero che risale a molti anni prima e affonda le radici nel cuore della comunità amish cui anche Kate una volta apparteneva.

Gli Slabaugh sono una famiglia prospera e laboriosa della comunità amish. Ma un orribile incidente porta alla morte i genitori e lo zio, lasciando orfani i quattro ragazzi. Il capo della polizia Kate Burkholder, nata e cresciuta Amish, sa che per loro sarà ancora più duro perdere l'innocenza e affrontare il dolore. E quando scopre che una delle vittime ha subìto una ferita alla testa prima del decesso, si immerge con determinazione in un'indagine di omicidio, forse legato ai recenti casi di persecuzione della minoranza amish.

When a young woman is found murdered in a Painters Mill motel, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is shocked to discover she once knew the victim. Rachael Schwartz was a charming but troubled Amish girl who left the fold years ago and fled Painters Mill. Why was she back in town? And who would kill her so brutally?

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.

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...