Bøger af Linda Castillo

"Over a decade ago, beloved Amish bishop Ananias Stoltzfus disappeared without a trace. When skeletal remains showing evidence of foul play are unearthed, his disappearance becomes even more sinister. The town's elders arrive in Painters Mill to ask chief of police Kate Burkholder for help, but she quickly realizes she has a personal connection to the crime. The handsome Amish man who stands accused of the murder, Jonas Bowman, was Kate's first love. Though Bishop Stoltzfus was highly respected, she soon hears about a dark side to this complex man. What was he hiding that resulted in his own brutal death? Someone doesn't want Kate asking questions. But even after being accosted and threatened in the dead of night, she refuses to back down. Is she too close to the case - and to Jonas - to see clearly? There's a killer in the Valley who will stop at nothing to keep the past buried. Will Kate manage to stay alive long enough to find and expose the truth? Or will the bishop's secrets remain hidden forever?"--

De bloedstollende thrillers over politiecommissaris Kate Burkholder en de amish-gemeenschap.De bundel ‘Een eenvoudige moord’ bestaat uit zes korte verhalen.Verloren gewaand. Op vakantie met haar partner John Tomasetti, ontdekt Kate de geheimen van het oude huis waar ze logeren. Tientallen jaren geleden is daar een meisje verdwenen…Een verborgen geheim. Voor de deur van de amish-bisschop wordt een baby achterlaten en Kate wordt opgeroepen om dit te onderzoeken.Een kiem van bedrog legt Kates eigen amish-verleden bloot. Van geluk gesproken. Tijdens een stroomstoring in Painters Mill wordt een tienermeisje op een amish-feest aangevallen.In duister gezelschap vertelt het verhaal van een gewonde vrouw met geheugenverlies die Kates hulp inschakelt om achter de identiteit van haar belager én die van zichzelf te komen. In het volle zicht. Kate onderzoekt een eenvoudig auto-ongeluk maar ontdekt al snel een verhaal over verliefde tieners en een mogelijke poging tot moord.

Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates the brutal death of a young Amish man in An Evil Heart, the latest installment of the bestselling series by Linda Castillo.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. Aden Karn was funny and hardworking and looking forward to marrying his sweet fiancé, Emily. All the while, Kate's own wedding day to Tomasetti draws near... But as she delves into Karn's past, Kate begins to hear whispers about a dark side. What if Aden Karn wasn't the wholesome young man everyone admired? Is it possible the rumors are a cruel campaign to blame the victim? Kate pursues every lead with a vengeance, sensing an unspeakable secret no one will broach. The case spirals out of control when a young Amish woman comes forward with a horrific story that pits Kate against a dangerous and unexpected opponent. When the awful truth is finally uncovered, Kate comes face to face with the terrible consequences of a life lived in all the dark places.

Den halve sandhed er en ny samling af seks originale noveller med den ukuelige politichef Kate Burkholder i hovedrollen. Væk: Under en tiltrængt ferie med sin mand, John Tomasetti, opdager Kate, at det gamle feriehus er hjemsøgt af en pige, der forsvandt årtier før. En godt skjult hemmelighed: En efterladt baby findes på Amishbiskoppens veranda og Kate kaldes ind for at undersøge sagen. Den halve sandhed: Kate afdækker hemmelighederne bag hendes egen opvækst.De heldige: En teenagepige overfaldes til en Amish-fest, mens Painters Mill er plaget af en strømafbrydelse. I dystert selskab: Historien om en kvinde plaget af hukommelsestab, der forsøger at huske navnet på sin overgrebsmand … og sit eget.

One family. One horrific murder. An entire town under suspicion...The Planks moved from Lancaster County Pennsylvania to the small Amish community of Painters Mill, hoping to resume the comforts of the Plain Life in Ohio. Less than one year later, the family of seven is found dead-slaughtered on their own farm."Shades of In Cold Blood . . . Another chilling thriller."-People magazinePolice Chief Kate Burkholder and her small force have few clues, no motive, and no suspect. Formerly Amish herself, Kate is no stranger to the secrets the Amish keep from their "English" neighbors-and each other. When the diary belonging to the rebellious teenager Mary Plank turns up, Kate is surprised to find not only a kindred spirit but a murder suspect: the charismatic stranger who stole Mary's heart."Violent and earthy, and completely impossible to put down."-BookPage Then there's Mary's brother, Aaron. Shunned by his family and the rest of the Amish community, could he have returned to seek revenge? Now it's up to Kate to search for some dark truths about the Planks-and confront long-buried secrets of her own. As Kate's obsession with the case grows so does her resolve to bring the killer to justice-even if it means putting herself into the line of fire . . ."Will appeal to fans of Karin Slaughter and Tami Hoag."-Library Journal

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 four children and a happy extended family. When the parents and an uncle are found dead in their barn, it appears to be a gruesome accident: methane gas asphyxiation caused by a poorly ventilated cesspit. But in the course of a routine autopsy, the coroner discovers that one of the victims suffered a head wound before death-clearly, foul play was involved. But who would want to make orphans of the Slabaughs' children? And is this murder somehow related to a recent string of shocking hate crimes against the Amish? Having grown up Amish, Kate is determined to bring the killer to justice. Because the other series of attacks are designated hate crimes, the state sends in agent John Tomasetti, with whom Kate has a long and complex relationship. Together, they search for the link between the crimes-and uncover a dark secret at work beneath the placid surface of this idyllic Amish community. Chock full of twists and chills and set against the unusual world of the Amish, this series "will delight fans of Chelsea Cain and Thomas Harris" (USA Today).

Now the subject of the Lifetime original movie, An Amish MurderSworn to Silence is the first in Linda Castillo's New York Times bestselling Kate Burkholder series.A KILLER IS PREYING ON SACRED GROUND.... In the sleepy rural town of Painters Mill, Ohio, the Amish and "English" residents have lived side by side for two centuries. But sixteen years ago, a series of brutal murders shattered the peaceful farming community. In the aftermath of the violence, the town was left with a sense of fragility, a loss of innocence. Kate Burkholder, a young Amish girl, survived the terror of the Slaughterhouse Killer but came away from its brutality with the realization that she no longer belonged with the Amish. Now, a wealth of experience later, Kate has been asked to return to Painters Mill as chief of police. Her Amish roots and big city law enforcement background make her the perfect candidate. She's certain she's come to terms with her past-until the first body is discovered in a snowy field. Kate vows to stop the killer before he strikes again. But to do so, she must betray both her family and her Amish past-and expose a dark secret that could destroy her.*BONUS CONTENT: This edition of Sworn to Silence includes a new introduction from the author and a discussion guide.

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBestselling author Linda Castillo returns with Outsider, an electrifying thriller about a woman on the run hiding among the Amish.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. She's desperate for protection, and the only person she can trust is Kate-but can Kate trust her? Or will Gina's dark past put them all in danger?As a blizzard bears down on Painters Mill, Kate helps Gina go into hiding on Adam's farm. While the tough-skinned Gina struggles to adjust to the Amish lifestyle, Kate and state agent John Tomasetti delve into the incident that caused Gina to flee. But as Kate gets closer to the truth, a killer lies in wait. When violence strikes, she must confront a devastating truth that changes everything she thought she knew not only about friendship, but the institution to which she's devoted her life.

A Boston Globe Best Book of 2014Everyone in Painters Mill knows the abandoned Hochstetler farm is haunted. But only a handful of the residents remember the terrible secrets lost in the muted/hushed whispers of time-and now death is stalking them, seemingly from the grave. On a late-night shift, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called to the scene of an apparent suicide-an old man found hanging from the rafters in his dilapidated barn. But evidence quickly points to murder and Kate finds herself chasing a singularly difficult and elusive trail of evidence that somehow points back to the tragedy of that long ago incident. Meanwhile, Kate has moved in with state agent John Tomasetti and for the first time in so long, they're both happy; a bliss quickly shattered when one of the men responsible for the murders of Tomasetti's family four years ago is found not guilty, and walks away a free man. Will Tomasetti be pulled back to his own haunted past?When a second man is found dead-also seemingly by his own hand-Kate discovers a link in the case that sends the investigation in a direction no one could imagine and revealing the horrifying truth of what really happened that terrible night thirty-five years ago, when an Amish father and his four children perished-and his young wife disappeared without a trace. And, as Kate knows-the past never truly dies . . . in The Dead Will Tell by Linda Castillo

An intensely dramatic thriller of vengeance, desire, and the unyielding power of justice from the New York Times bestselling author of the Kate Burkholder series. Assistant D.A. Kate Megason is about to prosecute the case of her career-a senseless double homicide caught on video. But before she can bring it to trial, someone starts sending her terrifying messages. Someone who obviously knows Kate's deep, dark secret... Eleven years ago, Kate and her seventeen-year-old twin sister were brutalized and left for dead. Kate survived, but her sister was left brain damaged, her life destroyed-and the perpetrators were never caught. Now, Kate needs the help of Frank Matrone-an investigator with his own shadowy secrets-to help her discover whether the maniac she escaped all those years ago is the same madman taunting her now. If she and Frank don't succeed, Kate's brutal past will likely be repeated. Only this time, she won't survive...

Linda Castillo mister aldrig pusten. Med trettende bind i serien om Kate Burkholder beviser hun endnu en gang, at hun har en mesterlig indsigt i udkantens dramaer.Politichefen Kate Burkholder er i chok. En ung kvinde findes brutalt myrdet på et rodet motelværelse, og hun genkender offeret som Rachael Schwartz: Rachael, den charmerende, men hårdt plagede pige, som forlod amishsamfundet for mange år siden. Hvorfor var hun tilbage i byen? Og hvem myrdede hende?Kate husker Rachael som den eneste pige, der var lige så dårlig til at være amish, som Kate selv. Men jo mere kendskab Kate får til Rachaels liv, des mere overbevises hun om, at hun levede op til sit tvivlsomme ry. Som barn var Rachael en provokatør og regelbryder, hvis beslutning om at forlade amish-samfundet knuste hendes forældre og bedste ven. Hendes grænsesøgende livsstil skaffede hende masser af kærlighed, men også mange fjender. Efterhånden som sagen intensiveres, og gamle hemmeligheder kommer for en dag, hjemsøges Painter’s Mill igen af den koldblodige morder. Nogen vil gøre alt, for at mysteriet om Rachaels fortid ikke kommer frem i lyset, og da morderen slår til igen, er offeret en, der står Kate meget nær.

In New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo's new thriller Fallen, a rebellious Amish woman leaves the Plain life, but the secrets she takes with her will lead Chief of Police Kate Burkholder down a dark path to danger and death.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?Kate remembers Rachael as the only girl who was as bad at being Amish as Kate was-and those parallels dog her. But the more Kate learns about Rachael's life, the more she's convinced that her dubious reputation was deserved. As a child, Rachael was a rowdy rulebreaker whose decision to leave devastated her parents and best friend. As an adult, she was charismatic and beautiful, a rabble-rouser with a keen eye for opportunity no matter who got in her way. Her no-holds-barred lifestyle earned her a lot of love and enemies aplenty-both English and Amish. As the case heats to a fever pitch and long-buried secrets resurface, a killer haunts Painters Mill. Someone doesn't want Rachael's past-or the mysteries she took with her to the grave-coming to light. As Kate digs deeper, violence strikes again, this time hitting close to home. Will Kate uncover the truth and bring a murderer to justice? Or will a killer bent on protecting a terrible past stop her once and for all-and let the fallen be forgotten?

Tredje bog i serien med tidligere amishpige, nu politichef, Kate Burkholder som hovedperson. Linda Castillo har med god grund fundet sit danske publikum. Hun er en krimiforfatter på niveau med Karin Slaughter – og hun får konstant flere læsere. Første bog i serien er Tvunget til tavshed og anden bog er Bøn om tavshed. Begge findes nu som store paperback. Slabaugh-familien er gode Amish-bønner, ydmyge og hårdtarbejdende og med fire børn og en stor familie. Da forældrene og onklen findes omkommet i deres lade, ser det ud til at være en tragisk ulykke; methangas forgiftning fra gylletanken forårsaget af dårlig udluftning. Men under det obligatoriske obduktion opdager retsmedicineren at et af ofrene er blevet såret i hovedet før døden indtraf, så noget tyder på, at noget er galt. Men hvem kunne være interesserede i at gøre Slabaugh-børnene forældreløse? Og er dette mord på en eller anden måde forbundet med en række chokerende had-forbrydelser mod Amishfolk, som har fundet sted for nylig? Kate Burkholder, som selv er opvokset som amish, er fast besluttet på at lade retfærdigheden ske fyldest og få fat i morderen. Eftersom den anden række forbrydelser bærer præg af at være had-forbrydelser, sender staten en efterforsker fra statspolitiet; John Tomasetti, som Kate har et langt og kompliceret forhold til. Sammen søger de en forbindelse mellem de kriminelle handlinger – og afdækker en mørk hemmelighed under det idylliske amishsamfunds overflade.

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBestselling author Linda Castillo returns with Outsider, an electrifying thriller about a woman on the run hiding among the Amish.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. She's desperate for protection, and the only person she can trust is Kate-but can Kate trust her? Or will Gina's dark past put them all in danger?As a blizzard bears down on Painters Mill, Kate helps Gina go into hiding on Adam's farm. While the tough-skinned Gina struggles to adjust to the Amish lifestyle, Kate and state agent John Tomasetti delve into the incident that caused Gina to flee. But as Kate gets closer to the truth, a killer lies in wait. When violence strikes, she must confront a devastating truth that changes everything she thought she knew not only about friendship, but the institution to which she's devoted her life.

New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo is known as a 'master of the genre' (People) for her pulse-pounding mystery series set in Amish country. Now, together for the first time in print, A Simple Murder features six original short stories starring whip-smart chief of police, Kate Burkholder.

From bestselling author Linda Castillo comes SHAMED, in which a devastating murder exposes an Amish family's tortured past.

En ældre amishkvinde bliver brutalt myrdet, imens hun samler valnødder med sine to børnebørn på en forladt gård. Gerningspersonen tager det ene barn med sig, og da det andet barn bliver spurgt om, hvem der overfaldt hendes bedstemor, svarer hun: Djævelen!Politichef Kate Burkholder dykker ned i sagen, som snart bliver et kapløb mod tiden. Den myrdede kvindes familie er velanset i amishsamfundet. Men det går hurtigt op for Kate, at de skjuler noget for hende og bærer på en pinefuld fortid.Efterforskningen fører Kate til et andet isoleret amishsamfund nær floden i det sydlige Ohio. Her er de tilhængere af Den Gamle Orden og indordner sig slavisk under en lang række regler. I starten virker de hjælpsomme, indtil Kate begynder at stille spørgsmål og pludselig befinder sig i en livstruende situation.

When an Amish teenager disappears, it's only the beginning . . . 'Becca slogged through a deep drift and stumbled toward the front of the shanty. A padlock hung from the hasp, but it wasn't engaged. Shaking with cold, she shoved open the door. The interior was dark and hushed. The air smelled of kerosene and fish. Out of the wind, it was so quiet she could hear the ice creaking beneath her feet. Her breath puffing out in clouds of white vapour, she pulled out the candle and matches she'd brought from home and lit the wick. The light revealed a small interior with plywood walls and a shelf covered with fish blood and a smattering of silver scales. A lantern sat on the shelf. A coil of rope hung on the wall . . .' Three teenagers have vanished from Ohio's Amish country. The only thing they have in common, other than their religion, is they are keen to leave the Plain Life. Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called in to consult by Agent John Tomasetti as her Amish roots will be invaluable in an investigation involving this sectarian society. They travel to the small town of Monongahela Falls to investigate the latest disappearance - that of seventeen-year-old Annie King. The only evidence left behind is a satchel - and a pool of blood. The case moves closer to home for Kate when a young relative, Sadie Miller, vanishes. With her own past resonating, Kate delves into the lives of the missing teens. Soon, a sinister pattern emerges along with a vital clue that changes everything. While following up on a lead, Kate makes an appalling discovery and unearths a secret no one could have imagined-thrusting her into a fight to the death with a merciless killer.

Kate's long time love interest, State Agent John Tomasetti, is dead set against her taking on such an unorthodox assignment, knowing she'll have limited communication and even less in the way of backup. But Kate can't turn her back, especially when the rumour mill boils with disturbing accounts of children in danger.

When a car comes hurtling toward an Amish man and his three children. What at first seems like a tragic but routine car accident becomes personal for Chief of Police Kate Burkholder when she discovers that the victims are the family of her childhood friend, Mattie. Is there something more to this mysterious car crash that killed Mattie's husband?

Everyone in Painters Mill knows the abandoned Hochstetler farm is haunted. Ghost stories abound, but no one knows what really happened that terrible night thirty-five years ago when an Amish father and his four children perished-and his young wife disappeared without a trace.When Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called to the scene of an apparent suicide-a man found hanging from the rafters in his barn-evidence quickly points to murder. She finds herself following an elusive trail that points back to the tragedy of that long ago incident. Meanwhile, Kate has moved in with state agent John Tomasetti and for the first time in a long time, she's happy. Their newfound bliss is shattered when one of the men responsible for the murders of Tomasetti's family four years ago is found not guilty and walks away a free man.When a second man turns up dead, Kate discovers a link that sends the investigation in a direction no one could imagine and uncovers a horrifying truth that reaches deep into the past and strikes at the very heart of Painters Mill. As Kate draws a bead on a stone cold killer, a murderer vows to right old wrongs and kill anyone who stands in the way.

A rainy night, a father returning home with his three children, a speeding car hurtling toward them out of nowhere. What at first seems like a tragic, but routine, car accident suddenly takes on a more sinister cast as evidence emerges that nothing about the crash is accidental. But who would want to kill an Amish deacon and his children? He leaves behind a grieving widow and a young boy who clings to life in the intensive-care wing of a hospital, unable to communicate. He may be the only one who knows what happened that night. Desperate to find out who killed her best friend's husband and why, Kate Burkholder begins to suspect she is not looking for a reckless drunk, but instead is on the trail of a coldblooded killer. It is a search that takes her on a chilling journey into the darkest reaches of the human psyche and strikes at the heart of everything she has ever believed about the Amish culture into which she was born.