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AUTHOR Castillo, Linda
TITLE Sworn to Silence
DATE READ 01/05/2019
RATING 4/B
FIRST SENTENCE
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Crime Fiction/2009/Audio-Libby/ 11 hr 45 min
SERIES/STAND-ALONE #1 Kate Buckholder
CHALL ENGE Good Reads 2020 Reading Goal 5/120;
GROUP READ
TIME/PLACE 2009/Ohio
CHARACTERS Kate Burkholder/Police Chief former Amish
COMMENTS Good premise -- a former Amish woman has now given up her Amish ways for the English and is the Police Chief in her small hometown of Painters Mill, OH ...more
TITLE Sworn to Silence
DATE READ 01/05/2019
RATING 4/B
FIRST SENTENCE
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Crime Fiction/2009/Audio-Libby/ 11 hr 45 min
SERIES/STAND-ALONE #1 Kate Buckholder
CHALL ENGE Good Reads 2020 Reading Goal 5/120;
GROUP READ
TIME/PLACE 2009/Ohio
CHARACTERS Kate Burkholder/Police Chief former Amish
COMMENTS Good premise -- a former Amish woman has now given up her Amish ways for the English and is the Police Chief in her small hometown of Painters Mill, OH ...more
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This was a can’t-put-down thriller set in Ohio and #1 in a series featuring a strong and compelling female police captain. Kate Burkholder is a young woman, raised by Amish parents, who left the Amish community following a horrific crime.
Pros: I felt the writing, plots, and character development were all very well done by author Linda Castillo. The female narrator was terrific too. There’s a budding romance that was downplayed so it didn’t distract from the story. The female lead is likable and ...more
Pros: I felt the writing, plots, and character development were all very well done by author Linda Castillo. The female narrator was terrific too. There’s a budding romance that was downplayed so it didn’t distract from the story. The female lead is likable and ...more
Crimer thriller set in small town Ohio featuring an ex-Amish Chief of Police. She has a dark secret in her past which threatens her career and the case she's investigating. A really clever plot, not too gruesome and the reader is given the chance to solve the crime with a few clues given along the way.
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Kate Burkholder is sheriff in Painter’s Mill, Ohio. The body of a murdered woman is found by one of her deputies and it looks like the Slaughterhouse Killer is back after 17 years. This brings back a horrible event from Kate’s past when she was a child living with her Amish family. An engaging read and I didn’t guess the killer until close to the end. There are graphic descriptions of violence if that bothers you. I read the fourth book in the series earlier this year and decided I wanted to sta
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This was on my to-read shelf for years, I can't remember how I heard about it. I couldn't finish it.
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