Kate Burkholder
Minotaur Books
May 2011
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Featuring: Kate Burkholder; Aaron Plank
352 pages ISBN: 0312540035 EAN: 9780312540036 Kindle: B003JTHZCA Paperback / e-Book (reprint) Add to Wish List
One family. One horrific murder. An entire town under suspicionβ¦
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 deadβslaughtered on their own farm.
Police 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 βEnglishβ neighborsβand 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 Maryβs heart.
Then thereβs Maryβs brother, Aaron. Shunned by his family and the rest of the Amish community, could he have returned to seek revenge? Now itβs up to Kate to search for some dark truths about the Planksβand confront long-buried secrets of her own. As Kateβs obsession with the case grows so does her resolve to bring the killer to justiceβeven if it means putting herself into the line of fire . . .
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