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 suspicionโฆ
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 deadโslaughtered 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 โEnglishโ neighborsโand 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 Maryโs heart.
Then thereโs Maryโs brother, Aaron. Shunned by his family and the rest of the Amish community, could he have returned to seek revenge? Now itโs up to Kate to search for some dark truths about the Planksโand confront long-buried secrets of her own. As Kateโs obsession with the case grows so does her resolve to bring the killer to justiceโeven if it means putting herself into the line of fire . . .
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