Minotaur Books, 2010
HC $24.99 TPPL
for: Adults
Rating: 4
First Line/s: Officer Chuck "Skid" Skidmore wished he hadn't indulged in that last cup of coffee. If it wasn't for the new waitress at the diner, he would have stopped at just one. But damn she was cute.
Setting: Contemporary Ohio Amish Country (a tourist town)
One sentence summary: Ex-Amish Police Chief Kate Burkholder,with the help of State Bureau Investigator John Tomasetti (with whom she has an off-again on-again relationship since her last big murder investigation), investigates the brutal murders of an entire Amish family.
This one is pretty gritty...a whole family tortured and murdered. Mother and father, a baby, two sons, 10 and 14, and two daughters, 15 and 16. The girls' murders have been particularly horrendous, and Chief Burkholder is reminded of her own past. She relates to Mary Plank, the 15-year old who appears to be the person whom the murder revolves most around. She finds Mary's diary that explains her affair, her drinking, and the unspeakable things that were done to her while she was under the influence. But she's very much in love. However, she never names her lover, or gives enough clues so that Kate and her crew can pinpoint him.
There are a number of suspects, and as they gather more clues, getting closer and closer to the killer, it's pretty hard to put the book down. I can remember being grossed out by the first book, although this one is pretty graphic and horrendous, it's a good...but sad....murder mystery. It's been over a year since this was published, so I'll have to check and see how prolific Linda Castillo has been!
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