read on my iPhone
2018 Minotaur Books
60 pgs.
Adult Mystery Novella
Finished 8/31/18
Goodreads rating: 4.18 - 435 ratings
My rating: 2.5
Setting: contemporary Painters Mill, Ohio
First line/s: "He was going to kill her."
My comments: This one introduces Linda Castillo's reading community to the Hutterites, a division of Anabaptists like Amish and Mennonite. About six months ago I watched a YouTube documentary about them which I found interesting and disconcerting. The biggest difference between Hutterites and the Amish is that the Hutterites live communally and are mainly located in Canada. This short story does not include a murder, but amnesia, assault, and robbery instead. Very simplistic but interesting in its way.
Goodreads synopsis: From the New York Times bestselling author of DOWN A DARK ROAD comes Linda Castillo's IN DARK COMPANY: a short story about an injured young woman with amnesia who seeks Chief of Police Kate Burkholder’s help to remember her identity—and her attacker.
It’s the middle of the night in Painters Mill, and Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called to a scene where a mysterious young woman, battered and terrified, has sought shelter at an Amish farmhouse. She can’t remember her name or where she’s from, but she knows one thing: someone was trying to kill her. Kate suspects that “Jane Doe” remembers more than she’s letting on, but when Jane is attacked again on Kate’s watch, Kate resolves to find the truth. As Jane’s memories start flooding back and Kate dives deeper into her murky past, they must race to discover what Jane was running from—and who is still pursuing her.
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