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Three teenagers have vanished from Ohio's Amish country. The only thing they have in common, other than their religion, is they are keen to leave the Plain Life. Chief of Police, Kate Burkholder, is called in to consult by Agent John Tomasetti as her Amish roots will be invaluable in an investigation involving this sectarian society.
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This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader as part of a quick-takes post to catch up on my “To Write About” stack—emphasizing pithiness, not thoroughness..
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Hey, Castillo found a way to get Kate out of town to investigate a crime involving the Amish. This has been my biggest (or one of my biggest) concerns with the series, that at the rate things were going, the Amish in her community would all die before we got to book 10.
There is a string of Amish youth going missing—enough that it's got the attention of the state to assemble a Task Force—Kate Burkholder and John Tomasetti are recruited to be part of it.
What they end up finding is pretty disturbing, but a little less disturbing than the last couple. I like where the series is finding itself and can see me sticking around for a little longer than I feared I might have.
Series
15 primary books24 released booksKate Burkholder is a 24-book series with 15 primary works first released in 2009 with contributions by Linda Castillo.