4 StarsA Barn Fire. A Teenage Amish Boy Lured inside. Premeditated Murder.Kate Burkholder is called to investigate. Daniel Gingerich was known as a good, hardworking Amish Boy, yet someone wanted him dead. The question is why. Nothing is as it seems as Kate Burkholder is about to discover. Daniel Gingerich was not the sweet, kind, innocent boy he purported himself to be. Turns out that several people disliked him immensely. Dislike is actually not a strong enough word and they have a very good r...

A barn burns down, a young Amish man's body found within. Who had reason to cause the death of this young man, and why when from everyone Chief Kate Burkholder talks to all she hears is good things. Eventually this case will bring Kate to close to comfort to things in her own past. Can see remain neutal enough to see justice done?Tenth in series and so far this series remains strong, and best of all Kates personal life actually changes, instead of remaining stagnant. This is one of the series th...

Chief of Police Kate Burkholder was thrust into a case so evil, she and her off-siders were shocked. The fire at the barn in which they found eighteen-year-old Daniel Gingerich’s body was deemed no accident. His parents and three sisters were grief stricken that their son, who was a good Amish boy, had died. But Kate needed to find out why and how. But the more she investigated, the more answers she needed. The secrets were buried deeply – could she dig them up? Or was the Amish way of keeping t...

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️dazzling stars What a fantastic addition to one of my favorite series! Set in Ohio Amish Country, Kate Burkholder is the Chief of police of bucolic, Painters Mill. Born into a traditional Amish lifestyle, she moved away long ago to live an English life for “personal reasons.” Kate has just responded to a barn fire on the property of an Amish family. But with the last ember extinguished, the trouble is just beginning. A body is discovered locked in the tack room. Identified as 18 year-o...

I’ve been a fan of this series since the first book. And once again, Linda Castillo does not disappoint. The book grabs you from the get go. A young Amish girl commits suicide. Six months later, a young Amish man is trapped in a barn that someone sets on fire. Kate finds herself stymied as she tries to investigate the arson. The Amish aren’t known for wanting interaction with the English, especially with the police. Castillo does a great job of explaining the Amish beliefs, especially concerning...

4 starsThis is book 10 in the Kate Burkholder series. The prologue has a teenage Amish girl committing suicide. Chapter 1 shows a teenage Amish boy getting burned alive. Kate is called to the scene of a barn fire. The mother and father are frantically looking for their missing son, Daniel Gingerich. A body is discovered in the burned out barn and is soon identified as Daniel. The fire is classified as arson. Kate and her 3 officers investigate. The book skillfully shows Kate uncovering secrets,

Probably the best in the series so far, for me anyway!I thought the story opened well and was instantly intriguing. The author introduced a massive red herring and then appeared to have forgotten all about it until the end. I was sitting there saying "but-but - but" and she dealt with it on the last page.This time round I was happy with the joy in Kate's relationship with Tomasetti and felt that they are dealing with their issues. There was a little happy bonus but I won't go there as it would b...

A Gathering of Secrets by Linda Castillo is a 2018 Minotaur Books publication.This latest installment in the Kate Burkholder series begins with a ghastly fire, deliberately set, which kills a young man everyone in the Amish community appeared to think very highly of. But, as Kate begins investigating the murder, she discovers the victim was not at all the type of person he appeared to be on the surface. But, getting anyone in the Amish community to speak up is like running right into a brick wal...

David Gingerich turns up missing and is nowhere to be found.. Kate Burkholder receives a call from graveyard dispatcher Mona Kurtz who just received a call for a barn fire out at the Gingerich house. Kate Burkholder and Tomasetti go out and investigate. One side of the bank barn is engulfed in flames. The fire is so large, they could see an orange glow above the treetops a mile away. The structure had major damage. Yellow flames shot forty feet in the air. They found two horses and calves out in...

In this tenth book in the 'Kate Burkholder' series, Kate - the Chief of Police in Painters Mill, Ohio -investigates the arson death of a young man. The book can be read as a standalone.*****The Amish community of Painters Mill, Ohio seems serene, but there's trouble brewing beneath the surface. First, 17-year-old Emma Miller wakes up one morning, does her chores, then hangs herself. Six months later, 18-year-old Daniel Gingerich sneaks out to the barn expecting a midnight tryst. Instead, Daniel

Police Chief Kate Burkholder is investigating a barn fire at the home of the Amish Gingerich family when they discover the remains of their missing eighteen year old son, Daniel. It’s soon determined to be arson and, even worse, someone deliberately trapped him in the barn. Daniel was hard working and well liked so Kate has to work to find out who hated him so much to want him to die in such a cruel and painful way. As she pursues the case, it soon becomes apparent that there was a darker side t...

Usually, when one thinks of Amish folks, the images conjured up are benign, if not a bit sentimental. Horse and buggy. Dark clothing. Kapps. Simple homes without electricity. Pennsylvania Deutsch. But Linda Castillo seems to always find the dark side of Amish life. They are, after all, only human. In A Gathering of Secrets , the tenth book of the wonderful Kate Burkholder series, Ms Castillo shows us once again that even the Amish are not immune from the most horrific of crimes.When a young m...

I was excited to see her latest book come out since i love them all! This is the 10th book in the Kate Burkholder series by Linda Castillo. And I think this may be my fave one yet!!! How does she do that???? And as far as this bring her 10th in the series, ALL of her books can be read as a stand-alone as far I’m concerned so just pick one and start reading. They’re all FANTASTIC!!! THIS ONE IS 5 STARS FROM ME!!!! Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me this book before public...

this is a kate burkholder book...it reads like a kate burkholder book and its satisfying just like the rest of the series - not great literature but a good read