Pray for Silence by Linda Castillo

Painters Mill, Ohio, a small town with very little crime, makes the murder of an entire family of Amish particularly disturbing. Police Chief Kate Burkholder, formerly Amish, is well suited to working with both the Amish and “English” (everyone not Amish) in finding out who murdered the entire Plank family of seven in this second book in a series.

Kate, with the help of State Agent John Tomasetti and her small police force soon realize that even an Amish family can have secrets. Unfortunately Mary Plank, sixteen year old daughter has a secret boyfriend who quickly becomes the prime suspect. How Mary comes to have a mysterious boyfriend who is not Amish and nobody knows becomes the lynchpin of the investigation. Agent Tomasetti, dialing back his self destructive behavior since the murder of his family two years before has come to help Kate with her current case. While some readers may flinch at the graphic violence, the story builds to a satisfying conclusion.

Read the first book in the Kate Burkholder series, Sworn to Silence, and visit Linda Castillo’s website: http://www.lindacastillo.com/