Pray For Silence by Linda Castillo is a thriller set in Amish country, the second in a series of three books. Kate Burkholder is the Chief of police who left the Amish community. When she is confronted with a mass murder of a whole Amish family, the Planks, she not only seeks justice but also revenge when she discovers the torture Mary, one of the teen girls suffered. The low life scum bags in this book are repulsive, hideous, vile and nauseating! Kate feels a real connection with Mary as she reads her journal.
Pray For Silence contains crimes of murder, rape, pornography and has quite a bit of foul language. The crime investigation was fascinating and once Kate realizes there is more than one predator on the loose, suspense builds quickly. If you can hang on through the disgusting crimes, the ending is very good. I enjoyed the subplot of romance between Kate and Special Agent Tomasetti who unofficially helped her with the case. I felt good that I had the murderer pegged fairly early on in this one.
(Karen's review)
UPDATED 8/28/10:
Gerard loves this series too! Pray For Silence is as good as Sworn To Silence, her first book about Kate Burkholder, Chief of police in Amish country. I could not figure out the killer ahead. This is a real page turner! You better believe I am going to read the next book she writes! Super job, Linda!
(Gerard's review)
Have you read this one? What did you think of it?
I haven't read these ones but have added to my Wishlist, at first I wasn't sure about the Amish part of the story but I love suspense.
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