Cette série suit Kate Burkholder, une ancienne membre de la communauté amish qui devient chef de la police dans une petite ville de l'Ohio. Chaque affaire qu'elle enquête révèle la tension entre le monde moderne et les valeurs traditionnelles de la culture amish. Kate lutte avec des démons personnels et des relations complexes tout en s'efforçant de protéger sa communauté. Cette série combine des éléments de fiction policière et de drame psychologique.
Kate Burkholder, who grew up in the Amish community before leaving for the outside world, has recently been appointed Chief of Police in her former hometown. What she returns to find is a world where good and evil collide.
The "New York Times"-bestselling series hailed as gripping ("People") returns with Police Chief Kate Burkholder called to the scene of a horrific tragedy on a peaceful Amish farm.
A rainy night, an Amish father returning home with his three children, a speeding car hurtling toward them out of nowhere. What at first seems like a tragic, but routine car accident suddenly takes on a more sinister cast as evidence emerges that nothing about the crash is accidental. But who would want to kill an Amish deacon and two of his children? He leaves behind a grieving widow and a young son who clings to life in the intensive care wing of a hospital, unable to communicate. Desperate to find out who killed her best friend's husband and why, Kate begins to suspect she is not looking for a reckless drunk, but instead is on the trail of a cold blooded killer in the heart of Painter's Mill. It is a search that takes her on a chilling journey into the darkest reaches of the human heart and strikes at the heart of everything she has ever believed about the Amish culture into which she was born.
In this electrifying thriller by New York Times bestseller Linda Castillo, an Amish town is haunted by the ghosts of its past as Police Chief Kate Burkholder untangles a dangerous web which has been decades in the making.
In this electrifying thriller by New York Times bestseller Linda Castillo, Kate Burkholder must uncover a family's long-hidden past to solve a brutal murderWhen a tornado tears through Painters Mill and unearths human remains, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder finds herself tasked with the responsibility of identifying the bones--and notifying the family. Evidence quickly emerges that the death was no accident and Kate finds herself plunged into a thirty year old case that takes her deep into the Amish community to which she once belonged.Meanwhile, turmoil of an emotional and personal nature strikes at the very heart of Kate's budding relationship with state agent John Tomasetti. A reality that strains their fragile new love to the breaking point and threatens the refuge they've built for themselves--and their future.Under siege from an unknown assailant--and her own personal demons--Kate digs deep into the case only to discover proof of an unimaginable atrocity, a plethora of family secrets and the lengths to which people will go to protect their own.
Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called upon by the sheriff's department in rural, upstate New York to assist on a developing situation that involves a reclusive Amish settlement and the death of a young girl. Unable to penetrate the wall of silence between the Amish and "English" communities, the sheriff asks Kate to travel to New York, pose as an Amish woman, and infiltrate the community. Kate's longtime love interest, State Agent John Tomasetti, is dead set against her taking on such an unorthodox assignment, knowing she'll have limited communication--and even less in the way of backup. But Kate can't turn her back, especially when the rumor mill boils with disturbing accounts of children in danger. She travels to New York, where she's briefed and assumes her new identity as a lone widow seeking a new life. Kate infiltrates the community and goes deep undercover. In the coming days, she unearths a world built on secrets, a series of shocking crimes, and herself, alone ... trapped in a fight for her life.
Jednoho podzimního dne je policejní náčelnice Kate Burkholderová přivolána na odlehlou polní cestu k tělu amiše zastřeleného kuší. Zavražděný Aden Karn byl teprve dvacetiletý oblíbený mladík ze vzorné amišské rodiny. Při odhalování Karnovy minulosti se však ke Kate donesou i zvěsti o jeho temné minulosti. Co když Aden Karn nebyl ten všemi obdivovaný milý muž? Nebo jsou to všechno jen zákeřné pomluvy, které mají oběť očernit? Kate postupně zjišťuje, že se Aden obklopoval pochybnými přáteli, jejichž chování vůbec nezapadá do představy o laskavém a slušném amišském mladíkovi. A když za ní pak přijde mladá amiška s hrůzostrašným příběhem o násilí, jehož se na ní Aden Karn měl dopustit, na povrch začne vyplouvat nová tvář oběti coby možného sexuálního predátora.
Kate Burkholderová je uprostřed noci přivolána k podezřelému požáru v lese. Když dorazí na místo, nalezne jen zuhelnatělé tělo. Oběť, kterou se podaří identifikovat jako amiše Milana Swanze, byla připoutána na hranici a zaživa upálena. Kate ví až moc dobře, že amišové tvoří uzavřenou komunitu a se svými problémy se příliš nesvěřují. Ani v tomto případě to není jiné, a tak zůstává víc otázek než odpovědí. Kate se však podaří zjistit, že byl Swanz nedávno exkomunikován. Pokud je to pravda, proč se amišové tolik zdráhají o něm mluvit? Chrání snad jeho památku? Nebo jim nahání strach něco, co by mělo zůstat navždy tajemstvím? Ve snaze odhalit pravý důvod smrti Milana Swanze se Kate musí ponořit do hlubin anabaptistické kultury a prohlédnout všechna temná zákoutí jejích dějin. Objeví přitom tajný odkaz, který ji přinutí pochybovat o tom, jak dobře zná amiše i své vlastní kořeny…