Linda Castillo

In New York Times best-selling author Linda Castillo’s new thriller Fallen, a rebellious Amish woman leaves the Plain life, but the secrets she takes with her will lead Chief of Police Kate Burkholder down a dark path to danger and death....

Sixteen years ago, a series of brutal murders shattered a peaceful farming community. Kate Burkholder, a young Amish girl, survived the terror of the Slaughterhouse Killer and decided she no longer belonged with the Amish. Now she returns as Chief of Police....

Chief of Police Kate Burkholder's past comes back to haunt her when she receives a call from Amish widower Adam Lengacher. While enjoying a sleigh ride with his children, he discovered a car stuck in a snowdrift and an unconscious woman inside....

Linda Castillo once again immerses us in the world of the Amish with a chilling story that is both a fast-paced thriller and intriguing psychological puzzle....

The discovery of a missing Amish bishop's remains leads Chief of Police Kate Burkholder to unearth a chilling secret in Hidden, a new thriller from best-selling author Linda Castillo.... 

An Amish grandmother is murdered on an abandoned farm, her seven-year-old granddaughter abducted. Chief of Police Kate Burkholder plunges headlong into a case that quickly becomes a race against the clock. She knows the longer the girl is missing, the more likely a tragic outcome....

Everyone in Painters Mill knows the abandoned Hochstetler farm is haunted....

The Slabaugh family are model Amish farmers. When the parents and an uncle are found dead in their barn, it appears to be a gruesome accident....

In this electrifying thriller by New York Times best seller Linda Castillo, Kate Burkholder must uncover a family's long-hidden past to solve a brutal murder....

Two years ago Joseph King was convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to life in prison. He was a "fallen" Amish man and, according to local law enforcement....

Barbara Weaver was content to live as the Amish have for centuries, but her husband, Eli, wanted a life beyond horses and buggies. Soon he gave in to temptation and found ways to go Online and meet women. When Barbara was found dead, shot in the chest at close range, all eyes were on Eli...

Rumspringa is the time when Amish teens are allowed to experience life without the rules....

Chief of Police Kate Burkholder races against the clock to find a missing child in this original short story, from New York Times best-selling author Linda Castillo....

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....

An extraordinarily beautiful Amish woman, a dangerous femme fatale, is the central figure in Her Last Breath....

When a historic barn burns to the ground in the middle of the night, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called in to investigate. At first it looks like an accident, but when the body of 18-year-old Daniel Gingerich is found inside - burned alive - Kate suspects murder....

A Simple Murder features six original short stories starring whip-smart chief of police, Kate Burkholder....

Three days before Thanksgiving, two boys disappear without a trace. Eleven-year-old Aaron Kuhns is Amish. Kevin Dennison is 12 and "English". They're adventurers, explorers, and inseparable best friends....

Seventeen-year-old Amish boy Noah Kline is struck by a car as he walks alongside a dark country road late one night in Painters Mill. Seriously injured, he lapses into a coma. Initially, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder believes it’s a straightforward hit-and-run, a driver that panicked and fled. But evidence soon emerges that the incident wasn’t accidental at all....

From Linda Castillo comes "Long Lost": a powerful and moving story about a troubled young woman and a decades old mystery set in the world of the Amish....