Linda Castillo

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....

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....

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 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....

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....

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

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....

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

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....

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