This book starts out with an Amish Grandma brutally stabbed to death in an abandoned house. Her granddaughter is then kidnapped and she is only seven years old. Kate Burkholder and Tomasetti, her boyfriend, are using their detective skills and are on the hunt to find her. Kate Burkholder is the Chief of Police. There are many clues and secrets and lies. While they are investigating more people seem to disappear. After an attempt on her own life, unearths a haunting and tragic secret that changes...

My reviews can also be seen at: https://deesradreadsandreviews.wordpr...4.5 Stars!!!A story of love, loss, murder, and revenge!This is book number eleven in the Kate Burkholder series and my first read from Linda Castillo.Mary Yoder is out picking walnuts with her granddaughters, five-year-old, Annie and seven-year-old, Elsie. Mary thinks she sees something inside the abandoned house and heads over to have a look, telling her granddaughters to stay put. Once inside she turns just in time to see

Linda Castillo has done it again! All the shiny stars for her latest release!🌟This is book eleven of the Kate Burkholder series and I must say it reads as one of the best! The entire series takes place in Painters Mills Ohio, where Kate Burkholder is the local Police Chief. She also happens to be ex-Amish. Long since trading that fully-encompassing lifestyle, leaving everything and everyone behind for an English life.An Amish woman and her two granddaughters are on an outdoor adventure picking w...

An Amish grandmother is murdered, a young Amish girl taken and my favorite former Amish, now po!ice chief, will do anything and everything to find her. Before the case is finished, their will be more bodies falling, by a murderer who seems bent on revenge. It will even include two Amish bishops, from Painters Creek and another town. But what is the connection? The killing are of a very viscious nature, in fact the descriptions of the murders more explicit than I remember them being in previous o...

4 StarsA Fantastic Character Driven Police Procedural! My first Kate Burkholder novel “Shamed” came highly recommended to me by Kaceey, my book buddy, and what an experience it was! What I discovered as I dove into the series without any prior knowledge, is that these books are character driven mystery / suspense novels. In addition, they are deeply emotional and heartfelt and every character adds something special to the dynamics. This was a very special buddy read, as I quickly found out that

This book, 'Shamed' is the 11th installment in the Kate Burkholder series by Linda Castillo. I listened to the audiobook version of this story and it was narrated by Kathleen McInerney. What I enjoy most about these police procedurals is the setting. The stories take place in Painters Mill which is located in the heart of Amish country in northeast Ohio. The Chief of Police of Painters Mill is an ex-Amish woman named Kate Burkholder. Because Kate was raised in this Amish community, she has a uni...

Amish grandmother Mary Yoder and two of her grandchildren, Elsie and Annie were picking walnuts when Mary was murdered, and Elsie was abducted. Elsie was only seven years old and the involvement of the Chief of Police of Painters Mill, Kate Burkholder, and her team was immediate. A child abduction was always a bad one for the police and Kate knew the longer Elsie was missing, the less chance there was of finding her alive. Kate found the Amish were holding secrets close to their chests and when

I keep saying this but these books are getting better and better.Shamed tells the sad story of a murdered Amish grandmother and her abducted seven year old granddaughter by someone who says "She's mine." The mystery begins - who is the abductor and why does he think he has a claim on the child? There is a great deal of tension in the book as the hours pass and everyone knows the chances of finding the child alive are decreasing all the time. Kate, Tomasetti and the rest pull out all the stops as...

I’ve read or listened to every previous Kate Burkholder novel and count the series among my favorites. These are straightforward police procedurals with a heavy dose of in depth characters. It helps to have read the other books in the series as Castillo doesn’t waste time giving us much background on these characters. The book starts with an Amish grandmother being savagely murdered and her seven year old granddaughter abducted. The clock is ticking and Kate tries to unravel who might have taken...

In this 11th book in the 'Kate Burkholder' series, Kate - the Chief of Police of Painter's Mill, Ohio - is searching for a killer and a kidnapped child. The book can be read as a standalone.*****Sixty-year-old Mary Yoder is a well-liked Amish woman who lives with her daughter and son-in-law, Miriam and Ivan Helmuth, and their eight children. The family loves Mary's walnut layer cake, so when walnut season rolls around, Mary takes her granddaughters Annie (5) and Elsie (7) down the road - to the

This series is one of my favorites! I am never disappointed by Linda Castillo! Shamed is the 11th book in the Kate Burkholder series. Kate grew up Amish, but left the faith as a teenager. She returned to Painters Mill, OH as an adult to become the local police chief. She is skilled at her job. Her knowledge of the Amish and ability to speak Pennsylvania Dutch are often vital because 1/3 of the local population is Amish. In this newest book, an Amish grandmother is brutally murdered and a 7-year

5 "all the amazing stars" to this one -- Happy publication day!Even though this is the 11th book in this series, I enjoyed this one just as much as the previous ones. I dropped everything to read this book and I was not disappointed.This latest installment features Chief of Police Kate Burkholder and the action kicks off right at the start of the book with the vicious murder of a grandmother in Amish country Ohio. Not only does Kate need to deal with the murder, but the 7-year-old granddaughter

Painters Mill Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is back, in the eleventh book in the series from Linda Castillo. This time, she's investigating the brutal murder of an Amish grandmother. One of the woman's granddaughters is also missing--nothing left behind but a trail of blood. The girl's family is understandably devastated, and Kate recognizes that they are racing against time: the longer young Elsie is missing, the less chance they have of finding her. But as Kate plunges into the case, the mor...