検索キーワード： 著者 "Linda Castillo" すべてのカテゴリー

Wer hasste den 18-jährigen Daniel Gingrich so sehr, dass er ihn bei lebendigem Leib verbrannte? Die Nachricht von der brennenden Scheune auf der Gingrich-Farm geht spät am Abend ein. Kate Burkholder macht sich sofort auf den Weg zu der weit außerhalb gelegenen Farm der amischen Familie. Was zunächst nach Brandstiftung aussieht, entpuppt sich nach dem Fund der männlichen Leiche als brutaler Mordfall. Die Ermittlungen führen Kate Burkholder in ein wahres Spinnengeflecht aus Lügen und Intrigen. Und kosten sie fast das Leben.

Gina Colorosa ist Polizistin und auf der Flucht vor den eigenen Kollegen ihrer Dienststelle. Sie soll einen Mann erschossen haben. Das bestreitet sie. Bei einer amischen Familie findet sie Unterschlupf. Doch dort kann sie nicht bleiben, ohne die ganze Familie zu gefährden. Es gibt nur eine, die jetzt noch helfen kann: ihre alte Partnerin Kate Burkholder.

Rache, Hass und ein gottesfürchtiges Leben Das friedliche Städtchen Painters Mill wird zutiefst erschüttert, als eine amische Großmutter auf einer verlassenen Farm brutal ermordet und ihre siebenjährige Enkelin entführt wird. Kate Burkholder versucht mit allen Mitteln, das Kind zu finden. Die Familie lebt in einer ultra-konservativen amischen Siedlung am Fluss, sie ist äußerst hilfsbereit, doch Kate merkt schnell, dass sie etwas verschweigen. Aber warum?

Cases of random violence have erupted across the country - murderous acts committed by previously non-violent people. Detective Adam Boedecker, grieving brother to one of the suicide-murderers, has discovered that all the suspects had taken a new breakthrough anti-depressant, Valazine. Elizabeth Barnes has devoted her heart and soul to pharmaceutical research. She's at the top of her game and slated to be awarded top honors for her latest breakthrough drug. Until a detective contacts her about a recent wave of homicides.

After a childhood betrayal and tragedy, Lindsey Metcalf made a vow always to protect her younger sister, Traci. Although the two women have drifted apart, Lindsey's worst fears are triggered when Traci mysteriously disappears from her home in Seattle. After filing a missing persons report, she learns that her sister has been hiding a lurid double life. Having had her fair share of run-ins with the police, Traci isn't high on the department's list of priorities. And the only man able to help Lindsey find the truth has his own trouble with the law....  

Nat Jennings nearly died the night her family was murdered - and spent the next three years wishing she had. Now, she is returning to the sleepy bayou town of Bellerose, Louisiana, driven by cryptic messages only she can hear - messages pleading for her help. After serving six years for a crime he didn't commit, Nick Bastille is back in Bellerose, mourning his precious son, who drowned while Nick was away at prison, unable to protect him. But when Nat approaches him with a shocking revelation, his denial slowly turns to a desire for revenge.

As a violent thunderstorm rages in Painters Mill, Kate Burkholder receives a call from a frantic young Amish woman: Her two-year-old son is missing. Kate and her officers brave the downpour to search for the toddler, fearing he may have been swept away in the rising creek waters. But an explosive family secret leads Kate to believe this disappearance may be more complicated than anyone is letting on. Can she find the boy and uncover the truth before darkness falls? 

When a young woman is found murdered in a Painters Mill motel, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is shocked to discover she once knew the victim. Rachael Schwartz was a charming but troubled Amish girl who left the fold years ago and fled Painters Mill. Why was she back in town? And who would kill her so brutally?

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. When they don't return home from what was supposed to be a fun afternoon of fishing, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must find the missing boys before the first winter storm of the season bears down on Painters Mill.

New York Times best-selling author Linda Castillo is known as a “master of the genre” (People) for her pulse-pounding mystery series set in Amish country. Now, together for the first time in print, A Simple Murder features six original short stories starring whip-smart chief of police, Kate Burkholder.

While enjoying a sleigh ride with his children, Amish widower Adam Lengacher discovers a car stuck in a snowdrift and an unconscious woman inside. He calls upon Chief of Police Kate Burkholder for help, and she is surprised to recognize the driver: fellow cop and her former friend, Gina Colorosa. Years before, Kate and Gina were best friends at the police academy and patrol officers in Columbus, but time and distance have taken them down two very different paths. Now, Gina reveals a shocking story of betrayal and revenge that has forced her to run for her life.

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 - and Kate uncovers a story of teenage passion and jealousy that may have led to attempted murder.

Abgeschlachtete Tiere auf der Weide, ein Farmer, der an sein umgekipptes Fuhrwerk gefesselt fast erfriert: In Painters Mill häufen sich die Verbrechen...

Als das gleißende Scheinwerferlicht des entgegenkommenden Fahrzeugs sie blendet, bleibt ihnen nicht einmal mehr die Zeit, um zu schreien. Auf der regennassen Straße im ländlichen Ohio sterben in dieser Nacht drei Menschen. Ein amischer Vater und zwei seiner Kinder. Als Polizeichefin Kate Burkholder die traumatisierte Witwe trifft, kommen ihr erste Zweifel: Es ist eine Freundin aus Jugendtagen, deren Schönheit schon damals das Schlechte magisch anzog.

Die verstümmelte Leiche einer jungen Frau liegt auf einem schneebedeckten Feld. Ihr Mörder hat sie brutal misshandelt...

In the sleepy rural town of Painters Mill, Ohio, the Amish and "English" residents have lived side by side for two centuries. But 16 years ago, a series of brutal murders shattered the peaceful farming community. Kate Burkholder, a young Amish girl, survived the terror of the Slaughterhouse Killer but came away from its brutality with the realization that she no longer belonged with the Amish. Now, a wealth of experience later, Kate has been asked to return to Painters Mill as Chief of Police. She's certain she's come to terms with her past - until the first body is discovered in a snowy field.

Sono molti i segreti sussurrati di bocca in bocca a Painters Mill. Nelle case degli amish, in cui il tempo sembra essersi fermato e l'unica luce è quella delle lanterne a olio, ci sono cose che non devono essere dette ad alta voce. Mai. Lo sa bene Kate Burkholder, capo della polizia della piccola cittadina sprofondata nelle campagne dell'Ohio, un tempo amish lei stessa, prima che ogni cosa cambiasse nella sua vita. Ma il passato, per il comandante Burkholder, non è che un capitolo chiuso: Kate non crede nelle ferite aperte.

Joseph King, già noto alla comunità amish per il temperamento aggressivo e violento e per essere un abituale consumatore di droghe, è stato condannato all'ergastolo per aver brutalmente assassinato la moglie. Ma a due anni dalla condanna, King è evaso ed ora è minacciosamente diretto verso Painters Mill. Sarà il capo della polizia, Kate Burkholder, a occuparsi di questo caso, complicato dal sequestro dei cinque figli da parte di King che, armato e disperato, non ha nulla da perdere e potrebbe ucciderli. Per Kate, oltre tutto, l'indagine ha dei risvolti personali.

Despite a happy childhood, successful entrepreneur Addison Fox has always yearned to find her birth mother. And with the unexpected death of her adoptive parents comes a renewed determination to fill in the missing pieces of her life - to find her "other" family. But she's too late. Addison is the sole survivor of her bloodline - a line that a killer is determined to make extinct. World-weary detective Randall Talbot has little regard left for life, but he may be the only man capable of saving hers.... 

A sadistic killer pushed Chicago cop Marty Hogan past her limits - and it was all caught on video. She lost her job, her sense of self, her entire world until an open detective position in small-town Texas gave her a chance at redemption. Police Chief Clay Settlemeyer knows all about mistakes and second chances - he's still earning his own, so he's willing to give Marty the opportunity to prove herself. But when her ex-partner is murdered, it looks like Chicago is coming to small-town Texas with a vengeance.