REVIEW: Broken Silence

Broken Silence
Author: Linda Castillo

It all starts with three tragic and horrifying deaths on an Amish farm outside Painters Mill. Police Chief Kate Burkholder is called to the scene. Two men and a woman have fallen into the manure pit below the Slabaugh family barn. Overcome by methane gas, they are all dead. What first appears to be an accident might be something else. Something much more violent and shameful. Murder. Hate crimes targeting Amish are also ramping up in the county. Kate wants to catch whoever has been attacking the Amish, but runs into investigation problems. The Amish don't want to be involved with a police investigation. Kate grew up Amish, leaving the church as a teenager, so she understands. But she wants to solve the case before the assaults turn deadly.

I love this series! A new book (#11) is coming out in July and I was behind a few books. So, I decided to start reading the series at book 1 again....and then read Shamed before its July 16th publication date. Broken Silence is book 3 in the Kate Burkholder series and I'm totally enjoying re-reading these first few books. Kate Burkholder is such a strong main character. She's a wonderful police officer and investigator. And perfect for the job at Painters Mill. She grew up Amish, so she speaks Pennsylvania Dutch fluently and understands the culture. It does cause her some pain though because she is still shunned for leaving the church.

Book 1 of this series was made into a television movie, An Amish Murder, in 2013. The movie stars Neve Campbell as Kate. I wonder why they only did the one movie?? The full movie is on Youtube....just search for it. Not bad...although the book is better. :)

Breaking Silence has some great suspense and a few twists I didn't see coming. Great story! Moving on to book 4, Gone Missing.