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La prima raccolta degli audiolibri di Linda Castillo con protagonista Kate Burkholder riunisce i seguenti titoli: "Costretta al silenzio", "La lunga notte" e "In un vicolo cieco".

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.

La quarta raccolta degli audiolibri di Linda Castillo con protagonista Kate Burkholder riunisce i seguenti titoli: "Inganno", "Tra i malvagi", "Solo per pochi" ed "Una strada oscura".

Era una notte piovosa quella in cui un padre amish tornava a casa con i suoi tre figli, quando un'auto impazzita materializzatasi dal nulla piomba a tutta velocità su di loro. Quello che in un primo momento sembra un tragico ma ordinario incidente stradale, assume un significato più sinistro quando è chiaro che l'impatto non è stato colposo. Ma chi poteva aver motivo di uccidere un diacono amish e due dei suoi figli?

Il ritrovamento del corpo senza vita di Rachel Esh, una quindicenne appartenente alla comunità amish di Roaring Springs, sconvolge l'apparente normalità di una contea sperduta tra i boschi dell'Ohio. Kate Burkholder, stimato capo della polizia di Painters Mill e profonda conoscitrice di quella gente, viene contattata dallo sceriffo della contea, incapace di valicare il muro di segreti e menzogne dietro il quale la comunità si è trincerata.

È autunno a Painters Mill, e la quattordicenne Kate Burkholder sta raccogliendo mele in compagnia dell'amica Mattie, quando una banda di ragazzi guidati da Billy Marquardt inizia a importunarle. Kate li ignora, mentre Mattie, violando le regole amish, scompare nel vecchio granaio con Billy. Qualche istante dopo, un incendio incenerisce il fienile. Billy nega di avere a che fare con l'incidente, ma Kate vuole vederci chiaro e in nome della verità inizia le sue indagini pur mettendo a repentaglio la sua amicizia con Mattie.

Nella tranquilla cittadina di Painters Mill, proprio davanti alla casa del pastore della comunità amish, è stata abbandonata una neonata. Anche gli amish, nonostante i loro rigidi princìpi religiosi, hanno qualche segreto da nascondere, ma il capo della polizia Kate Burkholder, con la sua esperienza di poliziotta, la sua profonda conoscenza del mondo amish e la sua sensibilità di donna, riuscirà a ricostruire la dolorosa verità. E dopo aver assicurato un futuro alla bambina, una nuova consapevolezza di sé e del proprio futuro prenderà piede dentro Kate.

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.

In the quiet town of Painters Mill, an Amish family of seven has been found brutally murdered on their farm. Chief of Police Kate Burkholder and her small force have few clues, no motive, and no suspect. Formerly Amish herself, Kate is no stranger to secrets, but she can't get her mind around the senseless brutality of the crime. State agent John Tomasseti arrives on the scene to assist. He and Kate worked together on a previous case during which they began a tentative relationship, but each is wary of commitment. The disturbing details of this case will push them to their limits.

From Linda Castillo, the New York Times best-selling author of Sworn to Silence and Among the Wicked, this collection of stories featuring Chief of Police Kate Burkholder combines three amazing novellas for the first time together.

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, a known drug user with a violent temper. Now King has escaped, and he’s headed for Painters Mill. News of a murderer on the loose travels like wildfire and putting Chief of Police Kate Burkholder and her team of officers on edge. A nightmare scenario becomes reality when King shows up with a gun and kidnaps his five children from their Amish uncle’s house. He’s armed and desperate with nothing left to lose.

From the New York Times bestselling author of THE DEAD WILL TELL comes a new short story offering a glimpse into Chief of Police Kate Burkholder's past and her Amish roots. It's autumn in Painter's Mill, and fourteen year old Katie Burkholder has been tasked with picking apples in Zimmerman’s...

Der Tag des Gerichts ist gekommen - Der vierzehnte Band mit Polizei-Chefin Kate Burkholder von Spiegel-Bestseller-Autorin Linda Castillo. Auf einem Feld werden die Knochen des vor achtzehn Jahren verschwundenen Amisch-Bischofs Ananias Stoltzfus gefunden. Neben ihm liegt die Waffe von Jonas Bowman, mit der der umstrittene Geistliche gerichtet wurde. Die Polizei in Pennsylvania glaubt, in Bowman den Täter gefunden zu haben, aber die Ältesten der amischen Gemeinde können nicht an Jonas’ Schuld glauben und bitten Polizeichefin Kate Burkholder um Hilfe.

Chief of Police Kate Burkholder confronts a mysterious beast terrorizing the residents of Painters Mill in this new original short mystery from bestselling author Linda Castillo. On a foggy spring night, an Amish man crashes his buggy after a large, unidentified animal spooks his horse. Kate...

"Finde den Mörder meiner Frau!" Seit zwei Jahren sitzt Joseph King wegen des Mordes an seiner Frau Naomi hinter Gittern. Er gilt als ein "gefallener" Amischer, einer, der ständig mit dem Gesetz in Konflikt geriet. Doch den Mord hat er immer vehement bestritten. Jetzt ist er ausgebrochen und hat seine fünf Kinder als Geiseln genommen. Als Kate Burkholder sie auf eigene Faust befreien will, wird sie von King überwältigt. Seine Forderung lautet: Du kannst gehen, aber finde den Mörder meiner Frau! Als Kate den alten Fall wieder aufrollt, ahnt sie noch nicht, wie gefährlich diese Ermittlung wird und welches Drama sich daraus entwickelt.

When a baby - only hours old - is discovered on the Amish bishop's front porch in Painter's Mill, Ohio, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called in to investigate. The newborn is swaddled in an Amish crib quilt, and the only other item found with the child is a hand-carved wood rattle, which...

"Narrator Kathleen McInerney quickly pulls listeners into the frightening mystery...Her emotionally balanced portrayal of Burkholder is believable and makes listeners feel like they are solving the mystery right alongside her." -- AudioFile Magazine Chief of Police Kate Burkholder races against...

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.

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....