Author: Linda Castillo
Published: April 26th 2022 by Minotaur Books
Format: Kindle, 64 pages
Genre: Short Story / Police Procedural
Series: Kate Burkholder #13.5
First Sentence: Merle Beachy was late. The Strawberry Festival ended at 9:00 P.M., but he’d sayed to help Deacon Yoder load pallets into his wagon.
Blurb: On a foggy spring night, an Amish man crashes his buggy after a large, unidentified animal spooks his horse. Kate Burkholder arrives on scene to find the man shaken and bleeding, claiming he was attacked by a large beast. But his description of the creature sounds like something straight out of the Amish folklore from Kate’s childhood. Throughout the night, more incidents of an aggressive animal on the loose are reported, putting the citizens of Painters Mill on edge. There’s a monster menacing the countryside, and Kate must follow its tracks into the dark woods along Painters Creek before violence tips over into tragedy. (GoodReads)
My Opinion: The description of what ran an Amish man and his horse off the road in thick fog didn’t make sense. Yet, Kate Burkholder, Police Chief of Painter’s Mill, has seen it all and is out the door before the call ends.
What started as a creepy short story turned into an entertaining tale that will have you shivering with chills, laughing, and whetting your appetite for the upcoming full-length novel, The Hidden One, coming in mid-summer.
Blurb: On a foggy spring night, an Amish man crashes his buggy after a large, unidentified animal spooks his horse. Kate Burkholder arrives on scene to find the man shaken and bleeding, claiming he was attacked by a large beast. But his description of the creature sounds like something straight out of the Amish folklore from Kate’s childhood. Throughout the night, more incidents of an aggressive animal on the loose are reported, putting the citizens of Painters Mill on edge. There’s a monster menacing the countryside, and Kate must follow its tracks into the dark woods along Painters Creek before violence tips over into tragedy. (GoodReads)
My Opinion: The description of what ran an Amish man and his horse off the road in thick fog didn’t make sense. Yet, Kate Burkholder, Police Chief of Painter’s Mill, has seen it all and is out the door before the call ends.
What started as a creepy short story turned into an entertaining tale that will have you shivering with chills, laughing, and whetting your appetite for the upcoming full-length novel, The Hidden One, coming in mid-summer.
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