Author: Linda Castillo
Published: July 5th 2022 by Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Genre: Police Procedural
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: Kate Burkholder #14
First Sentence: Prologue: He’d always know this moment would come.
Blurb: The discovery of an Amish bishop's remains leads chief of police Kate Burkholder to unearth a chilling secret in The Hidden One, a new thriller from bestselling author Linda Castillo.
Over a decade ago, beloved Amish bishop Ananias Stoltzfus disappeared without a trace. When skeletal remains showing evidence of foul play are unearthed, his disappearance becomes even more sinister.
The town’s elders arrive in Painters Mill to ask chief of police Kate Burkholder for help, but she quickly realizes she has a personal connection to the crime. The handsome Amish man who stands accused of the murder, Jonas Bowman, was Kate’s first love. Forced to confront a painful episode from her past, Kate travels to Pennsylvania’s Kishacoquillas Valley, where the Amish culture differs dramatically from the traditions she knows. Though Bishop Stoltzfus was highly respected, she soon hears about a dark side to this complex man. What was he hiding that resulted in his own brutal death?
Someone doesn’t want Kate asking questions. But even after being accosted and threatened in the dead of night, she refuses to back down. Is she too close to the case―and to Jonas―to see clearly? There’s a killer in the Valley who will stop at nothing to keep the past buried. Will they get to Kate before she can expose the truth? Or will the bishop’s secrets remain hidden forever? (GoodReads)
My Opinion: Midway, I wanted to start putting the puzzle pieces together. Who was involved in Ananias’s murder had me doing the usual – who is the less likely, scenario? Which is always the starting point for me. Then figuring out the why. The snippets of clues started pointing in one direction. The ages and dates lined up, but would that have been a leap too far?
Turns out I was leaping in the right direction and I am glad that Linda Castillo didn’t answer all the questions. She didn’t dummy down the history for everyone. She left it as the perfect opening for people to remember history or to do their own deep dive down the google rabbit hole.
One of the best books in the series.
Blurb: The discovery of an Amish bishop's remains leads chief of police Kate Burkholder to unearth a chilling secret in The Hidden One, a new thriller from bestselling author Linda Castillo.
Over a decade ago, beloved Amish bishop Ananias Stoltzfus disappeared without a trace. When skeletal remains showing evidence of foul play are unearthed, his disappearance becomes even more sinister.
The town’s elders arrive in Painters Mill to ask chief of police Kate Burkholder for help, but she quickly realizes she has a personal connection to the crime. The handsome Amish man who stands accused of the murder, Jonas Bowman, was Kate’s first love. Forced to confront a painful episode from her past, Kate travels to Pennsylvania’s Kishacoquillas Valley, where the Amish culture differs dramatically from the traditions she knows. Though Bishop Stoltzfus was highly respected, she soon hears about a dark side to this complex man. What was he hiding that resulted in his own brutal death?
Someone doesn’t want Kate asking questions. But even after being accosted and threatened in the dead of night, she refuses to back down. Is she too close to the case―and to Jonas―to see clearly? There’s a killer in the Valley who will stop at nothing to keep the past buried. Will they get to Kate before she can expose the truth? Or will the bishop’s secrets remain hidden forever? (GoodReads)
My Opinion: Midway, I wanted to start putting the puzzle pieces together. Who was involved in Ananias’s murder had me doing the usual – who is the less likely, scenario? Which is always the starting point for me. Then figuring out the why. The snippets of clues started pointing in one direction. The ages and dates lined up, but would that have been a leap too far?
Turns out I was leaping in the right direction and I am glad that Linda Castillo didn’t answer all the questions. She didn’t dummy down the history for everyone. She left it as the perfect opening for people to remember history or to do their own deep dive down the google rabbit hole.
One of the best books in the series.
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