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Breaking Silence (Kate Burkholder #3) - Linda Castillo
From Goodreads - The Slabaugh family are model Amish farmers, prosperous and hardworking, with four children and a happy extended family. When the parents and an uncle are found dead in their barn, it appears to be a gruesome accident: methane gas asphyxiation caused by a poorly ventilated cesspit. But in the course of a routine autopsy, the coroner discovers that one of the victims suffered a head wound before death—clearly, foul play was involved. But who would want to make orphans of the Slabaughs’ children? And is this murder somehow related to a recent string of shocking hate crimes against the Amish?
Having grown up Amish, Kate is determined to bring the killer to justice. Because the other series of attacks are designated hate crimes, the state sends in agent John Tomasetti, with whom Kate has a long and complex relationship. Together, they search for the link between the crimes—and uncover a dark secret at work beneath the placid surface of this idyllic Amish community.
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My Review -This is book 3 in the Kate Burkholder series. If you haven't read the first 2 yet I suggest you do. If you don't you won't be able to really understand the dynamics or anything else that goes on or understand why Kate and the rest of the characters do what they do. One of the first things you have to understand is that you can't lump all Amish into the same group. They have many different sects and they range from the old order to the more modern. I would even suggest you go as far as to read a little something about the religion before even commenting.
Now that my little rant is over I have to admit that book 3 is the weakest of the series and is not my favorite. It was good, but the excitement that I saw in book 1 & 2 is really not there. Either I'm getting good at guessing who did it or the author didn't really bother to make this much of a mystery. I pretty much had it figured out right in the beginning. Another thing I would suggest to the readers is that if you have a problem with taboo issues, you should on this one. The main character, Kate, seems to be falling down a black hole. Not a literal black hole, but an emotional one that she is going to have some serious issues getting out of. I would have assumed that as time goes on she would grow. That does not seem to be the case with Kate. She is letting her past rule her future. It's a slippery slope that she headed down and she doesn't seem to care. She seemed so strong in the beginning and now she just seems whiny and pathetic with no clear direction of which way she is headed
Breaking Silence (Kate Burkholder #3) - Linda Castillo
From Goodreads - The Slabaugh family are model Amish farmers, prosperous and hardworking, with four children and a happy extended family. When the parents and an uncle are found dead in their barn, it appears to be a gruesome accident: methane gas asphyxiation caused by a poorly ventilated cesspit. But in the course of a routine autopsy, the coroner discovers that one of the victims suffered a head wound before death—clearly, foul play was involved. But who would want to make orphans of the Slabaughs’ children? And is this murder somehow related to a recent string of shocking hate crimes against the Amish?
Having grown up Amish, Kate is determined to bring the killer to justice. Because the other series of attacks are designated hate crimes, the state sends in agent John Tomasetti, with whom Kate has a long and complex relationship. Together, they search for the link between the crimes—and uncover a dark secret at work beneath the placid surface of this idyllic Amish community.
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My Review -This is book 3 in the Kate Burkholder series. If you haven't read the first 2 yet I suggest you do. If you don't you won't be able to really understand the dynamics or anything else that goes on or understand why Kate and the rest of the characters do what they do. One of the first things you have to understand is that you can't lump all Amish into the same group. They have many different sects and they range from the old order to the more modern. I would even suggest you go as far as to read a little something about the religion before even commenting.
Now that my little rant is over I have to admit that book 3 is the weakest of the series and is not my favorite. It was good, but the excitement that I saw in book 1 & 2 is really not there. Either I'm getting good at guessing who did it or the author didn't really bother to make this much of a mystery. I pretty much had it figured out right in the beginning. Another thing I would suggest to the readers is that if you have a problem with taboo issues, you should on this one. The main character, Kate, seems to be falling down a black hole. Not a literal black hole, but an emotional one that she is going to have some serious issues getting out of. I would have assumed that as time goes on she would grow. That does not seem to be the case with Kate. She is letting her past rule her future. It's a slippery slope that she headed down and she doesn't seem to care. She seemed so strong in the beginning and now she just seems whiny and pathetic with no clear direction of which way she is headed