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Three days before Thanksgiving, two boys disappear without a trace. Eleven-year-old Aaron Kuhns is Amish. Kevin Dennison is 12 and "English". They're adventurers, explorers, and inseparable best friends. When they don't return home from what was supposed to be a fun afternoon of fishing, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must find the missing boys before the first winter storm of the season bears down on Painters Mill.

After a childhood betrayal and tragedy, Lindsey Metcalf made a vow always to protect her younger sister, Traci. Although the two women have drifted apart, Lindsey's worst fears are triggered when Traci mysteriously disappears from her home in Seattle. After filing a missing persons report, she learns that her sister has been hiding a lurid double life. Having had her fair share of run-ins with the police, Traci isn't high on the department's list of priorities. And the only man able to help Lindsey find the truth has his own trouble with the law....

New York Times best-selling author Linda Castillo is known as a “master of the genre” (People) for her pulse-pounding mystery series set in Amish country. Now, together for the first time in print, A Simple Murder features six original short stories starring whip-smart chief of police, Kate Burkholder.

As a violent thunderstorm rages in Painters Mill, Kate Burkholder receives a call from a frantic young Amish woman: Her two-year-old son is missing. Kate and her officers brave the downpour to search for the toddler, fearing he may have been swept away in the rising creek waters. But an explosive family secret leads Kate to believe this disappearance may be more complicated than anyone is letting on. Can she find the boy and uncover the truth before darkness falls?

La seconda raccolta degli audiolibri di Linda Castillo con protagonista Kate Burkholder riunisce i seguenti titoli: "Scomparsa", "Persa nel tempo" e "Il suo ultimo respiro".

Cases of random violence have erupted across the country - murderous acts committed by previously non-violent people. Detective Adam Boedecker, grieving brother to one of the suicide-murderers, has discovered that all the suspects had taken a new breakthrough anti-depressant, Valazine. Elizabeth Barnes has devoted her heart and soul to pharmaceutical research. She's at the top of her game and slated to be awarded top honors for her latest breakthrough drug. Until a detective contacts her about a recent wave of homicides.

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 Kate also recognizes as Amish.

La terza raccolta degli audiolibri di Linda Castillo con protagonista Kate Burkholder riunisce i seguenti titoli: "Tracce dal passato", "Il segreto nascosto" e "Dopo la tempesta". "Tracce dal passato": Tutti a Painters Mill sanno che sulla fattoria degli Hochstetler aleggia un tragico mistero. Ma solo in pochi ricordano il terribile segreto tramandato dal sospiro del tempo, ora riemerso dalle viscere della terra per perseguitarli.

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".

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.

For the first time in print comes a collection of five short stories in the Edgar award-winning Kate Burkholder series, PLUS one new, never-before-published story, from New York Times best-selling author Linda Castillo.

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.

A sadistic killer pushed Chicago cop Marty Hogan past her limits - and it was all caught on video. She lost her job, her sense of self, her entire world until an open detective position in small-town Texas gave her a chance at redemption. Police Chief Clay Settlemeyer knows all about mistakes and second chances - he's still earning his own, so he's willing to give Marty the opportunity to prove herself. But when her ex-partner is murdered, it looks like Chicago is coming to small-town Texas with a vengeance.

When a family dog brings home a human bone, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder finds herself on a desperate search for answers. Where did the bone come from? Who does it belong to? And perhaps most importantly, are the bones a result of foul play? With Halloween approaching, the unsettling questions garner uneasiness, rumors, and macabre theories among the residents of Painters Mill.

Die verstümmelte Leiche der jungen Frau liegt auf einem schneebedeckten Feld. Ihr Mörder hat sie regelrecht abgeschlachtet und ihr eine römische Zahl in den Bauch geritzt. Fassungslos steht Kate Burkholder, die neue Polizeichefin im verschlafenen Painters Mill, Ohio, vor der grausig anmutenden Szenerie.

Das friedliche Städtchen Painters Mill wird zutiefst erschüttert, als eine amische Großmutter auf einer verlassenen Farm brutal ermordet und ihre siebenjährige Enkelin entführt wird. Kate Burkholder versucht mit allen Mitteln, das Kind zu finden. Die Familie lebt in einer ultra-konservativen amischen Siedlung am Fluss, sie ist äußerst hilfsbereit, doch Kate merkt schnell, dass sie etwas verschweigen. Aber warum? Als sie die fürchterliche Wahrheit aufdeckt, zweifelt sie zum ersten Mal an ihrem eigenen Glauben, an den Amischen, an der ganzen Welt.

Wenn die Flammen eine schreckliche Wahrheit verbergen – der 16. Fall für Polizeichefin Kate Burkholder. Mitten in der Nacht wird Polizeichefin Kate Burkholder von einem Anruf geweckt: Bei einem Feuer in einem einsamen Waldstück ist ein amischer Mann umgekommen. Der Verstorbene wurde an einen Pfahl gefesselt und lebendig verbrannt. Kate weiß nur zu gut, dass die Amischen ihre Probleme lieber ohne Einmischung der Außenwelt lösen, doch nach und nach erfährt sie, dass der Tote vor Kurzem aus der Gemeinde ausgeschlossen wurde. Warum wurde er so bestraft?

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.

A volte, tra la vittima e il carnefice, la linea di confine può essere molto sottile... La pacifica comunità amish di Painters Mill, in Ohio, è scossa da un omicidio: la sessantenne Mary Yoder è stata brutalmente accoltellata nei pressi della sua fattoria, mentre raccoglieva noci con le sue nipoti. Proprio una di loro, Elsie Helmuth, di sette anni, viene rapita dall'assassino. La famiglia della bambina è rispettata da tutta la comunità, eppure, quando il capo della polizia Kate Burkholder incontra i genitori della piccola, capisce che nascondono qualcosa.

Aveva sempre saputo che sarebbero andati a cercarla. Sapeva anche che, malgrado tutto, non sarebbe stata pronta. Quando lavori nella polizia da un po', impari ad apprezzare le cose ordinarie. E in una cittadina come Painters Mill, Ohio - cinquemila anime, un terzo delle quali di religione Amish - è tutto molto ordinario. Salvo quando cade mezzo metro di neve e improvvisamente tutti danno i numeri. Sono solo le nove del mattino, e Kate Burkholder, capo della polizia, è già sul posto del quarto incidente...