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Rumspringa is the time when Amish teens are allowed to experience life without rules, but everything changes when a child goes missing and Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called upon to assist.
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15 primary books25 released booksKate Burkholder is a 25-book series with 16 primary works first released in 2009 with contributions by Linda Castillo. The next book is scheduled for release on .
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This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader as part of a quick-takes post to catch up on my “To Write About” stack—emphasizing pithiness, not thoroughness..
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Hey, Castillo found a way to get Kate out of town to investigate a crime involving the Amish. This has been my biggest (or one of my biggest) concerns with the series, that at the rate things were going, the Amish in her community would all die before we got to book 10.
There is a string of Amish youth going missing—enough that it's got the attention of the state to assemble a Task Force—Kate Burkholder and John Tomasetti are recruited to be part of it.
What they end up finding is pretty disturbing, but a little less disturbing than the last couple. I like where the series is finding itself and can see me sticking around for a little longer than I feared I might have.
I like this series. But having made it to the fourth book there are elements that are getting a little old. The missing Amish girls & the resolution of the mystery was disturbing especially the twist at the end. So I hope the next book has a mystery that isn't totally centered on the Amish. I have enjoyed the relationship between Katie & Tomasetti. I will continue to read the series as long as they keep my interest. The books make for a quick and interesting read.