Sworn to Silence is a great book! I LOVED this! I’ve been just in the mood for thriller / whodunnit type books recently and some of them have been a bit samey. Not so with this book: set in the Amish town of Painters Mill, Ohio, girls start turning up dead in a frighteningly similar way to 4 murders that shocked the town of population 5000 sixteen years ago. Cheif of Police, Kate Burkholder (who grew up Amish and left as a teenager) worries no less than most for a very good reason – she thought she had shot dead the killer when he raped her aged 14.
What I liked about this book was the characters and setting; they’re small town cops in a (once) peaceful town shared between the Amish and the “English”. Snow rather than grimey streets, silence rather than wailing sirens and noisy cities; it made a refreshing change. That said, the pace never once slackened or drifted.
A huge thumbs up for this book and I can’t wait to read the rest of the series when they are out.
To Ms. Linda Castillo, I have read your book, Sworn to Silence, and found it very interesting. The murders are very stunning which keep me up late. the thriller, psychological twists, it really chills me to bone and found my breath holding as I’m reading it I have read it over and over in fact, I’ve completed the series, Sworn to Silence to breaking the silence. I hope you’ll read this message because I’m a fan, I sworn.
Truly yours,
Cheska Magtulis
So sweet.
I love her books!!!
I haven’t read the other two yet – I really need to rectify that as I enjoyed this one so much.