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Linda Castillo
The Dead Will Tell
Book #6 of the Kate Burkholder series
See the list of Kate Burkholder books in order

The Dead Will Tell

From the New York Times bestselling author

“No one who picks up Kate’s stunning sixth case, a marriage of thriller and police procedural, will put it down unfinished.” Kirkus Reviews

Everyone in Painters Mill knows the abandoned Hochstetler farm is haunted. But only a handful of the residents remember the terrible secrets lost in the muted/hushed whispers of time-and now death is stalking them, seemingly from the grave.

On a late-night shift, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called to the scene of an apparent suicide-an old man found hanging from the rafters in his dilapidated barn. But evidence quickly points to murder and Kate finds herself chasing a singularly difficult and elusive trail of evidence that somehow points back to the tragedy of that long ago incident. Meanwhile, Kate has moved in with state agent John Tomasetti and for the first time in so long, they’re both happy; a bliss quickly shattered when one of the men responsible for the murders of Tomasetti’s family four years ago is found not guilty, and walks away a free man. Will Tomasetti be pulled back to his own haunted past? When a second man is found dead – also seemingly by his own hand-Kate discovers a link in the case that sends the investigation in a direction no one could imagine and revealing the horrifying truth of what really happened that terrible night thirty-five years ago, when an Amish father and his four children perished-and his young wife disappeared without a trace.

And, as Kate knows—the past never truly dies . . . in The Dead Will Tell by Linda Castillo

PRAISE FOR LINDA CASTILLO

“Absolutely stunning . . . A perfectly crafted thriller” Lisa Scottoline

“Think the movie Witness and add just a touch of the Coen brothers’ Fargo and you have the feel for this brilliant, nail-biting thriller” Daily Mail

“Continues to explore the Amish way of life with a fast-paced mystery” Kirkus Reviews

Author: Linda Castillo
Published: 2014
Page Count: 330

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