Painter's Mill, OH is a relatively idyllic farm town in Amish country. So, when an Amish family of seven is brutally tortured and slain in their own hPainter's Mill, OH is a relatively idyllic farm town in Amish country. So, when an Amish family of seven is brutally tortured and slain in their own home in what appears to be a home invasion, everyone is justifiably unsettled. Thus sets the stage for Linda Castillio's novel "Pray for Silence", the second thriller to feature Police Chief Kate Burkholder and her Columbus P.D. homicide detective partner/lover John Tomasetti. As she demonstrated in her previous novel "Sworn to Silence", Castillo tells a taut, suspenseful murder mystery. Plus, it's fun reading about places which are familiar to me. (Parts of the story take place in downtown Columbus and real cities like Millersburg and Wooster, all of which I've visited.) A word of warning, though: Castillo does not restrain herself during some of the murder scenes. If you're not into extremely graphic depictions of blood and guts, this book may not be for you....more
Linda Castillo's debut thriller, "Sworn to Silence", set in Amish country in Ohio, is deftly written and suspenseful, if a bit derivative. It's a littLinda Castillo's debut thriller, "Sworn to Silence", set in Amish country in Ohio, is deftly written and suspenseful, if a bit derivative. It's a little "Silence of the Lambs" meets "Witness". The book starts slow, but Castillo picks up the pace right away and never lets up until the end, with a plot twist that I personally didn't see coming. My one and only complaint is that Castillo lapses occasionally into gratuitous sex and extreme violence. Not that I'm against any of that stuff, but her story works well without it....more
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