Kate isn't sure whether she can deal with a case like this but vows to catch the killer. When Kate arrives on the scene she is greeted with a crime scene so horrific it will have the hairs on your arms standing on end. When one of Kate's colleagues arrives he doesn't find just loose cows on the road. One night they get a call that is par for the course in a town like Painters Mill saying there are cows running loose.

Kate Burkholder was born and raised Amish and then went against the grain and ended up as acting Police Chief in the same town that she was born and raised in. The story is set in Painters Mill, a sleepy town which is both English and Amish. I picked up this book after reading the jacket info and let me tell you, it gives you no clue as to how good a read this book really is. But to do so, she must betray both her family and her Amish past-and expose a dark secret that could destroy her. Kate vows to stop the killer before he strikes again. She’s certain she’s come to terms with her past - until the first body is discovered in a snowy field. Her Amish roots and big city law enforcement background make her the perfect candidate. Now, a wealth of experience later, Kate has been asked to return to Painters Mill as Chief of Police. Kate Burkholder, a young Amish girl, survived the terror of the Slaughterhouse Killer but came away from its brutality with the realization that she no longer belonged with the Amish. In the aftermath of the violence, the town was left with a sense of fragility, a loss of innocence. But sixteen years ago, a series of brutal murders shattered the peaceful farming community. In the sleepy rural town of Painters Mill, Ohio, the Amish and “English” residents have lived side by side for two centuries.

Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo