Among the Wicked (Kate Burkholder Series #8)

by Linda Castillo Narrated by Kathleen McInerney

Overview

Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called upon by the sheriff's department in rural, upstate New York to assist on a developing situation that involves a reclusive Amish settlement and the death of a young girl. Unable to penetrate the wall of silence between the Amish and "English" communities, the sheriff asks Kate to travel to New York, pose as an Amish woman, and infiltrate the community.

Kate's long time love interest, State Agent John Tomasetti, is dead set against her taking on such an unorthodox assignment, knowing she'll have limited communication - and even less in the way of backup. But Kate can't turn her back, especially when the rumor mill boils with disturbing accounts of children in danger. She travels to New York where she's briefed and assumes her new identity as a lone widow seeking a new life.

Kate infiltrates the community and goes deep under cover. In the coming days, she unearths a world built on secrets, a series of shocking crimes, and herself, alone... trapped in a fight for her life.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

06/13/2016
In bestseller Castillo's exciting eighth Kate Burkholder mystery (after 2015's After the Storm), Sheriff Dan Suggs from Franklin City, N.Y., and Frank Betancourt, a senior investigator with the BCI division of the New York State Police, ask Kate, the Painters Mill, Ohio, police chief, who escaped her Amish upbringing at 18, to go undercover to get to the bottom of the death of a 15-year-old Amish girl, Rachel Esh. Rachel was found frozen in the woods with evidence of Oxycontin in her bloodstream; she appeared to have undergone a recent abortion. The New York lawmen also ask Kate to determine whether the rumors of "bad goings-on" in the upstate Amish community headed by Bishop Eli Schrock, who's reputedly intent on separating his congregation from contact with the outside world, are true. Kate finds it difficult to refuse and overrides her lover's fears about the assignment. The feisty Kate is soon immersed in the Amish world and engaged in a ferocious battle for her life. Readers will be enthralled as Kate uncovers secrets in a quaint Amish community. 150,000 announced first printing; author tour. Agent: Nancy Yost, Nancy Yost Literary Agency. (July)

From the Publisher

"If you haven't yet discovered Kate Burkholder, the Amish-born police chief of Painters Mill, Ohio, this fine performance by Kathleen McInerney is a perfect place to start. . . . McInerney's masterly technique makes aural sense of the plain and kind Amish people bewildered by the violence, thuggery, and corruption that have come among them. McInerney's characters are alive, all human and believable."
—AudioFile

"Murder in Amish country has a certain added frisson, and Castillo's the master of the genre."
—People

"Among the Wicked is a high-speed, adrenaline-filled case of terror and intrigue: fast-paced and plot-driven, but with nuanced characters and an eye for detail."
—Shelf Awareness

"If you like the work of Tana French—and yes, you should—Castillo is every bit as good, and much closer to home."
—Book Reporter

"Absolutely stunning. . . . A perfectly crafted thriller."
—Lisa Scottoline on Sworn to Silence

"If you haven't yet discovered Kate Burkholder...this fine performance by Kathleen McInerney is a perfect place to start."
-AudioFile

SEPTEMBER 2016 - AudioFile

If you haven’t yet discovered Kate Burkholder, the Amish-born police chief of Painters Mill, Ohio, this fine performance by Kathleen McInerney is a perfect place to start. Burkholder is asked to leave her lover, Tomasseti, and her comfort zone, to infiltrate an old-order Amish community in upstate New York, where things have taken a sinister turn. Burkholder’s inside knowledge of the hermetic Amish world is essential and illuminating. McInerney’s masterly technique makes aural sense of the plain and kind Amish people bewildered by the violence, thuggery, and corruption that have come among them. McInerney’s characters are alive, all human and believable, even at a sometimes blistering pace. I’m even prepared to believe that “danke” is pronounced “dahnkee” in Pennsylvania Dutch. B.G. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169486117
Publisher:	Macmillan Audio
Publication date:	07/12/2016
Series:	Kate Burkholder Series , #8
Edition description:	Unabridged

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