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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Waiting on Wednesday - After the Storm


This is a weekly event that highlights a book that we can't wait to be published.  It's hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

Linda Castillo's Kate Burkholder series is a favorite of mine.  I eagerly await each new book that is usually published in the summer.  Great summer reading!  Kate Burkholder is the Chief of the Painter's Mill Police Department.  She is smack dab in the middle of Amish country and Kate herself was raised Amish.  She left home as a teen though and eventually became a police officer in the big city.  She never thought she'd return home, certainly not as the police chief.  After the Storm is the 7th book in this series.  Even though some have thought that it might suffer a bit from "Cabot Cove syndrome" (too many murders in the same venue strains credulity), I've enjoyed each and every book.  I like Kate and I like her good friend, State Agent John Tomasetti, and I can't wait for:




by Linda Castillo
Publication Date: July 14th

When a tornado tears through Painters Mill and unearths human remains, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder finds herself tasked with the responsibility of identifying the bones—and notifying the family. Evidence quickly emerges that the death was no accident and Kate finds herself plunged into a thirty year old case that takes her deep into the Amish community to which she once belonged. 

Meanwhile, turmoil of an emotional and personal nature strikes at the very heart of Kate’s budding relationship with state agent John Tomasetti. A reality that strains their fragile new love to the breaking point and threatens the refuge they’ve built for themselves—and their future. 

Under siege from an unknown assailant—and her own personal demons—Kate digs deep into the case only to discover proof of an unimaginable atrocity, a plethora of family secrets and the lengths to which people will go to protect their own.


26 comments:

  1. For a few years I've been telling myself I must try this series as both the characters and setting sound like my kind of thing. I really love Julia Spencer-Fleming's Clare Fergusson books and these sound like they might be similar. The problem is, there are so many wonderful series out there - hard to keep up with all of them.

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  2. Popped back in to say I just checked the library catalogue and my library actually has a copy of the first book... Sworn to Silence. Really surprised but delighted. Will go and grab it asap.

    (Deleted former comment as I didn't make it clear which book my library has.)

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    1. Hope you enjoy it, Cath. Glad your library had it. As to a comparison with the Spencer-Fleming series - ehhh, maybe not a lot. Linda Castillo came out of a romance background and while this series is certainly not a romance series, she approaching things differently. Also, I think her book are more toward the thriller end of the spectrum. Spencer-Fleming's seem to have more thought provoking passages, for me at least. Does that make sense? LOL

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    2. Yep, absolutely. Am pleased to hear a comparison from someone who's read both.

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  3. Her job looks really hard. Hope you enjoy this book.
    My Waiting on Wednesday
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    1. Thanks so much! I'll be over to check yours out.

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  4. It's great to find a series that holds your interest. I read several series too, my favorites are Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear and White House Chef by Julie Hyzy. Just finished the latest White House Chef book and the newest Maisie Dobbs comes out in the beginning of March.

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    1. I have read some Maisie Dobbs books and I think I've read the first 2 in the White House Chef series. Liked both. Sounds like you are caught up on both series. That always great, except that you have to wait for the next year or so. :-)

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  5. What an interesting cover! I haven't read this series but I do enjoy Amish fiction occasionally. I'll watch for it.

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    1. Just remember that it is a mystery series, Kim. Not an Amish romance or whatnot. ;-)

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  6. I hope you like it!
    My WoW: http://onceuntold.blogspot.com/2015/02/waiting-on-wednesday-3-manwhore.html

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    1. Thanks so much and thanks for saying hello!

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  7. Great choice! I have not heard of this one but it does seem pretty interesting. I hope you like it when it's released.
    Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian

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    1. Thank you so much for coming by and also for getting me interested in the book that you featured. :-)

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  8. I am always up for another series that features police detectives. Thanks for sharing...and for visiting my blog.

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  9. This is a new-to-me series! I'll have to check my library for the first book in the series.

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    1. Definitely start with the first book. It kind of sets everything up and gives the background.

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  10. I do like it when a series has a good mix of the personal and the professional lives of the investigators. A great review and I do believe I have the first of this series buried on my kindle somewhere

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  11. I am so excited to read another one in this series! I didn't know she had a new one coming out. Adding it to my list :)

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    1. Well, it won't be until summer, but soon, soon. :-)

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  12. Ooooh, I love Amish-y books and I love murder mysteries, so I think I need to check this series out. Sounds like something I'd enjoy. Thanks for the recommendation!

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    1. I think you'd like this series, Susan. Be sure and start with the first. Lots of backstory there.

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  13. Cabot cove syndrome - haha. I love that. I guess that it true for some of my favorite series - I'm thinking of Three Pines :)

    I haven't read this series but I think I would like it. Interesting set up for the main character!

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    1. I've heard the same thing about Three Pines - really any small setting that continues to have murders. I think you might like this series, Iliana.

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