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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Waiting on Wednesday - Rage

 


'Waiting on Wednesday' is an event where I feature an upcoming book that I am extra excited about.  I love doing this, letting the 'word' spread about authors and series that I enjoy.   Hope you'll stop by often and see what I'm 'waiting' on!

I am excited every single summer about a new entry to a favorite mystery series of mine.  It's written by Linda Castillo and features Kate Burkholder, Chief of Police in Painters Mill, Ohio.  This new book, Rage, is the 17th in the series.  It's set in Amish country and Kate herself was Amish at one time.  Her husband, John Tomasetti is an agent for the State Police.  After such a long time, other characters in these books have grown and changed and Kate and Tomasetti have certainly done so as well.  I look forward to hearing about what's been going on with all of them.  Kate's team of police officers is really good, but it sounds like they will all be challenged with the situation that occurs in this book.  Have you read any of this series?  Oh, I also will say that I've not been able to attend an author event with Linda as yet, but I'm still hopeful that time will come.  She lives in the Texas Hill Country and I just keep thinking...one day, one day.





Publication Date:  July 8th

In this gripping installment of the Edgar Award winning series, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates a brutal double murder that takes her into the dark underbelly of society and exposes the dangers of Amish lives gone wrong.

Summer has arrived with a vengeance in Painters Mill, and a macabre discovery by three Amish children brings the quiet to a grinding halt. Chief of Police Kate Burkholder arrives on scene to find the dismembered body of 21-year-old Samuel Eicher, a local Amish man who owned a successful landscaping business. What twisted individual murdered him in such a sadistic way?

The investigation has barely begun when, miles away, a second body is found, stuffed into a barrel and dumped in a ravine. The deceased is 21-year-old Aaron Shetler, Samuel Eicher’s best friend. What could these two young Amish men have been involved in that led to such violent ends?

With a heat wave bearing down, Kate learns quickly that, for reasons she doesn’t understand, no one is willing to talk about what happened to the men. Just as she begins to fear the case may be hopeless, a mystery woman comes forward and reveals that fun-loving Aaron and Samuel had recently befriended some very unsavory characters—individuals who may have ties to a larger, more sinister, black market.

To solve the case, Kate must delve into the most sordid corners of her community, but when she gets too close, the killers target Kate herself. Will the secrets simmering beneath the surface of Painters Mill take another life before she can expose the truth? Or will Kate be the final victim?

19 comments:

  1. I haven't read this author but know she's very popular. Thanks for spotlighting her new book!
    Mary @Bookfan

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    1. I have enjoyed her books for many years now, Mary.

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  2. I am so excited for this book! I love Castillo's Kate Burkholder series and always am eager for the next one to come out. :D

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    1. Lark, I remember that you enjoyed this series too. Yes, can't wait!

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  3. I think I've only read one of her books, but I'm ready for another series so I may take a deep dive into this one. I do wish Susan Hill and Deborah Crombie would write another installment in their series, but I think they're probably both done, don't you think?

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    1. Might be a series you'd like, Les. As to Susan Hill and Deborah Crombie, I don't think Susan Hill is writing more or I haven't heard that. However, I do know that Deborah Crombie is working on another book in her series. She just writes slowly.....ha!

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  4. The Amish connection is very interesting!

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    1. It is interesting, Angela. I've enjoyed that aspect a lot. Kate is in a curious position in her town. She does understand things from the Amish point of view, but she also gets the opposite as well.

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  5. Being in Amish country is always a good setting for a crime novel. Something about this reminds me a little of The Frozen River. Two crimes likely tied together. Hope you enjoy it.

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    1. Yes, I've found it really intriguing, Susan. Reminds you of The Frozen River? Now that's interesting. I'm planning on reading this one and also Frozen River this summer.

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  6. I hope you get to go to one of Linda Castillo's events one day, Kay. I've read a couple of them but back then they were hard to find at the library and buying them all is an expensive exercise, so I sort of ground to a halt.

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    1. Cath, I hope I get to attend one of her events too. I'd love to hear her speak about her writing. I'm sorry that they are hard for you to find at the library. I think that happens with these long-running series more and more. The earlier books are not as popular and not replaced and yes, books are indeed expensive to buy these days. Sigh.

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  7. Linda Castillo is an author I've been wanting to read for ages. Hopefully you'll be able to attend an author event of hers at some point. We have a new indie bookstore that is doing a number of events and I'm so excited. I wasn't able to go to the Patti Callahan Henry one but I think Heather Webber will be there in the fall and I'm hoping it lines up where I can go to that one.

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    1. I hope I can find an event of hers to attend, Katherine. How fun that you have a new indie bookstore. Yes, I'd watch for those author events. I've found them very fun.

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  8. Lots of series out there that we like, right? LOL

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  9. You haven't attended one of Linda's events? Then I'd better not tell you that I've attended more than one... and even had lunch with her. (And no, you can't relocate The Poisoned Pen!) ;-)

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    1. Why can't I? Ha! So, you've gotten to meet and greet Linda. Fun, fun. With her books coming out in the mid-summer and your location - nope, we probably wouldn't be in your area at that time. October-May, much more likely. LOL

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  10. I hope you enjoy Rage when you read it, Kay!

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    1. I hope so too. I will say that I don't remember not liking one of her books, as yet anyway.

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