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Seeds of Deception - Linda Castillo

By Linda Castillo

Release Date: 2016-05-31

Genre: Police Procedural

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From the New York Times bestselling author of THE DEAD WILL TELL comes a new short story offering a glimpse into Chief of Police Kate Burkholder's past and her Amish roots.
It's autumn in Painter's Mill, and fourteen year old Katie Burkholder has been tasked with picking apples in Zimmerman’s Orchard with her brother. It’s just another day filled with chores—until her best friend Mattie arrives to help. Somehow, boredom transforms into fun and games whenever the girls are together. The innocent fun comes to an end when Billy Marquardt and his gang of friends interrupts. Katie is no prude, but she knows better than to associate with the older English boys, especially since they’re known troublemakers. Mattie has no such compunction. Thumbing her nose at the Ordnung and all of the Amish rules, she disappears into the old barn with Billy.

Moments later, the Zimmerman’s barn is consumed by fire. Katie suspects Billy had something to do with the blaze, but he denies it. When the facts don’t add up, Katie begins her own investigation—and she doesn’t like what she finds. Will her friendship with Mattie survive the truth?

Seeds of Deception - Linda Castillo

By Linda Castillo

Release Date: 2016-05-31

Genre: Police Procedural

4 (98 ratings)
Read Download
From the New York Times bestselling author of THE DEAD WILL TELL comes a new short story offering a glimpse into Chief of Police Kate Burkholder's past and her Amish roots.
It's autumn in Painter's Mill, and fourteen year old Katie Burkholder has been tasked with picking apples in Zimmerman’s Orchard with her brother. It’s just another day filled with chores—until her best friend Mattie arrives to help. Somehow, boredom transforms into fun and games whenever the girls are together. The innocent fun comes to an end when Billy Marquardt and his gang of friends interrupts. Katie is no prude, but she knows better than to associate with the older English boys, especially since they’re known troublemakers. Mattie has no such compunction. Thumbing her nose at the Ordnung and all of the Amish rules, she disappears into the old barn with Billy.

Moments later, the Zimmerman’s barn is consumed by fire. Katie suspects Billy had something to do with the blaze, but he denies it. When the facts don’t add up, Katie begins her own investigation—and she doesn’t like what she finds. Will her friendship with Mattie survive the truth?

More by Linda Castillo

Sworn to Silence

Pray for Silence

Gone Missing

Breaking Silence

After the Storm

Among the Wicked

The Dead Will Tell

Her Last Breath

A Hidden Secret

Shamed

Long Lost

Down a Dark Road

A Gathering of Secrets

Outsider

Fallen

The Pact

The Hidden One

The Burning

Only the Lucky

An Evil Heart

Seeds of Deception

Rage

In Dark Company

In Plain Sight

Disappeared

A Whisper in the Dark

A Simple Murder

Dead Reckoning

The Kate Burkholder Series, Books 1-3

Blood Moon

Hallowed Ground

Just a Little Bit Dangerous

Dark Storm Rising

Overkill

A Hero to Hold

A Dark Path: And Other Kate Burkholder Short Stories

Kate Burkholder: Three Novellas

Midnight Tango

Lay Down the Law

Midnight Escape

The Secret Encounter

Safe Before Dawn

Midnight Guardian

Midnight Cowboy

A Cry in the Night

Midnight Run

In the Dead of Night

Uncharted Waters

Midnight Run

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