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Fallen, Linda Castillo

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Fallen

Linda Castillo

Kate Burkholder, 13

"In New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo's new thriller, a rebellious Amish woman leaves the Plain life, but the secrets she takes with her will lead Chief of Police Kate Burkholder down a dark path to danger and death. When a young woman is found murdered in a Painters Mill motel, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is shocked to discover she once knew the victim. Rachael Schwartz was a charming but troubled Amish girl who left the fold years ago and fled Painters Mill. Why was she back in town? And who would kill her so brutally? Kate remembers Rachael as the only girl who was as bad at being Amish as Kate wasand those parallels dog her. But the deeper Kate digs into Rachael Schwartz's life, the more she's convinced that Rachael's dubious reputation was deserved. As a child, Rachael was a rowdy rulebreaker whose decision to leave devastated her parents and best friend. As an adult, she was charismatic and beautiful, a rabblerouser with a keen eye for opportunity no matter who got in her way. Her noholdsbarred lifestyle earned her a lot of love and enemies aplentyboth English and Amish. As the case heats to a fever pitch and longburied secrets resurface, a killer haunts Painters Mill. Someone doesn't want Rachael's pastor the mysteries she took with her to the gravecoming to light. As Kate digs deeper, violence strikes again, this time hitting close to home. Will Kate uncover the truth and bring a murderer to justice? Or will a killer bent on protecting a terrible past, stop her once and for alland let the fallen be forgotten?", Provided by publisher

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