Published by Minotaur Books, St. Martin's Press Genres: Crime, Fiction, Mystery, suspense, thriller
Format: ARC, eBook
An Evil Heart begins with a shocking murder scene. It left me with my pulse pounding and my mouth hanging open! Linda Castillo started the book strong and never let up. This was equal parts gripping, shocking, thought provoking and intense.
Kate Burkholder responds to the scene where an Amish man has been murdered. Who would want to kill twenty-year-old Aden Karn? He comes from a good home, people in the community had nice things to say about him. It appears that he was respected and liked by those in his life, and yet, someone wanted him dead!
Kate has a murder to solve and her wedding to Tomasetti is drawing near. She doesn’t let her upcoming nuptials get in her way when she has a case to solve. As she delves deeper, she learns that there are those with secrets – dark and dangerous secrets. When a young Amish teen/woman comes forward with what happened to her, everything changes on a dime.
Whew! This was such a fantastic book. I loved doing my own super sleuthing along with Kate. There are a few suspects in this book and Castillo had me re-evaluating and changing my suspect list as the book went along.
There was never a dull moment in this book. I had a hard time putting this book down as I was fully invested in the plot. This was another well written, engrossing, riveting and intense book by Castillo and a brilliant addition to the Kate Burkholder series. Another plus, is that I do believe this book would work well as a stand-alone.
Gripping, shocking, tense, and hard to put down!
Highly recommend.
Thank you to St. Martin’s Press, Minotaur Books and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.