The Burning (Kate Burkholder, #16)

by Linda Castillo
Published by Minotaur Books Genres: Crime, Fiction, Mystery, suspense, thriller
Format: ARC, eBook
four-stars

A shocking and brutal murder has occurred, and Chief of Police Kate Burkholder has been called in to investigate! The Burning is equal parts shocking, gripping and tension filled! I was sucked in from the very first page and attempted to do my very own super sleuthing to find whodunit.

Milan Swanz, a local Amish man was chained to a stake and burned alive in this shocking installment in the Kate Burkholder series. Investigating the case will be somewhat difficult as the Amish like to keep things to themselves and not speak ill of the dead. The investigation will lead her down many paths, one of which is the Anabaptist culture.

As I mentioned, I enjoyed this book from cover to cover. I had not heard of the Anabaptist culture prior to reading this book and found myself looking it up. I love learning new things while reading. Another thing that I loved is that Kate and Tomasetti are newlyweds. Woohoo!

When Kate’s brother is implicated in the murder, things get even more interesting and tense! He is not the only one that comes under suspicion during the investigation. I had my suspects lined up and had several in mind during various points of the book.

I enjoyed the mounting sense of tension and danger which kicks into overdrive toward the end of the book! I enjoyed the suspense as it ramped up and Kate found herself in dangerous situations more than once, proving herself to be like wonder woman. Nothing stopped her!

Gripping, well written, tension filled and shocking!

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.

four-stars

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