The first book in the extraordinary crime series The Kate Burkholder Cases
The body of a young girl is found on a freezing winter night. Kate Burkholder, chief of police in Painters Mill, Ohio, USA, takes over the murder investigation. Already in Kate's childhood, there was a series of murders to which this one bears a striking resemblance. Even Kate herself was a victim of a murderer's attack at the time. She survived, but the aftermath forced her to leave the local Amish group, the peaceful farming community she came from. And now it looks like the killer's back.
Kate is determined to solve the case, but she needs the help of her family to do so. Will she be able to protect the townspeople while keeping a dark secret that could destroy her?
