With this electrifying thriller by New York Situations bestseller Linda Castillo, Kate Burkholder must uncover a family’s long-hidden past to resolve a brutal murder

Whenever a tornado tears through Painters Mill and unearths human remains, Key of Police Kate Burkholder finds herself tasked with the duty of determining the bones-and notifying the family. Proof quickly emerges that this loss of life was no incident and Kate discovers herself plunged into a thirty 12 months outdated case that needs her deep into the Amish community to which she once belonged.

Meanwhile, turmoil of the emotional and personal nature strikes at the heart of Kate’s budding relationship with state agent John Tomasetti. A reality that strains their fragile new want to the breaking stage and threatens the refuge they’ve built for themselves-and their potential.

Under siege from an unknown assailant-and her own private demons-Kate digs deep into the case only to discover proof of an unimaginable atrocity, a plethora of family secrets as well as the measures to which people will head to protect their own.