Linda Castillo

Linda Castillo is the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Kate Burkholder series, set in the world of the Amish. The first book, Sworn to Silence, was adapted into a Lifetime original movie titled An Amish Murder starring Neve Campbell as Kate Burkholder. Castillo is the recipient of numerous industry awards including a nomination by the International Thriller Writers for Best Hardcover, the Mystery Writers of America’s Sue Grafton Memorial Award, and an appearance on the Boston Globe’s shortlist for best crime novel. In addition to writing, Castillo’s other passion is horses. She lives in Texas with her husband and is currently at work on her next book.
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Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
In New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo’s new thriller Fallen, a rebellious Amish woman leaves the Plain life, but the secrets she takes with her will lead...
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Available 07/06/2021
Pre-OrderDisappeared
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
Chief of Police Kate Burkholder races against the clock to find a missing child in this new original short story from New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo.
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Available 04/27/2021
Pre-OrderA Simple Murder
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo is known as a “master of the genre” (People) for her pulse-pounding mystery series set in Amish country. Now, together...
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Outsider
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
Linda Castillo follows her instant NYT bestseller, Shamed, with Outsider, an electrifying thriller about a woman on the run hiding among the Amish.
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Shamed
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
In Shamed, a gripping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo, a devastating murder exposes an Amish family’s tortured past.
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The Pact
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
In The Pact a gripping Kate Burkholder short mystery from New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo,...
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A Gathering of Secrets
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
A deadly fire exposes the dark side of Amish life in this harrowing thriller by bestselling author Linda Castillo.
When a historic barn in Painters Mill burns to...
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In Plain Sight
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
From Linda Castillo, the New York Times bestselling author of A Gathering of Secrets, comes a new Kate Burkholder short mystery, In Plain Sight: a story of star-crossed...
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Down a Dark Road
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER (July 2017)**
A dark memory from the past has come home to find revenge—or...
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In Dark Company
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
From the New York Times bestselling author of DOWN A DARK ROAD comes Linda Castillo's IN DARK COMPANY: a short story about an injured young woman with amnesia who seeks Chief of...
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Gone Missing
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
CHIEF OF POLICE KATE BURKHOLDER RETURNS IN GONE MISSING, A DEEPLY CHILLING NOVEL ABOUT A RITE OF PASSAGE GONE HORRIBLY WRONG FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR LINDA...
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Sworn to Silence
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
In this thriller, set in Amish country, only one woman can stop a brutal serial killer—but she is terrified of a secret linking her to the murders.
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Among the Wicked
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
EVIL LURKS JUST BENEATH THE SURFACE IN AN ISOLATED AMISH COMMUNITY IN AMONG THE WICKED, THE LATEST ELECTRIFYING THRILLER FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR LINDA...
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Only the Lucky
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
Bucolic Painters Mill is plunged into darkness in this new short mystery, from the New York Times bestselling author of Among the Wicked, featuring Chief of Police Kate...
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Her Last Breath
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
BONUS STORY INSIDE!
A hit-and-run accident tears an Amish community apart in this novel of breathless suspense from New York Times bestselling author...
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Kate Burkholder: Three Novellas
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
From Linda Castillo, the New York Times bestselling author of SWORN TO SILENCE and AMONG THE WICKED, this collection of stories featuring Chief of Police Kate Burkholder combines...
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Long Lost
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo; read by Kathleen McInerney
Macmillan Audio
Macmillan Audio
From Linda Castillo, the New York Times bestselling author of SWORN TO SILENCE and GONE MISSING, comes LONG LOST: a powerful and moving story about a troubled young woman and a decades...
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Kate Burkholder: Three Novellas
Kathleen McInerney
Macmillan Audio
Macmillan Audio
From Linda Castillo, the New York Times bestselling author of SWORN TO SILENCE and AMONG THE WICKED, this collection of stories featuring Chief of Police Kate Burkholder combines...
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Seeds of Deception
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
From the New York Times bestselling author of THE DEAD WILL TELL comes a new short story offering a glimpse into Chief of Police Kate Burkholder's past and her Amish roots.
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After the Storm
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
A NATURAL DISASTER SHEDS SOME LIGHT ON A DECADES-OLD MURDER IN THE LATEST THRILLER FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR LINDA CASTILLO.
When a tornado...
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The Kate Burkholder Series, Books 1-3
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo immerses readers in the world of the Amish in this chilling series that is equal parts fast-paced thriller and intriguing psychological...
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A Hidden Secret
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
When a baby-only hours old-is discovered on the Amish bishop's front porch in Painter's Mill, Ohio, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called in to investigate. The newborn is swaddled in an Amish...
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The Dead Will Tell
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
St. Martin's Paperbacks
A Boston Globe Best Book of 2014
Everyone in Painters Mill knows the abandoned Hochstetler farm is haunted. But only a handful of the residents remember the terrible...
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Long Lost
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
From Linda Castillo, the New York Times bestselling author of SWORN TO SILENCE and GONE MISSING, comes LONG LOST: a powerful and moving story about a troubled young woman and a decades...
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Breaking Silence
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
The New York Times bestselling series hailed as "gripping" (People magazine) and "compelling" (USA Today) returns with Police Chief Kate Burkholder called to the scene...
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Pray for Silence
Kate Burkholder
Linda Castillo
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Minotaur Books
In this electrifying thriller, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must confront a dark evil to solve the mysterious murders of an entire Amish family.
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