Linda Castillo Books in Order

When three Amish children stumble on dismembered remains in a field, Kate Burkholder is pulled into a savage double murder. The trail leads from quiet farms to the dark edges of online exploitation, forcing Kate to confront how rage and secrecy can twist even the most sheltered lives.

Called to a midnight fire in the woods, newlywed Kate Burkholder discovers the charred body of an excommunicated Amish man chained to a stake. Her investigation into Milan Swanz’s brutal death exposes a buried chapter of Amish history and draws suspicion dangerously close to her own family.

A brutal winter storm bears down as Kate Burkholder races to reach an isolated Amish widow who may be in danger from someone she trusts. Stranded by whiteout conditions, Kate must rely on instinct and a newfound canine companion to outmaneuver a cunning foe before the night turns fatal.

When a family dog trots home with a human bone, Halloween rumors ignite in Painters Mill. Determined to calm the town and honor the unknown dead, Kate Burkholder and John Tomasetti follow the grisly trail to an abandoned Amish farm and a secret that was meant to stay buried forever.

A well liked young Amish man is found shot with a crossbow and left on a lonely road, his apparently spotless life hiding troubling contradictions. As Kate Burkholder digs deeper and a second body surfaces, she uncovers cruelty behind a pious facade while her own wedding day looms.

Human remains unearthed in rural Pennsylvania are identified as a revered Amish bishop who vanished eighteen years ago. When Kate Burkholder is asked to review the case, she questions the arrest of a former sweetheart and confronts powerful secrets the valley would rather leave buried.

After an Amish man crashes his buggy, claiming a monstrous beast attacked him, more terrifying encounters ripple across Painters Mill. With panic rising and folklore colliding with fact, Kate Burkholder tracks the predator into the woods to learn whether the real threat walks on two legs or four.

A young woman is beaten to death in a roadside motel, and Kate Burkholder is shocked to learn she once babysat the victim, a rebellious Amish girl who fled the faith. Digging into Rachael Schwartz’s double life, Kate uncovers blackmail, buried scandals and a killer with everything to lose.

During a violent thunderstorm, a frantic Amish mother reports her two year old son missing. Battling rising floodwaters and a wall of family silence, Kate Burkholder searches the countryside and uncovers a buried secret that suggests the boy’s disappearance may be far more than a tragic accident.

This collection gathers six Kate Burkholder novellas, from a haunted bed and breakfast to an abandoned newborn on a bishop’s porch. Each story offers a fast, suspenseful case that sheds new light on Kate’s Amish roots, her bond with John Tomasetti and the darker corners of Painters Mill.

Two young boys vanish after an afternoon of fishing just as the season’s first winter storm barrels toward Painters Mill. Kate Burkholder races the blowing snow and failing light to untangle family tensions, childhood promises and a dangerous misjudgment before tragedy becomes permanent.

During a blizzard an Amish widower finds an injured woman in a snow filled ditch, and Kate Burkholder is stunned to recognize her former friend, cop Gina Colorosa. As corrupt officers close in, Kate must decide how far she will go to protect Gina and expose a lethal cover up.

An Amish grandmother is brutally murdered and her seven year old granddaughter vanishes without a trace. Racing against time, Kate Burkholder uncovers a hidden adoption, tangled loyalties and a vengeful scheme that forces her to question what justice looks like in a world built on forgiveness.

Seventeen year old Amish boy Noah Kline is struck by a car on a dark country road and left in a coma. What looks like a hit and run soon points to something deliberate, and Kate Burkholder uncovers a tangle of forbidden love, jealousy and betrayal behind the seemingly simple accident.

A terrified young woman, bruised and half dressed, staggers to an Amish farmhouse with no memory of who she is or who hurt her. As Kate Burkholder pieces together the stranger’s identity, she realizes the attacker may be hunting nearby and that saving this woman could cost Kate her own life.

A young Amish man dies locked inside a burning barn, and the fire is quickly ruled an accident. As Kate Burkholder probes deeper, she discovers disturbing secrets about the victim and a community willing to protect its own, even if it means letting a killer walk free.

On Friday the 13th, a county wide power outage plunges Painters Mill into darkness just as an Amish rager party explodes in the countryside. When a teenage girl is found bludgeoned and left for dead, Kate Burkholder must sift through lies, grudges and superstition to catch an attacker hiding in plain sight.

When convicted wife killer Joseph King escapes from prison and returns to Painters Mill, Kate Burkholder is torn between childhood memories of her first crush and the damning evidence against him. After he takes desperate action to clear his name, Kate’s search for the truth turns deadly.

As a fourteen year old Amish girl, Katie Burkholder spends a fall afternoon flirting and stirring trouble with her best friend Mattie. When a barn erupts in flames moments after an encounter with older English boys, Katie launches her first investigation and learns how costly the truth can be.

Rumors of abuse and the suspicious death of a teenage girl send Kate Burkholder undercover into a closed Amish community in rural New York. Posing as a widow, she must win the trust of fearful villagers, outthink a ruthless bishop and survive long enough to get the truth out.

When a tornado rips through Painters Mill, the storm uncovers human remains hidden in an Amish barn for thirty years. Juggling a brutal cold case, a lawsuit over a rescue gone wrong and a life changing secret of her own, Kate Burkholder uncovers a past no one wants exposed.

A newborn baby wrapped in an Amish quilt is left on the local bishop’s doorstep in the middle of the night. With only a handmade rattle for a clue, Kate Burkholder must trace the child’s terrified mother through both Amish and English circles before a quiet act of desperation turns to tragedy.

A man is found hanging in a barn in what looks like suicide, but the details echo a decades old unsolved crime that wiped out an Amish family. As more deaths follow, Kate Burkholder must untangle the truth about that long ago night before the last witness dies.

On a rare getaway with John Tomasetti, Kate Burkholder hears that the old inn where they are staying is haunted by a girl who vanished twenty years ago. Intrigued, she starts asking questions and uncovers a tragic disappearance, buried small town sins and a truth the living still want hidden.

A rainy night, a speeding car and a shattered buggy leave an Amish man and his children dead on a lonely road. When Kate Burkholder learns the victims are her childhood friend’s family, she digs into a hit and run that hides obsession, betrayal and long buried guilt.

Several Amish teens vanish during rumspringa, the season of freedom before joining the church, and one disappearance ends in murder. Called in for her Amish background, Kate Burkholder follows a chilling trail of runaway dreams, family lies and a predator who has been hunting for years.

When three members of an Amish family are found dead in a manure pit, the tragedy first looks like a freak accident. As hate crimes against the Amish escalate, Kate Burkholder uncovers evidence of murder and a web of secrets tearing a close knit community apart.

An entire Amish family is massacred on their secluded farm, leaving almost no clues and no obvious motive. As Kate Burkholder and state agent John Tomasetti investigate, a teenage girl’s hidden diary reveals a dangerous double life and a killer determined to stay in the shadows.

Sixteen years after a brutal killer terrorized Painters Mill, a new series of murders bears his signature. Former Amish police chief Kate Burkholder must confront the secret that stopped the original killings if she hopes to stop a copycat before he strikes again.

During a massive blackout that paralyzes Boston, covert operative Chase Vickers learns his former lover Lily Garrett has become the target of a vengeful enemy. Finding her pregnant and on the run, he vows to get Lily and their unborn child to safety before dawn breaks.

A brutal crime shatters a small community and awakens echoes of an old case that nearly destroyed a rising investigator. As the body count climbs, she teams up with a haunted cop whose need for justice borders on obsession, and together they confront a killer who always goes one step too far.

A covert MIDNIGHT operative goes undercover on a remote ranch, expecting a simple protection assignment, not a stubborn woman with everything to lose. As sabotage and deadly attacks mount, he must keep his cover, protect the family and resist falling for his beautiful client.

On a remote, snowbound night, a woman witnesses something she was never meant to see and becomes the lone target of a ruthless killer. Stranded with a guarded stranger who may be her only ally, she must decide who to trust before the storm and the murderer close in.

During a city wide blackout, covert operative Chase Vickers discovers that Lily Garrett, the woman he walked away from, is the target of a vengeful enemy. Finding her unexpectedly pregnant, he races through the darkened streets to keep Lily and their unborn child alive until dawn.

Deep cover operative Mike Madrid tracks Jessica Atwood to a storm lashed coastal town, expecting a traitor, not a desperate woman on the run with a small child. As secrets tied to Lighthouse Point erupt into violence, Mike and Jess must expose the truth before the town’s protectors silence them forever.

After a federal transport is ambushed in the Montana wilderness, MIDNIGHT agent Sean Cutter has forty eight hours to find fugitive scientist Mattie Logan. She swears she was framed by a terrorist known as the Jaguar, and as a blizzard closes in, the two must clear her name or die trying.

Bookstore owner Julia Wainwright has rebuilt a quiet life, but anonymous letters prove someone knows the secret she has tried to bury. Ex cop John Merrick is pulled in to protect her, guarding Julia as a relentless stalker closes in and the past demands a final reckoning.

Undercover agent Zack Devlin’s prison mission blows up in his face, forcing him to take corrections officer Emily Monroe hostage to stay alive. Trapped between deadly conspirators and the law, they must escape through hostile territory while deciding whether they can trust each other at all.

Six years after testifying against a vicious arms dealer, Leigh Michaels learns he has escaped from prison, and the man who once betrayed her walks back into her life. Special Agent Jake Vanderpol must keep her alive long enough to catch a killer and earn a second chance at her trust.

Nat Jennings barely survived the night her family was slaughtered, and the guilt has never let her go. Drawn back to her Louisiana hometown by eerie messages only she can hear, she joins forces with ex con Nick Bastille to hunt a ruthless killer who destroyed them both once already.

Years after surviving a brutal attack, a woman returns to the coastal town she swore she would never see again, chasing answers she can no longer ignore. Teaming up with a brooding lawman, she dives into a maze of lies, old betrayals and a predator who has been waiting for her return.

When a disturbing new series of murders mimics scenes from a controversial performance piece, a cautious investigator and a fearless artist are thrown together. As the killer’s work grows bolder, they must confront buried trauma and a twisted obsession that has painted them both as targets.

Former navy search and rescue pilot Drew Evans has never forgiven himself for a mission gone wrong, or for wanting his best friend’s widow. When Alison Myers begs him to help save her gravely ill son, old guilt collides with forbidden desire as hidden enemies close in on them both.

Haunted by a violent crime that shattered her life, a solitary woman retreats to rebuild her world, only to sense someone watching from the darkness. When a determined investigator digs into her past, together they uncover a pattern of killings and a stalker who knows her deepest fears.

Agent Robert Davidson returns to war torn Rebelia haunted by the lover he saw die there, only to find journalist Lily Scott alive and hiding with a small son. As a ruthless dictator closes in, Robert and Lily must outwit soldiers and spies to keep the boy safe and reclaim their future.

Framed for murder, former detective Jack LaCroix breaks out of custody with only forty eight hours to clear his name. His only hope is attorney Landis McAllister, the woman he once loved and betrayed, as the two race from one deadly ambush to the next in search of the truth.

Entrepreneur Addison Fox has always wondered about the birth family she never knew, but digging into the past makes her the target of a relentless killer. With world weary investigator Randall Talbot at her side, she uncovers a decades old massacre and a murderer determined to erase her too.

Deputy sheriff Jake Madigan expects a routine manhunt when he is sent into the Colorado Rockies to retrieve escaped convict Abby Nichols. Trapped by a blizzard and gunfire, he begins to doubt her guilt, and together they race through the mountains to clear her name and stay alive.

Search and rescue leader Buzz Malone thinks losing Kelly, the only woman he ever loved, was the worst pain he would face, until he discovers she kept their young son a secret. When the boy disappears in the Rocky Mountains amid a raging forest fire, Buzz and Kelly must trust each other again to bring him home.

A tough lawman swore never to mix duty with emotion again, but protecting a determined woman and her family drags him into a very personal fight. As threats escalate, they must lay down the law in a town where power, revenge and passion collide.

After nine years on Chicago’s streets, Erin McNeal moves to quiet Logan Falls for a fresh start as the new deputy. When someone begins trying to kill her, cautious single dad police chief Nick Ryan insists on guarding her, even as their forbidden attraction grows too strong to ignore.

Rescue medic John Maitland pulls a battered, pregnant woman from a mountainside crash, only to discover she has no memory of who she is or who wants her dead. As he shelters “Hannah” and her unborn child, danger closes in and the line between protector and lover slowly dissolves.

A violent crime from the past collides with a new investigation, drawing a determined cop and the woman he has never forgotten into close quarters. As buried memories surface, they must unravel the truth and stay alive long enough to claim a second chance at love.