Sworn to Silence is set in the fictional town of Painters Mill which is located in the heart of Ohio’s Amish country. I grew up in small town Ohio, but I didn’t know much about the Amish. It wasn’t until I conceived the idea for Sworn to Silence that I… Read more
Down a Dark Road by Linda Castillo is the ninth Kate Burkholder novel, where a convicted murderer is on the run and Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must catch him before he strikes again. Take a visual tour of Down a Dark Road with GIFnotes! Eight years ago Joseph King… Read more
Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! A new Kate Burkholder novel from Linda Castillo and the latest from Daniel Silva and Kathy… Read more
What do you do when a convicted murderer escapes and asks you to help prove his innocence? Do you travel down that dark and stormy road? Or do you just pour a few of this week's Pick Your Poison—where we create a cocktail inspired by a recently published mystery, thriller,… Read more
Down a Dark Road by Linda Castillo is the ninth Kate Burkholder novel, where a convicted murderer is on the run and Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must catch him before he strikes again (available July 11, 2017). Two years ago, Joseph King was convicted of murdering his wife and… Read more
GIFnotes: Giving you the basic plot summary of an upcoming book with the help of the Graphics Interchange Format. This week, a convicted murderer is on the run and Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must catch him before he strikes again. Take a visual tour of Linda Castillo's 9th Kate Burkholder mystery, Down a… Read more
Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! Check back every Wednesday and see what we're reading for the week!
Among the Wicked by Linda Castillo is the 8th Kate Burkholder novel that finds the Chief of Police undercover in an Amish community in Upstate New York. Representations of the Amish in fiction bring to mind the inspirational romances of authors like Beverly Lewis. We tend to view the Amish… Read more
What would you do if you were asked to go undercover and infiltrate an Amish community, posing as one of their own? I'd probably ask for my Rumspringa! While they're shunning fancy things like electricity, this week's Pick Your Poison—where we create a cocktail inspired by a recently published mystery,… Read more
Among the Wicked by Linda Castillo is the 8th book in the Kate Burkholder Series (Available July 12, 2016). Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called upon by the sheriff's department in rural, upstate New York to assist on a developing situation that involves a reclusive Amish settlement and the… Read more
