Pray for Silence
Ratings14
Average rating3.6
This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Readeras part of a quick takes/catch up post, —emphasizing pithiness, not thoroughness.
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At the rate these books are going, by the time this book reaches book 14 (expected next year), I don't see how anyone is going to be left alive in Painters Mill. A small town like this just can't take a lot of mass murders, can it?
But for now, Book 2 still has a nice, bustling community full of people. In fact, an Amish family moved to town about a year ago. But when we meet them, they're the victims of murder. Chief Kate Burkholder comes across one of the most disturbing crime scenes I've seen in fiction—and that's saying something. But as Kate digs into the family's past trying to find a motive for the butchery, it seems that the gruesome murders weren't the worse expression of evil in the novel.
Gripping story, solid narration by Kathleen McInerney, but I could use a little more growth in Kate. Still, I'm going to be back for more pretty soon.