The Dead Will Tell (Kate Burkholder, #6)

by Linda Castillo

Everyone in Painters Mill knows the abandoned Hochstetler farm is haunted. Ghost stories abound, but no one knows what really happened that terrible night thirty-five years ago when an Amish father and his four children perished-and his young wife disappeared without a trace.

When Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called to the scene of an apparent suicide-a man found hanging from the rafters in his barn-evidence quickly points to murder. She finds herself following an elusive trail that points back to the tragedy of that long ago incident. Meanwhile, Kate has moved in with state agent John Tomasetti and for the first time in a long time, she's happy. Their newfound bliss is shattered when one of the men responsible for the murders of Tomasetti's family four years ago is found not guilty and walks away a free man.

When a second man turns up dead, Kate discovers a link that sends the investigation in a direction no one could imagine and uncovers a horrifying truth that reaches deep into the past and strikes at the very heart of Painters Mill. As Kate draws a bead on a stone cold killer, a murderer vows to right old wrongs and kill anyone who stands in the way.

• ISBN10: 1250029570
• ISBN13: 9781250029577
• Publish Date: 8 July 2014
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 23 August 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Minotaur Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 304
• Language: English

Reviews

It was a good book to read. I liked the crime and the story behind it. I guessed quite a few things, with some stuff thrown in that I didn't think of.

As usual, what makes these books good, is the main character Kate. She is unique, interesting and her drive to protect her town and figure out how to stops the killers is the driving force to the success of the books.

The secondary characters and the town the Author created, is also great to read. I enjoy reading about all the characters.

I'm happy that Tomasetti and Kate have become serious and she moved in with him. It's good that Kate didn't fight her doubts to hard, like in the last book.

There was some things taken care of in this book, about Tomasetti's past. I'm hoping that now, he can leave things in the past and look to the future, with Kate.

I'm kind of sad, that there is no other books to read in the series and I'm going to have to wait for the Author to come out with more.

I would recommend these books to anybody. They are light crime mysteries, that don't go to dark. I prefer these kind of novels, to the ones, that can become too real.