Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo is the first book in the Kate Burkholder mystery series set in the small fictional town of Painters Mill, Ohio, in the heart of Amish country. “Time flies” and “So many books, so little time” are two clichés that banged up against my reading life when I was offered the…
I began my career writing romantic suspense novels, which I very much enjoyed and still read to this day. It was an interesting and sometimes arduous journey. During that time, I was in the unusual position of writing for not one but two major publishing houses simultaneously. Writing three books a year made for a…
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 became fascinated by this rich…
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 was convicted of murdering his…
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 Reichs highlight an exciting week…
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, or crime novel—the “Down a…
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 sentenced to life in prison.…
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 Dark Road, with GIFnotes! Two years ago, Joseph King was convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to life in prison.…
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!
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, thriller, or crime novel—will be…
