- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0230752357
- ISBN-13: 978-0230752351
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.4 x 2.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 399 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #527,005 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Entertaining and hard to put down...., April 23 2012
By Whit - Published on Amazon.com
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This was the most interesting so far of Linda Castillo's three books in this series. I enjoyed the plot twists and she had you guessing till pretty much the last few pages. Chief Burkhardt is a likable character and I really hope some good comes to her in the next book in the series. She has had a raw deal one too many times.I am going to say, I don't know how much longer she can write about this town. There are not going to be any Amish left by the time this Chief of Police retires. Avoid this part of Amish country when Linda Castillo writes; you will most likely be murdered.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating Series, April 6 2012
By Dianne E. Socci-Tetro "Books & Chat" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Breaking Silence (Hardcover)
Breaking Silence by Linda CastilloIf you are fascinated in learning about different religions and cultures the way I am and if you happen to love Faye Kellerman and her Sanctuary (Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus Novels) series, then Breaking Silence (as well as the first two books Pray for Silence: A Thriller (Kate Burkholder), Sworn to Silence (Kate Burkholder)) by Ms. Castillo will be right up your alley. This third book in the Kate Burkholder series can easily be read as a standalone novel, but I highly recommend reading the first two.
This book starts with an eerily graphic, chilling, bloody and vicious hate crime involving the farm animals on one Amish woman's farm and immediately segues into what at first appears to be a tragic accident. It is quickly found that at least one of the members of the Slabaugh family who were found dead in their cesspit did not die accidentally but may have been murdered. Can this murder be connected with the string of vicious hate crimes that have been committed against the peaceful Amish?
Kate grew up Amish, until tragic circumstances that affected her and her family, forced her to make some difficult life decisions and leave the Ordnung. However, she is back now and will do nearly anything to see that this brutal murder is brought to justice. She will do almost anything to see that the persecution of these gentle and peaceful people stops.
This book had such a twist that I literally had my jaw hit the floor and if that first shock was not enough we get one more. What a fabulous ride this was. I love a book that so completely takes me by surprise as this one did. Ms Castillo writes very strong, likable, realistic, fully fleshed characters. The secondary characters are as fully fleshed and wonderfully written as the protagonist and antagonists. Her burgeoning relationship with agent John Tomasetti is developing and becoming stronger. The action will keep you on the edge of your chair from the very first page until the last one. You will be counting the days until the next book in this series comes out. Ms. Castillo has grown as an author and I can't wait to see what is going to happen next. I was hooked on this series from the very first book, and I am thrilled to have been along for the ride.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Slightly disappointed, Feb 20 2012
By I. Peters - Published on Amazon.com
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I am usually a fan of Linda Castillo's thrillers, namely the Kate Burkholder series. But Breaking Silence slightly disappointed me.Contrary to the other two "Silence" books, I did not quite get the motivation and/or personality of the perpetrator (don't want to give anything away in case you haven't read this so I won't go into plot detail). It seemed off and almost a bit forced, as if Castillo primary goal was to make the least likely person the mastermind behind it all. I for one could not quite follow here, even though it certainly made for good drama.
Secondly, the scene at the end where the perpetrator is exposed also seemed strangely weak. Where Castillo's previous perps revealed themselves without a shadow of a doubt in the end, this time around I couldn't help but think that a good defense attorney could likely get this person off, it just wasn't a very convincing admission of guilt and so set in a "heat of the moment" scene that it failed to give me the satisfying conclusion I had hoped for. Nor was there any explanation given as to why this all would have escalated like this.
Another point for me was that the plot was slow to develop this time, and when it finally got going, it was pretty much already over. The previous books did a better job in that regard, at least for me.
That said, I did enjoy the rest of it, Kate's relationship with agent Tomasetti (even though this also needs to start going somewhere now to remain interesting), and finding all the other characters from the previous books again such as the bishop, Kate's police officers, and her dispatchers. Painter's Mill feels like a town one begins to know well, including the people in it. So my hope is that the next Burkholder thriller will be faster paced again and also move Kate's personal life along. I am still a fan, it is just that Breaking Silence is not my favorite in the series...
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