In the gripping thriller Shamed from New York Times bestselling
author Linda Castillo, a devastating murder exposes an Amish family's
tortured past.
The peaceful town of Painters Mill is shattered when an Amish
grandmother is brutally murdered on an abandoned farm. When Chief of
Police Kate Burkholder arrives on the scene, she learns that the woman's
seven-year-old granddaughter is gone, abducted in plain sight. Kate
knows time is against her--the longer the girl is missing, the less
likely her safe return becomes. The girl's family is a pillar of the
Amish community, well-respected by all. But Kate soon realizes they're
keeping secrets--and the sins of their past may be coming back to haunt
them. What are they hiding and why?
Kate's investigation brings her to an isolated Old Order Amish
settlement along the river, a community where family is everything and
tradition is upheld with an iron fist. But the killer is close behind,
drawing more victims into a twisted game of revenge. Left behind at each
new crime scene are cryptic notes that lead Kate to a haunting and
tragic secret. What she uncovers threatens to change everything she
thought she knew about the family she's fighting for, the Amish
community as a whole--and her own beliefs.
As time to find the missing girl runs out, Kate faces a harrowing choice
that will test her convictions and leave one family forever changed.
