I would have given this book 3 stars, except for the fact that I read the last half of it in one sitting and when a book grabs me like that then I must give it due credit. The police thriller genre is a departure from what I usually read, so I assume it's not fair to critique the writing itself, whi...
Readers of serial killer thrillers won’t be much surprised by the plot of Sworn to Silence. The murders are gruesome, the town’s dark side is exposed, and there’s even the requisite profiling flim-flam. But the writing is of a far higher caliber than is typical of the genre–Castillo is not one to co...
The writing was not awful or anything, though I did not find it particularly notable either. What really made me dislike this book was the fact that it is like walking through a sewer - all filthy and horrid and beastly, but for no real purpose. It does not serve to illustrate a greater truth, or il...
Linda Castillo has made the jump from formulaic romance novels to well constructed murder mystery, and readers should rejoice.In "Sworn to Silence," small-town police chief Katie Burkholder and her tiny department are investigating murders that look very familiar, as similar cases had occurred durin...
Kate Burkholder grew up Amish. As the result of a family tragedy, she didn't join the church when she became an adult. Instead, she left town and became a cop. Now she's back as the police chief of her home town, searching for a serial killer. John Tomasetti was a cop who lost his family to mob vio...
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