For Alma Fisher, the
party should be fun. She is going with a friend, Irene, and will meet up with
her boyfriend, Aden Keim. Two years older than her as he is now 20, she knows
Aden is a hard worker, and that she is in love. She is thrilled that he plans on
being baptized into the church next year further proving his devotion. She has
her sights on marrying him.
For the Chief of Police
Kate Burkholder the evening in Painters Mill, Ohio has been a quiet one. It is
a Friday evening in the spring and things are unusually quiet. She does not
know about the party the local teens are having. It is not just the Amish teens
that will attend; teens from the town and miles around will be there. It is
only when local Amish farmer Aaron Yonder comes to the station and requests
to see her that she learns what could be happening on this quiet evening. She
has known Aaron since they were kids and she knows that he does not come to see
her easily.
He knows what is
planned in the coming hours out at old Davenport place. He has heard whispers
and talk about the planned activities at midnight and has seen both cars and
Amish buggies headed out there. He believes that the place is haunted and that
“it is an ungodly gathering.” The fact that it is Friday the 13th
does not help matters. Nor does a murder.
While not at the
level of the books, Only The Lucky: A Kate Burkholder Story by Linda Castillo is a
pretty good one. It is significantly better than the previous short stories she
has done as tie-ins to the series. In this case, all the usual characters are
in place and the mystery has a couple of twists to it. Unfortunately, a couple
of time discrepancies are apparent and that tends to cause the reader to double
check the sequence of events as one works through the read. Despite the fact as
well as the obvious fact that the short story is a marketing gimmick designed to
wet appetites and interest readers into buying the latest novel, it does work
fairly well on its own.
Only The Lucky: A Kate Burkholder Story
Linda Castillo
Minotaur Books (St. Martin’s Press)
May 2017
ASIN: B06XKKFQBM
eBook only
56 Pages
$1.99
I picked this up to read and review back last May using funds in my Amazon Associate account.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2017
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