It has been a long time coming but it finally happened as Dark Storm Rising: A Kate Burkholder Short Story by Linda Castillo begins. Kate Burkholder and John Tomasetti are married. The two are on their honeymoon and are going to spend time at an area on the shores of Lake Erie. It is a rare stretch of time off from their jobs as Chief of Police Painter’s Mill, Ohio, and BCI agent respectively.
On the drive in, both note that there are
abandoned farms in the area. When Kate was last here, back when she was twelve,
it was a thriving Amish community. Now twenty years later, not so much. The
burnt remnants of a cabin on the property they will be staying at is also a
sign that something bad recently happened.
Fortunately, their particular cabin at
“Sugar Maple Cabins” is fine and awaiting their arrival. Mrs. Lovina Nisley and
her husband, Enos, are wonderful hosts. Mrs. Nisley remembers Kate, as does
Kate remember her, so soon they are getting all the news about what is going on
in the area.
They are also the first people Enos
contacts just a few hours later when Lovina goes missing during a snowstorm.
What follows is a fastmoving short story
where Kate Burkholder and John Tomassetti do more than just help find Lovina.
Readers learn a bit more about Kate and a certain summer when she was twelve.
Events of that summer helped shaper her into the woman she is today. Readers
long familiar with the series are sure to enjoy Dark Storm Rising: A Kate
Burkholder Short Story as it is a good one.
The read closes with excerpt from this
summer’s release, The Burning: A Novel.
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2 comments:
Have always meant to try Castillo.
I am a big fan. Very much enjoy her books.
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