Score: 5/5 Bookmarks

Thank you Minotaur Books for gifting me a review copy of A Simple Murder by Linda Castillo. This is a collection of short stories that act as companions to the Kate Burkholder series. These stories are #4.5, 6.5, 7.5, 8.5, 9.5, and 10.5.

Even if you haven’t read the series yet you can still pick up this collection and be completely enthralled from the first page. Each story is wonderfully gripping and provides all the information you need to get sucked into that world. They’re the perfect length, and just the right blend of mystery, detective work, and suspense to make it difficult to stop at just one story each time you pick up the book.

I’ll admit that short stories aren’t usually my thing, but I devoured this book and couldn’t get enough of Kate Burkholder, so I’ll definitely be going back and starting the whole series at book one. If you’re interested in reading them, these are the other books in the series.

Order of the Kate Burkholder series:

1. Sworn to Silence

2. Pray for Silence

3. Breaking Silence

4. Gone Missing

5. Her Last Breath

6. The Dead Will Tell

7. After the Storm

8. Among the Wicked

9. Down a Dark Road

10. A Gathering of Secrets

11. Shamed

12. Outsider

13. Fallen

So grab them all, or click the button below to get yourself a copy of A Simple Murder, but either way, I think you’re going to love this series!

Synopsis:

Together for the first time in print, A Simple Murder features six original short stories starring whip-smart chief of police, Kate Burkholder.

While on vacation with her partner John Tomasetti in LONG LOST, Kate discovers that the old house where they're staying is haunted by a girl who disappeared decades before...

An abandoned baby is discovered on the Amish bishop's front porch in A HIDDEN SECRET, and Kate is called in to investigate.

SEEDS OF DECEPTION unearths the secrets of Kate Burkholder's own Amish past―and lays the groundwork for her future career in law enforcement.

In the midst of a power outage in Painters Mill, a teenage girl is attacked at an Amish party in ONLY THE LUCKY.

IN DARK COMPANY is the story of an injured woman with amnesia who seeks Kate's help in trying to remember her attacker’s identity...and her own.

In IN PLAIN SIGHT, Kate investigates what she believes is a straightforward hit-and-run accident―but soon uncovers a story of teenage passion that may have led to attempted murder.