Genre: Novel
Grade A-
Notable People: Linda Castillo
Title: After the Storm
Review: The second in this series about small town police chief Kate Burkholder. I was mixed on the first one, but this one really captivated. Pretty unique setting in Amish country in northeast Ohio, so many familiarities for those of us who live around that country an culture. Castillo really gets under the uniqueness of the Amish and their uneasy relationship with the “Englishers”…and she knows Pennsylvania Dutch to boot. The stories are tensely written yarns with pretty interesting characters. Great sense of the place she writes about (especially for a British resident). This is a quick and fine summer read.