Pray for Silence by Linda Castillo

The residents of the small town of Painters Mill, Ohio are shaken when the seven members of a local Amish family are found dead. At first, it appears that the father, Amos Plank, killed everyone then himself. But clues point to an outsider as the culprit. The brutality of the scene even upsets the police force, including Chief Kate Burkholder, who grew up in an Amish family herself. When Kate finds out that one of the daughters, Mary, had a secret life, she finds herself with an abundance of suspects and memories of her own problem Amish teenage years. Will Kate be able to keep her anger and emotions in check in order to focus on apprehending a killer? Pray for Silence is the second book in the Kate Burkholder series. It features a case and characters that the reader becomes emotionally invested in. I look forward to the next book in the series.