Linda Castillo - Sworn to Silence
 
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Studly Male Character Just Barely Saves this Mediocre Murder Mystery Set in Amish Country

bydagny21 Feb 19, 2011
23 Helpfuls 24 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros I kinda had the hots for the male romantic lead in this.
Cons Shifting point of view, many scenes and characters are over done, feels poorly researched.
Recommended it? No

Like a lot of people lately, I'm kind of a sucker for anything about the Amish. So, I was kinda excited when one of my online reading groups selected this book to discuss. Knowing Linda Castillo has written mostly romance novels in the past, I figured this might be a real guilty... Read full review »

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"Sworn To Silence" works despite the flaws

bykevintipple Feb 12, 2010
37 Helpfuls 38 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Interesting characters, romance and mystery angles, plot and storylines.
Cons Cliches and stereotypes, graphic and detailed violence and deaths.
Recommended it? Yes

One of the reasons I don’t have that much fiction either published or out there circulating around to editors is that I read way too much. (Of course that pesky day job doesn’t help this at all either, but for now, I am tossing that aside) Not just here where my reading has gone up... Read full review »

pestyside
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Sworn to Silence has an Amish Hook and a Public Official with a Secret

bypestyside Jan 18, 2010
27 Helpfuls 28 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Pace, Interesting setting and premise, Unusual perspective through Amish/English cultures
Cons Main character lacks credibility or believability, Romance effort fails, Continuity...
Recommended it? Yes

Linda Castillo's Sworn to Silence portrays Painter's Mill, a small town in Ohio, as a sleepy little town in Amish Country that has a growing dependence upon tourism. Painter's Mill has not experienced violent crime for 16 years when the Slaughterhouse Killer suddenly disappeared.  Kate... Read full review »

scmrak
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Murder Among the Plain Folk? Linda Castillo, "Sworn to Silence"

byscmrak Aug 26, 2009
29 Helpfuls 30 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros moderately interesting back-story of the protagonist, above-average pacing
Cons continuity problems, author's lack of familiarity with subject, stupidity plot
Recommended it? Yes

Sworn to Silence - Linda Castillo

In her two years as chief of the tiny Painter's Mill, Ohio, police force, Kate Burkholder hadn't seen a single murder... until now. The nude, battered body of a once-pretty young woman lay in the snow, her sightless eyes rimed with ice; the last few drops of... Read full review »

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Keeps You Awake At Night

byculley2002 Jul 8, 2009
12 Helpfuls 13 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Twists that keep you hanging on every word
Cons None!
Recommended it? Yes

This book will literally keep you awake at night because you absolutely will not be able to put it down.

The entire plot revolves around just what it says in the flap -- a serial killer that was nicknamed "Slaughterhouse Killer" that the main character lost her innocence to.....16yrs... Read full review »

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