When three young children find a body while playing in the woods, Police Chief Kate Burkholder soon learns that it belongs to a young Amish landscaper and nursery owner. But when she connects him to a risqué adult nightclub in a nearby town, Kate knows she has just begun her investigation.

Seventeenth book in a great series. Could be read as a standalone, but better as a series.

Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan for an early copy of Rage in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley & Minotaur for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

When Chief of Police Kate Burkholder arrives on scene to find the dismembered body of 21-year-old Samuel Eicher, and later the body of his best friend is founded stuffed in a barrel, she quickly realizes something isn't quite right with this story, especially when no one can tell her anything about what the two young men had been doing for the last few weeks.

I don't know much about the Amish personally, but in a lot of ways find this series incredibly interesting because of the heavily featured Amish community. Rage is the 17th installation in the Kate Burkholder series. If you're a fan of the series, this is an interesting addition to the series, and I had a fun time with it.

Once again this was another hit from the author in continuing this series. Written such that it could be read as a stand alone if you had not read any of the other books in the series. The book was filled with the authors usual combination of mystery and suspense. A few twists towards the end added to the enjoyment of this book. This is a book which I would recommend to all who enjoy a good mystery.

Rage by Linda Castillo
Another great read by Linda Castillo. I wonder if I’ll ever tire of main character, Kate Burkholders escapades but I highly doubt it.
When a young Amish man, Sammy Yutzy is found murdered and dismembered in a wooded area the police chief and her faithful team are once again on the hunt for who did it. After learning he had ties to a local brewery, country club and even a ‘gentleman’s’ Club, Kate wonders what this Amish man got himself involved in.
Linda Castillo never disappoints. Another 5⭐️ read.

Kate Burkholder is back with the whole gang. Kate is a yanked over Amish sheriff in Amish country Ohio(about two hours from where I live). Every June I get so excited for the next book in the series. It’s one of my favorite series. This one was no different. Linda Castillo always has you on your toes and always has you guessing.

These books aren’t for the faint heart. They are gruesome with such great detail. I loved it(I’ve loved pretty much all of them though so I am biased.)
So many twists and turns. It’s legit a book you will stay up late to read and not regret it. As always 5 ⭐️ read!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martins Press | Minotaur books for giving me an advance copy in exchange for a honest review.

I am honored to be a part of the ARC team of readers for this book!

I am a huge fan of the Kate Burkholder books and Rage does not disappoint! There is mystery, suspense, some minor gore, and emotions of all kinds. It digs deep into the seedy underworld of big cities, but in small town Painters Mill. Kate takes on the case of a dismembered Amish boy and from there, the story weaves through the bad, the ugly and the heart of Amish people.

Easily a 5 star read. I couldn't put it down!!!

Linda Castillo does again it!!!
The Katie Burkholder series never disappoints.
I look forward to the trips to Painters Mill every year. This book has chief Katie Burkholder investigating a murder of a young man that turns into a lot bigger case than anyone working it suspects. Some of the twists you see coming. I didn’t want to put this book down. Already can’t wait for the next book!!!

My second favorite of all time fiction author is Linda Castillo. She writes the Kate Burkholder mystery series and it’s SO amazing. I am so honored to be chosen to receive an ARC of her newest upcoming installment. It’s seriously so amazing. I’ve read every single book in the series and own a good number of them.

Kate Burkholder is the chief of police in small town Painters Mill, Ohio. Formerly Amish, Kate walks the line between the Amish and Englisher communities. When an Amish boy goes missing and a body is found, the Painters Mill PD are going to have their work cut out for them this time. From murder to possible trafficking this story will take the officers to their limit as they deal with bigger city crimes in their tiny town and hopefully our superstar chief of police will be able to solve the case.

I love love loved this book and this whole series is just ahhhhh 🤯. This book will be number 17 along with several novellas so it’s a hefty series to get through but it’s SO worth it. You will fall in love with the Painters Mill characters and I can’t say enough good things about it. If you like crime mysteries, Amish fiction, or even are just looking for a new series to try give this one a shot. Rage will be released July 8!

Linda Castillo continues her Kate Burkholder series with another great installment. The twists are good and keep you guessing
4 stars

I have loved this series for over 10 years and every year the newest book lives up to my expectations. This year was no different. Rage is extremely dark and I loved every minute of it. I'm a little shocked to have guessed the motive before it was revealed as usually Castillo keeps me guessing but that did not take away from the story at all. Kate and Tomisetti are my favorite book couple ever. They are absolutely perfect together. This book and the entire series is and always will be high on my recommendation list!

Our favorite Chief of Police is back with another heartbreaking crime in the Amish community, but this one is even more gruesome than usual. A severed body and multiple people dead as Kate races against the clock to keep the community safe.

Linda Castillo's books are always shocking and bingeable, and this one was no different! A fantastic read and could be read as a standalone.

I had taken a break from this Amish mystery series but found myself right back in the small Ohio town with its surrounding Amish community like I never left.

Two gruesome murders of Amish men lead Katie Buckholder down a dark, sinister path as she investigates the why and who of the tragedy. The author’s grasp of this close knit community is always central to her stories and how the police chief, at one time Amish herself, trods a delicate balance with her interaction with the group. Not one to give up, and caring deeply about the victims, Katie finds herself in the midst of a dangerous game, and the ending…..well it’s a doozy.

Highly recommended!

This was my first foray into the world of Kate Burkholder and Painters Mill. I’d never heard of this series before so I am pleased to have stumbled upon it. The storyline was engaging and a stark contrast to the stereotypical image of a quiet life in Amish society. The pace moved at a decent rate too, I never felt bored while reading. All in all, a good read!

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the opportunity to read this book!

I am a huge fan of this series! I wait all year for another book and I have read every book in the series and everyone gets better and better!

At this point, Kate is an old friend to me and I love being able to check in with her and her husband.

When three young Amish boys find a body, the chief of police Kate Burkholder is called, this case is not what it appears to be at first, and it’s so much deeper and entangled then you would want to believe.

Another fantastic installment into this series…. Already anxiously awaiting the next book.!

Linda Castillo is an amazing thriller writer. Her latest, Rage, was a five star read. I loved it and I think you will too.

Rage is a book written by Linda Castillo. I love this author and have read all of her books in the Kate Burkholder Novel. It takes place in the town of Pointer Mill, Ohio. Kate is the chief of police in this town who was Amish and had left the fold. She was hired because she knows the Amish people and their ways. She is married to John Tomasetti who is an agent with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI).

The book starts out with a prologue where Samuel Yutzy, an Amish man who owns Yutzy's Tree Nursury. He has regrets of the way he has lived and how he has hurt so many people. He hopes to change things. Because of this he has recently come back to the fold. A car drives up his driveway. A man gets out and tells him that they have a message for him. The man in the back seat comes out and shoots him and hits him with a baseball bat with a poker. Samuel is able to run away but the man catches up with him and shoots him again. Samuel dies.

Mandi Weaver is playing hide and seek with her brothers. While hiding she sees a dirt mound that wasn't there the week before. She goes to check it out and sees a straw hat in the weeds. She sees a seavered hand and foot. She runs to find her brother, Eli.

Kate and Kip the cow (Officer Chuck (Skid) Skidmore) who was in costume visiting the elementry school with a talk about safetly. Lois, a dispatcher at the police station notifies her that Glock has asked that she come to Sweet Potato Ridge Road. There are only two farms and the Tree Nursury on that road. She and Skid go to the location. She finds Glock standing where the kids had found the body parts. There are two mounds. She sees the hand and the straw hat as well as Glock has also found a leg with foot still attached. There are teeth marks on the leg. She calls the police station as well as Doc Coblentz, coroner of Holmes County to come to the location. She goes back to speak to the children, Their father is with them. They are Eli, Mandi and Joe. She also contacts Thomasitti and tells him what is going on.

Kate and Thomasitti go to the nursury. She finds a horse tied up in distressed. Been tied up there for 24 hours. She gives the horse water. Later she finds a horse breeder who will take the horse for the time being. Tomasetti calls her from the field. They have found blood. They go back to the murder scene. The forensic scientist has found other parts of the body and head. When the head is completely uncovered Kate sees that the haircut is Amish. He is unshaven which means he is not married. Kate recognizes him, Samuel Yutzy. She is told that he has been buried 35 to 48 hours.

Kate has to go see his parents, Orlah and Leona Yutzy. She tells them of Samuel's death. She asks them about Samuel They say that he has been away on Rumspringe and he had been doing too much frolicking. There was a girl who was a bad egg. She wore alot of make-up with lots of tatoos and that Samuel had been going around with an Englisher. Aaron Shetler was his best friend. They told Kate that Samuel had a large contract, some rich person from Millersburg. It was to landscape his house. Job got messed up. The guy was not happy with the work and was going to sue.

Kate was going to Samuel's house. A car is there Roland (Pickles) Shumaker her 80 year part-time deputy. They go into the house. Kate goes through the filing cabinets and finds the folder marked Carter Brooks. She finds the contract there as well as the letter to sue. She also finds a picture of his girlfriend, Cassidy who works at the Cheetah Lounge. Kate wants to speak to her but she has been on the run.

Samuel's friend, Aaron Shetler is missing, not at home or reported to work. She decides to go see his parents, Ellen and Doyle Shatler, even though it is late at night. They own a chicken farm. They tell Kate that they had a fallening out with their son a few weeks ago. Doyle told him not to come around anymore. They felt he was a bad influence on their younger children. He was wearing fancy clothes, driving a car and was hanging around with the Englishers. The last time their son came with lots of money to help them pay their back taxes. Didn't know where their son got the money. They didn't take the money. He was friends with Joseph Stoltzfoos. Said Joseph and Samuel had drifted apart.

On her way home she gets a call from Dr. Coblentz calls and tells her that he is going to do the autopsy on Samuel. Kate goes to the morgue. Rick Matrone (another pathologist) is there. Thomasetti called her to come. They plan to do a more detailed autopsy the next day. They say that there were several tools that were used to chop up the body. Whoever did it was not a professional. Samuel had been shot twice. Once in the head and once in the stomach. Kate finally is able to go home.

Kate goes to Aaron's house. When checking the garage she sees some blood on the knob. She goes into the garage and finds more blood. When Glock gets there they get a phone call about a body.

While getting his cow and calf out of a ravine. They find a barrel. Something dead inside. It's a body. They call the police. Kate knows Ivan Hershberger since school days. They have gotten calls from him before about dumping on his property. She goes to the farm. Ivan tells her that there is a body in the barrel. He says he is not sure who it is but he thinks it is Aaron Shelter. Kate calls the coroner and the police. If it is Aaron the two deaths are related. They check the face and it is Aaron. Kate goes back to the Shelter's farm. Other Amish are there. Ellen is upset that Kate hadn't told her that Aaron was in trouble. She tells them that Aaron was found in a ravine and that she thinks he was murdered. As Kate is leaving William says that Aaron got the money fair and square from his job working for Samuel at the Golf Club.

Kate and Tomasetti go to the Club of Point Creek Golf Club. It is owned by a corporation out of Cincinnati and the manager is Lance Wingate. They meet with him and he tells them that he was pleased with the work that Samuel and Aaron had done.

Kate gets a call from Angelica from the Cheetah Lounge that Cassidy was there to pick up her check. Said that something has been going on. Kate decides to go there but Cassidy has already left. She had called the station and was told T.J. was on duty. She tells them to have him meet her there. When speaking to the bartender the bouncer comes up and tell her that she can't stay without buying a drink. She takes a coffee. Angelica is outback of the club on her break. She speaks to her. Brandy comes out and tells Angelica that she is wanted inside, Brandy tells Kate to check the trailer. Getting close to the trailer she feels strange. Realize she has been drugged. A man in a ski mask jumps her and throws her on the ground and beats her up. T.J. arrives. Calls the station and informs them what has happened. Ambulance and Glock arrive. She tells T.J. to get the bartender. Kate is taken to the hospital. Thomasetti comes to the hospital and tells her that whoever did this will be sorry.

At the meeting the next day Skid tells Kate that the bar had been sold 4 years ago when the owner passed. Owned by a LLC. The manager is Patrick O'Leary. Kate tells her officers that any thing to do with the club will be handled by the BCI Task Force or the Tusceralors Sheriff Department. Tomasetti tells Kate that he and Sheriff Rasmesser will be talking with the bouncer and anyone else who worked last night. The BCI has more resources and will give info to the legal to find out who owns the club. Everyog gdne is assigned a duty to check out.

Kate goes to speak to Joseph Stoltzfoos. He is in his barn. He has owned the farm about a year. Is not a full time farmer. Works for Keim Lumber for 3 years. Said he was a better friend of Samuel. Said he hadn't seen him for a few months. Backed off. Did not like the route that Samuel was taking with drugs, woman and partying and being with the Englishers. They wore suits and knew they had money. It was not for him. He was getting married and has been baptized. Said that Samuel met Cassidy at a rager outdoor party. She was Amish but her parents threw her out. She didn't have any money or a place to stay. She is not from Painter Ridge but Coshocton County. Cassidy's last name is Robinetta. Katie thinks that this is not her real name.

Kate goes to see Edna Miller who has moved from Painter Ridge. She and her husband, Herman, now live in Canal Lewisville where they own a cabinet shop Miller's Cabinet Works. Kate asks about Cassidy and is told that her real name is is Willia Ann Borntrager. Her farther is dead. Mother sold the farm and now lives in town. She works for the Village Laundromat. Kate goes to speak to her and finds out that Cassidy was renting a house in Painter Ridge on Lost Creek Road. Kate and Mona go to check out the rental and while there near the garage they hear a motor start in the garage. It comes crashing out and hits Mona. After calling for an ambulace Kate takes chase with gunfire and ends up in a ditch.

This is where the story takes off. There is so much going on that I will leave it to the reader to enjoy to the suspenseful ending. There is always so much suspense building up throughout the book. Makes me unsettled wondering what will happen to Kate and turning the pages to find out. I look forward to the next book in this series. Linda's books keep me coming back for more.

Thank you NetGalley and Minotaur Books for this ARC.

I have been with Linda Castillo (and, by proxy, Chief Kate Burkholder) from the beginning. Growing up in central Pennsylvania, surrounded by Amish, these books bring me right back to my hometown and the culture surrounding the Amish community. I absolutely love the amount of research Linda Castillo has done to make these books authentic and informative. I will say, with the number of books in the series, I am curious as to when Chief Burkholder will finally get her much deserved vacation from her life constantly being threatened - poor woman! Even though the flow of the books is a bit predictable at this point, Linda Castillo always keeps me coming back for more! I am so grateful to have received an advanced copy of this book. Thank you, NetGalley!

Loved this book in the latest series by Linda Castillo! I couldn’t put it down. It was very suspenseful. She has written quite a few books in this series and they are still good! I like all of the characters too. Thank for letting me read this.

I love this authors writing and even after the number of books in this series she still has a way of keeping you engaged in the lives of Painters mill not every series can do that . This book was good and read it in two days .
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for letting me review book

Thanks to Minotaur books and Netgalley for this wonderful eARC.

I have been addicted to the Kate Burkholder series now for many years. I was raised a Quaker in a small Iowa town, and I have met many active Amish as well as those who have chosen to leave the fold.

Linda Castillo does such a beautiful and respectful job describing both the compelling things about Amish life as well as the limiting aspects of a life outside of modern conventions.

It amazes me that every book Linda Castillo writes in the Kate Burkholder series is even BETTER than her previous offering, she never fails to continue improving her skill in creating ever more compelling stories.

Rage (a dual meaning in this book, both Rage as in anger and Ragers, the youthful Amish parties) was my favorite Kate Burkholder book yet. Also, although I am not a fan of romance stories, I truly enjoy the quietly supportive and loving relationship between Kate and her husband, they respect and are ALWAYS their to support each other.

I found it equally heartwarming how Kate, at the end of this story counselled a young woman struggling with whether the Amish world was somewhere she still belonged - letting the young woman grow in her patience for herself.

Somehow this terrifying book about sex trafficking and murder ultimately became a loving and hopeful story - that is the magic of the Kate Burkholder series, and I hope that Linda Castillo never lets this series end.

5 Stars from this grateful reader / reviewer, I cannot think of even one small improvement that could be made in this book; it is perfect as it is.