Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sworn to Silence | 2009 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 2 | Pray for Silence | 2010 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 3 | Breaking Silence | 2011 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 4 | Gone Missing | 2011 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 5 | Her Last Breath | 2013 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 6 | The Dead Will Tell | 2014 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 7 | After the Storm | 2015 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 8 | Among the Wicked | 2016 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 9 | Down a Dark Road | 2017 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 10 | A Gathering of Secrets | 2018 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 11 | Shamed | 2019 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 12 | Outsider | 2020 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 13 | Fallen | 2021 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 14 | The Hidden One | 2022 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 15 | An Evil Heart | 2023 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 16 | The Burning | 2024 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 17 | Rage | 2025 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
The Kate Burkholder series begins with Sworn to Silence (2009), which introduces Kate as the chief of police in Painters Mill, Ohio. When a serial killer who terrorized the community years earlier appears to return, Kate must confront both the new crimes and the secrets she has kept since childhood. The novel was adapted into the Lifetime movie An Amish Murder.
The series now spans seventeen novels through Rage (2025). Each book pits Kate against a new case while exploring the culture clash between her Amish upbringing and her role in law enforcement. Linda Castillo has been nominated for the International Thriller Writers Award and the Mystery Writers of America’s Sue Grafton Memorial Award for the series.