Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sworn to Silence | 2009 | Kate Burkholder | Buy |
| 2 | Pray for Silence | 2010 | Kate Burkholder | Buy |
| 3 | Breaking Silence | 2011 | Kate Burkholder | Buy |
| 4 | Gone Missing | 2011 | Kate Burkholder | Buy |
| 5 | Her Last Breath | 2013 | Kate Burkholder | Buy |
| 6 | The Dead Will Tell | 2014 | Kate Burkholder | Buy |
| 7 | After the Storm | 2015 | Kate Burkholder | Buy |
| 8 | Among the Wicked | 2016 | Kate Burkholder | Buy |
| 9 | Down a Dark Road | 2017 | Kate Burkholder | Buy |
| 10 | A Gathering of Secrets | 2018 | Kate Burkholder | Buy |
| 11 | Shamed | 2019 | Kate Burkholder | Buy |
| 12 | Outsider | 2020 | Kate Burkholder | Buy |
| 13 | Fallen | 2021 | Kate Burkholder | Buy |
| 14 | The Hidden One | 2022 | Kate Burkholder | Buy |
| 15 | An Evil Heart | 2023 | Kate Burkholder | Buy |
| 16 | The Burning | 2024 | Kate Burkholder | Buy |
| 17 | Rage | 2025 | Kate Burkholder | 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.