Fallen

 

Shirley J.              Adult Fiction                                                 Murder, Amish life, female police chief

Fallen by Linda Castillo  (Book 13 in the Kate Burkholder series)  384 pages

Excellent story of police drama involving the Amish community.   I was really pleased with how good this story actually is.   The lady chief of police, Kate Burkholder, was born and grew up Amish until a crime happened in her teen years.   It is alluded to but to find out the source the reader will have to engage the series as it isn't spelled out in this book.    Kate Burkholder's story takes place in Ohio outside of Cleveland in a rural Amish community.   You learn many facts about the Amish in this read, the fact that there are various sects of Amish that either adhere more fully to the plain life than other sects, ie. kind of like orthodox Judaism as opposed to Reformed Judaism, there are stricter sects who totally abhor the use of any kind of technology then there are those who will allow things like telephones and refrigerators in their homes.  Who knew?  Not me.  And man is there a lot going on in Amish communities that English (anyone not Amish) have no clue about!  Wow!  This is a teaching series as well as a really well written crime solving series.    There are so many potential murder suspects in this story that you will be figuring this one out all the way to the end.   Excellent who done it.  Props to Linda Castillo.   Mature teens on up will like this one and anyone interested in the Amish community.