The sound of a scream in the early morning dawn leads to a case that will change Kate Burkholder's life irrevocably.. . When the police arrive at the Amish farmstead in Painters Mill they can't imagine the horror that awaits them. An entire family slaughtered: the men shot the young women tortured & killed. The Amish are peace-loving gentle folk & the town is shocked by what appears to be a particularly brutal
- & random killing. But is it random? Every family has its secrets. Kate knows that better than anyone. & as she & Agent John Tomasetti dig deeper into the victims' lives they discover a young woman who was living a lie. A girl who had to live in silence. With her own past resonating
- Kate knows she has to maintain some distance. From the case & from Tomasetti. She knows what could happen if she gets too close. But when she puts herself in the line of fire
- she realizes that this time there may be no going back. ' Think of the movie Witness & add just a touch of the Coen brothers' Fargo & you have the feel for this brilliant nail-biting thriller'
- Daily Mail"."