An Evil Heart

When a young Amish man is brutally murdered with a crossbow, police chief Kate Burkholder’s investigation isn’t easy. Aden Karn was a hardworking young man, beloved by his parents and many in the community. Emily, who hoped to marry him, knew her parents approved. But a violent killer intended Aden to suffer before he died. When Burkholder hears rumors that Aden hung out at a local bar because he was on rumspringa, she didn’t think she’d learn anything unexpected. The bartender, however, knew a different side of the victim. He saw a man who turned violent against women when he drank too much. When a young woman’s broken body is found wrapped in plastic in a local creek, Burkholder suspects a connection because they’re such unusually heinous crimes in the small Painters Mill community. With two gruesome murders on her hands, Kate has little time for preparations for her upcoming wedding to Tomasetti.