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Originally Posted by Xanthe
I was surprised at the gore/graphic descriptions, but I did like the book. I figured out early on whodunit, but that didn't stop me from getting caught up in the story.
The plots of the next two books are a bit more twisty, but are still gory. I thought I knew who did it in the second book but I didn't get it quite right; the third book fooled me. I'm liking the exploration of the Amish culture. Makes me glad when I visited Lancaster County in PA that I always asked before I took a photograph.
This may seem strange, but if you get the DIY channel, check out the show "Vanilla Ice Goes Amish". The show is set in an Amish community in Ohio, and is well done; it respects the culture and really shows the qualities the books try to convey. So when I read the Burkholder series, I can visualize the settings and have actual people in my mind when Kate interacts with the Amish and goes to their farms.
My quibble about the series is Kate's constant identification with the young Amish female teenagers. The reason for it, based upon her past history, is understandable but I think that point is getting a bit overworked by the end of the third book.
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Thanks. Maybe I'll try the second one after all. I would have preferred a lot less gore and a lot more Amish culture. Have you tried the P. L. Gaus Amish mysteries? That's another series I've been considering.
I don't think I get DIY channel; at any rate, I don't see the show listed in the current guide. By the way, there's a Lifetime TV movie of the first Kate Burkholder book, called
An Amish Murder--I saw only part of it, though.