went back to the cruiser and popped the trunk. Hoofprints told him several head had discovered the opening and ventured onto the shoulder for some illicit grazing. Sure enough, twenty feet away two strands of barbed wire had come loose from a gnarled locust-wood post. He ran the flashlight beam along the fence line. He hated the graveyard shift almost as much as he hated winter. His boots crunched through snow as he made his way to the bar ditch, his breaths puffing out in front of him. It was so cold he could feel his nose hairs freezing. Yanking the zipper of his coat up to his chin, he slid his flashlight from its nest beside the seat and got out of the cruiser. "Let me know if you need backup." She snickered. "I'll set up some flares then go drag his Amish ass out of bed." He thought of all the paperwork an accident would entail and shook his head. If someone came around the curve too fast it could be bad. Livestock on the road at this hour was an accident waiting to happen. "Don't tempt me." Looking around, he sighed. "Well, I'm not going to stand out here in the frickin' cold and round up these stupid shits." "So what are you going to do? He ain't got no phone out there."Ī glance at the clock on the dash told him it was nearly two A.M. "What's up, T.J.?" asked Mona, the night dispatcher. Besides chickens, they had to be the dumbest animals on earth. Twenty yards away, six Jersey cows stood in the bar ditch, chewing their cud. Banks pulled the car onto the shoulder and flipped on the spotlight, running the beam along the edge of the field where corn stalks shivered in the cold. As more information comes to light, a tragic incident turns into something much more shocking.The cruiser's strobes cast red and blue light onto winter dead trees. The events surrounding the deaths puzzle her – something doesn’t feel right.
Read more there’s something about this case which stirs up memories for her.
Maybe she is reminded of herself at that age, and maybe. As the case deepens, Kate develops a bond with the children, particularly the 15-year-old daughter, Solome. As the investigation progresses, it seems that the Slabaugh deaths were not an accident, and the case suddenly becomes a murder enquiry. Solly and Rachel Slabaugh, and his brother Abel, have drowned in the hog pit leaving the four children as orphans.
When Chief of Police, Kate Burkholder, is called to a farm in the Amish community of Painter’s Creek, nothing could prepare her for the horror and tragedy she encounters. Chief of police Kate Burkholder is back Num Pages: 368 pages. Description for Breaking Silence Paperback.
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