I'll start with: I love this series. I love the Amish depictions. The character development is good. The plot and pacing is good and interesting. But there were no surprises. I love that the police procedure depictions seem very accurate. However, I thought this was one of the weaker of the series. There are ways in which I found myself getting irritated with the protagonist, Kate Burkholder. Instead of feeling the comfort of immersing myself in the characters I've come to know over the course of reading all of the series up until now, I found myself skipping ahead often. I knew what the outcome was going to be in even the more dramatic scenes. I also kept thinking, "why are you doing that?"

I will continue to read the series but it won't be at the top of my pile.