A Gathering of Secrets/Linda Castillo/308 pages

     Kate Burkholder is Chief of Police in a small Amish community where a barn fire kills Daniel Gingerich, a likeable, polite, hardworking young Amish teen.  At first no one can understand why anyone would want to hurt Daniel, but little by little Kate uncovers the true story behind Daniel's death and several others.  At the core of the investigation -- the Amish community.  There are sweet young girls and their protective parents.  There are the Amish customs and beliefs and threaded through the story are Dutch phrases that at first frustrated me but by the end of the book I knew what they meant before they were translated.  The author keeps you guessing until the end for this who-done-it.  Spoiler alert:  This is not one of those sweet, light Amish romances.  There is violence, rape, and suicide mixed in with the really gruesome descriptions of the burned bodies.  This one is a different type of read for me but I enjoyed it.