Pray for Silence (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Kate Burkholder: Police chief of a small town in Ohio where there is an Amish population. Formerly Amish herself & a great cop.
• Chuck "Skid" Skidmore: police officer
• Glock: first African-American police officer on the Painter's Mill force; ex-Marine
• Dr. Ludwig Coblentz: experienced coroner
• John Tomasetti: Kate's love interest - a cop from Columbus, Ohio. has some issues & used to be addicted to painkillers, but is turning his life back around
• Mary Plank: young girl found murdered, along with her family
• Billy Zook: 15-year-old mentally retarded boy; one of the Plank family's neighbors
• William Zook: 12-year-old boy; one of the Plank family's neighbors
• Aaron Plank: Add a description of this character.
• T.J.: youngest cop on the force
• Bonnie Plank: Mother of the Plank family, and murder victim
• Mona Kurtz: night-shift dispatcher who's obsessed with law enforcement
• Amos Plank: Father of the Plank family, and murder victim
• Rob Lane: Partner of the oldest Plank son, cast out from the religion for being gay.
• James Hackett Payne
• Bishop Troyer: the Amish community's bishop
• Scott Barbereaux
• Miller
• Denny McNinch
• Jason Rummel
• Todd Eugene Long
• Jack Warner
• Krause
• Lois Monroe
• Glenda Patterson
• Tahoe
• Katie
• Evelyn Steinkruger: Manager of the tourish shop where one of the murder victim works.
• Roger
• Auggie Brock
• Reuben Zimmerman
• Alma Gerig
• Deborah Kim
• Sam
• Dr. Warren Hunt
• Dr. Rohrbacher
• Isaac
• Joe Yoder
• Jodie Metzger
• Bishop Fisher
• Linda Castillo
• Janine Fourman
• Cindy Hire
• McNarie
• William jerks
• Pickles
• Mel Rossi
• Drew Krause
• Derek Krause
• Ed Beachey
• Robert Allen Kiser
• Ruth Bogart
• Nancy
• Steve Ressler

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• “He's seventy-four years old, acts like he's twenty-two, and doesn't look a day over eighty.”

• “Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”

  Benjamin Franklin

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• “Understanding a woman begins with knowing what she wants even before she asks.”

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• “When in doubt, bring food.”

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• If you listen through the wall, you will hear others recite your faults.

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• Oh Lord God, heavenly Father, bless us and these thy gifts, which we shall accept from thy tender goodness. Give us food and drink also for our souls unto life eternal, and make us partakers of thy heavenly table through Jesus Christ. Amen.

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• Crepuscular light slants in from the two windows. I can make out the silhouette of a wooden bench.

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• Amish dolls are faceless because in the Bible, in Exodus and Deuteronomy, graven images are forbidden.

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• But while those things held weight for Tomasetti, there was baggage, and then there was fucking baggage. He had the profound misfortune of possessing the latter.

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• I snap my dead bolts into place every night with the glee of a paranoid schizophrenic.

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• It’s a rule all of us must abide by. No matter what happens, life always goes on.

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• A name plaque in front of her reads: Director of First Impressions.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Painters Mill, Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• Columbus
• Alma
• Pickles
• Hogpath Road

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Sworn to Silence, and followed by Breaking Silence.

Preceded by Sworn to Silence, and followed by Breaking Silence.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Linda Castillo (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Kathleen McInerney (Narrator)

First Edition edit see section history

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• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.6

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Police Procedurals

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