{"product_id":"a-dark-path-and-other-kate-burkholder-short-stories","title":"A Dark Path: And Other Kate Burkholder Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor the first time in print comes a collection of five short stories in the Edgar award-winning Kate Burkholder series, PLUS one new, never-before-published story, from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Linda Castillo.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When two young boys don't return home from an innocent afternoon of fishing, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must track them down before the first winter storm of the season bears down on Painters Mill in THE PACT. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In DISAPPEARED, Kate races against the clock to find a two-year-old who has vanished during a violent thunderstorm. Was the little boy swept away in the rising creek waters? Or is his disappearance even more sinister? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In BLOOD MOON, a man is brutally attacked by a large beast in the woods. Throughout the night, reports of similar incidents escalate and Kate must confront the creature terrorizing the town before violence tips over into tragedy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When a family dog brings home a human bone, Kate finds herself on a desperate search for answers to end the macabre rumors and ghost stories inundating Painters Mill in the Edgar award-winning short story HALLOWED GROUND. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In DARK STORM RISING, Kate must brave a dangerous blizzard to save an elderly Amish woman from a sinister foe. Will Kate reach her in time to save her life? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In A DARK PATH, a \u003ci\u003ebrand-new \u003c\/i\u003estory, an Amish couple disappears while enroute to town. They'd recently been threatened by their granddaughter's troubled boyfriend--and there's heavy weather moving in. Kate rushes toward their remote farm, but a dog on the road causes her to crash into a ravine, where she discovers a shattered buggy. Together, she and her new canine friend must find the couple before it's too late.","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943704396007,"sku":"9781250409072","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_1b1e5fd7-4943-4951-806e-db35a36f86a7.jpg?v=1775336211","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/a-dark-path-and-other-kate-burkholder-short-stories","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}