Overall, my book club enjoyed this book. Some of the ladies were a bit uncomfortable with the graphic descriptions of the murder scenes. But we all felt that it helped us to better understand the state of mind of the murderer. What we all liked the most was learning more about the Amish way of life and the conflicts for Kate being a part of two very different ways of life. My club has chosen to read the second book in the series next year.

The story overall was pretty good though I figured out who the killer was about 30% into the book. It turns into a page turner at the end. All members agreed it was a little graphic with the torture and one or two sexual descriptions. Most agreed that they felt it was surprising that this was written by a woman given the torture and sexual descriptions. I think these scenes didn't add to the story...actually they lowered everyone's opinion of the book overall.