Her Last Breath

A rainy night, an Amish father returning home with his three children, a speeding car hurtling toward them out of nowhere

What at first appears to be a tragic but routine hit-and-run accident becomes personal for Chief of Police Kate Burkholder when she discovers that the victims are the husband and children of her childhood friend Mattie. The Amish woman's youngest son clings to life in the intensive-care wing of a hospital, unable to communicate, and he may be the only one who knows what happened that night. As Kate delves into the case, she comes face-to-face with her Amish past and memories of growing up with Mattie, an extraordinary beauty whom trouble has always followed. Then the investigation takes on a more sinister cast as evidence reveals that nothing about the crash was accidental. Is there something Mattie's not telling her?

Desperate for answers, Kate begins to suspect she is not looking for a reckless drunk who fled the scene, but instead finds herself on the trail of a stone-cold killer living amid the residents of Painter's Mill. It is a search that takes her on a chilling journey into the darkest reaches of the human heart and makes her question everything she has ever believed about the Amish culture into which she was born. Will Kate discover the truth before the murderer claims another victim? Or will this case—this killer—have her taking her last breath?