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Linda Castillo knows how to put a twist in a story. Poor Kate Burkholder, Police Chief of Painters Mill, Ohio, has a number of twisted tales and statements to try to tie together in  A Gathering of Secrets . Within six months, two Amish teenagers die tragically. It's not until Daniel Gingerich is murdered, locked in a barn when the barn is set on fire, that Burkholder learns of the earlier death. In the course of the investigation into Daniel's death, someone mentions Emma Miller. The young woman hanged herself six months earlier. It's unusual for the Amish community to have two violent deaths in such a short time. Although Daniel appeared to be a golden boy, well thought of by all the adults in the community, some of the younger people, even his former best friend, tell a different story. Kate knows there are secrets that led to the young man's death. And, as she probes into his past, Kate finds too many similarities to the tragedy of her own youth. Those similarities ...