Broken Bonds

Audiobook Broken Bonds, by Linda Castillo, translated by Lenka Faltejsková. Read by Barbora Goldmannová, directed by Ondřej Černý. Kate Burkholder Cases #12 Adam Lengacher, a widowed Amish man who has taken his children on a sleigh ride, stumbles upon a car stuck in the snowdrifts and finds a woman lying helpless nearby. So he calls Painters Mill Police Chief Kate Burkholder. She immediately arrives at the accident and experiences a shock: in this stranger he meets Gina colouros, a police officer and a classmate from the police academy. Gina tells her that she is wanted for the murder of a police officer. She claims that she is innocent, that there is a conspiracy of corrupt police officers behind her accusation that she wanted to expose. Kate enlists the help of her friend, Agent John Tomasetti, and together they start investigating the case. But it soon becomes clear that no one wants to talk about the night Gina allegedly shot her colleague... LINDA CASTILLO Linda Castillo comes from Ohio, USA, and it is here that she sets the plot of her thrillers. She knew she wanted to be a writer from an early age and wrote her first book at the age of thirteen. She is the author of nearly thirty titles and the winner of many major literary awards. Her thrillers appear on the New York Times bestseller list. The author' s thriller Vow of Silence was also successfully made into a film, with the lead actress Kate Burkholder played by Neve Campbell. She lives in Texas with her husband, three dogs, a cat, and two horses, where she writes books and rides horses in her spare time. BARBORA GOLDMANNOVÁ She began her acting career at the Brno Conservatory, followed by studies at the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in the drama acting studio of prof. Nika Brettschneiderová. During her studies at JAMU, she traveled to the prestigious London acting school Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance for two semesters. Since 2017, she has been a member of the Brno City Theatre. He regularly collaborates with Czech Radio. He also engages in acting in English as part of international projects, courses and workshops.