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    <body><![CDATA[Powerful writing, fascinating relationships, unusual occupations.  This one is outstanding and I can understand why it won some awards.  Claire Fergusson is an Episcopal Priest, on the job for all of a month when she first meets Russ Von Alsytyne.  The occasion is the finding of a baby on the church...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23817333">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>In the Bleak Midwinter </em> was better than most of the other books I've rated as 3-stars, but not quite good enough to bump it up to 4-stars.  (Will we ever get 1/2 stars on GoodReads?)<br/><br/>Rev. Clare Fergusson, Episcopal priest, has recently moved to the upstate New York town of Miller's Kill i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31552113">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The conclusion of this book left a large enough impression on me that I remembered the resolution of the mystery quite well which oddly enough made listening all the more tense for me! I spent a lot of time trying to tell Clare things like, &quot;It's a trap!  Don't do it! Watch out - you're falling...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4312042">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Apparently, this book won all sorts of awards and got glowing reviews in several respected publications, including my hometown Washington Post.  My only question is whether I read the same book as everyone else?  I found this book to be predictable, tedious, poorly plotted and characterized.  The ma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11675772">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book very much. This is the second time I've read the book and liked it just as much as the first time I read it.<br/><br/>I like the fact that the author presents Clare Fergusson as a real person, not just an Episcopal priest.  The look we get into her church and personal life is ver...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60709647">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[from Musings: In the Bleak Midwinter, by Julia Spencer-Fleming: this is the first in a series of mysteries, which has been highly recommended by some dear friends. This is a genre I don't read often, but I have to say I'm enjoying this book a great deal. The protagonists are a police chief and a fem...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80153689">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A colleague lent me this murder mystery, set in the Adirondacks. I enjoyed the story and also the treatment of the main character, a female Episcopal priest. I especially liked the fact that she drove a red two-seater. Some of it was not very realistic, however. There are a few technical errors abou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75392717">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was quite worried about this book.  I decided I could only like this book based on whether or not a certain aspect occurred.  I am pleased to say that I can like this book.  It was a quick read and I put off a lot of responsibilities so I could finish it quickly.  You know it is an entertaining bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74279367">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book worked for me on several different levels, I liked the small town and &quot;midwinter&quot; atmosphere. I liked Clare Fergusson who gave insight into what it is like to be a female Episcopalian priest new to her parish and the winter weather of  New York state. Clare's quest to be the kind...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53189828">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Heavy Snow....Icy Desires....Cold-Blooded MurderClare Fergusson, St. Alban's new priest, fits like a square peg in the conservative Episcopal parish at Miller's Kill, New York. She is not just a &quot;lady,&quot; she's a tough ex Army chopper pilot, and nobody's fool. Then a newborn infant left at the church door brings her together with the town's police chief, Russ Van Alstyne, who's also ex-Army and a cynical good shepherd for the stray sheep of his hometown. Their search for the baby's mother quickly leads them into the secrets that shadow Miller's Kill like the ever-present Adirondacks. What they discover is a world of trouble, an attraction to each other-and murder....]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[  Read for f2f Mystery group.  Not what I had expected- think I was anticipating something a bit more in the literary fiction line. Instead this was closer to a cozy with more peril. Clare was one of those types who rushes headlong into danger without thinking. I did like her military background jux...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69485588">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Heavy Snow....Icy Desires....Cold-Blooded MurderClare Fergusson, St. Alban's new priest, fits like a square peg in the conservative Episcopal parish at Miller's Kill, New York. She is not just a &quot;lady,&quot; she's a tough ex Army chopper pilot, and nobody's fool. Then a newborn infant left at the church door brings her together with the town's police chief, Russ Van Alstyne, who's also ex-Army and a cynical good shepherd for the stray sheep of his hometown. Their search for the baby's mother quickly leads them into the secrets that shadow Miller's Kill like the ever-present Adirondacks. What they discover is a world of trouble, an attraction to each other-and murder....]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first in a series this is the start of a partnership between the local Police Chief Russ van Alstyne and the Reverend Claire Fergusson, they have a common bond in their ex-army status. When Claire finds a baby on the steps of her church she gets embroiled in the mystery of where the child came f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68175674">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[It's a cold, snowy December in the upstate New York town of Millers Kill, and newly ordained Clare Fergusson is on thin ice as the first female priest of its small Episcopal church.The ancient regime running the parish covertly demands that she prove herself as a leader. However, her blunt manner, honed by years as an army pilot, is meeting with a chilly reception from some members of her congregation and Chief of Police Russ Van Alystyne, in particular, doesn't know what to make of her, or how to address &quot;a lady priest&quot; for that matter.The last thing she needs is trouble, but that is exactly what she finds.When a newborn baby is abandoned on the church stairs and a young mother is brutally murdered, Clare has to pick her way through the secrets and silence that shadow that town like the ever-present Adirondack mountains.As the days dwindle down and the attraction between the avowed priest and the married police chief grows, Clare will need all her faith, tenacity, and courage to stand fast against a killer's icy heart.In the Bleak Midwinter is one of the most outstanding Malice Domestic winners the contest has seen. The compelling atmosphere-the kind of very cold and snowy winter that is typical of upstate New York-will make you reach for another sweater.The characters are fully and believably drawn and you will feel like they are your old friends and find yourself rooting for them every step of the way. AUTHORBIO: Julia Spencer-Fleming was born in Plattsburgh Air Force Base and spent most of her childhood on the move as an Army brat.She studied acting and history at Ithaca College, and received her JD at the University of Maine School of Law.She lives in a 180-year-old farmhouse outside of Portland, Maine, with her husband, three children, and beloved big dog.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was a bit of a challenge for me to read <em>In the Bleak Midwinter</em>--in no small part because I didn't much expect to go for a plot involving a female Episcopalian priest who falls in love with a married man. And yet, although I had additional challenges coming in from reading this thing in ebook form...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40189176">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Heavy Snow....Icy Desires....Cold-Blooded MurderClare Fergusson, St. Alban's new priest, fits like a square peg in the conservative Episcopal parish at Miller's Kill, New York. She is not just a &quot;lady,&quot; she's a tough ex Army chopper pilot, and nobody's fool. Then a newborn infant left at the church door brings her together with the town's police chief, Russ Van Alstyne, who's also ex-Army and a cynical good shepherd for the stray sheep of his hometown. Their search for the baby's mother quickly leads them into the secrets that shadow Miller's Kill like the ever-present Adirondacks. What they discover is a world of trouble, an attraction to each other-and murder....]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wish there were half-stars on this web site. I would have given this one a 3.5. I read it in less than 24 hours, so it definitely constitutes a page-turner. I found Clare to be kind of obnoxious and a little too unbelievable of a character. It irritates me when authors try to make their characters...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43814085">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A great read in a great series. An unusual protagonist - Clare Furgusson, ex-Army helicopter pilot after Desert Storm becomes the pastor of a church in a small rural town in Norther NY state. Having attended college in the area, I found her characters believable and her setting working as an integra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74062581">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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