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The Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries #1-3
The Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Series, Books 1-3: In the Bleak Midwinter / A Fountain Filled with Blood / Out of the Deep I Cry
New York Times bestselling author Julia Spencer-Fleming brings to life the town of Millers Kill where two people who are destined for love or tragedy put their lives on the line in a town where nothing is as it seems...and evil waits inside quaint farmhouses. Here together for the first time in a fabulous eBook bundle are books 1-3 in the Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Series:
In The Bleak Midwinter
Clare Fergusson, female priest and Russ Van Alstyne, the chief of police in an Upstate New York town investigate the abandonment of a newborn baby on the church steps and the subsequent discovery of the mother's body.
A Fountain Filled with Blood
Clare and Russ who have been fighting their mutual attraction and carefully avoiding one another, are thrown together when circumstances dictate their working together. The pair find that it's hard enough trying to solve a crime with an assortment of valid suspects; but even harder to tamp down a powerful personal attraction.
Out of the Deep I Cry
Someone else is missing in Miller's Kill, NY. Suspicion falls on a volatile single mother with a grudge against the missing doctor, but Clare isn't convinced. As Clare and Russ investigate, they discover that the doctor's disappearance is linked to a bloody trail going all the way back to the hardscrabble Prohibition era. As they draw ever closer to the truth, their attraction for each other grows increasingly more difficult to resist.
In The Bleak Midwinter
Clare Fergusson, female priest and Russ Van Alstyne, the chief of police in an Upstate New York town investigate the abandonment of a newborn baby on the church steps and the subsequent discovery of the mother's body.
A Fountain Filled with Blood
Clare and Russ who have been fighting their mutual attraction and carefully avoiding one another, are thrown together when circumstances dictate their working together. The pair find that it's hard enough trying to solve a crime with an assortment of valid suspects; but even harder to tamp down a powerful personal attraction.
Out of the Deep I Cry
Someone else is missing in Miller's Kill, NY. Suspicion falls on a volatile single mother with a grudge against the missing doctor, but Clare isn't convinced. As Clare and Russ investigate, they discover that the doctor's disappearance is linked to a bloody trail going all the way back to the hardscrabble Prohibition era. As they draw ever closer to the truth, their attraction for each other grows increasingly more difficult to resist.
- GenresMystery
1135 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 21, 2015
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Julia Spencer-Fleming
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Work-In-Progress Wednesday at my Reader Space. We're up to the fifth part of the second chapter of my eighth book, which has some numerological meaning, I'm sure. http://bit.ly/p2QwJa
Work-In-Progress Wednesday at my Reader Space. We're up to the fifth part of the second chapter of my eighth book, which has some numerological meaning, I'm sure. http://bit.ly/p2QwJa
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December 15, 2018
For an author's first crime novel, I am really impressed. It involves a female, episcopal priest, a Chief of Police, an abandoned baby, and a murder in upstate New York in snowy midwinter. The writing style reminded me a bit of the Tana French novels. I have found this is the first in a three part series so I am eager to read the next one.
February 7, 2018
Finished it a while ago, so I don't remember much. Your basic British murder mystery, featuring a woman Episcopal priest (powerful yet lovely) and the married police chief who is attracted to her. (She seems oblivious.) Instead of getting it on, they solve crimes together. She seems more interested in the crimes than she does her duties as a parish priest, though she dutifully offers communion, preaches, etc.
A good escape now and then. I might read more of the series. All I read was "In the Bleak Midwinter."
A good escape now and then. I might read more of the series. All I read was "In the Bleak Midwinter."
February 26, 2020
Oh my gosh!! "Out of the Deep I Cry" had me reading from the edge of my seat. WOW! Excellent story & completely believable characters. I can't wait to read book #4!
April 17, 2016
loving this series!!!
October 1, 2020
Clever mysteries, wonderful chemistry and adventures with Clare and Russ. Hoping there are more in the series!
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