In the Bleak Midwinter (Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries, #1) (Fergusson/Van Alstyne Mysteries, #1) (Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries )

by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Clare Fergusson, St Alban's new priest, fits like a square peg in the conservative Episcopal parish at Millers Kill, New York. She is not just a "lady", 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 Millers Kill like the everpresent Adirondacks. What they discover is a world of trouble, an attraction to each other - and murder...

• ISBN13: 9780312986766
• Publish Date: 14 March 2003 (first published 4 March 2002)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Out of Print: 13 December 2008
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: St Martin's Press
• Edition: New edition
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 384
• Language: English

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

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 from. When the bodies start mounting the question is why.

It's an interesting story and the two characters are good, interesting and while interested in each other they deal with this in an adult manner. I look forward to more stories in this series.