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. Her blunt manner, honed by eight years as an Army chaplain, is meeting with a chilly reception from some members of her congregation. Chief of Police Russ Van Alstyne, in particular, doesn't know what to make of her. When a newborn baby is abandoned and a young mother is brutally murdered, Clare has to pick her way through the secrets and silence that shadow the town like the ever-present Adirondack mountains. As the days dwindle down and the attraction between the avowed priest and the married chief grows, Clare will need all her faith, tenacity and courage to stand fast against a killer's icy heart.
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.
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20 August, 2009:
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