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Summary: A True Blessing!
Review: Not familiar with the author, I was hesitant to pick up this book. The fact that it had won so many awards for first novel put me over the edge and I am delighted that it did. The author's heroine, an Episcopal priest by the name of Claire Ferguson finds herself in the middle of a mystery that evolves into murder in the upstate New York town of Miller's Kill. She finds a newborn baby on the doorstep of the rectory and that sets in motion a quest to find who left the child, and, in turn, a series of murders that makes it evident that the truth is not meant to be known. The book is a quick read and the relationship between Claire and the town's police chief makes for interesting reading. I will not miss the next book in the series.
Rating:
Summary: A True Blessing!
Review: Not familiar with the author, I was hesitant to pick up this book. The fact that it had won so many awards for first novel put me over the edge and I am delighted that it did. The author's heroine, an Episcopal priest by the name of Claire Ferguson finds herself in the middle of a mystery that evolves into murder in the upstate New York town of Miller's Kill. She finds a newborn baby on the doorstep of the rectory and that sets in motion a quest to find who left the child, and, in turn, a series of murders that makes it evident that the truth is not meant to be known. The book is a quick read and the relationship between Claire and the town's police chief makes for interesting reading. I will not miss the next book in the series.
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Summary: Very exciting and page turning
Review: Very well mystery novel. The story is very good and the relationship between the two main characters makes this book outstanding. Very entertaining, thought provoking and just hard to put down. There were quite a lot of twists and turns. Not so hard twists and unpredictable as with the queen of crime Agatha Christie, but this book is very well written and I predict that few people will be able to put this book down without reading it to the end.
I also liked very much that the author shows us a mirror to our current society so that we can see how and why people react in a specific way. Very believable. Eye-opening.
Now I will read the second book which sounds very interesting from the back cover ...
Rating:
Summary: Let it snow!
Review: When a vicar, new to a small rural New York State town finds a newborn bundled in blankets on her church's doorstep, the web of greed, abuse & murder begins to unravel.Make way for a new crime-solving duo in the world of mysteries. The modern priest & police chief are richly drawn characters with histories to tell. I agree with everyone else's observations about inappropriate blunders, however, they detract only a tad from a well-written story. Julia Spencer-Fleming's debut IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER has a wry sense of humor, hair raising adventures while telling a tale of what moves people to do horrible & brave things. RebeccasReads recommends IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER for a fine, thoughtful mystery
Rating:
Summary: Let it snow!
Review: When a vicar, new to a small rural New York State town finds a newborn bundled in blankets on her church's doorstep, the web of greed, abuse & murder begins to unravel. Make way for a new crime-solving duo in the world of mysteries. The modern priest & police chief are richly drawn characters with histories to tell. I agree with everyone else's observations about inappropriate blunders, however, they detract only a tad from a well-written story. Julia Spencer-Fleming's debut IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER has a wry sense of humor, hair raising adventures while telling a tale of what moves people to do horrible & brave things. RebeccasReads recommends IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER for a fine, thoughtful mystery
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