Clare risks the rath of her church’s vestry committee by allowing Russ and his deputies to show photos of the dead woman after Sunday service to help identify her. Clare disagrees and they butt heads over the case. Russ believes she may have been killed to prevent her from keeping her baby. When the body of a young woman is found, her autopsy reveals she has recently given birth. Clare is ready to assist the Burnses in any way she can, but Russ wants to find the parents of the infant to make sure they are giving up their child voluntarily. The note requests that Cody be adopted by a childless couple in the parish, Geoffrey, and Karen Burns. Luckily, the little boy identified in a note as Cody is unharmed despite being left outside on a cold December evening. Russ and Clare’s paths cross at the hospital as they wait to find out the condition of the abandoned baby. Alban’s Episcopal Church, she finds an abandoned newborn baby on the rectory doorstep. While trying to settle into her duties as the first female priest at St. Linda is used to his irregular hours and the demands of his job. They have no children and have reached the point in their marriage where they have become comfortable – maybe too comfortable. He and his wife Linda have been married for 16 years.
Russ Van Alstyne was an Army MP before returning to his hometown to become the chief of police. Clare Ferguson is an ex-Army helicopter pilot and a recently ordained Episcopal priest assigned to Millers Kill in upstate New York. In the Bleak Midwinter is the first novel in the series. Clare Ferguson/Russ Van Alstyne Mystery series from Annette Dashofy (the best-selling author of the Zoe Chambers Mystery series).
I first heard of Julia Spencer- Fleming and her Rev. of violence and chases 10% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 20% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 60% How society works & physical descript.In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming is my December selection. Click on a plot link to find similar books! Plot & Themes Composition of Book descript.
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