For The Residents Of The Small Town Of Hulis, Missouri, The Christmas Holidays Can Be Hell... On December 22nd, 1975, something unthinkable happened in the small, northern Midwest town of Hulis, Missourisomething so heinous that it turned the holidays into a waking nightmare. Now, 35 years later, it
In the Bleak Midwinter
β Scribed by Spencer-Fleming, Julia
- Book ID
- 107515027
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 254 KB
- Series
- Reverend Clare Fergusson 1
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0312986769
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β¦ Synopsis
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. However, her blunt manner, honed by years as an army pilot, is meeting with a chilly reception from some members of her congregation and Chief of Police Russ Van Alystyne, in particular, doesn't know what to make of her, or how to address ''a lady priest'' for that matter.
The last thing she needs is trouble, but that is exactly what she finds. When a newborn baby is abandoned on the church stairs and a young mother is brutally murdered, Clare has to pick her way through the secrets and silence that shadow that town like the ever-present Adirondack mountains. As the days dwindle down and the attraction between the avowed priest and the married police chief grows, Clare will need all her faith,...
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