Reverend Clare Ferguson is an Episcopalian priest and a former Army Air Force pilot who is very concerned when several gay men in town have been viciously attacked. Is the small town of Millers Kill filled with anti-gays committing hate crimes. When Clare finds a victim who has been murdered, it appears to be another anti-gay crime. The more she finds out about the victim's life, it appears that he may have been murdered for another reason. Clare finds herself working with the chief of police, Russ Van Alstyne. Russ is a great guy and Clare is very attracted to him, however, Russ is also very married.
This is the first Julia Spencer-Fleming book that I have read. I have seen great reviews on some of her other books in this series and I am very glad that I gave it a try. Clare is a very real person with a sense of adventure and sometimes, a lack of common sense. Russ also seems very human. It is easy to understand the complexity of their relationship - why they are drawn together and why they must try to stay apart. This book had some elements of a cozy but a bit more of a traditional mystery. I definitely enjoyed it, except for maybe some of the description of the helicopter crash which was pretty technical and hard to visualize. I will be reading another book in this series real soon!
Rating - 5 stars
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