Out of the Deep I Cry: A Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mystery

Julia Spencer-Fleming

Apr 2007 · Fergusson/Van Alstyne Mysteries Book 3 · Sold by Minotaur Books

About this ebook

Award winning author Julia Spencer-Fleming does it again in this third mystery featuring Rev. Clare Fergusson and Sheriff Russ Van Alstyne in the small town of Millers Kill, N.Y. As the small town's gossip increasingly speculates about the Rev.'s ambigous relationship with the married Sheriff, a more urgent problem is the disappearance of the doctor of Millers Kill's free clinic, a town institution with roots in events from the 20s and 30s. Digging into the roots of these disturbing happenings, Russ and Clare find that painful events from the town's past can still roil the peace of Millers Kill.

Out of the Deep I Cry is a 2005 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel.

Ratings and reviews

Using a transposed timeline, Spenser-Fleming leads us through the story of a Farmer from the 1920's,and his widow who survives to establish a free clinic in his honor. Only when the Doctor who has made the clinic his life's work disappears, does the true story of the farmer and his wife reveal itself. This book definitely held my interest from the first page to the last. I gave it 4 of 5 stars because it was too apparent that it was part of a series.

About the author

Bestselling author Julia Spencer-Fleming is the winner of the Agatha, Anthony, Macavity, Dilys, Barry, Nero Wolfe, and Gumshoe Awards, and an Edgar and Romantic Times RC Award finalist. She was born at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, spending most of her childhood on the move as an army brat. She studied acting and history at Ithaca College, and received her J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law. She lives in a 190-year-old farmhouse outside of Portland, Maine.