In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming

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In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Hey, I liked this! I don’t like many traditional mysteries. Though to be fair, I don’t actually like this mystery qua mystery.



He’s the police chief of a tiny, upstate New York town. She’s a former army pilot turned Episcopal priest. (She’s improbable in that way that makes a character seem more real, instead of less, if you know what I mean). They solve crime, yeah, whatever. But mostly they have this slow-blooming connection. This book is about them becoming friends in this wonderful, organic, completely believable way. They are sexually neutralized to each other – he’s married and she’s a priest – so they come together free from most of the usual romance bullshit. Just two interesting, conflicted, smart, ethical people who don’t notice that they’re falling until it’s way too late.



Really nice.





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Comments

[ecaterin]

Wow, I love this description! Sounds like a book I gotta read (and I do love a good mystery, too).

She’s a former army pilot turned Episcopal priest. (She’s improbable in that way that makes a character seem more real, instead of less, if you know what I mean)

Awesome :D

they come together free from most of the usual romance bullshit. Just two interesting, conflicted, smart, ethical people who don’t notice that they’re falling until it’s way too late.

EXTRA AWESOME. I love this kind of set-up, cause you get the most layered, dense, profound connections there.

*goes to snag the sample for Kindle*