ONE WAS A SOLDIER by Julia Spencer-Fleming - SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOK
Julia Spencer-Fleming’s debut novel, In the Bleak Midwinter, burst
onto the mystery scene like a wild fire, snatching up almost every
award imaginable. Since then, the series has only been picking up speed,
the characters only digging deeper into our hearts. One Was a Soldier takes the suspense and heart-tugging to the next level, making for a truly devastating read.
At
the Millers Kill Community Center, five veterans gather to work on
adjusting to life after war. Reverend Clare Fergusson has returned from
Iraq with a head full of bad memories she’s using alcohol to wipe out.
Dr. George Stillman is denying that the head wound he received has left
him with something worse than simple migraines. Officer Eric McCrea is
battling to keep his constant rage from affecting his life as a cop, and
as a father.
High school track star Will Ellis is looking for
some reason to keep on living after losing both legs to an IED. And
down-on-her-luck Tally McNabb has brought home a secret—a fatal one.
Police Chief Russ Van Alstyne just wants Clare to settle down and get
married—to him. But when he rules Tally McNabb’s death a suicide, Clare
sides with the other vets against him. Russ and Clare’s unorthodox
investigation will uncover a trail of deceit that runs from their tiny
Adirondack town to the upper ranks of the Army, and from the waters of
the Millers Kill to the unfor - giving streets of Baghdad.
Fans
of the series have been waiting for Russ and Clare to get together, and
now that burgeoning relationship is threatened in this next tantalizing
novel by Julia Spencer-Fleming.