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Author name: Julia Spencer-Fleming

: To Darkness and to Death (A Rev. Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mystery)
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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780312988876
ISBN number: 0312988877
Label: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 432
Printing Date: May 30, 2006
Publishing house: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Release Date: May 30, 2006
Sale Popularity Level: 39486
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Millicent van der Hoeven has decided to sell her family’s Adirondack estate to a nature conservancy. But on the day of the land transfer, her brother frantically calls the police. Millie has disappeared in the cold November forest…

Reverend Clare Fergusson gets an early morning phone call to join the Millers Kill search and rescue operation. As a former Army helicopter pilot trained in survival skills, she can’t refuse the request—even though it’s the day of the bishop’s annual visit. Worse for Clare, the search operation will link her up with Russ Van Alstyne, the very married local police chief who is her greatest temptation. Now, as Clare and Russ race time to find Millie van der Hoeven, they soon discover the secrets of someone who is desperate to stop the sale...and a deadly madness waiting to destroy them all.




Customer Reviews
User popularity level: out of 5 stars

Rated by buyers 2 out of 5 stars - No Claire + No Russ = A huge disappointment
I was saving this book so I that I could look forward to more Clare and Russ, little did I know they would fail to show in this book of the series. I say series lightly because this book should not be included as part part of the Clare Fergusson/ Russ Van Alstyne mysteries. I am fairly new to the series and this was a huge disappointment since the characters I know and care about rarely appear. This book is peppered with minor characters and often less than plausible story lines.

I am sad to say I put this was down. Ms. Spencer-Fleming's fascination with deer hunting and subesquent deer skining was very off putting. It's a shame she feels she has to resort to this type of false sensationalism after a noteworthy very first novel.

To Darkness And To Death lacked both style and substance and is a world away from what I grew to know and love in the very first few books. My love affair with Clare and Russ is now over.


Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - Well up tp standard
This sensitively penned drama of ethical struggle versus real life love and passions fulfils at several levels - the crime/mystery to be solved and the moral dilemmas to ponder.
The characters are true to life but never boring and the setting authentically enchanting.
A fabulous read for a night by the fire.


Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - To Darkness And To Death
I only recently became acquainted with this author and absolutely love her books. I have read all that are available in paperback and will continue to look forward to reading future books.

I got hooked on mysteries by reading Agatha Christie when I was young and this author's characters and plots remind me of Agatha. Great reading.


Rated by buyers 2 out of 5 stars - Just couldn't finish this book....
Seldom am I unable to finish a book, but I just could not plow through this one. Granted, I have never read another book in this Clare & Russ series before, however, I sure didn't get to read much of Clare & Russ in this one. Very few sections in their point of view.
Pages and pages of reminiscing by all the characters made for a pace that simply crawled. (Perhaps "Misty Memories" would be a better title.)
Also, most of the characters spoke with the same "voice" so that it was very difficult to distinguish one character from another. The only one who did have a slightly different "voice" spoke in an annoying accent that came and went for no reason.
Another annoying thing: smart characters (or at least characters who should know better) who do stupid things.
And finally, as reader, I do not need to know every little detail of every characters' thoughts & deeds--only those details that add to plot, characterization or setting. Slow pace, bland characters, wasted details...I just had to put it down.


Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - Riveting and Informative
Ms. Spencer-Fleming's fourth Fergusson/Van Alstyne novel goes at the same fast pace as the previous three - Russ and Clare don't spend as much time together as before, but it works. There is a lot happening behind the scenes. i.e. the reader sees a lot of the inner workings of the minds of the criminals. The author is selective with this technique - otherwise the identity of the most destructive criminal would be revealed too early.

As with all of JSF's mysteries, the suspense builds to an exciting climax. I'm looking forward to reading the subsequent installment.

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