Synopsis The Jonathan Ketchum Free Clinic is facing difficult times. It's lost a major source of funding (the nearby St. Alban's Church, which needs to use the money for a new roof), and one of the locals is stridently objecting to the clinic's method of preserving vaccines. Therefore, it's not entirely surprising that the director, Dr. Allan Rouse, appears to have left town. But the church's minister, Rev. Claire Fergusson, and the local police chief, Russ Van Alstyne, find striking similarities between Dr. Rouse's disappearance and that of the clinic's namesake, Jonathan Ketchum, many years before. As the investigation progresses, so does the romance between Claire and Russ.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2004-04-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 304 pages | | Height: | 9.8 in | | Width: | 6.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 21.6 oz |
Publisher's Note When a doctor from a local free clinic disappears, Episcopal priest Clare Fergusson and police chief Russ van Alstyne avoid their growing feelings for each other and pursue an investigation with links to the Jazz Age, Prohibition, and the Great Depression. By the author of A Fountain Filled with Blood.
Industry Reviews "...[This] most ambitious of Clare's first three cases...scores as an unblinking account of betrayal, revenge, and human frailty." Kirkus (02/15/2004)
"...[The] most densely textured mystery in...[this] series [so far]....[The book takes place in] a very small town, but under Spencer-Fleming's grave and tender touch it becomes a world that you want to visit and hate to leave." New York Times Book Review (04/25/2004)
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