“The mystery unfolds like a classic country whodunit, complete with lurid backstories for all the righteous grown-ups.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“New parents Clare Fergusson and police chief Russ Van Alstyne tackle three copycat murders and one testy baby in this riveting addition to an acclaimed series.”
—People
“Spencer-Fleming skillfully weaves the narratives of the two cold cases with the current investigation. Even once everything is solved, the weird cold-bloodedness of what was done will chill you. Justice is served, but the book closes with a no-good-deed-goes-unpunished ending that leaves you hankering for the next installment in this series.”
—Forbes
“Readers have waited years for this newest book and Julia Spencer-Fleming delivers with the exquisite skill and craftsmanship that have made her such a success.… This is mystery writing at its very best by a novelist with a complete mastery of the genre … unreservedly recommended.”
—Midwest Book Review
“The rich characterizations and exploration of humanity make this series worth following.”
—The Christian Science Monitor
“Series fans have had a long wait to dive back into Spencer-Fleming’s cleverly constructed mysteries, and this ninth entry (following Through the Evil Days, 2013), which delivers a haunting exposure of the town’s dark side, won’t disappoint.”
—Booklist
“A book to escape into, rich and textured. This is the story of families and a community, and from the first page we know we’re in safe hands.”
—Ann Cleeves, New York Times bestselling author of The Long Call
“I’ve been waiting eagerly for Julia Spencer-Fleming’s new book, and it was well worth the wait. Hid from Our Eyes is an intricate, intense mystery with a chilling ending. The characters, minister Clare Fergusson and police chief Russ Van Alstyne, continue to be complicated and imperfect, just like all of us. This is a five-star experience that shocked me and kept me reading late into the night.”
—Nancy Thayer, New York Times bestselling author
“A tour de force by Julia Spencer-Fleming. Not only is this a tense mystery unfolding simultaneously in three time periods, but it is also a poignant drama touching the flawed and very real main characters. Brava, Julia.”
—Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author of The Tuscan Child, In Farleigh Field, and the Royal Spyness mysteries
“Welcome back, Clare and Russ! They are back in the ninth Adirondack mystery, and it’s a corker—three almost identical crimes, set decades apart, in a small rural community. Who is killing young women in party dresses and leaving them sprawled on deserted roads? Russ, suspect in the 1970s murder, is now chief of police—can he and Clare solve the case that has baffled two previous chiefs? Exciting, tense, romantic—no one writes a small-town mystery like Julia Spencer-Fleming!”
—Susan Taylor, Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza
“Clare and Russ are back and I had no idea how much I missed them until I opened the book! Spencer-Fleming gives us a murder mystery that spans three generations and keeps us guessing right until the end.”
—Laura Cummings, White Birch Books
“I really love Spencer-Fleming’s ability to build a community and fill it with characters that come across so real. The mystery is also excellent.”
—Don Luckham, Toadstool Books
“Life is never boring in Millers Kill.… Well worth the wait.”
—Sherry Frizsche, Bank Square Books
“Julia is back and the quality of her writing is still exceptional! These characters get themselves into every imaginable sort of difficulties. What a storyteller she is. I am looking forward to every page of this new mystery.”
—Karen Bakshoian, Letterpress Books
“Julia Spencer-Fleming continues to find ways to keep her series fresh, but also retain the essence of why we love it so much.”
—John McDougall, Mystery Bookstores, Inc.
Praise for Julia Spencer-Fleming and the Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Series
“Spencer-Fleming knows her craft, which lends authority to the subsequent investigation. But it’s character that really counts here.”
—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review on One Was a Soldier
“Fans who have been waiting eagerly for her latest won’t be disappointed; this series, as intelligent as it is enthralling, just keeps getting better.”
—Booklist (starred review) on One Was a Soldier
“With each book, Spencer-Fleming just keeps getting better. This one may be her masterpiece, and it will leave the reader wanting more.”
—Richmond Times-Dispatch on I Shall Not Want
“It’s amazing Spencer-Fleming manages to carry off a layered plot that opens with an arson, a double homicide, and a kidnapping, and expands into a broader picture of the drug use, domestic violence, and desolation squeezing the life out of this small town.”
—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review on Through the Evil Days
“An absolute tour de force! Both a superb murder mystery and a gripping examination of the suffering of returning soldiers.”
—Louise Penny, New York Times bestselling author on One Was a Soldier