JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING is the New York Times bestselling author of One Was A Soldier, and an Agatha, Anthony, Dilys, Barry, Macavity, and Gumshoe Award winner. She studied acting and history at Ithaca College and received her J.D. at the University of Maine School of Law. Her books have been shortlisted for the Edgar, Nero Wolfe, and Romantic Times RC awards. Julia lives in a 190-year-old farmhouse in southern Maine.
"...The mystery unfolds like a classic country whodunit, complete
with lurid back stories 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 magazine "Julia
Spencer-Fleming makes a triumphant return to her
series...uncompromisingly melding her characters' personal and
professional concerns into tight plots...The superb Hid From Our
Eyes...[is] an outstanding addition to this solid series."
--Associated Press
"Stellar....Spencer-Fleming combines a first-rate mystery with
flawed but endearing characters." --Publishers Weekly (starred
review) "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." --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
"Spencer-Fleming tends to write on an epic scale, and this book is
no exception to that rule. Filling her canvass with richly drawn
and memorable characters, she also creates a wonderful mystery.
Spencer-Fleming's essential optimism connects her to writers like
Louise Penny and William Kent Krueger, who also deal with dark
subjects but whose ultimate message is one of optimism. There are
few better ways to make a series beloved. The other way, and it's a
skill Spencer-Fleming also possesses in spades, is writing an
ending that leaves the reader hanging. "You want more when you
finish the book - you want to know what happens next. This is a
wonderful reunion with Clare and Russ." --Robin Agnew, Aunt
Agatha's Mystery Bookshop "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 & Russ! They are back in the 9th Adirondack
mystery, and it's a corker--3 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 1970's murder, is now chief of police--can he and
Clare solve the case that has baffled 2 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
Miller's 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.
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