All Mortal Flesh: A Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Novel, Spencer-Fleming Julia

One horrible murder. Two people destined for love or tragedy. Emotions explode in Millers Kill, where nothing is as it seems . . . and betrayal twists old friendships and evil waits inside quaint farmhouses.

Russ Van Alstyne figures his wife kicking him out of their house is nobodys business but his own. Until a neighbor pays a friendly visit to Linda Van Alstyne and finds the womans body, gruesomely butchered, on the kitchen floor. To the state police, its an open-and-shut case of a disaffected husband silencing his wife and putting a stop to the murder investigation he controls. To the townspeople, its proof that the whispered gossip about the police chief and the priest was true. To the powers-that-be in the church hierarchy, its a chance to control their wayward cleric once and for all. Russ and Clare must struggle against the reach of the law, the authority of the church, and their own guilty hearts.