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Really Liked this Book! 
Really enjoyed this second installment, love Clare and Russ and when they are together fighting crime everything seems right in the world.
A Fountain Filled with Blood 
This book continues the relationship between Clare and Russ plus being a great mystery. I love these books and am looking forward to the latest in the series.
Kindle format 
(Kindle format). Interesting book, bad e-formatting. Many format errors, including line spacing and kerning, words falling into the line below - it all makes for a very crowded, tight page. Forced hyphenation means odd hyphens in the middle of lines.
Strong characters, interesting story, although a little more politically/socially heavy-handed than the first book.
Some irritating automotive errors - the Reverend Clare drives a classic car which is worth upwards of $45,000, after complaining in the last novel that she couldn't afford to replace her MG B (which is not a luxurious high performance car, as is claimed in the first novel). There is no such thing as a "four hundred twenty seven liter" car. 427 cc or 4.27 liter, most likely.
Murder with a sense of humor
This was my first venture into the works of Julia spencer-Fleming and it was totally enjoyable. I plan on reading more of her works when I next want to do some "light or escape" reading.
Her protagonist, Reverand Clare, is a delightful, daring and caring human being. There is a hint of forbidden romance with the local Police Chief and a humorous one-upmanship relationship between the two.
The plot is a little clumsy in places but the theme of hate crimes and the terror they cause make it worthwhile.
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In In the Bleak Midwinter, Julia Spencer-Fleming?s Malice Domestic?winning first mystery, Reverend Clare Fergusson was quickly introduced to a more eventful life than she had expected after moving to the small town of Millers Kill in upstate New York. But the Episcopal priest and former Army Air Force chopper pilot proved to her flockę and to police chief Russ Van Alstyneęthat she could cope with the unexpected, even when it was as dire as murder. In this new adventure for the two ill-matched friends (who are gamely resisting something beyond friendship), evidence shows that a small town can hold just as much evil as the Wicked City.
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