One Was a Soldier, Julia SpencerFleming
One Was a Soldier, Julia SpencerFleming
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One Was a Soldier

Author: Julia Spencer-Fleming

Narrator: Suzanne Toren

Unabridged: 17 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/12/2011

Synopsis

At the Millers Kill community center, five veterans gather to work on adjusting to life after war. Reverend Clare Fergusson has returned from Iraq with a head full of bad memories she's using alcohol to wipe out. And down-on-her-luck Tally McNabb has brought home a secret—a fatal one. Police Chief Russ Van Alstyne just wants Clare to settle down and get married—to him. But when he rules Tally McNabb's death a suicide, Clare sides with the other vets against him. Russ and Clare's unorthodox investigation will uncover a trail of deceit that runs from their tiny Adirondack town to the upper ranks of the Army, and from the waters of the Millers Kill to the unforgiving streets of Baghdad.

About Julia Spencer-Fleming

Julia Spencer-Fleming is an Agatha, Anthony, Barry, Dilys, Gumshoe, and Macavity award winner. She studied acting and history at Ithaca College and received her JD at the University of Maine School of Law. Her books have been short-listed for the Edgar and Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice awards. She lives in a 190-year-old farmhouse in Buxton, Maine, with her husband and three children.

About Suzanne Toren

Suzanne Toren, award-winning narrator, has over thirty years of experience in narration. She was named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine in 2019. She has won the American Foundation for the Blind’s Scourby Award for Narrator of the Year, AudioFile magazine named her the 2009 Best Voice in Nonfiction & Culture, and she is the recipient of multiple Earphones Awards. She performs on and off Broadway and in regional theaters and has appeared on Law & Order and in various soap operas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by L.A. on September 24, 2018

This book, 7th in the Fergusson-Van Alstyne series, shines with sympathetic characters, compassionate insight, twisty mysteries--oh, and wedding planning. But I repeat myself... Spencer-Fleming's series reaches another apex with this book. By combining Clare's military experience with her calling as......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on January 16, 2019

I'm always impressed with this series because Spencer-Fleming continues to try new, interesting approaches to her books; the community of Millers Kills, especially, has filled out a great deal over the series. And here, we zero in on its returning veterans. The most central of which is, of course, Cl......more

Goodreads review by Lyssa on February 07, 2011

Those that know me, know that several authors' new releases cause me to whoop with delight. Julia Spencer Fleming's release “One Was A Soldier” did more than that. When I received my copy of the book I danced around the house. But while a fan of the Miller's Kill series I also wanted to review it. T......more

Goodreads review by Sam on March 30, 2012

I found this most recent installment very disappointing. We see very little of St. Alban's or how Clare is readusting to life as a priest. St. Alban's feels very much like a backdrop, and one has to wonder how her parish fared while she was gone. How are they adjusting? We don't know. She and Russ r......more

Goodreads review by Kat on June 12, 2012

(This is a review of the series as a whole). In the span of three weeks, I’ve finished an entire series of 7 novels. Call me crazy or obsessed, but I couldn’t put them down. And now I’m waiting impatiently for the next one! (It’s not out yet…come on Julia…write faster!) I’m always struck by a series......more

Quotes

“Julia Spencer-Fleming is a rarity in this business, a risk-taker and a writer of deep feeling. Few others could deliver a high-concept thriller that so perfectly captures the subtle sufferings of soldiers home from combat. A story of greed, betrayal, and wounded love, One Was a Soldier left me entertained, satisfied, and a shade wiser about the cost of war.” John Hart, New York Times bestselling author

“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

“Spencer-Fleming knows her craft…But it’s character that really counts here, and nothing becomes Clare’s character more than her deepening sensitivity to the suffering of her fellow soldiers.” New York Times

“This is a surefire winner…Spencer-Fleming’s 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)

“Suzanne Toren performs with her usual great strengths…Her passion and pacing are marvelous.” AudioFile

“In the hands of a lesser writer, this novel would not fly, but Spencer-Fleming carries it off and concludes with a believable resolution.” Library Journal

“Explor[es] the inescapable legacies of soldiers come home, including a crushing burden of imagined, and unimaginable, guilt.” Kirkus Reviews

Awards

  • Anthony Award
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