One Was a Soldier Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Julia Spencer-Fleming
SCORE
4
TOTAL RATINGS
191

One Was a Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming Book Summary

On a warm September evening in the Millers Kill community center, five veterans sit down in rickety chairs to try to make sense of their experiences in Iraq. What they will find is murder, conspiracy, and the unbreakable ties that bind them to one another and their small Adirondack town.

The Rev. Clare Fergusson wants to forget the things she saw as a combat helicopter pilot and concentrate on her relationship with Chief of Police Russ Van Alstyne. MP Eric McCrea needs to control the explosive anger threatening his job as a police officer. Will Ellis, high school track star, faces the reality of life as a double amputee. Orthopedist Trip Stillman is denying the extent of his traumatic brain injury. And bookkeeper Tally McNabb wrestles with guilt over the in-country affair that may derail her marriage.

But coming home is harder than it looks. One vet will struggle with drugs and alcohol. One will lose his family and friends. One will die.

Since their first meeting, Russ and Clare's bond has been tried, torn, and forged by adversity. But when he rules the veteran's death a suicide, she violently rejects his verdict, drawing the surviving vets into an unorthodox investigation that threatens jobs, relationships, and her own future with Russ.

As the days cool and the nights grow longer, they will uncover a trail of deceit that runs from their tiny town to the upper ranks of the U.S. Army, and from the waters of the Millers Kill to the unforgiving streets of Baghdad.
One Was a Soldier is "a surefire winner" (Booklist) and "Outstanding" (Library Journal)--Julia Spencer-Fleming at her best.

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Book Name One Was a Soldier
Genre Police Procedural
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Language English
E-Book Size 4.02 MB

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One was a Soldier. Absolutely a top notch writer. I can hardly wait for her next book. I see her name and I have to read the story. thank you for this wonderful series! keep them coming.

One was a soldier. Books fall on a spectrum with best sellers on one end and literary masterpieces at the other. I'm giving this four stars instead of five only because of the time it takes Julia to bring all the characters into focus. The cast is worthy of a masterpiece, but by any rights it ought to be a best seller.

What a Great Book!. How I enjoyed re-reading this great book in one of my favorite series! I love being taken away to the Miller's Kill world of Reverend Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne. This book had so much going on. The regular great cast of characters was present and part of a compelling storyline. The veterans in the support group, the mystery with its players, and the important events going on with Clare and Russ all add up to a fantastic story! Clare Fergusson is back from deployment, but her experiences have taken a heavy toll, which she doesn't want to admit to herself or anyone else. She's not the only veteran in Miller's Kill who has been wounded emotionally or physically. Clare finds herself attending a veteran support group with an interesting cast of soldiers who are having their own issues adjusting back to their normal lives. Soon, Clare is wondering why one of the veterans in her group apparently killed herself, and she finds herself once again involved in an investigation with Russ and the Miller's Kill Police Department, this time over a large financial scandal. Meanwhile, she and Russ are figuring out what they want for their future. This was a wonderful book! I love Clare and Russ, and this one has some great moments between them. There were some sad parts revolving around some of the other characters. The ending of this one is quite thrilling!

Fabulous. This whole series is an exceptional in an age of so much fluff: we have an author who makes her characters with all their beauty and tragedy real. The plots are both interesting and well sculpted. Buy this authors books!!! Someone who writes this beautifully deserves to get rich doing so!!

One was a soldier. I enjoyed this book as much as I have from any of my favorite authors,Baldaci,Griffen,Silva,Cussler to name a few.The whole series of seven books grabs hold of you,not just for the characters but also for the topics tackled.Anybody who starts reading these books will have a hard time to put them down,waiting for the next one,soon I hope

Riveting. The plot revolves around Iraq veterans who return to their small town in upstate New York. Russ, the local chief of police, greets the returning chopper pilot, Clare. Clare is a minister. Clare and Russ solve the mystery with the help of the other vets in her support group and Russ's officers. Each vet in the support group had different experiences and painful memories to cope with. Their contributions to the plot made the book a good read.

Great read. A wonderful continuation with resolution for some key characters, this is my second favorite in the series, as the first will always be my favorite, this was worth the wait!

One was a Soldier. This was a great way of showing some real issues we deal with in returning from war and a great read!

One was a soldier. For God's sake, please learn your firearms! If you are going to write about cops and soldiers, learn the difference between .45's and 9mm's. In your prior book, you mixed up a rifle and a shotgun in the climatic scene. Or, get new editors.

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The One Was a Soldier book written by Julia Spencer-Fleming was published on 12 April 2011, Tuesday in the Police Procedural category. A total of 191 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.

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